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fromTechCrunch
1 hour ago
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The race to regulate AI has sparked a federal vs state showdown | TechCrunch

Washington's AI policy debate centers on whether federal preemption or state-level regulation will determine consumer protections and industry oversight.
fromFast Company
5 hours ago
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Why is the AI industry scared of this Palantir alum running for congress?

Midterm campaigns and major donors are shaping AI regulation debates, with bipartisan concern about industry power, children's safety, and federal versus state control.
#immigration-enforcement
fromwww.mercurynews.com
4 hours ago
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Feldman: Why isn't anyone stopping ICE?

Masked ICE officers make warrantless, aggressive street arrests and detentions that terrorize Latino communities and others, revealing systemic failures in constitutional and enforcement protections.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 hour ago
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Chicago's faith leaders on front lines of resistance against ICE crackdown

Chicago faith leaders are mobilizing through interfaith protests, prayer, and legal action to protect immigrants amid violent ICE raids and detentions.
#immigration
fromFortune
1 hour ago
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Trump says he wants to 'permanently pause migration' from poor countries: 'Only reverse migration can fully cure this situation' | Fortune

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fromwww.aljazeera.com
16 hours ago

Trump pauses immigration from Third World' countries: What that means

President Trump announced a permanent pause on migration from all Third World countries and proposed ending benefits, denaturalisation, and deportations for perceived security risks.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
10 hours ago

Trump Rails Against Seriously Retarded Governor' Tim Walz in Thanksgiving Message

Anti-immigrant claims and derogatory language blamed refugees and Somali migrants for social decay and criticized Minnesota leaders.
fromFortune
1 hour ago
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Trump says he wants to 'permanently pause migration' from poor countries: 'Only reverse migration can fully cure this situation' | Fortune

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fromFortune
2 hours ago

The finger arithmetic of free vs. fair trade | Fortune

Free trade concentrates political support while tariffs help producers but raise costs for importers, exporters, supply chains, and consumers.
#washington-dc-shooting
fromAxios
1 hour ago
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D.C. shooting suspect faces first-degree murder charge after Guard member dies

fromAxios
1 hour ago
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D.C. shooting suspect faces first-degree murder charge after Guard member dies

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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 hour ago

Jeanine Pirro Slams Left for Fueling Division' Over National Guard Deployment: It Outrages Me!'

Jeanine Pirro criticized left-wing opposition to National Guard deployments, praising President Trump's crime-focused response after shootings of two Guard members.
#measure-a
fromThe Mercury News
4 hours ago
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Santa Clara County promoted Measure A as a healthcare fix. Now, DA Jeff Rosen says money should go to public safety

fromThe Mercury News
4 hours ago
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Santa Clara County promoted Measure A as a healthcare fix. Now, DA Jeff Rosen says money should go to public safety

fromwww.theguardian.com
2 hours ago

National guard shooting suspect to be charged with murder as Trump steps up immigration crackdown US politics live

There are certainly many more charges to come, but we are upgrading the initial charges of assault to murder in the first degree. And we are hoping that the more information we can get and the more investigation that is going on 24/7 now, around the clock in Washington, the more we will find out about what actually happened in terms of this individual even being in this country and being in a position to ambush and shoot down an innocent young woman who was doing her duty to the people of this country.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 hours ago

Childhood Friend of Accused National Guard Shooter Says Suspect Suffered From Mental Health Issues After Work in Afghanistan

A childhood friend of Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the man suspected of shooting two National Guard troops one fatally in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, said the Afghan national struggled with his mental health and was disturbed by his previous work in the military. Lankanawal, who was brought into the United States as part of President Joe Biden's Operation: Allies Welcome refugee program in September 2021. He applied for asylum in 2024, and his application was reportedly approved earlier this year.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
3 hours ago

MAGA Roasts Dem Senator for Accidentally Dunking on Biden' as Trump Dig Backfires

Average overdue household energy balances rose from $597 in 2022 to $789 today (32%); residential electricity costs increased roughly 10.5%.
fromwww.nytimes.com
6 hours ago

Video: Trump's Aid Cuts Are Replacing Fresh Food With Junk

We cut the eggs in half so that it stretches. We used to give out a whole dozen of eggs. Now we cut the dozens in half so they each get a half a dozen. We're in Georgia, where Jennifer Deal has been operating this food pantry for more than a decade. Now, for the first time, she's running out of food.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
4 hours ago

Libraries become the last refuge for Washington's homeless

Police and National Guard-led cleanups and an executive order are causing repeated evictions and destruction of homeless encampments in Washington, displacing residents and discarding belongings.
fromwww.mediaite.com
4 hours ago

Tim Walz Fires Back at Trump With Pointed Dare After President Hurls Slur in Late-Night Thanksgiving Tirade

Walz, quote-posting a screenshot of the Trump Truth Social post, told the president: Release the MRI results. The president's post, which triggered Walz's sharp reply, claimed hundreds of thousands of refugees from Somalia are completely taking over the once great State of Minnesota, and alleged that Somali gangs were roving the streets looking for prey. The segue on Somalians and Minnesota came in the wake of Wednesday's shooting of two National Guard members by an Afghan national.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
54 minutes ago

Doctor Lays Out Concerning' Case About Trump's Health, From Incoherent' Rambling to He's Confused a Lot'

