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Ken Follett's next epic heads to Victorian Britain, where strict morals meet secret passions
NEW YORK (AP) — Ken Follett's next historical epic is a story of forbidden romance set during a time of official propriety, the Victorian age.Follett's “The Deep and Secret Things” will be published Sept. 21, 2027, Hachette Book Group and Hachette UK announced Wednesday. His novel follows the life of a noblewoman from South Wales, Helena Bowen, and her attraction to a charming, but disreputable acquaintance, Johnnie.
“I love stories set in the Victorian era because of the shocking contrasts,” Follett said in a statement. “Britain was richer than any country... Read More
Trump keeps telling America he's winning in Iran. He's less clear in explaining how the war ends
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing jittery global markets and drooping poll numbers since launching a war on Iran, President Donald Trump has cycled from calls for “unconditional surrender” to sounding amenable to an end state in which Iran trades one hard-line ayatollah for another.Shifting comments from the Republican president and his top aides are adding to the precariousness of the 12-day-old conflict, which is impacting nearly every corner of the Middle East and causing economic tremors around the globe. With neither side budging, the war is now on an unpredictable path — one... Read More
Trump visits Ohio and Kentucky to downplay war's effect on economy and target a top GOP antagonist
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to visit Ohio and Kentucky on Wednesday to argue that his policies can steady an economy facing shock waves from the war on Iran and to try to defeat one of the few congressional Republicans who has dared to defy him.In Cincinnati, the Republican president is touring Thermo Fisher Scientific, a pharmaceutical company. There, he'll tout efforts to lower prescription drug prices, a key part of his attempts to show his administration is focused on making the cost of living more affordable for many Americans ahead of November's midterm... Read More
Trump has one prescription for midterms. House Republicans have another
DORAL, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump insisted he had the answer for Republicans anxious about losing their congressional majority this year: build on an already strict national voter identification law to ban mail ballots and restrict transgender rights.“It'll guarantee the midterms,” he told Republicans gathered in the ballroom of his golf course just outside Miami on Monday. “If you don't get it, big trouble.”
Less than 24 hours later, House Republican leaders highlighted their priorities. And the voting bill, which Trump has rebranded from the SAVE... Read More
Virginia's former first lady to run for Congress in newly drawn district
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — There could be another McAuliffe representing Virginia soon.Dorothy McAuliffe — the former first lady, onetime state department official and wife of then-Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe — said Wednesday that she will run for Congress, putting a prominent name into the mix for a newly drawn district.
“We need a leader who has a record of delivering and can finally bring down costs for families, who will increase access to affordable healthcare, and who will never back down from holding Donald Trump and ICE accountable,” McAuliffe said in a... Read More
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- Italy stuns the US 8-6 in World Baseball Classic, leaving the Americans needing help to advance