Day: August 18, 2025

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Brooklyn

Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown makes it official. He’ll vie to unseat Trump-backed Sen. Jon Husted


Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown has launched his 2026 campaign to return to the U.S. Senate. The state’s best-known Democrat tells The Associated Press he “couldn’t stay on the sideline” after passage of Republicans’ big tax breaks and spending cuts bill.

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Brooklyn

The Constitutional Casuistry in the Big Beautiful Bill


A provision in the law appears to run afoul of a bedrock element of the Constitution — the limit to but two years on any appropriation for military…

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Brooklyn News

August 18: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY


ON THIS DAY IN 1905, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “HOTEL WENTWORTH, NEW CASTLE, PORTSMOUTH, N.H. ― The remaining two clauses in the Japanese list of demands were taken up at today’s conference. They cover the request for fishing privileges at the mouth of the Amur River, and the demand for the limitation of Russia’s […]

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Photos of Beijing’s World Humanoid Robot Games Show How a Human Touch Is Still Needed


(AP) — Humanoid robots raced and punched their way through three days of a multi-sport competition at the World Humanoid Robot Games, wrapping up Sunday in Beijing. But they also toppled, crashed and collapsed, requiring humans’ help and leading to questions about how far, after all, the robots can go on their own. The games […]

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Brooklyn

Mayor Adams opposes MTA fare hike, but has fewer voices on agency board


Former Deputy Mayor Meera Joshi resigned in June from her post as one of the city’s four MTA board members.

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Brooklyn

Kevin O’Leary issues housing market warning


The “Shark Tank” investor believes recent inflation data could “keep the U.S. housing market in its current state of stagnation.”

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Rehabbing Mariners’ outfielder Victor Robles ejected from rehab…



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Johnny Manziel Sends Clear Message to Shedeur Sanders Amid Browns QB Battle


Ex-Browns QB Johnny Manziel had some words of encouragement for rookie QB Shedeur Sanders

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Brooklyn

How Armenia–Azerbaijan Peace Lowers Corridor Risk for Central Asia – The Times Of Central Asia


The framework announced on 8 August 2025 in Washington for Armenia–Azerbaijan peace and development resets the security–economics equation in the South