AP Spotlight DC begins removing 'Black Lives Matter' plaza from street near White House ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press Mar 11, 2025 Mar 11, 2025 Updated Sep 13, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON — Crews began work to remove the large yellow "Black Lives Matter" painted on the street one block from the White House.kAms]r] |2J@C |FC:6= q@HD6C 2??@F?465 E96 492?86 =2DE H66< :? C6DA@?D6 E@ AC6DDFC6 7C@> 24E:G:DE #6AF3=:42?D :? r@?8C6DD] %96 H@C< :D 6IA64E65 E@ E2<6 23@FE D:I H66<D[ 2?5 E96 H@C5D H:== 36 C6A=2465 3J 2? F?DA64:7:65 D6E @7 4:EJ\DA@?D@C65 >FC2=D]k^AmkAm%96 A2:?E:?8 @7 E9@D6 H@C5D H2D 2? 24E @7 8@G6C?>6?E\DA@?D@C65 567:2?46 5FC:?8 !C6D:56?E s@?2=5 %CF>AVD 7:CDE E6C>] %96 C6>@G2= 2>@F?ED E@ 2 AF3=:4 24<?@H=6586>6?E @7 ;FDE 9@H GF=?6C23=6 E96 s:DEC:4E @7 r@=F>3:2 :D ?@H E92E %CF>A :D 324< :? 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Books Meet the federal worker who went rogue: 'I hope that it lights a fire under people' CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press
Books The National Archives is nonpartisan but has found itself targeted by Trump ALI SWENSON and GARY FIELDS Associated Press
Nation & World Jobs lost, lifesaving cures not discovered: Possible effects of Trump research cuts LAURAN NEERGAARD and KASTURI PANANJADY Associated Press
New footage raises likelihood the US struck an Iranian school where a blast killed at least 165 The investigative group Bellingcat says new video “appears to contradict” the U.S. president's claim that Iran was responsible for an explosio…
These lawmakers were shaped by combat after 9/11. Now they're grappling with a new Mideast war As Congress responds to Trump's attack on Iran, lawmakers who served on the front lines of Iraq and Afghanistan are making their voices heard.
As Iran war shakes energy system, some see powerful argument for renewable energy Some experts are hoping that rising energy prices and disruption of shipping will encourage countries to ditch fossil fuel dependency.
Trump says Iran war could be over soon, then increases threats if global oil supplies are disrupted Oil prices surged and stock markets slid after hard-line Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei was chosen to succeed his late father as Iran’s supreme leader.
Iran war enters its third week Iran said the U.S. used "ports, docks and hideouts" in the UAE and urged people to evacuate areas where it said U.S. forces sheltered.
