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Illinois GOP makes political push in House races amid lawmaker controversies
Heitman faces Republican candidate Gabby Shanahan, who narrowly lost to Benton in the 2024 election for the seat.
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Tour de France winner revealed
Tadej Pogacar, 27, won a fifth Tour de France title on Sunday.
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'Reagan' director's cut wins top honors at Anthem Film Festival ahead of theatrical re-release
The updated version of the film was screened July 9 at Caesars Forum in Las Vegas following the festival's Filmmakers Reception and MasterClass.
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As SpaceX shares drop, Elon Musk loses trillionaire status
Shares of SpaceX were down to $155 on Wednesday, and Musk was $6 billion poorer than he'd been when SpaceX debuted earlier this month.
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Majority of Americans do not rely on AI to get their news, new poll finds
A new poll found that Americans are resisting using artificial intelligence in news consumption, even as the use of AI is increasing in workplaces
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Woman seen in video taking Knicks-themed trash can off NYC street was DEI executive at JP Morgan
In the video, Angie Báez, 40, was seen wearing a blue New York Knicks shirt. She empties the receptacle, which was colored orange and blue, on the sidewalk and walks off with the trash can.
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Bill Gates told Oversight Committee he feared Epstein might try to blackmail him
“He never blackmailed me, but looking at these emails, it raises a serious probability that he contemplated blackmailing me,” Gates told the committee.
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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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Public universities punish criticism of gender ideology as harassment, discrimination: lawsuits
Student members of Young America's Foundation, Defending Education are self-censoring to avoid discipline for so-called deadnaming, misgendering, simply offending transgender students at California and Minnesota university systems.
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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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Eight immigration protesters with alleged ties to Antifa sentenced to decades in federal prison
The case against the defendants involved a shooting outside a ICE immigration detention center in Texas in which a police officer was wounded.
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VA Gov Spanberger pleased with budget compromise; Republican leaders, not so much
House GOP Leader Terry Kilgore said lawmakers avoided a government shutdown but criticized the budget process.