News Headlines: March 17, 2025
EDUCATION
Department of Education cuts expected to have 'huge impacts' on teachers; Those who teach marginalized students particularly brace for negative impact
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Education Department staff cuts could limit options for families of kids with disabilities
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How an anti-evolution law a century ago set up an infamous showdown over religion in public schools; They called it the “monkey trial.” It was supposed to be a publicity stunt. A hundred years later, it is remembered as far more
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As a first-year educator, I focused too much on being the young, cool teacher; I forgot what was most important: getting the kids to learn and understand the material
https://tinyurl.com/2m8r6xam
The Gender Gap in Teen Experiences; Teen girls and boys in the U.S. face different pressures and have different experiences at school but want the same things out of life
https://tinyurl.com/m2at2zdb
AI coding assistant refuses to write code, tells user to learn programming instead; Cursor AI tells user, "I cannot generate code for you, as that would be completing your work"
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As enrollment in online college grows, students wonder: Why does it cost more?
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The Competition to Get Into Law School Is Brutal This Year; Applications are surging as students seek stability in a difficult job market
https://tinyurl.com/28b9wu8k
More than 50 universities face federal investigations as part of Trump’s anti-DEI campaign
https://tinyurl.com/m3h69cy6
The man whose tweets helped kill DEI; How he got DEI dismantled and why he’s fallen out of love with MAGA
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Tax the Ivies; Republicans should make universities with big endowments and multi-$B foundations pay more
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There’s nothing elitist about college or university. We should reject that idea; Higher education institutions continue to function as powerful engines of social mobility. They need more, not less, support
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Our Foreign Policy Interest in Stopping Lawless Campus-Protest Mayhem; Our capacity to promise a safe and even-handed environment on our campuses is a tool of our public diplomacy
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The Trump administration wants Columbia University to change its admissions and disciplinary rules before research money gets turned back on
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Columbia University is being denied due process
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Turmoil rocks Columbia University as Trump administration demands changes - or else
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A Columbia Professor Marched for Hamas—and Received $Ms in Public Funding; Jennifer Manly has been associated with over $100M in grants over the past 20 years
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Trump and Rubio Used an Obscure Law to Attempt to Deport a Columbia Protester. In the Past, the Same Law Excluded Jews; All Americans should be shocked. American Jews should be deeply alarmed
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The limits of US tolerance: What Mahmoud Khalil’s case reveals about assimilation; What they aren’t allowed to do is to support terrorist organizations, to spread terrorist information, to threaten Jewish students and certainly not occupy buildings and destroy property
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Mahmoud Khalil Is an Easy Call; The government's stated justification for deporting him is so unconvincing that it must not be allowed to stand
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The US assault on freedom of speech is not going to end with Mahmoud Khalil; The significance of the Trump administration’s arrest and threat to deport the Palestinian activist cannot be overstated
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The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee filed a lawsuit challenging as unconstitutional the Trump administration’s actions to deport international students and scholars who protest or express support for Palestinian rights
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If Trump Can Target Mahmoud Khalil for Freedom of Speech, He Can Come After Anyone
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I'm all for freedom of speech, but I have a hard time advocating for a noncitizen who espouses support for terrorists who want to destroy our way of life
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An Idaho teacher is in a standoff with her own school district after officials ordered her to remove classroom signs, including one that reads, “Everyone is welcome here”
https://tinyurl.com/282adxck
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
‘There are no guarantees’: Treasury Secretary Bessent won’t rule out a recession; He also said he isn’t worried about stock market turbulence, following the worst week in the market in two years
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Treasury Secretary Bessent says he's 'not at all' worried amid stock market sell-off; “Over the long term, if we put good tax policy in place, deregulation and energy security, the markets will do great”
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Trump’s New World Order Tests the Dollar; Trump and some of his advisers want to expend fewer resources protecting allies. And they are saying they want a weaker currency to boost domestic manufacturing, by making goods cheaper to foreign buyers
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Trump’s game plan for devaluing the mighty dollar; Attempts to boost US exports risk undermining the foundations of American exceptionalism
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Gold pierced through the psychological milestone of $3K an ounce for the first time, building on an historic rally as trade tensions and U.S. rate cut bets supercharge its appeal as a safe haven asset
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How the US economy lost its aura of invincibility; Tariffs and cuts to the federal workforce are raising uncertainty and sapping confidence, while investor exuberance has faded
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Trump’s tariffs will be paid by the poor - while his tax cuts help the rich; The math doesn’t work in the president’s economic promises, which will create a giant upward transfer of wealth
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Home Sellers and Buyers Accuse Realtors of Blocking Lower Fees; A year after a landmark settlement called for a disruption in how real estate agents are paid, people say they still feel forced to pay them excessive commissions
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HUD choked funding to enforce fair-housing laws. Legal aid groups may not survive; Most housing discrimination claims are handled by local nonprofits around the country. They say the Trump administration has hobbled them, and are challenging the cuts as unlawful
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California regulator mulls State Farm’s request for 22% premium hike for homeowners after Los Angeles fires
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What's Stopping Us From Using Recycled Wood in Buildings?
