Politics & Policy
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Swalwell threatens to revoke driver's licenses of masked ICE agents in CA if elected governor
A state law banning ICE agents from wearing masks in California is currently on hold after the Trump administration sued over the legislation. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the law in September, which would have taken effect Thursday.
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Media continues to ring climate alarm, but 2025 saw the fewest deaths from extreme weather ever
Legacy media outlets rounded out 2025 with articles recounting extreme weather events, presenting the year as one of climate chaos. They aren't reporting that 2025 was likely the year of the fewest deaths from climate-related natural disasters in recorded history.
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Long list of candidates file paperwork to run for MTG's congressional seat in Georgia
The seat will remain open until someone is elected and will trim the House Republican majority. The GOP currently holds 220 seats to the Democrats' 213 seats with two vacancies, according to the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Iowa Democrat wins state Senate seat, blocking GOP from regaining supermajority in state legislature
Hardman, a member of the West Des Moines City Council, won the left-leaning suburban seat, which was left vacant in October after its incumbent, who was also a Democrat, died from an illness.
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Health and Human Services pauses funding for Minnesota child care amid fraud scandal
The order impacts the HHS' Administration for Children and Families payments, and requests Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) approve comprehensive audits on the allegedly fraudulent daycare centers the department has identified.
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Treasury sanctions Iran, Venezuela over combat drones, weapons trade
The department said Iran's unmanned aerial vehicle trade threatens U.S. personnel in the Middle East, and its trade with Venezuela poses security concerns in the Western Hemisphere.
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You Vote: What New Year’s resolution would you most like to see President Trump make and keep?
Trump touched on a wide array of subjects, highlighting the decline in maritime drug trafficking, his efforts to tackle wokeness in schools, and the revitalization of the military, among others.
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Freight train derails and leaks hazardous chemical in Kentucky, no injuries reported
One of the cars was transporting the molten sulfur, which is commonly used in industrial applications, such as fertilizer production.
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Majority of voters want NASA to utilize reusable rockets in Space Race 2.0 with China: poll
Steve Yates, senior research fellow for China and National Security at the Heritage Foundation, warns that China is not in the race to the moon as a scientific expedition. The adversarial nation sees it as strategic terrain to control.
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More than two dozen Texas cities, counties pass 'Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn'ordinances
Ordinances ban abortion, abortion trafficking, the mailing of abortion pills and disposing of aborted preborn babies' remains.
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Trump admin unveils rural health care initiative with eye on helping underserved, preventing fraud
The Rural Health Transformation Program represents the largest federal investment in rural healthcare in history to modernize access, strengthen workforces, and deploy innovative models in underserved communities.
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Trump threatens to sue Fed Chair Jerome Powell for 'gross incompetence'
The president hinted that the lawsuit would be connected to the increasing cost of renovations to Federal Reserve buildings, stating that the chairman has allowed the expected cost to skyrocket.
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Trump claims US recently took out 'big facility' tied to Latin America drug trafficking
The U.S. has been hinting at expanding its operations against Venezuelan drug cartels to include land attacks, but the comment last week marked the first potential operation on Venezuelan soil.