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Detrioter. Episcopalian. Democrat. Former Legislative Director to Speaker Joe Tate.
“Christopher J. Mutimer, a lawyer for Major Watson, said it was a “beautiful irony” that an active-duty Air Force major in full uniform had been arrested on the steps of the Capitol just before the July 4 holiday.”
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Air Force Detains Officer Who Called for Trump’s Impeachment at Capitol
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/03/us/politics/air-force-officer-arrested-trump-impeachment.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 7 hours ago
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“The Pentagon’s defense strategy issued in January signaled that the U.S. would reduce its military presence in Europe as it focuses more on the western Pacific and the Western Hemisphere.”
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Exclusive | Hegseth Prepared a Bombshell Plan to Cut Troops in Europe. Then It Got Nixed.
The defense secretary wanted to adjust U.S. troop levels in Europe but pulled back after his plan was floated to the White House.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/hegseth-prepared-a-bombshell-plan-to-cut-troops-in-europe-then-it-got-nixed-cbb87e75?st=T9GKoJ&reflink=article_copyURL_share
about 19 hours ago
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“The RSF [Rapid Support Forces]has been fighting the Sudanese Armed Forces since April 2023. The war has left more than 150,000 people dead and more than 12 million displaced in what the United Nations has described as the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.”
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Sudan paramilitary group committed crimes against humanity, rights group says
Amnesty International says Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces systematically targeted civilians, including children, and carried out ethnic cleaning.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/07/02/sudan-paramilitary-group-committed-crimes-against-humanity-rights-group-says/
about 19 hours ago
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“Exposure to ionizing radiation of the kind produced by some materials used in nuclear power plants can damage the cells in a person’s body and the DNA inside, causing harms such as an increased chance of developing cancer, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.”
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Federal nuclear agency moves to relax radiation exposure rules
The proposal from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is in line with an executive order from President Donald Trump to speed up the approval of new nuclear facilities.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/07/01/federal-nuclear-agency-moves-relax-radiation-exposure-rules/
about 20 hours ago
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ICE detainees are increasingly subject to physical force, including punches, kicks, takedown maneuvers, restraint holds and restraint chairs, as well as less-lethal weapons such as Tasers and pepper spray, The Post reported earlier this year, based on a trove of internal ICE records.
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An ICE detainee sought treatment for mental illness. He died in a struggle with guards.
The family of Geraldo Lunas Campos is suing detention center operators and guards over his death. Records show he repeatedly requested treatment for his mental illness.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/07/02/ice-detainee-sought-mental-help-before-fatal-struggle-with-guards-records-show/
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“In almost any other conflict, these haunting truths would be seared into national memory. Yet more than 120 days since at least one U.S. missile struck an Iranian primary school, there remains no final accounting of what happened.”
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As the Pentagon stays quiet, AP reconstructs a US strike that killed over 100 Iranian children
The Feb. 28 attack on a primary school in southeastern Iran was the deadliest reported strike in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. Most of the victims were children.
https://apnews.com/article/iran-school-strike-baluch-trump-2a134a5c74d80db763db4c3eb6d0d847
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“This rule was a blatant attempt to punish teachers, nurses, firefighters, social workers, and other public servants for working in states or for organizations that this administration does not like.”
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Judges strike down Trump’s restrictions on loan forgiveness for public servants
The Education Department wants to exclude employers that engage in DEI or activities that the Trump administration disapproves. The rule was set to take effect Wednesday.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2026/06/30/court-strikes-down-trumps-limits-loan-forgiveness-public-servants/
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D.C. judge temporarily loosens rule requiring escorts for Pentagon reporters
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D.C. judge temporarily loosens rule requiring escorts for Pentagon reporters
The ruling is another blow to Defense Department efforts to restrict journalists’ access. It currently applies only to New York Times reporters.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/06/30/dc-judge-temporarily-loosens-rule-requiring-escorts-pentagon-reporters/
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“The Navy’s top leadership believed that Rear Adm. Stephen D. Barnett was by far the best choice to lead the command that oversees the Navy’s bases at home and abroad.” “Instead of Admiral Barnett, Mr. Hegseth selected a white officer who was the Navy leadership’s third choice.”
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Secret Vetting and Blocked Promotions: Inside Hegseth’s War on Diversity
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/us/politics/hegseth-navy-blocked-promotions-diversity.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
13 days ago
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“Western officials and experts have said the memorandum as it stands includes hazy pledges and diplomatic loopholes that put the onus on the United States to deliver early concessions — and that punts some of the contentious unresolved issues to future talks.”