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Fewer honking complaints after congestion pricing
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It’s Time to Pull the Brake on California’s Bullet Train to Nowhere; The High-Speed Rail Authority is still counting on about $8B in grants from the federal government
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We don’t need the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - we have courts
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Detroit killed the sedan. Trump’s trade war will make them wish they hadn’t; As Trump threatens tariffs and consumer confidence plummets, the lack of options from U.S. automakers could send buyers to foreign competitors
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The Latest Car Technology Is Starting to Drive People Nuts; Door handles used to be simple—now they are another piece of technology that can fail
https://tinyurl.com/3zyk7jpb
Meat, dairy and sugar grown in a lab could be on sale in the UK for human consumption for the first time within two years, sooner than expected. The Food Standards Agency is looking at how it can speed up the approval process for lab-grown foods
https://tinyurl.com/4y7canye
Line 5, a Trump donor, is profiting off a pipeline deal threatening pollution; Trump administration accused of ‘quid pro quo’ for fast-tracking controversial fossil fuel proposal in Michigan
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Florida is now a solar superpower. Here’s how it happened
https://tinyurl.com/38yusvdj
Energy Execs Warn Electricians Are Hard to Find. It Could Slow the AI Data Center Boom; The five biggest U.S. tech companies are spending more on the AI buildout than the total capital expense budget of the oil and gas industry
https://tinyurl.com/3524dcxe
US AI Data Center Growth: Politics and Policies of Supplying Power; The rise of AI is driving a surge in data center energy consumption, policymakers and industry leaders are responding with clean energy mandates, grid upgrades, and innovative cooling and storage solutions
https://tinyurl.com/36xa8vc3
Powerful A.I. Is Coming. We’re Not Ready; Three arguments for taking progress toward artificial general intelligence, or A.G.I., more seriously - whether you’re an optimist or a pessimist
https://tinyurl.com/25pfdc7k
The concept of artificial general intelligence - an ultra-powerful AI system we don’t have yet - can be thought of as a balloon, repeatedly inflated with hype during peaks of optimism (or fear) about its potential impact and then deflated as reality fails to meet expectations
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China's Manus AI 'agent' could be our 1st glimpse at artificial general intelligence
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California has 30 new proposals to rein in AI. Trump could complicate them
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Anthropic has unveiled techniques to detect when AI systems might be concealing their actual goals, a critical advancement for AI safety research as these systems become more sophisticated and potentially deceptive
https://tinyurl.com/d8j5fj9x
A “biohybrid” robotic hand built using real human muscle cells; A real bit of cyborg hardware highlights the technology's current limitations
https://tinyurl.com/2uucrym4
Gemini Robotics uses Google’s top language model to make robots more useful; The new model from Google DeepMind is a huge step toward robots that can generalize
https://tinyurl.com/bdev7h4f
PUBLIC SAFETY
Bird flu ripping through California dairy farms; California has over 1,100 dairy farms, two-thirds of which have been impacted by the bird flu outbreak. A leading suspect is contaminated milking machines
https://tinyurl.com/3uup6y87
RFK Jr. says measles vaccine routinely causes deaths. That’s not true; If people deserve the chance to make a choice, they also deserve accurate information
https://tinyurl.com/yzfuxfh9
Three months into 2025, US measles cases surpass total for 2024; In 2024, there were 285 total measles cases reported in the US
https://tinyurl.com/yc5hftu6
Can MAHA Beat the Junk Food Lobby? Obesity is rampant, but the government subsidizes soda and candy for the poor. Now there’s finally a chance to change that
https://tinyurl.com/3p3rwbk2
The doctor who believes a high protein diet isn’t just for bodybuilders; Gut health and fiber are all the rage, but this medical expert believes we’re overlooking this key nutrient to our detriment
https://tinyurl.com/538vxrt4
The Covid pandemic was catastrophic. But don’t overlook what went right; From mRNA vaccines to remote work, the technologies that blunted the worst of the pandemic
