WASHINGTON — All through downtown Washington, the primary sound for several blocks was the beeping of forklifts unloading more fencing. There were no cars or scooters and seemingly no tourists Wednesday, just the occasional jogger and multiple construction crews at work. The U.S. Capitol, which proved such a soft target last week, was visible only …
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – NASA declared the Mars digger dead Thursday after failing to burrow deep into the red planet to take its temperature. Scientists in Germany spent two years trying to get their heat probe, dubbed the mole, to drill into the Martian crust. But the 16-inch-long (40-centimeter) device that is part of …
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WASHINGTON — Deputy Defense Secretary David Norquist has been asked to serve as the acting secretary of defense for President-elect Joe Biden until a permanent Pentagon chief can be confirmed by the Senate, U.S. officials said Thursday. Officials said Norquist agreed, and that other defense officials were told of the selection on Wednesday evening. Biden …
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President Trump served up a brief summary on Thursday of his achievements in stopping U.S. involvement in “endless” wars, days before he is to leave office. Cut off from Twitter and other social media platforms, Mr. Trump issued a statement via a White House press release calling attention to his efforts to bring home troops …
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Colorado lawmakers are unhappy with the Air Force‘s decision to move U.S. Space Command’s headquarters to the Army‘s Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. The service announced its choice Wednesday. SPACECOM, which was reactivated in August 2019, has been temporarily housed at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. It will remain the “provisional location” until …
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