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Trump condemned Obama’s Iran deal. Here’s how his own compares.
The current agreement is still an early outline, with key questions yet to be addressed.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/06/19/trump-condemned-obamas-iran-deal-heres-how-his-own-compares/
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“Many analysts — including Israelis and even some congressional Republicans — have said that Trump appears to have gotten a bad deal, and they have criticized the 14-point MOU as demanding far too little of Iran.”
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Chaotic run-up to U.S.-Iran talks signals steep hurdles ahead
Neither Washington nor Tehran wants the peace process to collapse completely, but diplomats say they expect a process full of challenges and distrust.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/06/20/diplomats-expect-hurdles-us-iran-talks-which-are-already-delayed/
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“Burnham, a center-left figure with deep working-class roots and a populist touch, is seen by many in Labour as the man best equipped to revive a demoralized party.”
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Andy Burnham wins U.K. Parliament seat, key step in bid to oust prime minister
Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, is now positioned to challenge Prime Minister Keir Starmer for leadership of the governing Labour Party and to seize the top job.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/06/19/andy-burnham-wins-uk-parliament-seat-key-step-bid-oust-prime-minister/
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“A few people are getting fabulously, unimaginably wealthy at the same time that entire generations of families worry they will never be able to afford to buy a house, raise children or enjoy a comfortable retirement.”
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Wages Are Falling. Wealth Is Surging. No Wonder Americans Are Unhappy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/business/economy-trillionaire-wealth-wages.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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“The announcement comes as Cubans have struggled with fuel shortages as a result of the U.S. oil blockade and food insecurity.”
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Díaz-Canel announces economic reforms to attract investment and involve Cubans abroad
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has announced economic reforms to attract investment and involve Cubans abroad in the economy.
https://apnews.com/article/cuba-colombia-aid-ship-embargo-cbffe7cf4f435569e1a6d7e42a2bb5fd
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“Energy Secretary Chris Wright was unrepentant on Capitol Hill this week, firing back at a congressman’s charge that the Trump administration canceled clean energy projects in blue states to exact political revenge.”
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“Tax refunds that came in the spring have been spent, and reductions to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are now cutting into food budgets.” “Low-income consumers don’t have a lot of room to maneuver at this point.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/b...
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Inflation Accelerates to Fastest Pace in 3 Years as Energy Prices Bite
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/business/economy/inflation-consumer-price-index.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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The line between these terms, however, is porous. Attachment to a parcel of land can easily harden into isolationism, jingoism, and racism. “It is lamentable,” Voltaire observed, “that to be a good patriot one must often become the enemy of the rest of mankind.”
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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How Problematic Is Patriotism?
National pride in America has plummeted in the Trump era. Is it worth trying to salvage?
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/06/01/how-problematic-is-patriotism
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“Since he returned to the White House last year, Mr. Trump has issued a wave of pardons and commutations. Dozens of pardons have been granted to people accused of white-collar crimes, giving rise to an industry of right-wing operatives hired to bring requests for clemency to the president.”
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Trump Pardons Former Congressman Convicted of Insider Trading
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/us/politics/trump-pardon-stephen-buyer-insider-trading.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
28 days ago
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“SpaceX also decided to forgo disclosing historical quarterly earnings in its I.P.O. registration documents, as companies traditionally do.” 🤨
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/b...
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Wall Street Is Going Gaga for SpaceX
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/business/wall-street-jamie-dimon-spacex.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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“[…]nine months into the operation, epidemiologists, addiction scientists and public health experts say cocaine, by far the top drug smuggled out of South America, is as easy to get in much of the United States as it was before the strikes began.”
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Blowing Up Boats Hasn’t Slowed Cocaine Traffic to U.S., Experts Say
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/world/americas/us-boat-strikes-cocaine-trump-south-america.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 1 month ago
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“We dress it up in the dry language of redistricting — district boundaries, core principles, communities of interest — but everyone in this chamber knows exactly what we’re being asked to do,” said State Rep. Kyle M. Green Jr., the chairman of the House Democratic caucus, during debate this month.
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Louisiana Approves Map Eliminating a Majority-Black District
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/us/politics/louisiana-redistricting-map-majority-black-district.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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“The sad truth of the matter,” the German theorist Hannah Arendt wrote, is that France’s revolution “made world history” whereas America’s was “of little more than local importance.”
