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20 minutes ago

After Texas ruling, Trump and Republicans head to 2026 with a redistricting edge

Supreme Court clearance of Texas's contested congressional map strengthens Republican redistricting advantage and could add multiple House seats before the 2026 election.
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fromAxios
29 minutes ago

Behind the Curtain: Trump bets his presidency and GOP's future on AI

Trump has aligned the federal government with Silicon Valley to accelerate AI development, relax regulations, and secure economic and geopolitical advantages while downplaying job risks.
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fromFortune
19 hours ago
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Supreme Court to reconsider a 90-year-old unanimous ruling that limits presidential power on removing heads of independent agencies | Fortune

fromFortune
19 hours ago
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Supreme Court to reconsider a 90-year-old unanimous ruling that limits presidential power on removing heads of independent agencies | Fortune

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fromLos Angeles Times
20 minutes ago

In first year in Senate, Schiff pushes legislation, party message and challenges to Trump

Adam Schiff positions himself as a leading Democratic antagonist to Trump, emphasizing corruption allegations while addressing California issues and wildfire response.
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fromFast Company
1 hour ago

Down-ranking polarizing social media content can calm emotions, research shows

Lowering the ranking of polarizing social media posts reduces users' negative emotions and improves feelings toward political opponents across affiliations.
#antitrust
fromThe New Yorker
20 minutes ago

Letters from Our Readers

Gopnik's piece sent me back to John Ruskin, whom he cites as "the greatest of architectural critics." In "The Stones of Venice," Ruskin insists that buildings record not just the ideals of those who commissioned them but also the conditions of those who built them. The East Wing was grafted onto an original structure that was built in part by enslaved people. Its neoclassical form proclaimed republican ideals; its production betrayed them.
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fromSlate Magazine
40 minutes ago

He's MAGA's Most Unlikely Hero. Trump Loves Him. He Might Just Have Crashed Out for Good.

Scott Presler cultivates a performative MAGA persona to attract followers, command crowds, and promote targeted voter outreach in swing-state New Jersey.
fromwww.npr.org
1 hour ago

Republicans push high deductible plans and health savings accounts

Sarah Monroe once had a relatively comfortable middle-class life. She and her family lived in a neatly landscaped neighborhood near Cleveland. They had a six-figure income and health insurance through her job. Then, four years ago, when Monroe was pregnant with twin girls, something started to feel off. "I kept having to come into the emergency room for fainting and other symptoms," recalled Monroe, 43, who works for an insurance company.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
20 minutes ago

Does Pete Hegseth even believe that war crimes exist? | Sidney Blumenthal

Pete Hegseth assumed an unapproved 'Secretary of War' title and appears to have ordered lethal drone strikes amid shifting accounts and withheld information.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
5 hours ago

What is microshifting and how it could transform the workplace

Two-thirds of UK workers want flexible 'microshifting' schedules; independent news outlets rely on reader donations to fund on-the-ground, paywall-free journalism.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 hours ago

Ex-Honduran president thanks God and Trump for drug-trafficking pardon

Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez thanked God and Donald Trump for a presidential pardon and claimed his prosecution was a politically motivated conspiracy.
#kennedy-center-honors
fromIntelligencer
1 hour ago

How Do You Sell a War to Isolationists? Make It 'America First.'

One of the genuine surprises of Donald Trump's second term has been his recent fixation on foreign policy. He always claimed he would be an "America First" president whose only real interest in a grubby world full of Euro-wimps and "shithole countries" was to make them all leave us alone. He clearly hasn't changed his dim view of foreigners, but he does crave a legacy as someone who simultaneously ended multiple conflicts and made his country the most powerful military machine in human history.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
13 hours ago
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Tells '60 Minutes' That It Would Shock People' to Hear How Congressional Republicans Talk About Trump in Private

fromwww.mediaite.com
13 hours ago
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Tells '60 Minutes' That It Would Shock People' to Hear How Congressional Republicans Talk About Trump in Private

fromInsideHook
1 day ago

What Effect Can AI Chatbots Have on Voters?

