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6+ hour, 21+ min ago   (117+ words) Rappahannock Record Indian Creek Yacht Club members enjoyed annual Progressive Dinne Despite the possibility of rain, over 90 Members of the Indian Creek Yacht Club gathered Saturday, July 18, for the annual Progressive Dinner, held this year along the scenic shores of…...

4+ hour, 10+ min ago   (134+ words) “Another deadline to fund the government is looming this fall in Congress, with members fresh off a series of shutdown fights that have left them eager to avoid another costly impasse ahead of the midterm elections,” CBS News reports. “But…...

4+ hour, 11+ min ago   (145+ words) “Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas is among the most vocal opponents of moving towards year-round Daylight Saving Time, and has vowed to block any proponents’ efforts to quickly approve the bill on the floor through a process known as unanimous…...

4+ hour, 20+ min ago   (182+ words) “The House on Wednesday narrowly passed legislation that would limit stock trading by members of Congress, moving months ahead of the midterm elections to address a practice that has stoked public outrage and bipartisan calls for change,” the New York…...

4+ hour, 15+ min ago   (145+ words) “President Donald Trump declared the USA has no need for the Strait of Hormuz — but he still wants to pummel Iran to prove it can never control the vital oil passage anyway,” Mediaite reports. Said Trump, referring to Venezuela: “It’s…...

4+ hour, 35+ min ago   (133+ words) “President Trump on Wednesday witnessed the return of four young Army soldiers recently killed overseas, telling reporters beforehand that each had died supportive of the deadly war he was waging with Iran,” the New York Times reports. Said Trump: “All…...

4+ hour, 33+ min ago   (234+ words) “There is an adage in the financial world: The stock market is not the economy,” the New York Times reports. “Except that, right now, maybe it is.” “Major stock indexes have set record after record in recent years, fueled by…...

4+ hour, 32+ min ago   (169+ words) “Saudi Arabia signed a long-sought deal to obtain American nuclear technology on Wednesday, deepening its ties with the United States at a time of war and uncertainty across the Middle East,” the New York Times reports. “The civilian nuclear deal,…...

4+ hour, 27+ min ago   (211+ words) “The House narrowly passed its marquee $1.15 trillion defense policy bill largely along party lines Wednesday amid a bitter partisan divide over President Donald Trump’s conduct of the war against Iran and his push for a massive Pentagon spending boost,” Politico…...

4+ hour, 29+ min ago   (158+ words) “The Trump administration is weighing military action in the West African country of Mali to target an al-Qaeda-affiliated group known as JNIM, said current and former U.S. officials familiar with the deliberations,” the Washington Post reports. ”If approved, it would…...