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The American Revolution Wasn’t the Main Event
Americans have long imagined that they set off a global age of revolt. Seen within the era’s wider wars of empire, the story looks rather different.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/05/11/republic-and-empire-trevor-burnard-andrew-jackson-oshaughnessy-book-review-freedom-round-the-globe-sarah-pearsall
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Senate votes to advance resolution to block further strikes on Iran
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Senate advances resolution to block further strikes on Iran
The vote was a breakthrough for Democrats, but the measure faces considerable hurdles before it could force President Donald Trump to end the war.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/05/19/senate-votes-advance-resolution-block-further-strikes-iran/
about 2 months ago
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A Family Secret No More
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/u...
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A Family Secret No More
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/us/degrange-family-history-race.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 2 months ago
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Detroit's population grows for third straight year as these suburbs drop
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Detroit's population grows for third straight year as these suburbs drop
Detroit's population grew for the third year in a row in 2025, while many inner-ring suburbs saw declines, new Census Bureau data shows.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2026/05/14/detroits-population-grows-third-straight-year-inner-ring-suburbs-drop-census/90050806007/
about 2 months ago
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“Mercury is particularly alarming. A potent neurotoxin that settles into waterways and accumulates in the food chain, particularly in fish, mercury can cause premature cardiovascular mortality in adults.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/c...
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As Coal Rebounds, More Toxic Mercury Is in the Air
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/climate/as-coal-rebounds-more-mercury-a-potent-toxin-is-in-the-air.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 2 months ago
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Can the E.P.A. Survive Lee Zeldin? “It is impossible at this point to say how many premature deaths Zeldin’s deregulatory campaign will lead to, but the numbers could easily run to the tens of thousands.”
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Can the E.P.A. Survive Lee Zeldin?
The agency, which was founded to protect the environment and human health, has cancelled safety regulations, supported coal, and stopped caring about climate change.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/05/04/can-the-epa-survive-lee-zeldin
about 2 months ago
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Press Robinson worries he is now a witness to the Voting Rights Act's dramatic demise after the Supreme Court sharply limited the last vestige of the landmark law. “History is now repeating itself,” he said.
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“Many medical examiners (and their lesser-trained counterparts, coroners) lack the money, technical resources and time to pinpoint each drug implicated in an overdose fatality.”
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A Medical Examiner Chases Down an Elusive Killer
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/health/knoxville-medical-examiners-drugs-cychlorphine.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 2 months ago
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“The victory by Chedrick Greene, a Saginaw firefighter, carried practical and symbolic importance for Michigan Democrats ahead of November’s midterm elections, which include competitive races for governor and U.S. Senate.”
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Democrats Keep Michigan Senate Majority With Special Election Win
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/us/democrats-keep-michigan-senate-majority-with-special-election-win.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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“An analysis by the liberal groups Fair Fight Action and Black Voters Matter found redrawing opportunity districts could leave Louisiana with no Black members in Congress. Half of the African Americans in the state legislature could also be unseated, the report concluded.”
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He spent 60 years building Black political power. He sees a wipeout coming.
Press Robinson, who years ago mounted a legal fight to become the first Black person elected to a Louisiana school board, was on the losing side of the Supreme Court case weakening the Voting Rights A...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/05/03/voting-rights-act-louisiana-black-candidates/
2 months ago
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“Pentagon officials said on Friday that they were pulling 5,000 troops from Germany and would redeploy them to the United States and other posts overseas.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/u...
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U.S. to Withdraw 5,000 Troops From Germany, Pentagon Says
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/us/politics/us-troops-germany.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
2 months ago
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“A new study published in the journal Nature on Wednesday found that business and law school students from diverse classes generally earned higher starting pay when they graduated. Researchers found the increase benefited not only underrepresented students but classes overall.”
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Law and MBA graduates earn more if classes are racially diverse, study shows
Graduates from classes that had just one more racial minority student earned higher starting salaries, according to research in the journal Nature.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2026/04/30/diversity-graduate-school-earnings/
2 months ago
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“I just never in my wildest imagination ever dreamed that we would be, in 2026, where we are now, based on what happened in 1965,” said Dr. McLemore, 85, one of the few surviving veterans of the civil rights movement.”
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Some Black Southerners Say Voting Rights Ruling ‘Missed the Mark’
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/us/some-black-southerners-say-voting-rights-ruling-missed-the-mark.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
2 months ago
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Maine Gov. Janet Mills drops out of race to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins
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Maine Gov. Janet Mills drops out of race to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins
The seat is critical to Democrats’ hopes of retaking the Senate. Graham Platner, an oyster farmer and Democrat, is likely to win the primary.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/30/mills-maine-senate-collins-platner/
2 months ago
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“If the election were in May, Republicans would lose,” said Newt Gingrich, the Republican former House speaker”
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/u...