As we spend more and more time online, we run the risk of encountering larger and larger amounts of online disinformation. This can have a significant impact on politics: at the end of 2024, the U.S. government sanctioned groups based in Iran and Russia over their efforts to mislead voters in the lead-up to that year's election. Darren M. West of the Brookings Institution argued that disinformation efforts "were successful in shaping the campaign narrative" in part due to numerous avenues of online dissemination.
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fromABC7 Los Angeles
8 hours ago

Top Armed Services Dem says boat strike video would show Republicans' description 'completely false'

When they [the survivors] were finally taken out, they weren't trying to flip the boat over. The boat was clearly incapacitated. A tiny portion of it remained, capsized, the bow of the boat. They had no communications device. Certainly, they were unarmed,
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fromStreetsblog
6 hours ago

Monday's Headlines: Congestion Pricing Follies Edition - Streetsblog New York City

Team Murdoch's approach has several frontws: Find as many angry drivers as possible, sprinkle in some business owners to complain (without evidence) about toll cutting into their bottom lines or getting passed on to customers, top it all off with some extremely bad data analysis - then use it all to put pressure on Gov. Hochul, who has demonstrated a willingness to make policy decisions based on the paper's fact-averse campaigns against the toll.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
9 hours ago

Marjorie Taylor Greene Insists Congress Should Not Get On Our Knees' to Denounce Antisemitism

Greene said she had voted to denounce antisemitism many times previously, but that it had become an exercise that they force on Congress; she did not specify who she was referring when she said they. I simply got tired of it, Greene said about voting to denounce antisemitism. Stahl then asked her if there was no value in having Congress reaffirm its disgust with Jewish hate in the face of a growing problem.
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fromFortune
18 hours ago

Republican lawmakers in Indiana face 'a very dangerous and intimidating process' as threats pile up while Trump pushes redistricting | Fortune

Indiana Republican state senators face threats and intimidation as Trump urges accelerated redistricting to bolster GOP power, prompting resistance over civic independence.
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fromFortune
11 hours ago

Leaders in Congress outperform rank-and-file lawmakers on stock trades by up to 47% a year, researchers say | Fortune

Congressional leaders' stock trades outperform regular members by up to 47% annually, driven by agenda-setting power, party control, privileged firm access, and campaign connections.
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fromABA Journal
6 days ago

Chemerinsky: SCOTUS considers limits on president's power to fire federal officials

Pending Supreme Court cases could significantly expand presidential removal power by endorsing a unitary-executive view that allows firing of most executive officials.
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fromSlate Magazine
1 day ago
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A Judge Just Drew the Line on the Supreme Court's Terrible "Kavanaugh Stops" Decision

Judge Beryl Howell limited warrantless immigration arrests in D.C., finding unexplained Supreme Court shadow-docket orders unpersuasive and rejecting stops based on presumed Latino appearance.
fromLos Angeles Times
1 day ago
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Eastside Santa Barbara holiday parade canceled over fears of ongoing ICE raids

Fear of immigration enforcement caused cancellation of the Milpas Street Holiday Parade, preventing public celebration and participation across Santa Barbara's largely Latino Eastside community.
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fromwww.npr.org
12 years ago

What Changes After Supreme Court Ruling On Voting Rights Act

Supreme Court struck down the Voting Rights Act coverage formula as unconstitutional because it relied on outdated data, removing federal preclearance for covered areas.
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fromwww.npr.org
12 years ago

What's The Talk Of Your Nation?

Texas lawmakers are convening special sessions to push stricter abortion restrictions after State Senator Wendy Davis mounted a high-profile filibuster that drew public praise and attention.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
19 hours ago

Trump slams lack of loyalty' after pardoned Democrat says he won't change party

Donald Trump pardoned Henry Cuellar and his wife, then criticized Cuellar's loyalty after Cuellar filed to run for re-election as a Democrat.
#trump-pardon
fromFortune
14 hours ago
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Trump slams Democratic congressman as disloyal for not switching parties after pardon and vows 'no more Mr. Nice guy' next time | Fortune

fromFortune
14 hours ago
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Trump slams Democratic congressman as disloyal for not switching parties after pardon and vows 'no more Mr. Nice guy' next time | Fortune

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fromwww.theguardian.com
20 hours ago

