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Louisiana Gov Landry signs EO to protect Louisiana student-athletes in NIL era
The order protects Louisiana colleges from “adverse action” by the NCAA, athletic conferences or other governing bodies if they facilitate or offer NIL compensation.
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ICE makes 196 arrests in Nashville during week-long operation
"Despite the success of this enforcement operation, the Nashville Mayor has claimed these operations were done by 'people who do not share our values of safety,'" the Department of Homeland Security said.
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Harrowing confrontation between contractors led to Fort Detrick bio-lab shutdown, NIH boss reveals
The incident sparked safety concerns that led the new NIH Director to order the lab temporarily closed and open a new probe over its safety practices.
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Treasury Sec Bessent says IMF and World Bank aren’t doing their job
Bessent said that more than 100 countries have approached the U.S. to negotiate trade agreements since the Trump administration’s “Liberation Day” tariff announcements.
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Trump says China tariffs will decrease 'substantially'
The statement from Trump potentially signals a shift in the ongoing trade war with China.
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DOJ accuses IL officials of having kept noncitizen from ICE accused of murder after jail release
Despite DOJ's claims, “We don’t prevent the federal authorities from coming to our jails or coming to our prisons with a federal criminal warrant and take them,” Gov. Pritzker said. “We, in fact, I would like them to do that..."
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CA has doubled its spending on drugs since 2018 due to weight loss drugs, illegal immigrants
Gavin Newsom’s administration has reported that half of the doubling in Medi-Cal costs over the past six years has been from expanding coverage to illegal immigrants.
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IMF says global economy to slow as Trump re-orders global trade with tariffs
The IMF report projected global growth will reach 2.8% this year and 3% next year, a cumulative downgrade of about 0.8 percentage points relative to the IMF's January update.
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GA Senator Warnock accused of ethics violation regarding his 'luxury home'
The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, an ethics organization, is accusing Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock of accepting housing from his church and not including it on financial disclosures.
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LA Mayor Bass claims 'fastest recovery' in CA history, but home permitting down by two-thirds
In 2022, the city permitted 15,285 homes. In 2023, the first year the city’s Measure ULA 4% transfer tax was in effect, permitting fell to 11,272. In 2024, permitting fell again to 8,705 homes.
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Rep Mariannette Miller-Meeks says frail Pope Francis meeting with Vance will be part of his legacy
Iowa congresswoman comments on the late Pope Francis' last address and meeting with the vice president on Sunday.
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Pharmaceuticals company from Switzerland to invest $50 billion in US over next 5 years
The new manufacturing facilities will be in Indiana, California, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.
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With an $800M deficit and layoffs coming, LA Mayor Bass seeking bailout
Mayor Karen Bass blamed the Trump administration and the economy for falling revenue...“Turmoil and uncertainty from Washington and a slowing economy are causing lower revenue projections.”