Politics & Policy
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Tennessee Valley Authority granted construction permit for a small, next-generation nuclear reactor
The reactor will be a 300-megawatt GE Veranova Hitachi boiling-water reactor, and it will help meet the region's growing power demands.
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Treasury says it will auto-enroll millions of children into Trump accounts through new rules
The funds are intended to give children a hand up and will be made available to the account owner when they turn 18. It will then act as a traditional individual retirement account.
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Trump admin touts 96% drop in immigration from Muslim-majority countries since 2024
Some Republicans have increasingly advocated for closer scrutiny of Islamic immigration amid the war in Iran and the longer-term conflicts in the region.
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Trump admin targets 'ghost students,' AI scammers stealing tens of millions in federal college aid
Within California's system of 116 community colleges, 31% of applications last year – or 1.2 million – were found to be likely fraudulent.
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Watchdog launches ad campaign against 'WOKE' Thom Tillis in NC
The campaign itself features a mobile billboard at the U.S. Capitol depicting Tillis as a puppet, as well as a website dedicated to highlighting the impact of his legislation.
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Trump’s fight to keep non-citizens off voter rolls reignites in second term
Part one of President Donald Trump's battle to keep illegal aliens off voter rolls began near the end of his first term and will likely come hurtling back in the near future.
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Comer subpoenas Jill Biden aide after he refuses testimony
The subpoena comes as Comer seeks to uncover the scope of President Joe Biden's physical and mental decline while in office and the extent to which his aides hid it from the public.
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SCOTUS upholds South Carolina ban on Medicaid funds for Planned Parenthood
The ruling permits the state to bar Medicaid from issuing reimbursements to the organization for even non-abortion-related procedures and services, such as cancer screenings.
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Trump touts 'unified and productive' NATO summit
Though, at the time, many NATO members and critical media outlets warned that he was fracturing the alliance with those demands, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has since led member states to reconsider their stances.
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NYC Dem mayoral candidate Mamdani pushes back on Trump criticism: 'Learn about my actual policies'
"I encourage him — just like I encourage every New Yorker — to learn about my actual policies to make the city affordable," Zohran Mamdani said.
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Department of Education finds California violated Title IX by discriminating against girls, women
The department has given the state 10 days to comply with the federal law, or face consequences that could include referral to the Justice Department for prosecution.
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Virginia lands $17 billion data center project in Louisa County
The campus will span 697 acres in the Shannon Hill Regional Business Park and could support over 1.1 gigawatts of power, according to the company.
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Annual benchmark global energy report shows fossil fuels continued to dominate in 2024
In 2024, oil, natural gas and coal made up 86.6% of the total global energy consumption, according to the report.