by admin | May 25, 2026 | US News
WASHINGTON, May 25 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday it should be mandatory for countries including Qatar, Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan and Turkey to join the Abraham Accords en masse as part of an effort to reach a deal with Iran. Trump said he spoke...
by admin | May 25, 2026 | US News
Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories President Trump and other administration officials...
by admin | May 25, 2026 | US News
Much has been said lately about making Washington, D.C., square again. The focus has been on power imbalances that Virginia enjoys.Indeed, Virginia claims land — and the voters who live there — that were never intended to belong to the Commonwealth. Virginia does...
by admin | May 25, 2026 | US News
I’m want to start today with a poem written by Paul Laurence Dunbar and published in 1896. It’s about the Civil War, but the words elegize all those who gave their lives in service to the United States. It opens in the aftermath of war, then casts back to record its...
by admin | May 25, 2026 | US News
(Editor’s Note: This article was originally posted on Memorial Day 2018.)I lived about 15 miles from Fort Bragg, North Carolina from 1994 to 2012, in a rural area where many Army officers and members of the various Special Forces groups based there made their...