Politics & Policy
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Trump rips Massie ahead of contentious Tuesday primary
Massie faces the Trump-endorsed Ed Gallrein on Tuesday, in what has become the most expensive Republican House primary in history.
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Trump, DOJ settle with IRS over tax return leak
Trump's tax returns were the subject of scrutiny for the better part of a decade.
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Pro-Israel lobby spending millions to help unseat Massie in history's most expensive House primary
Total spending in the Kentucky Republican primary is topping $32 million.
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Privacy in Peril: Opposing rulings set up Supreme Court showdown over police cell phone tracking
The 5th Circuit says ‘geofence warrants’ used to identify cell users are clearly unconstitutional, but the 4th Circuit disagrees. Called a "split in the Circuits," this means the Supreme Court can grant certiorari to hear the case and establish controlling law.
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Google warns that Iranian efforts to hack US presidential campaigns are still ongoing
"We [have] informed campaign officials that Google was seeing heightened malicious activity originating from foreign state actors and underscored the importance of enhanced account security protections on personal email accounts," Google said in a statement.
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Testimony at offshore wind hearing reveals the U.S. could experience 48 blade failures annually
A single blade failed in calm weather and scattered shards of fiberglass and debris across beaches of Nantucket. President Joe Biden wants 3,000 turbines built off America's shores by 2030. Based on estimated failure rates, the U.S. could see dozens of these failures every year.
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Democrats pick former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner for late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee's seat
Jackson Lee, who defeated Edwards in the Democratic primary in March, passed away last month from pancreatic cancer.
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Global health emergency is declared by World Health Organization over mpox outbreak in Africa
The WHO also declared an mpox epidemic as a global emergency in 2022, which affected nearly 100,000 people, mainly gay and bisexual men, killing about 200 people in 116 countries.
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Washington state ‘increasingly at risk’ for rolling blackouts
By 2050, electrical load growth is anticipated to increase by 92% compared to 2020 demand.
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Left-leaning nonprofit reports guaranteed income study failed: people worked less, got less money
The study was titled "The Employment Effects of a Guaranteed Income: Experimental Evidence from Two U.S. States" and came out last month. The populist policy may garner votes, but will keep poor voters on the plantation.
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Speaker Johnson to appear at fundraiser for Arizona House candidate Abe Hamadeh next week
Hamadeh won the GOP primary for the House seat currently occupied by Rep. Debbie Lesko, who decided not to seek re-election.
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Harris campaign won't push 'Medicare-for-all': Report
The apparent about-face on the issue marks only the latest in a string of major policy adjustments since she became the Democratic standard bearer.