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We Were Badly Misled About the Origin of Covid; If some risky research is truly irreplaceable, it should be held to the highest safety conditions, and conducted far away from cities
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Trump is right: The World Health Organization isn’t working; The organization has deteriorated, in both management effectiveness and scientific expertise, making it less efficient and more chaotic
https://tinyurl.com/55rnpcnn
The National Institutes of Health’s Grant Terminations Are ‘Utter and Complete Chaos’; The Trump administration is rapidly canceling hundreds of grants, in the most aggressive attack yet on American science
https://tinyurl.com/mtx5tyjm
The World’s Deadliest Infectious Disease Is About to Get Worse; By retracting foreign aid, President Trump could make tuberculosis untreatable again
https://tinyurl.com/y63spcps
America Is Sleeping on a Powerful Defense Against Airborne Disease; Treating clean indoor air as a public good would have protected Americans against more than COVID-19
https://tinyurl.com/ydwwcpm7
Researchers Used Mosquitos To Deliver Malaria Vaccines; What if mosquitoes could deliver not just the disease but the protection to an infection that kills hundreds of thousands of people annually?
https://tinyurl.com/3c8ktjru
Tobacco’s friendly side: How the controversial plant could be used for good; There are several clinical trials underway looking at tobacco-produced immunotherapies for diseases like HIV, and even Ebola virus disease
https://tinyurl.com/yc5vp64b
While Trump pledges to combat toxics, his EPA moves to loosen chemical rules
https://tinyurl.com/5n73a5yp
Fertility on demand; Many women face a choice between career advancement or motherhood. But emerging fertility technologies could allow women to have it all
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Young men today are more than twice as likely as young women to be unattached, asexual and lonely
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Medicaid recipients struggle to find mental health care. Looming cuts could make it harder
https://tinyurl.com/3demv2rn
Does Exercise Really Benefit Your Mental Health? Scientists take a closer look at the studies supporting links between physical activity and mental health and ask: is the evidence any good?
https://tinyurl.com/areyvt6m
Her sudden pain was an aortic tear. An iPhone ultrasound saved her life
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AI nurses are reshaping hospitals care. Human nurses are pushing back
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Georgia Antidoxing Bill Could Criminalize Everyday Criticism; The bill is a "law against criticism of any kind," according to a lawyer who testified against it
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The largest federal government employee union is alleging that the Trump administration violated its First Amendment rights and the "hallowed" sanctity of contracts by canceling a collective bargaining agreement covering Transportation Security Administration airport security screeners
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'Not dead but . . . not OK.' As fentanyl kills fewer people, survivors need help
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Market dynamics have crippled the legal-cannabis industry. Even after legalization, illicit growers and sellers thrived, and last year they accounted for about 70% of the U.S. market
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Driving while high is hard to detect. States are racing to find a good tool
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Compensating people who are wrongfully convicted is a hard sell in some states
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The Wisconsin Assembly passed a slate of criminal justice related bills, including a requirement to revoke probation or parole for people charged with crimes and implementing financial penalties if Milwaukee Public Schools doesn’t return police officers to school buildings
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Nevada state lawmakers are considering legislation designed to crack down on paramilitary organizing and activities
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A government funding bill that passed the Senate could force Washington, D.C. to slash its budget by about $1B, a cut city leaders say could force them to fire workers - including police officers
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Tornadoes, wildfires and blinding dust sweep across US as massive storm leaves at least 33 dead
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Podcast: Five years ago the entire world watched Derek Chauvin murder George Floyd. What did we miss?
