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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Trump administration rejects women picked for soybean board, appoints men instead Normally, soy farmers pick their representatives, and the USDA signs off. This time, the USDA rejected at least five farmers, including four women.
Will a MAHA mutiny reshape the farm bill — and the midterm elections? Ahead of the midterm elections, the "Make America Healthy Again" movement that was key to Trump's return to the White House is causing frictio…
'Congress must investigate': Pics of gross Navy food spark outrage Gut-turning pictures of food served to service members on two major U.S. warships fighting the Iran war prompted an outcry online and outrage …
