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1 day ago | messenger-inquirer.com | Jamey Keaten |David McHugh |Elaine Kurtenbach |Ken Moritsugu

GENEVA — The United States and China agreed Monday to slash their massive recent tariffs, restarting stalled trade between the world’s two biggest economies and setting off a rally in global financial markets. But the de-escalation in President Donald Trump's trade wars did nothing to resolve underlying differences between Beijing and Washington. The deal lasts 90 days, creating time for U.S. and Chinese negotiators to reach a more substantive agreement.

2 days ago | messenger-inquirer.com | Freddie Bourne

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4 days ago | messenger-inquirer.com | S.E. Cupp

Among the many problems Democrats faced in the 2024 election — former President Joe Biden’s obvious decline, a rejiggered ticket at the 11th hour, a slumbering economy and border crisis that Dems took too long to acknowledge — was their terrible timing. When Biden won in 2020, it was with an implicit promise to be a one-term president, a transitional one, not a transformational one, a “bridge,” as he called it.

4 days ago | messenger-inquirer.com | Peter Hall

Flicker to a flash, a glint to a blink. Finally a pulsating glow nestled down in a clump of tall bladed grass. How often do we take the time to allow ourselves to be fascinated by the sight of a gathering light show created by a small beetle? These bio-luminescence beetles have several names depending on the region you live from fireflies, lightning bugs, moon bugs, glow worms, to many others. Lampyridae, the scientific name of this amazing insect, uses its gift of glow primarily for mating.

5 days ago | messenger-inquirer.com | Christen Smith

(The Center Square) – The first American pontiff in the 2,000 years history of the Roman Catholic Church offers a simple vision for the future: build bridges and receive each other with open arms. It’s a message grown from the roots of 69-year-old Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost’s consecration to the Order of St. Augustine, a 4th century bishop revered for his blend of contemplative prayer and public ministry.