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Wisconsin voters more concerned about property taxes more than school funding
Polling shifted since 2018 from favoring funding for schools to being more concerned about property taxes.
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Trump Media enters discussions to spin off Truth Social
The potential new company would be dubbed SpinCo and remain under the purview of the larger firm, post-merger.
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DOJ charges two alleged Tren de Aragua members in Massachusetts ATM malware case
The two 29-year-olds, Moises Alejandro Martinez Gutierrz and Lestter Guerrero, have been charged with conspiracy to commit bank theft. The department claimed both are in the United States illegally.
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Shakeup at State Department raises concerns from foreign aid experts
Rubio argued that the State Department “has long struggled to perform basic diplomatic functions, even as both its size and cost to the American taxpayer has ballooned.”
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DOJ files federal charge against convicted illegal California migrant set to be released early
Ortega-Anguiano was initially sentenced to 10 years in prison for the crimes, but will now be released in July, meaning he will have served just 3.5 years of the sentence.
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Treasury Secretary Bessent says opportunity for 'big deal' with China, amid trade-tariff talks
Bessent said that Bejing's economic market isn't stable, and both countries need a strategy to benefit both nations.
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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.