Judge blocks Trump prosecutors from accessing key evidence in Comey case

A judge blocked prosecutors from accessing Daniel Richman’s seized materials, citing likely Fourth Amendment and attorney-client privilege violations, complicating prosecution of James Comey.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
21 hours ago

Trump Considering Ousting Kristi Noem, Hiring Glenn Youngkin

Trump is considering replacing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, potentially with Glenn Youngkin, amid White House frustration over her leadership and advisor Corey Lewandowski.
fromTruthout
1 day ago

Trump Militarized Cities in ICE Crackdowns. Is Militarizing the Ballot Box Next?

the White House released the text of a sprawling executive order allegedly designed to ensure the integrity of U.S. elections. It demanded that states share their voter rolls with federal officials; mandated onerous proof-of-citizenship rules for people registering to vote (rules which didn't include drivers' licenses as valid forms of ID for this purpose); threatened local and state officials who didn't cooperate with this power grab with legal sanctions; and ostensibly outlawed the counting of any mail-in ballots received after Election Day.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
17 hours ago

Fox's Maria Bartiromo Confronts Newly-Pardoned Henry Cuellar About Trump Trashing Him

Henry Cuellar received a presidential pardon after 2024 bribery indictments and will run as a Democrat despite criticism from President Trump over party loyalty.
fromAxios
19 hours ago

Trump pushes foreign food crackdown as grocery prices rise

Catch up quick: Trump issued an executive order Saturday directing the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission to establish task forces on anti-competitive behavior in the food supply chain. The order specifically directs them to look at "whether control of food-related industries by foreign entities is increasing the cost of food products in the United States or creating a national or economic security threat to Americans." The task forces are expected to brief congressional leaders within six months.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
17 hours ago

Trump is pushing several new "big lies" that will devastate the country - LGBTQ Nation

Donald Trump routinely made thousands of false or misleading statements before, during, and between his presidencies, including high-profile incidents with serious, sometimes deadly, consequences.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
14 hours ago

Democratic Senator Strongly Suggests She Watched Video of Hegseth's Alleged Double Tap' Strike Then Walks it Back Just 60 Seconds Later

Senator Tammy Duckworth initially claimed to have seen the classified video of an alleged double-tap strike, then retracted that claim moments later.
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fromFuturism
18 hours ago

AI Is Incredibly Good at Changing Voters' Minds, New Research Finds - With an Incredible Caveat

AI chatbots can persuade about 4% of voters to change their vote, equally effective with true or false claims; plain lists are most persuasive.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 day ago

Al Sharpton Cuts to Commercial When Guest Is Stuck on Mute

Al Sharpton's PoliticsNation experienced a technical audio failure during a segment with Rep. Gabe Amo about President Trump's racist remarks targeting Somali immigrants.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
13 hours ago

Trump deadnames history-making transgender admiral on her official government portrait - LGBTQ Nation

HHS altered Adm. Rachel Levine's official portrait to display her deadname, prompting criticism as a transphobic erasure of her identity.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
23 hours ago

Trump vows to slam America's doors shut as he heaps scorn on immigrants

President Trump responded to a November 26, 2025 shooting by a recent Afghan immigrant with sweeping anti-immigrant rhetoric and policy threats.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
16 hours ago

He Called Them Garbage!' CNN's Dana Bash Tussles With Trump Border Czar Over Trump's Rhetoric on Somalis

President Donald Trump used xenophobic language targeting Somali immigrants and Rep. Ilhan Omar while immigration officials framed enforcement as public-safety and national-security action.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
22 hours ago

Under Trump, Bay Area immigration courts deny asylum claims at soaring rates

From President Donald Trump's first full month returning to office in February through August, federal immigration judges in San Francisco and Concord denied 54% of the 4,019 asylum cases they decided, according to the latest data from University of Syracuse's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a nonpartisan research center that collects and analyzes immigration court data. During the previous seven months, when Joe Biden was president, the courts rejected 26% of 3,355 cases.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
1 day ago

Chapter 12: The exaltation of masculinity

The U.S. government is shifting toward restored traditional masculinity, renaming the Defense Department to the Department of War and promoting a warrior ethos.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
15 hours ago

