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Opinion | A Term So Outdated, Even President Trump Wouldn’t Use It
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July 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Billboard ranks best R&B artists of all time and guess who’s No. 1?
Prince rates No. 7, his favorite number.
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June 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/a...
Sly Stone, Maestro of a Multifaceted, Hitmaking Band, Dies at 82
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June 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Column | The Smithsonian faces an existential crisis. The world is watching.
Trump’s effort to oust the director of the National Portrait Gallery could give him absolute control over Smithsonian content.
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June 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Pepé Willie, mentor to Prince and Morris Day, dies at 76
The ever-smiling godfather of the Minneapolis Sound helped musicians for love, not money.
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June 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Supreme Court Declines to Allow State Funding for Religious Charter Schools - The Wall Street Journal
May 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Veto of public records transparency measure draws ire from Oklahoma Attorney General • Oklahoma Voice
Gov. Kevin Stitt’s veto of a bill that would provide Oklahomans more recourse in pursuing open records has drawn the ire of the state’s attorney general.
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May 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Bill Clinton, Oklahoma City commemorate 1995 bombing amid extremism fears - The Washington Post
April 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/b...
White House Ends a Regular Reporting Slot for Independent Newswires
The move, which affects The Associated Press, Bloomberg News and Reuters, is another effort by the Trump administration to exert more control over the press corps that covers it.
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April 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/b...
Pronouns in Bio? You May Not Get a Response From the White House.
Some Trump administration officials have declined to answer questions from several journalists on the basis of their email signatures.
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April 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Opinion | The Oil Oligarch Shaping Trump’s Energy Strategy
Harold Hamm, President Trump’s energy mentor, wants to take us back to the 1990s.
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March 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Greenpeace must pay more than $650M in case over Dakota Access protest activities, jury finds
Environmental group Greenpeace must pay more than $650 million in damages for defamation and other claims brought by a pipeline company in connection with protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeli...
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March 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Oklahoma #Sooners men’s basketball coach Porter Moser could get a look to fill UMinn head coaching vacancy

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Potential candidates to replace Ben Johnson as the next Gophers men's basketball coach
Gophers athletic director Mark Coyle has options to explore, including some Minnesota natives, in the search to replace Johnson.
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March 13, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/a...
Benmont Tench, Still a Heartbreaker, Is Carrying on Solo (Gift Article)
Starting in the early 1970s, the organist, singer and songwriter was a creative anchor for Tom Petty. On a new solo album, he explores what comes next.
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March 2, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/b...
Bezos’ Directive for Washington Post Opinion Pages Leads to Editor David Shipley’s Exit
Jeff Bezos, the owner of The Post, said that the newspaper’s opinion section would focus on “personal liberties and free markets.”
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February 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Judge Declines to Intervene in AP Lawsuit Over Trump Access
But the judge hinted that future rulings in the suit could go differently, cautioning the White House to “think about whether what they’re doing is really appropriate.”
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February 25, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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Native American activist leaves prison after Biden commutation - The Washington Post
February 19, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/a...
Hundreds of Artists Call on N.E.A. to Roll Back Trump’s Restrictions
A letter signed by 463 playwrights, poets, dancers, visual artists and others pushes back against new grant requirements that bar the promotion of diversity or “gender ideology.”
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February 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/u...
‘Hanging Out With Jimmy Carter,’ Biden Faces the Echoes of History
President Biden is yet another one-term Democrat hurt by inflation and struggling to free hostages before leaving office. But Mr. Carter’s enhanced reputation offers hope that he too may be remembered...
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December 31, 2024 at 2:53 AM