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Olympic gold medalist skier Bode Miller pleaded not guilty to possession of psilocybin mushrooms
Miller said he cooperated with the office and expected the charges would be dropped once the facts were reviewed.
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Illinois Gov Pritzker defends plan to raise highway toll rates
Pritzker said there has been a lot of inflation since tolls were last raised for passenger vehicles in 2012. Commercial tolls have risen in Illinois every year since 2021.
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Protecting US citizenship will be focus of Senate hearing Wednesday
The hearing, to be chaired by Sen. Eric Schmitt, comes as lawmakers continue debating issues surrounding citizenship, immigration policy, and national security.
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States sue Trump admin over ‘gender affirming care’ restrictions on minors
One of President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed to eliminate certain transgender medical procedures for youth under the age of 19.
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Ghislaine Maxwell moved from Florida to lower-security federal prison camp in Texas
“We can confirm, Ghislaine Maxwell is in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at the Federal Prison Camp (FPC) Bryan in Bryan, Texas,” BOP spokesperson Donald Murphy said
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DeSantis: Florida has arrested nearly 3,000 migrants
The Highway Patrol will also create a new immigration enforcement section within the Bureau of Criminal Investigations.
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US economy added 73,000 jobs in July: Labor Department
The number was below Wall Street expectations of about 100,000 non-farm, payroll jobs.
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AG Bondi warns funding recipients that DEI programs are unlawful discrimination
“This Department of Justice will not stand by while recipients of federal funds engage in illegal discrimination,” said AG Bondi. “This guidance will ensure we are serving the American people and not ideological agendas.”
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Many Californians voice support for Trump's homelessness executive order
Californians are urging Newsom to acknowledge the Trump administration's EO on homelessness, believing it will help mitigate a state crisis. Newsom believes the order is focused on creating distracting headlines and settling old scores.
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New lawsuit filed by Seattle against Trump admin over anti-DEI, anti-trans executive orders
The first order limits the federal government’s recognition to 2 sexes based on male and female biology and halts federal funding used to promote gender ideology. The other executive order directs federal agencies to eliminate DEI-related positions, initiatives and funding.
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'Dead zone' in Gulf of America shrank sharply in 2025, scientists say
The dead zone, a stretch of oxygen-depleted water that forms annually off the Louisiana and Texas coasts, is caused primarily by excess nutrients washing into the Gulf from the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin.
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Colleges that protect free speech exceed those that 'clearly' don't, first time in 19-year study
Dartmouth gets back its "green light" rating, only Ivy League school whose policies "do not seriously imperil free expression" in free speech group's annual rankings. Upper Midwest dominates most censorious public colleges.
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Watch Live: Free Iran World Summit 2025 in Rome, Italy
This year's summit it titled "Iran: Change and a Democratic Republic with the Iranian People and Resistance"