Democrats urge Pentagon to release video of strike on alleged drug boat

Pentagon faces demands to release video of a Caribbean strike that killed 11 amid accusations the follow-up killing of stranded men may be unlawful.
fromBoston.com
19 hours ago

Detained Tufts student's lawyers push for restoration of her student record

The government continues to reach into her life, and prevent her from taking advantage of her educational program, cutting off career opportunities for her,
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fromLGBTQ Nation
10 months ago

Pete Buttigieg reveals first thing he'll do now that he's out of a job - LGBTQ Nation

Outgoing Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg leaves office saying U.S. transportation is in better condition after infrastructure law-funded projects, despite federal limitations on implementation.
#national-park-service
fromFortune
1 day ago
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National Park Service drops free admission on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth while adding Trump's birthday | Fortune

fromFortune
1 day ago
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National Park Service drops free admission on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth while adding Trump's birthday | Fortune

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fromTruthout
1 day ago

Jail Support for Immigrants Held in Missouri Offers Resistance in a Red State

A 25-year-old undocumented worker, Fernando Herrera-Cruz, has been detained over 200 days in central Missouri on illegal reentry charges after a March 18, 2025 arrest.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
16 hours ago

Ilhan Omar Blasts Trump's Unhealthy and Creepy Obsession' With Somalis: Can Lead to Dangerous Actions'

President Trump's remarks calling Somalis 'garbage' prompted Rep. Ilhan Omar to say his rhetoric dehumanizes Somalis and could incite violence.
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fromFortune
11 hours ago

U.S. trade chief says China has complied with terms of trade deals | Fortune

China is complying with recent bilateral trade commitments while U.S. officials monitor specific commitments, including soybean purchases, to maintain a stable trade relationship.
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fromThe Atlantic
23 hours ago

Trump Is Repeating One of Biden's Big Mistakes

Trump regained the White House by exploiting worries about rising living costs; now he and his party deny the economic hardships facing working families.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
20 hours ago

Colin Jost Portrays Pete Hegseth as Raging Loon in SNL Open

Pete Hegseth is portrayed as a maniacal, alcohol-addled defense secretary who endorses lethal strikes and is mocked alongside politicians and the president.
fromwww.mediaite.com
15 hours ago

You Gotta Learn Not to Defraud the American People' Trump Treasury Secretary Says Somali Fraud Scheme Being Investigated for Terrorism Link

We had to go in and clean up the mess for them, and this is part of the continued cleanup. A lot of money has been transferred from the individuals who committed this fraud, including those who donated to the governor, donated to representative Omar and to AG Ellison. They have been transferred to something called MBSs these are Money Bureau Services, and they are wire transfer organizations that are outside the regulated banking system.
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fromThe New Yorker
1 day ago

The Trump Administration's Chaos in the Caribbean

Donald Trump pardoned convicted ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández, despite his involvement in massive cocaine trafficking and ties to U.S.-criticized deadly Caribbean strikes.
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fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 day ago

Hegseth defends strikes on alleged cartel boats, says Trump can order use of force 'as he sees fit'

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended U.S. strikes on alleged cartel boats as justified self-defense and affirmed presidential authority for decisive military action.
fromwww.mediaite.com
13 hours ago

Tucker Carlson Tells Forum in Doha That He's Buying a House in Qatar to Make a Statement That I'm an American and a Free Man'

Carlson referenced accusations he and his media company, the Tucker Carlson Network, have accepted big bucks from Qatari investors, while interviewing Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani. He then announced his new purchase. I have been criticized as being a tool of Qatar, and I just want to say, which you already know, which is I have never taken anything from your country and don't plan to, Carlson said. I am, however, tomorrow buying a place in Qatar.
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fromLos Angeles Times
1 day ago

Commentary: She's a liar, swindler and cheat. So why wouldn't Trump pardon her?

