Politics & Policy
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Maryland state lawmakers to gather for redistricting special session
Maryland is a heavily Democratic-leaning state, but currently has a Republican-leaning congressional district that could be eliminated in a partisan gerrymander.
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NY City Council set to vote on proposal that would give members 18.2% pay raise
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Speaker Julie Menin have both said they wouldn’t accept the salary increases.
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Epidemiologist uses declassified documents to challenge Fauci on COVID origins, vaccine safety
Amid a multi-state legal push demanding criminal investigations, McCullough Foundation epidemiologist Nicholas Hulscher cites declassified intelligence documents to allege a pandemic cover-up and warn of mRNA vaccine dangers
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Hackers now targeting US retailers after cyberattacks on UK companies, Google threat intel analyst
Three top British retailers have been hit with cyberattacks in recent weeks.
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Trump on Ukraine-Russia talks in Turkey: 'Nothing's gonna happen until Putin and I get together'
"I don’t believe anything's gonna happen, whether you like it or not, until he and I get together," President Trump said.
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Think tank: Trump's minerals order could benefit Colorado, Arizona, Wyoming
President Donald Trump in March signed Executive Order 14241, citing the economic and national security benefits of increasing domestic mining of critical minerals.
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Former White House official Rahm Emanuel floats 2028 presidential bid: 'I am in training'
Emanuel has also not ruled out running for other high-level offices over the next couple of years, including running for Illinois governor in 2026. He could also run for Chicago mayor in 2027, or seek Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin's seat next year.
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Zeldin defends proposed cuts to EPA budget against bi-partisan objections during Senate hearing
The proposed cuts to EPA programs in Trump's "skinny budget" total over $4 billion. Sen. Lisa Mukowski, R-Alaska, called them "problematic," while Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said the EPA's funding freezes since Trump took office are illegal and unconstitutional.
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Foreign gifts and family deals used to cloud President Trump’s first Mideast trip
Confusion and controversy over a “free” plane given to the U.S. by Qatar raises secondary concerns about business deals in the Middle East being made by Trump's offspring.
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Carbon tax goes before skeptical high court in Pennsylvania
Supreme Court justices struggled with the assertion, wondering aloud how far federal air regulation would let states go – could emissions from cars and cows come under scrutiny next?
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Democrats stage political theater to fight Medicaid reform, Republicans fire back with facts
Entitlement cuts are always a poison pill to elected officials. Here, the planned revisions to Medicaid that may be part of the Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” is a handy tool for Democratic opposition touching a raw nerve. But are their fears fact-based? It depends who you ask.
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Bad River Band testifies on Line 5 reroute concerns
Enbridge applied for permits and proposed to reroute the line in 2020 by replacing 20 miles of existing pipeline – including the 12 miles currently within the reservation – with a 41-mile-long stretch of pipe around the reservation in northern Wisconsin.
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HHS Secretary Kennedy says FBI investigating Fort Detrick incident that led to bio-lab shutdown
Sen. Rand Paul praised Kennedy for bringing in the FBI to investigate the incident.