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Interest costs could eat into city, state budgets if tax exemption is axed
https://tinyurl.com/mr3rksbh
Critics warn cuts at agencies overseeing US dams could put public safety at risk
https://tinyurl.com/3zbskkfv
When the Government Puts Wolves in Your Backyard; Endangered red wolves became a symbol of federal overreach - and a target for local ire - in eastern North Carolina
https://tinyurl.com/574yr2vp
AI search engines cite incorrect sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says; AI search services misinform users and ignore publisher exclusion requests
https://tinyurl.com/n5yc4yve
How I’m Decluttering My Life This Spring
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STATE & FEDERAL
Hear out this insolvency expert on Illinois and Chicago financial crisis; The gush of federal Covid relief funds merely slowed the pace at which our finances were deteriorating. Nothing stabilized
https://tinyurl.com/4mzfeua7
Dem Civil War Erupts With ‘Screaming’ and Primary Threats Behind Closed Doors
https://tinyurl.com/8h7mk3vk
There is a "volcanic" level of anger at Senate Majority Leader Schumer; There's an emotional need to stop Donald Trump and Elon Musk from running over this party
https://tinyurl.com/4p3524ss
‘Terrible for Their Relationship’: The Schumer-Jeffries Split Explodes in Public; “To beat Trump, we need clarity of purpose, discipline and coordination,” one top Democratic strategist said. “It’s clear none of that exists right now”
https://tinyurl.com/mv3xhmd3
Liberal group calls for Schumer to step down as minority leader after spending bill vote; The request by Indivisible indicates just how much his decision has angered the Democratic grassroots
https://tinyurl.com/3j86ewkt
Young Democrats’ Anger Boils Over as Schumer Retreats on Shutdown; A generational divide, seen in newer lawmakers’ impatience with bipartisanship and for colleagues who don’t understand new media, has emerged as one of the deepest rifts within the party
https://tinyurl.com/jd5zn7ze
Divided Democrats Give Away Their Leverage As Trump Gloats; "We become irrelevant if we don't use our power on cloture to demand that we have a seat at the table"
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The filibuster once tore Democrats apart. They’re doing it all over again; The filibuster is once again pitting Democrat against Democrat
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Democratic Party hits new polling low, while its voters want to fight Trump harder
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How the left can win: Drop the statistics and tell real people's stories
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They Think We’re Stupid; The bipartisan habit of patronizing the public; Democrats’ assumption that we’re all inordinately gullible would explain why the party so frequently tries to convince Americans to ignore the evidence of their own eyes
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Angst pervades a pair of Republican town halls - one in Trump country, the other in a swing state
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Republicans split on spending cuts, Medicaid as they seek path forward on Trump tax cuts
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What to do about $1.1T in improper Medicaid payments; According to official reports, the government issued $543B in improper Medicaid payments from 2015 to 2024. But that’s only what the government measured
https://tinyurl.com/3pphkcmt
The Republican Medicaid cuts will hurt everyone, not just those in need
https://tinyurl.com/5n7654x5
Poll: Trump faces early challenges on the economy as a united GOP backs big change
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Are We Ready for a Downsized D.C.? It would be good for America if Washington became less powerful and less important. But getting there will be a challenge
https://tinyurl.com/4why7sk6
The Architect of Project 2025 Is Ready for His Victory Lap
https://tinyurl.com/3x459nc2
GOP lawmakers tackle challenge of turning Trump actions into laws; For now, the GOP majorities in Congress are largely happy to cede power to the executive branch as Trump tests the limits of his executive authority
https://tinyurl.com/3rp97m8x
Vice President Vance discusses Elon Musk's 'mistakes' and 'incremental progress' on the economy
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Vice President Vance acknowledges Musk mistakes, says he must ‘quickly’ fix them
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USPS head agrees to let DOGE find 'efficiencies' — with limits to employee data access
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Elon Musk, Who Promised To Be 'Maximally Transparent,' Makes DOGE's Numbers Even Harder To Check
https://tinyurl.com/yc7m9967
Cockroaches and working in a closet: Inside Trump's return-to-office order; Some critics of the move have said the lack of preparation is no accident; Trump wants to slash and reshape the 2.3M federal civilian workforce
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Trump is putting on a master class in power politics; He’s commanding the airwaves and the public conversation with a nonstop stream of orders, actions and commentary
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Judicial Overreach and the Separation of Powers: Why Judges Cannot Run the Executive Branch
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President Trump walked into the Department of Justice and labeled his courtroom opponents “scum,” judges “corrupt” and the prosecutors who investigated him “deranged”; Trump called his political opponents lawbreakers and said others should be sent to prison
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Trump’s Grievance-Filled Speech Makes Clear His Quest for Vengeance Is Personal; “Unfortunately, in recent years, a corrupt group of hacks and radicals within the ranks of the American government obliterated the trust and good will built up over generations”
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DOJ ‘Thugs’ Who Targeted Trump Will Face ‘Full Accountability,’ President Vows; ‘They weaponized the vast powers of our intelligence and law enforcement agencies to try and thwart the will of the American people’
