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07-16-2025 7:58 pm • PDX and SEA Weather
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The voters in early presidential nominating states are used to seeing contenders months or even years before most of the country. But the political jockeying in 2025 for the 2028 presidential contest appears to be playing out earlier, with more frequency and with less pretense than ever before. While the first presidential primary votes won’t be cast for another two and a half years, three Democratic presidential prospects are scheduled to campaign in South Carolina for 10 days this month. Nearly a half dozen others have made recent pilgrimages to South Carolina, New Hampshire and Iowa. This week, both Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Rep. Ro Khanna will be in South Carolina
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NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is set to meet President Donald Trump this week on the heels of the U.S. leader announcing plans to sell NATO allies weaponry that they can then pass on to Ukraine. Rutte will be in Washington on Monday and Tuesday and will meet with Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as well as members of Congress. The visit also comes after Trump last week teased that he would make a “major statement” on Russia on Monday and as Ukraine is struggling to repel massive and complex air assaults launched by Russian forces
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President Donald Trump on Monday placed a 25% tax on goods imported from Japan and South Korea, citing persistent trade imbalances with the two crucial U.S. allies in Asia. Trump provided notice of the tariffs to begin on Aug. 1 by posting letters on Truth Social that were addressed to the leaders of both countries. The letters warned both countries to not retaliate by increasing their own import taxes, or else the Trump administration would increase import taxes that could damage the auto and electronics sectors of Japan and South Korea, two crucial partners for the U.S. in countering China’s influence
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The Trump administration is withholding more than $6 billion in federal grants for after-school and summer programs, English language instruction, adult literacy and more. The administration says it is reviewing the grants to ensure they align with President Donald Trump’s priorities. The move leaves states and schools in limbo as they budget for programs this summer and the upcoming school year, introducing new uncertainty about when or if they will receive the money. Programs that rely on the funding were expecting it to be released July 1, but an Education Department notice issued Monday announced the money would not be distributed while the programs are under review
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Sen. Thomas Tillis, R-N.C., speaks to reporters as Republicans begin a final push to advance President Donald Trump's tax breaks and spending cuts package, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, June 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota worked through the night and into Tuesday to strike a last-minute agreement between Republicans worried the bill’s health care reductions will leave millions without care and his conservative flank seeking steeper cuts to hold down deficits.
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In an effort to delay Trumps "Big Bill" of tax breaks and spending cuts estimated to add nearly $3.3 trillion to the nations deficit, Democrats insisted that the entire 940-page, foot-high bill was read aloud. It took 16 hours. Democrats are trying to stall the bill - that includes cuts to Medicaid and food stamps along with increased funds for deportations - after a dramatic 51-49 vote to move ahead. Some 16 hours later, the Senate clerks were finished but there are plenty more debates and votes before Trumps July Fourth deadline. North Carolina Republican Thom Tillis, who opposed the bill, says he won't run again in 2026
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From 2014 lead pipes were contaminating the water supply in Flint, Michigan exposing between 6,000 and 14,000 children to drinking water with high levels of lead. But almost 10 years after work was begun to replace the pipes the work has still not been finished. Children are particularly at risk from the long-term effects of lead poisoning, which can include a reduction in intellectual functioning and issues with mental and physical health. Flint's water supply was also suspected of carrying Legionnaires' disease which killed 12 people and affected another 87 - although this was not proved. Slow work, poor record-keeping and residents' mistrust in their local government caused extensive delays. There's now a federal mandate for communities to replace their lead pipes, so lessons from Flint's failures are valuable nationwide. One place that used them was Newark, New Jersey, which experienced a lead crisis after Flint. They made it easier for residents to approve pipe replacement work and targeted properties systematically
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Yelp’s user base is predominantly white, educated and affluent. Making Detroit’s Black-owned restaurants more visible to Yelp users may have amplified cross-cultural interactions and frictions.
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Temple students involved in the RapidVax project talk to Kensington residents about COVID-19 vaccinations during the pandemic. Temple University College of Public Health
In Philadelphia, the leading causes of death are heart disease, cancer and unintentional drug overdose. While some of these deaths are caused by things out of our control – like genetics – many are largely preventable.
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President Donald Trump is calling into question the future of Iran’s ruling theocracy after a surprise attack on three of the country’s nuclear sites. The move seemingly contradicts his administration’s earlier calls to resume negotiations and avoid an escalation in fighting. Trump says on social media, “It’s not politically correct to use the term, ‘Regime Change,’ but if the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn’t there be a Regime change???” The posting on Truth Social on Sunday evening marked something of a reversal from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s morning news conference that detailed the aerial bombing. Hegseth had said, “This mission was not and has not been about regime change."
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