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HHS tells Illinois ‘show us the receipts’ on welfare spending
Feds freeze $10 billion in welfare from five states.
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NY Gov Hochul moves to further restrict 'ghost' guns with new regulations
Hochul said as firearm technology continues to evolve, the proposed regulations would help the state uphold its "strongest-in-the-nation" gun control laws and continue its progress in reducing gun violence.
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Comer's House Oversight Committee holds hearing on over $9 billion of social services fraud
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and the state attorney general were either “complicit” in the now-estimated $9 billion of social services fraud that has taken place in the state in recent years or “asleep at the wheel,” according to Comer.
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Charlotte stabbing reignites debates on commuter safety, immigration
Court filings confirmed the suspect in a train stabbing was illegally in America and had at least once been deported.
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White House trolls pop singer after she denounces its ICE mashup with her sex song
"We won’t apologize for deporting dangerous criminal illegal murderers, rapists, and pedophiles from our country," White House spokesperson says, questioning if Sabrina Carpenter is "stupid" or "slow."
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Charlie Kirk assassination didn't reduce liberal student support for violence to stop speech: poll
"Moderate and conservative students," but not liberals, "are less accepting of other students using aggressive or violent protest tactics" now compared to the spring, survey finds. Yet 9 in 10 students overall think "words can be violence."
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'Historic': Medical school pays students, employees $10M to end forced COVID vaccination lawsuit
With its officials facing personal liability for violating "clearly established" rights, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine throws in the towel while still falsely claiming COVID vaccines can stop infection and transmission.
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Former NASCAR driver with more than 400 starts dies at 39
No cause given in announcement by JR Motorsports, one of Michael Annett’s former teams. He had one national win in 2019, at the season-opening race at Daytona International Speedway.
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Dollar General announces plans to open 450 more stores nationwide in 2026
The new projected openings also comes after Dollar General opened 575 stores in the United States in 2025. The company currently operates nearly 21,000 stores nationwide.
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Stockton officials: City stands together after fatal shooting that killed 4, injured 11 others
No suspects have been arrested. The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office said the shooting, which started around 6 p.m. Saturday, was likely a targeted attack and may have involved multiple shooters.
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Trump admin seeks judicial ruling on NYC congestion pricing
Duffy called congestion pricing a “slap in the face” to working-class Americans and small business owners and set a deadline to shut the program down. The city filed a lawsuit seeking to block the move.
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Illinois Gov. Pritzker 'eroded public trust' in public health during Covid era: HHS
“Democrat-led states that imposed unscientific school closures, toddler mask mandates, and vaccine passports during the COVID era destroyed public trust and should not be guiding policy,” an HHS spokesperson said.
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First 2 months of new fiscal year begins with lowest border apprehensions in US history: CBP
Notably, the total number of illegal border crossers apprehended in the first 10 months of the Trump administration were less than the number of foreign nationals who illegally entered the country under the Biden administration in one month.