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Trump said the Justice Department is “turning the page on four long years of corruption and weaponization”; Trump said during the Biden administration, the DOJ was weaponized against political opponents, and “set loose violent criminals and went after patriotic parents”
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Trump Slams ‘Communist’ Persecution Of Conservatives While Speaking At DOJ
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America’s (lack of) separation between church and state, explained; And how religion became a force in US politics
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Trump’s Executive Order Targeting Perkins Coie Must Be Condemned; The Seattle-based law firm employs 3,700 people: 1,200 lawyers and the rest support staff, almost none of whom had anything to do with Russiagate
https://tinyurl.com/4b6e3w4p
Trump Signed an Order Gutting Seven More Federal Agencies; The order targets the funding for Voice of America, which has been in the Trump administration’s crosshairs in recent weeks
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The Mainstream Media Don’t Need ‘Media Solidarity’; Over the past decade, news outlets have seen themselves as crusaders against the Trump administration and for activist government. That may be changing
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Trump Accuses Media of Doing ‘Totally Illegal’ Reporting; Trump spoke at the Department of Justice, where he rehashed many of his old grievances, including the criminal cases against him that have since been dropped
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The Biden Administration Waged War on Freedom of Speech with 57 Censorship Initiatives
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Report reveals need to drive stake through heart of Biden’s censorship regime; Exposes no fewer than 57 initiatives by the Biden White House to censor the speech of American citizens. These initiatives 93 separate government agencies
https://tinyurl.com/5y58db3v
House GOP subpoenas Big Tech for evidence that Biden made AI woke; The ‘freedom of speech’ investigation goes hunting at Apple, OpenAI, and 14 other companies
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Trump’s tech bros pose ‘existential threat’ to European Union, says Brussels; US pressure to water down disinformation rules for social media titans described as assault on bloc’s ‘regulatory sovereignty’
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Ohio House lawmakers have begun hearings on cryptocurrency legislation aimed at protecting people who spend it and businesses that mine it. One bill even seeks to establish a state cryptocurrency reserve
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Immigration checkpoints are a way of life in areas within 100 miles from U.S. borders; Undocumented families living between the border and checkpoints are "like in a cage," said a South Texas social worker
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Democrats lost the immigration high ground. For what? Democrats have been goaded into embracing unpopular immigration policies, defining their agenda in opposition to Republicans, rather than on its own merits
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Blackwater founder is lobbying allies in White House for private contractors to assist in mass deportations
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Trump invokes wartime law to target Venezuelan gang and speed up deportations
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Trump enacts a 1790s law to target 'alien enemies' for detention and deportation
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A federal judge expanded his ruling temporarily blocking the Trump administration from invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 preventing the removal of Venezuelan undocumented immigrants presumed to be members of the Tren de Aragua gang
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El Salvador accepts more than 200 Tren de Aragua gang members deported from U.S.
https://tinyurl.com/mr34zmmj
Trojan horse at the border: China’s Huawei operates freely in Mexico; Mexico must cut ties with Huawei, Unicom and other Chinese companies that have been banned in the U.S. due to espionage and strong ties to the Communist Party
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The devastating impact of Trump’s slashing foreign aid, in 3 charts; From HIV to malnutrition, here’s what the loss of 83 percent of USAID programs looks like
https://tinyurl.com/bdhrh3w5
Forget the Gold Card—We Need a ‘Red Card’ for Afghan Partners; President Trump can right one of Biden’s gravest wrongs
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Trump's quest to conquer Canada is confusing everyone
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Trump Destroyed America’s Relationship with Canada; The international partnership may never recover
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Trump is pushing Canada and Europe closer together
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How Trump united Canada against him and flipped its election upside down; A bitter taste of Trump has inspired newfound patriotism among Canadians and dampened the electoral prospects for Canada's conservatives
https://tinyurl.com/3wnfp754
Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website, part of a broader effort across the Defense Department to remove all references to DEI from its online presence
https://tinyurl.com/3p6mkr3s
Defense Secretary Hegseth Closes Pentagon Office Focused on Future Wars; The Office of Net Assessment opened more than 50 years ago and developed concepts for possible conflict with U.S. adversaries, including China
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Peace Talks with Russia Were ‘Positive,’ U.S. Special Envoy Says; Had a ‘solution based discussion’ with Putin about Ukraine
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Putin 'prolonging' Ukraine war, Zelenskyy says after Trump peace appeal; The Kremlin has been non-committal on the 30-day ceasefire proposed by the U.S.
