Politics & Policy
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Unlicensed speedboat pilot charge in infant's death after craft capsized in Statue of Liberty tour
An unlicensed pilot of an overloaded nighttime tour boat was criminally charged after a boat capsized and resulted in the drowning deaths of a mother and her infant
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Democrat Cooper holds 7-point lead over GOP's Whatley in North Carolina Senate race: Poll
The seat is open due to the retirement of Sen. Thom Tillis, R-S.C., who has repeatedly clashed with President Donald Trump.
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Trump boosts Mike Lindell on primary day
He is facing off against Minnesota Speaker of the House Lisa Demuth and TakeCharge President Kendall Qualls.
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Biden projected to win South Carolina primary with more than 96% of vote
Biden came in far ahead of Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips and author Marianne Williamson.
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Virginia bills would grant state more authority in the siting of renewable energy projects
Local opposition has become a formidable force in rejecting solar and wind projects, and more than a dozen states are looking to grant more authority to state authorities to override local restrictions and decisions in the siting of renewable energy projects.
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Scott, fellow Senate Republicans move to reverse Biden’s pause on Liquid Natural Gas exports
Should the bill become law, the U.S. Department of Energy would be removed from the LNG export permitting process, and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission would have sole authority for the approvals.
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Campus Reform Editor-in-Chief predicts end of DEI in schools due to 'blatant antisemitism'
"I do think we're finally seeing DEI and the unaccountable left finally start to lose their power in higher ed," Zachary Marschall said.
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Tennessee awards $21M in federal funds for EV chargers
Private funding amounts to 32% of this portion of the grants, making the total investment $31 million between federal and private funds.
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Trump PACs spent more than $50 million on legal bills last year
Most of Trump's trials lay ahead, which means his legal bills may be even higher this year.
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Texas oil and natural gas industry paid record $26.3 billion in state and local taxes
What the industry paid in taxes and royalties translates to $72 million a day. The revenue funds Texas’ public schools, universities, roads, first responders and other essential services, the association notes. Record remittances funneled $2.81 billion into Texas Independent School Districts and $885.6 million to counties from property taxes paid from oil and natural gas production, pipelines and gas utilities.
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Election integrity watchdog recommends 14 reforms for states to improve election security
"You can go into the November election with the best laws on the books, but if those laws are gutted in your courts [...] then that law is not worth the paper that it’s written on,” Jason Snead said.
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The Messenger news outlet to shut down: reports
At least one journalist with the outlet confirmed his layoff on Wednesday, indicating he learned of his termination through other news sites.
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Federal whale protection strategy ‘partners’ with offshore wind and has no new mitigation rules
The strategy document summarizes the state of the North Atlantic Right whale population, which peaked in 2011 at 481. Since then, 237 of the whales have died. According to the document, deaths are so high that no adult Right whale has been found to have died as a result of natural causes in several decades.