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1 day ago | messenger-inquirer.com | Farnoush Amiri |Matthew Lee |Ellen Knickmeyer

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled a massive overhaul of the State Department on Tuesday, with plans to reduce staff in the U.S. by 15% while closing and consolidating more than 100 bureaus worldwide as part of the Trump administration's “America First” mandate.

6 days ago | messenger-inquirer.com | Jeff D’alessio

In a high school baseball career that now spans more than 80 games, Grayson County High School’s Levi Rogers has seen plenty of big moments in a Cougar uniform, and embraced plenty of life-long memories as well over the last four years. He’s been part of two straight 12th District Tournament championship teams and is coming off a junior season where he batted a team-best .434. But for the senior third baseman/pitcher, his playing career is more than wins, losses and statistics.

6 days ago | messenger-inquirer.com | Jerry Beach

NEW YORK — Mark Vientos hit his first homer of the season to spark a four-run second inning, and the New York Mets beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 on Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series. Brett Baty and Francisco Lindor had RBI singles in the second, which ended when Tyrone Taylor scored as Lindor got caught in a rundown between first and second. Lindor had three hits.

6 days ago | messenger-inquirer.com | Christopher Rugaber |Aamer Madhani |Josh Boak

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump attacked Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday for not cutting interest rates and said he could fire him if he wanted to, renewing a threat from his first term that could cause a major legal showdown over the issue of the central bank's long-standing political independence.

6 days ago | messenger-inquirer.com | Jon Gambrell |Amir Vahdat

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As far as biographies go, the two men in charge of the delicate negotiations between Iran and the United States over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program couldn't be more different. On the American side, billionaire real estate magnate Steve Witkoff leads the effort by President Donald Trump's administration to restrict Tehran's atomic program, which they fear could allow Iran to build a nuclear weapon.