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Russia, Ukraine exchange attacks after Putin meeting with US on ceasefire agreement
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Ukraine’s Kursk Offensive Was a Miserable Failure; The gamble did not pay off
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Russian troops battle last Ukrainian forces in Kursk region
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Russian gains in Kursk open possibility of redirecting North Korean troops to Ukrainian front
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President Zelensky said that Ukrainian troops have not been encircled by Russian forces in Kursk region, accusing Russian leader Putin of “lying” about the situation on the ground
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Russia is using bitcoin, ether, and stablecoins such as Tether in its oil trade with China and India to skirt Western sanctions
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To Help Ukraine, Slash U.S. Energy Red Tape; If Congress helped Europe break its addiction to Russian energy, everyone would win - except Putin
https://tinyurl.com/3anr9kr6
French President Macron says Russia’s permission not needed to deploy troops in Ukraine; Says France, UK and others could each deploy ‘a few thousand troops’ to key locations to show Ukraine ‘long-term support’
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French President Macron wants to lead a charm offensive to convince EU countries to stop buying U.S. defense equipment and buy French and European instead
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Has Trump Cut a Deal To Get U.S. Troops Out of Syria? Syrian Kurdish rebels and the new Syrian government have agreed to reunite peacefully. The U.S. military may have helped broker the agreement
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What Are American National Interests in Syria? It’s time to wrap up our long-running adventure in one of the nastiest parts of the world
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Arab world unites on Gaza. Can it get US, Israel, and Hamas on board?
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President Trump said the United States has launched “decisive and powerful” strikes against Houthi militants in Yemen, warning that the military “will use overwhelming lethal force” until the Iran-backed rebels stop their attacks on cargo ships and free up shipping lanes in the region
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Yemen’s Houthi rebels vowed to “meet escalation with escalation”
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U.S. bombs Houthis; Trump warns ‘hell will rain down’ if Iran-backed group continues attacking ships
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US will keep hitting Houthis until shipping attacks stop, Defense Secretary Hegseth says
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Trump orders strikes on Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen and issues new warning; He warned Iran to stop supporting the rebel group, promising to hold the country “fully accountable” for the actions of its proxy
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Iran denies aiding Yemen’s Houthi rebels after US strikes and a threat from Trump
https://tinyurl.com/vjp7wa4c
‘All options are on the table’ when it comes to Iran; Mike Waltz, President Trump’s national security adviser, did not rule out the use of force against Iran, either in relation to its support for Yemen’s Houthis or its potential development of a nuclear weapon
https://tinyurl.com/4aj2n74m
China has lashed out at accusations it is endangering maritime safety made by top diplomats from the Group of 7 industrialized democracies in a joint statement, saying the G7 members are “filled with arrogance, prejudice and malicious intentions”
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Trump’s China strategy seeks ‘containment with a smile’; Trump’s approach will seek to limit the influence and power of China without resorting to open hostility
https://tinyurl.com/4kw3b7f6
Elon Musk could be a bridge between the U.S. and China - but for which country’s benefit? Musk’s cars have been credited with helping China to create an EV industry that now leads the world. In exchange, China has become Tesla’s biggest market outside the U.S.
https://tinyurl.com/t3sk793h
‘Made in Russia’ goods are the new craze in China; China has become a critical economic lifeline for sanctions-hit Russia, with bilateral trade reaching record highs year after year
https://tinyurl.com/58xu7snv
An Unreliable America Means More Countries Want the Bomb; Without credible U.S. security guarantees, nuclear proliferation is likely to increase rapidly across Europe and Asia
https://tinyurl.com/yt9wzkhs
Fusion energy: Unlocking the power of the stars; Fusion would theoretically provide a nearly-limitless source of clean and safe energy, powering our world without the fossil fuels that are warming the planet and contributing to climate change
https://tinyurl.com/5cxjw9nh
NASA's Webb Telescope Poised to Rapidly Detect Signs of Alien Life; By expanding the scope of biosignature gases and target planets, this research reshapes our understanding of life's potential distribution across the cosmos
https://tinyurl.com/y6s9k73b
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“That what each of us calls our 'necessary expenses' will always grow to equal our incomes unless we protest to the contrary.”
--George Clason