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As national debt climbs, Trump gives Washington a makeover

The national debt reached a staggering new high of $40 trillion this week. It continues to pile on at a pace that is increasingly difficult to ignore. All the while, Trump has seemed preoccupied with helipads, ballrooms, flagpoles and...

Trump shrugs off $40T national debt after vowing he’d cut it

President Trump, who campaigned on reducing the nation's debt, faces a fiscal picture that has continued to deteriorate under his watch. The national debt soared to $40 trillion this week as the Iran war grinds on with no clear...

News Wrap: Defense rests in murder trial of Lindsay Clancy

In our news wrap Friday, the defense rested its case in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, the editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes says the Pentagon has fired him and President Trump paused on ground beef tariffs in an...

Paramount’s threat to leave California divides Hollywood

The proposed $111 billion merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery hit a roadblock after California's attorney general and 11 other states sued to stop it. That move was followed by Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison threatening to take...

Indiana residents frustrated amid 10-day power outage

More than 70,000 people in northwestern Indiana are without power more than a week after a series of storms downed trees, knocked out power lines and flooded neighborhoods. Local officials are scrambling to restore electricity as frustrated residents accuse...

News Wrap: U.S. carrier heading home after long deployment

In our news wrap Thursday, U.S. military says the USS Abraham Lincoln is heading home following a roughly nine-month deployment and reports of poor living conditions, storms and at least one tornado tore through parts of Germany overnight and...

Can ‘right to race’ laws protect American tracks?

Across the country, small, local racetracks are under threat from noise and nuisance lawsuits from nearby property owners. That’s prompting some state legislatures to protect what supporters call the “right to race.” Digital reporter Tim McPhillips traveled to a...

Ousted CIA officer warns politics undermining intelligence

Nearly 20 years of service in the intelligence community ended for Julia Curlee last year. Curlee was the first CIA officer to transition openly and continue serving the agency until she was fired abruptly early in Trump’s second term....

Seeing double at the Twins Days Festival in Ohio

The Twins Days Festival bills itself as the largest annual gathering of twins in the world. While the festival celebrates the unique bond between twins, it’s also a hub for scientists studying what makes them so alike – and...

News Wrap: Trump pauses his 50% tariffs on Canadian imports

In our news wrap Wednesday, President Trump paused his 50% tariffs on Canadian imports and trade officials said they are working to make a final deal, the Israeli military is opening criminal investigations into two high-profile killings by its...
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In 1886 a club of Rockefellers, Morgans and Vanderbilts paid $125,000 for Jekyll Island off Georgia and kept it as a private winter retreat...

In 1904, Munsey’s Magazine surveyed the private playgrounds of America’s rich and awarded Jekyll Island the full crown: the...
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