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Madre Fire, now California's largest wildfire, burns more than 3,000 acres in two hours
Pushed by fast winds, a fire burned more than 3,000 acres within two hours Wednesday afternoon along the border between Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.
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VA Gov Youngkin highlights police hiring, pay raises and more to reduce crime
A second focus, Youngkin said, is expanding apprenticeship opportunities to help young people enter law enforcement faster, emphasizing that Virginia wants to “engage with them in a process that used to be slow and is now fast.”
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Trump administration says $6.8B funding freeze of educational grant awards under review
Initial findings have shown that many of these grant programs have been grossly misused to subsidize a radical leftwing agenda,” an OMB spokesman said.
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Judge blasts 'outrageous' arrest of Arizona mom who criticized bureaucrat, bans future arrest
"For more than two months I’ve been living with the threat of punishment and jail time — being taken away from my kids, even — for doing nothing more than criticizing the government," Rebekah Massie says.
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DeSantis says recreational marijuana ballot initiative is 'corporate greed'
Florida voters weighing Amendment 3 that would make recreational marijuana legal in the state.
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Poll: Most Americans support requiring photo I.D., proof of citizenship to vote
Support varied by political party, with 98% of Republicans, 67% of Democrats, and 84% of Independents supporting requiring photo I.D. to vote.
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Tickets to Dodgers and Yankees World Series games are among the most expensive in history
Some are billing this World Series, which begins Friday, as a battle between the top home run hitters in their respective leagues: Ohtani and Judge. It is also the 12th time these two teams have met in the World Series.
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In partial victory for satire, Babylon Bee advances lawsuit against California censorship law
Given that the law applies to federal elections that include California, such as president, the lawsuit could have national free speech implications.
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Buttigieg says bullet trains coming soon, but costs and timelines are off the charts
With the California government’s $135 billion high speed rail program approved by voters in 2008, children born then are now old enough to drive and the first section of the project is nowhere near complete.
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Judicial Watch sues Oregon to force state to remove ineligible voters from voter rolls
The lawsuit targets Oregon Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade, and claims the state has the "highest known inactive registration rate of any state in the nation," according to Judicial Watch.
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Over 443,000 criminal noncitizens booked in Texas jails
New report by Texas Department of Public Safety highlights the extent of criminality by foreigners and illegal aliens.
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Biden-Harris administration spent $900 million pushing faulty COVID messaging, Congress reports
Americans cannot afford another botched government response to a future pandemic,” the report said.
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Families seek $50 billion in tariffs on China over U.S. fentanyl crisis
In 2022, the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee found the opioid epidemic cost the United States a record of nearly $1.5 trillion in 2020.