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Republicans Brace for Brutal Midterms as Trump’s Popularity Slips
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/us/politics/republicans-midterms-trump-popularity-decline.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
2 months ago
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“Section 2, as it is known, is aimed at combating discriminatory gerrymandering that weakens the power of Black, Latino, Native American and Asian voters.”
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Supreme Court limits key provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act
The decision could touch off a scramble by Republicans to redraw minority-majority congressional districts, especially in the South, that could cost many Black Democrats their seats.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/29/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-louisiana-voting-maps/
2 months ago
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“The President’s war, though, seems poised to achieve little that was not already available through prewar diplomacy, or through some renewed version of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or J.C.P.O.A., the Iran nuclear deal secured by the Obama Administration.”
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Trump’s Strategic and Moral Failure in Iran
From the first day of his Presidency, Trump has posed an emergency to both his country and the world.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/20/donald-trumps-strategic-failure-and-moral-calamity-in-iran
2 months ago
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NPR
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Dirk Kempthorne, a Republican, was elected mayor of Boise at age 34 and served seven years before serving one term in the U.S. Senate and then as governor until 2006.
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Dirk Kempthorne, former Idaho governor and U.S. Interior secretary, dies at 74
Dirk Kempthorne, a Republican, was elected mayor of Boise at age 34 and served seven years before serving one term in the U.S. Senate and then as governor until 2006.
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Consequences of elections: -Driving tests would have an English language requirement -Government employees could face jail time for failing to report undocumented immigrants who receive public benefits -Local governments could lose state funds for failing to verify immigration status for employees
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Tennessee Passed a Slate of Immigration Bills. Here’s What They Do.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/us/politics/tennessee-immigration-bills-what-to-know.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
2 months ago
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"Democrats took to the floor to criticize Republicans for supercharging funding for federal immigration enforcement rather than moving legislation that would address Americans’ concerns over affordability."
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Senate Adopts G.O.P. Budget, Defeating Democrats’ Affordability Proposals
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/us/politics/senate-gop-budget-immigration.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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“A pragmatic Democratic Party might see all that as good enough, considering its recent electoral defeats, but Montana Democrats, while priding themselves on centrism, have a pugilistic streak.”
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An Independent Senate Hopeful Tries to Scare Off Montana Democrats
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/us/politics/seth-bodnar-montana-senate.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
2 months ago
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Can Michigan Become the U.S. Drone Capital?
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Can Michigan Become the U.S. Drone Capital?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/business/michigan-drone-capital.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
3 months ago
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Utilities Plan to Spend $1.4 Trillion Over Next Five Years to Power AI Boom
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Utilities Plan to Spend $1.4 Trillion Over Next Five Years to Power AI Boom
Soaring spending plans by 51 investor-owned utilities will help patch up the aging power grid and meet rising electricity demand for AI, a new report finds.
https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/utilities-plan-to-spend-1-4-trillion-over-next-five-years-to-power-ai-boom-e91b8f16?st=a7KAg2&reflink=article_copyURL_share
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Tammy Patrick, a former local election official in Arizona and mail voting expert. “What this executive order would do is add responsibilities and business practices that they would need to take on without any additional funding.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/u...
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Postal Service, Already Under Pressure, Now Faces Trump’s Mail Ballot Order
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/us/politics/postal-service-budget-mail-ballots.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
3 months ago
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“Our goal is not to get to 100,000 people, although that may happen someday,” Mr. Williams said. “Our goal is to bring job opportunities to our young people.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/u...
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America’s Fastest-Growing County Wonders if ‘Paradise’ Is Growing Too Fast
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/us/jasper-county-south-carolina-population-growth.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
3 months ago
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“There are less than 600,000 adult emperor penguins left in the wild”
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Emperor penguins have just been declared endangered
New projections suggest the population of adult emperor penguins left in the wild, which stands at less than 600,000, could fall to half that by the 2080s.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/04/09/emperor-penguin-endangered-antarctic-fur-seal/
3 months ago
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“King’s Way couples portray their way of life as a return to a better time of white picket fences and whole families.”
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The Women Who Believe That Women Should Lose the Right to Vote
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/us/household-vote-women.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
3 months ago
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“Right now, with A.I., it’s the wild, wild West,” said Alex Zukin, a software analyst at Wolfe Research. Software providers and their customers are “in a state of massive, simultaneous experimentation.”
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A.I. Could Change the World. But First It Is Changing Silicon Valley.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/technology/ai-silicon-valley-tech-work.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
3 months ago
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U.S. rescues missing crew member in Iran after fighter jet shot down
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