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Judge blocks Trump ban on White House access for three media outlets he calls 'fake news'

A new faceoff between the news media and the president, a persistent critic of forceful journalism, lasted six days before a federal judge sided with journalists whose White House access had been banned. The ban applied to reporters from two cab...

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6-year-old girl breaks the Rubik's Cube world record


Six-year-old Lian Yunzhi first broke the record earlier this month with an average time of 4.52 seconds at a World Cube Association-certified competition in the central Chinese city of Wuhan and improved to 4.27 seconds at another race in the souther...

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This week's word in the news: THRESHOLD

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A level, point, or value at which something is true.

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Child poverty — an assessment of whether pretax income for households with children falls below the latest poverty threshold — declined more significantly in New Mexico in the last three years, dropping from an estimated rate of 24.2% between 2022 and 2024 to 20.9% from 2023 to 2025.
The Albuquerque Journal -- 09/28/2026

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Is Trump centered on his name?

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