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President Trump's U.K. state visit this week won't include the Scottish island where his late immigrant mother was born. Mary Anne MacLeod was a Gaelic speaker who learned English as a second language. -
The march, organized by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, drew more than 110,000 people on Saturday. At least 26 police officers were injured in clashes that broke out. -
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Richardson, a former president at Baltimore's Morgan State University, led a lawsuit that ended in a historic settlement for four historically Black colleges and universities in Maryland. He was 81. -
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Fed Gov. Lisa Cook referred to a condo she bought in 2021 as a "vacation home" in a loan estimate, which could undermine claims by the Trump administration that she committed mortgage fraud. -
Trump tells NATO members they need to cut off Russia energy purchases before he will take bigger steps to isolate Russia over its war in Ukraine.
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