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Developments in Birthright Citizenship Under the Trump Administration
JD Supra - California
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July 29, 2025
A great deal has happened on the subject of birthright citizenship under President Trump, including an Executive Order redefining parts of the long-standing meaning of birthright citizenship. As courts around the country issue injunctions on...
Public tribute in honor of the late Gov. Arnold I. Palacios
Marianas Variety
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IT is with deep sorrow and heartfelt respect that I join the people of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in mourning the passing of the Honorable Governor Arnold I. Palacios. His departure marks the end of a remarkable chapter in...
The Sunday Poems, by Nafanua Purcell Kersel
Newsroom
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July 26, 2025
At 6:48am on September 29, 2009, an 8.1 magnitude undersea earthquake struck between the Samoan islands of Upolu and Tutuila (American Sāmoa). Less than 20 minutes later a tsunami hit Sāmoa, American Sāmoa and Northern Tonga. The devastation was...
Farms must pass inspection to participate in School Lunch Program
Talanei
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July 24, 2025
The American Samoa Department of Agriculture (ASDOA) reminds all farmers participating in the American Samoa Department of Education (ASDOE) School Lunch Program (SLP) to schedule farm compliance inspections with the Department for the upcoming...
Groundbreaking for new ER, ICU and MRI facility at LBJ Hospital
Talanei
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July 28, 2025
A groundbreaking ceremony was held last Friday at the LBJ Tropical Medical Center to officially commence construction of a new two-story building that will house the Emergency Room (ER), Intensive Care Unit (ICU), and MRI facility. In attendance...
"O le Usoga Fesilafa'i" Program photo & caption
Samoa News
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July 25, 2025
The American Samoa Council on Arts, Culture and Humanities and the Samoa Ministry of Education and Culture have announced the signing of an MOU to officially launch the "O le Usoga Fesilafa'i" Program. It will roll out a series of joint cultural...
AM Briefing: America's Big Nuclear Milestone
Heatmap News
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July 25, 2025
Current conditions: The record-setting heat roasting more than 100 million Americans in the central U.S. is now headed for the densely populated Northeast • The American Samoan capital of Pago Pago faces “imminent” flash flooding on Friday amid...
FEATURE | The trembling of a leaf – Somerset Maugham and the Commission of Inquiry
The Fiji Times
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July 26, 2025
Australian judge David Ashton-Lewis, whose Commission of Inquiry report has produced something of a constitutional crisis, is said to love the writing of Somerset Maugham. That’s why he named one of his children after the British...
High school student allegedly bullied at school after video goes viral
Samoa News
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July 23, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On May 26, 2025, a minor accompanied by his grandmother walked into the Tafuna Police Substation and reported that he was allegedly assaulted multiple times by the school’s head coach, and that he feared for his life...
Reunification of the Aleutians: A strategic proposal for the Commander Islands
Breaking Defense
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July 28, 2025
The Russian island of Big Diomede, or Ratmanov (right), and the U.S. island of Little Diomede, or Krusenstern (left), are found in the Bering Strait. (Photo by Jacques Langevin/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images) In 1867, Secretary of State William H....
This candidate could finally be the one to take down the billionaires
Raw Story
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July 28, 2025
I have no doubt that Zohran Mamdani, upset winner over the heavily favored former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, would have greatly preferred that his much better financed opponent would graciously...
Sevens tournaments aim for selection of National Talavalu Team
Samoa News
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July 22, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Rugby Union (ASRU) kicked off the first of two scheduled sevens rugby tournaments this past Saturday, with the strategic aim of selecting a squad of potential players, from which a final selection of...
Flags flown at half-staff on Guam in honor of CNMI Gov. Palacios' life and legacy.
The Pacific Island Times
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July 23, 2025
CNMI Gov. Arnold Palacios, Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr. and American Samoa Del. Uifa’atali Amata Radewagen at the CNMI Inauguration Ball on Saipan on Jan. 9, 2023. Photo courtesy of the Office of American Samoa Representative By Pacific...
Governor’s legal counsel in ‘hot water’ over remarks made at Senate hearing
Samoa News
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July 21, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Several Senators voiced strong concern over remarks made by the Governor’s Chief Legal Counsel, Barry Fundt, during last Thursday morning’s hearing on a bill addressing the role of government employees serving on boards...
Samoa police claim meth in their country is coming from Am Samoa
Samoa News
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July 21, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Samoa Observer is reporting police have confirmed that American Samoa is the most common route for methamphetamine importation into the independent country, and children are being used to sell the drugs. Police...
ASEDA: modernizing infrastructure & improving community services
Talanei
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July 22, 2025
In its annual meeting with investors held in June the American Samoa Economic Development Authority outlined an ambitious agenda to modernize infrastructure and improve community services across American Samoa. A top priority is upgrading the...
Adam Silverman: LACMA’s Seeds and Weeds are Ceramic Art
Forbes
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LACMA Seeds and Weeds, Installation view, Los Angeles, 2025, Photo: Evan Walsh Courtesy of the artist and BLUM Gallery Ceramics has long oscillated between the functional and the artistic. California has a long tradition of makers who span the...
House Concurrent Resolution asserts Fono’s opposition to seabed mining
Talanei
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July 21, 2025
A House Concurrent Resolution that was introduced on Friday resolves that the American Samoa Legislature opposes deep sea mining without science driven policies, legal transparency and mandates that all entities engaging in marine extraction...
Samoa Police Commissioner says meth is coming from Am Samoa
Talanei
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July 21, 2025
Samoa’s Police Commissioner Auapa’au Logoitino Filipo says American Samoa is the most common route for methamphetamine coming into the country but he did not give details to substantiate his claims. Samoa Observer reports the commissioner also...
Mamdani for NYC Mayor: The Fight We’ve Been Waiting for
Common Dreams
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July 27, 2025
I have no doubt that Zohran Mamdani, upset winner over the heavily favored former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, would have greatly preferred that his much better financed opponent would graciously...