Elizabeth Holmes, convicted of fraud for Theranos, is seeking a Trump pardon, highlighting the president's sweeping, idiosyncratic, irrevocable pardon power.
#saratoga
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fromwww.mediaite.com
15 hours ago

James Clyburn Declares We Are Not Ready' for a Woman President: We May Be in a Dark Moment'

America is not yet ready to elect a woman president, but continued female candidacies and sustained support are essential to eventual success.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 day ago

F*cking Disgraceful!' Tim Walz's Daughter Vents Trump Unleashed a F*cking Sh*tstorm' On Her Family By Calling Governor Retarded'

(J. Scott Applewhite for AP) Hope Walz, the daughter of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), lambasted President Donald Trump on Saturday, saying the president's cult members have been f*cking disgraceful to her and her family, ever since Trump recently called the governor seriously retarded. The president calling my dad what he did has unleashed a f*cking sh*tstorm, regarding, like, offensive language towards me, and my family, and specifically my brother, Hope Walz said in a searing TikTok video on Saturday.
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fromBusiness Insider
1 day ago

Congress slashed PBS' budget. CEO Paula Kerger says 'the consequences are significant.'

Things are very different now, which might explain why major cuts to PBS to NPR, enacted this summer, haven't generated much news now that they're actually working their way through the system. But they're very top of mind for PBS CEO Paula Kerger, who instituted a 21% budget cut following the clawbacks. She's been spending a lot of time looking for donations to shore things up. She is also still holding out hope that Congress can be convinced to restore the funding.
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fromBusiness Insider
21 hours ago

Airlift could be the Achilles' heel in the US Air Force plan for surviving a fight with China

US airlift fleet is shrinking, aging, and lacks variety, risking inability to meet wartime logistical demands and support Agile Combat Employment against a near-peer adversary.
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fromABA Journal
3 days ago

Justice Gorsuch writes children's book about 'Heroes of 1776'

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch co-authored a children's book, Heroes of 1776, to share Revolutionary-era stories and promote civic education and shared history.
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fromwww.amny.com
13 hours ago

EXCLUSIVE | Queens dad, held for months by ICE, finally wins freedom in time to celebrate Christmas and baby girl's first birthday | amNewYork

A man detained by ICE is reunited with his wife and one-year-old daughter at LaGuardia after weeks in custody and a lengthy legal battle.
fromwww.theguardian.com
21 hours ago

US may end support for Ukraine war effort, says Donald Trump Jr

Donald Trump may walk away from the Ukrainian war, the US president's oldest son has said in comments to a Middle East conference. In a lengthy tirade against the purpose of continued fighting in Ukraine, Donald Trump Jr also said Ukraine's corrupt rich had fled their country leaving what they believed to be the peasant class to fight the war.
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fromFortune
13 hours ago

Trump administration waives part of a Biden-era fine against Southwest Airlines for thousands of canceled flights in 2022 | Fortune

The Transportation Department waived Southwest's final $11 million payment after citing significant operational improvements and investments following the December 2022 storm.
fromTasting Table
23 hours ago

7 US Presidents With The Most Bizarre Eating Habits - Tasting Table

Something about living under those bright lights and napping in 20-minute increments appears to warp even the most ordinary cravings. Over the centuries, commanders-in-chief have often clung to comfort food with a kind of desperate loyalty - odd sandwiches whipped up in the dead of night, condiments used with such abandon they veer into performance art, or entire meals consumed with the single-minded fervor of a man attempting to outrun his own briefings.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
19 hours ago

The restaurateur chronicling hardships of immigrant staff in US kitchens: These are the stories that make it work'

The US restaurant industry depends critically on immigrant labor; enforcing current immigration laws would collapse the sector and endanger millions of workers.
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fromThe Mercury News
13 hours ago

Former San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy dies

Former San Leandro Mayor Stephen Cassidy, a devoted public servant, died; his leadership advanced education, economic development, civic innovation, broadband infrastructure, and community engagement.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
21 hours ago

Don't exploit Christianity for populist politics, church leader warns Tommy Robinson

The Church of England will launch a poster campaign urging Christians to resist far-right exploitation of Christianity and to welcome outsiders during Christmas.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 day ago

Nordic people know how to beat the winter blues. Here's how to find light in the darkest months

Reduced daylight disrupts circadian rhythms causing winter blues in Nordic countries; maintaining sleep, social habits and seeking light mitigates effects.
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