The fact that he's, you know, mobilizing and starting his day at 12:08, per reporting from the New York Times, is concerning, Gupta said. Gupta also pointed to Trump's behavior when a pharmaceutical exec collapsed during an Oval Office event earlier this month. His response to somebody fainting in the Oval Office really conveyed that he didn't show any signs of concern. He didn't really do anything. He was slow to respond,
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#jeffrey-epstein
fromenglish.elpais.com
3 hours ago
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Julie K. Brown, the journalist who brought down Epstein: I fear the Trump administration will try to cover up for powerful men'

fromenglish.elpais.com
3 hours ago
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Julie K. Brown, the journalist who brought down Epstein: I fear the Trump administration will try to cover up for powerful men'

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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 hours ago

Trump order to keep Michigan power plant open costs taxpayers $113m

A federal order forcing the 63-year-old JH Campbell coal plant to stay online has cost MISO ratepayers about $113 million and continues accruing daily costs.
#white-house-shooting
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fromwww.dw.com
3 hours ago

Fact check: Breaking down Trump's post-shooting claims DW 11/28/2025

One National Guard member died after a White House-area shooting by an alleged 29-year-old Afghan refugee; Trump's '20 million migrants' claim is false.
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fromTruthout
8 minutes ago

Trump's Second Term Dispels Any Notion of CEOs Saving Us From Climate Crisis

Wealthy corporate CEOs are aligning with Trump's authoritarian, fossil-fuel agenda, prioritizing profit and greenwashing over democracy and effective climate action.
#journalism-funding
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
53 minutes ago

Experts warn of ChatGPT psychosis' among users of AI chatbots

AI chatbots can validate and reinforce users' delusions, potentially contributing to harmful behaviors and increasing reports of 'AI psychosis'.
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fromBoston.com
6 minutes ago

Tributes pour in after death of longtime state lawmaker Ann-Margaret Ferrante

Ann-Margaret Ferrante, 53, died after battling pancreatic cancer; she was a longtime Gloucester representative and advocate for fisheries, veterans, disabled, and local economic development.
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from24/7 Wall St.
1 hour ago

Your 2026 Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment Won't Be as Big as You Think

2026 Social Security COLA of 2.8% is largely offset by higher Medicare Part B premiums, reducing retirees' net benefit increases.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 hours ago

Urgent search underway after British tourist, 76, falls overboard from cruise ship

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground.
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#immigration-policy
fromwww.dw.com
15 hours ago

US ramps up Green Card reviews after Washington DC shooting DW 11/28/2025

In response to the shooting, Joseph Edlow, director of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), said on X: "I have directed a full scale, rigorous reexamination of every Green Card for every alien from every country of concern." Afghanistan, Iran, Somalia, Libya, Yemen, Cuba, Venezuela among countries listed The full-scale review of residency status, at the behest of President Donald Trump and carried out by the USCIS, comes after the suspect from Wednesday's shooting was identified as Afghan national Rahmanullah L.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
16 hours ago

Trump suspends immigration from Third World', orders review of green cards

President Trump ordered re-examination of green card applicants from countries of concern and announced suspension of immigration from 'Third World' countries.
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fromFast Company
6 hours ago

Stanley McChrystal says leaders must have good character and strong convictions

Courageous leadership in 2025 requires examining inherited convictions, applying disciplined action, and balancing military and civic responsibility within a functioning democracy.
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fromBusiness Insider
6 hours ago

Trump is changing student-loan eligibility for professional degrees. Here's what you need to know.

The Department of Education set new graduate and professional loan caps and narrowed professional-degree eligibility to ten programs, potentially limiting healthcare graduate funding.
fromwww.dw.com
16 hours ago

National Guard troop shot near White House has died Trump DW 11/28/2025

One of the two National Guard members who was shot near the White House has died, US President Donald Trump said Thursday. Trump praised Specialist Sarah B., 20, as a "highly respected, young, magnificent person." The other Guard member, identified as Staff Sergeant Andrew W., 24, was "fighting for his life. He's in very bad shape," Trump said as he addressed the US troops to mark the Thanksgiving holiday.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
16 hours ago

School staff believe children's education is suffering due to shortages

The survey by Unison of almost 3,000 support staff including teaching assistants, caterers and cleaners found that three in five reported having fewer colleagues than a year ago, with just six per cent saying numbers have increased. More than three-quarters surveyed said there were not enough workers to meet pupils' needs, with a similar number warning that reduced staffing made it harder to keep pupils safe.
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fromwww.nytimes.com
6 hours ago

Video: Trump's Aid Cuts Are Replacing Fresh Food With Junk

The Trump administration has cut nearly a billion dollars in food aid, creating a scarcity crisis at food banks across the country. We traveled to Georgia to observe how a decades-old emergency food system supported by the U.S.D.A. is being eroded by government spending cuts. We cut the eggs in half so that it stretches. We used to give out a whole dozen of eggs. Now we cut the dozens in half so they each get a half a dozen.
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fromIntelligencer
6 hours ago

Give Thanks for Incompetence Destroying Trump's Second Term

The collapse of the indictments of James Comey and Letitia James speak to the rot at the heart of the Trump administration. Lindsey Halligan, predictably, was found to be appointed illegally after her predecessor was driven out of office after rightly concluding that the cases did not have legal merit. The Senate never confirmed Halligan, and her interim appointment couldn't be indefinite as a matter of law.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 day ago
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James Comer Says Shooting of National Guard Members in D.C. Shows We Do Need More National Guard Troops in Washington'

fromwww.mediaite.com
1 day ago
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James Comer Says Shooting of National Guard Members in D.C. Shows We Do Need More National Guard Troops in Washington'

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fromBuzzFeed
12 hours ago

People Are Sharing Their VERY Clever Strategies For Avoiding Political Talk This Thanksgiving

Set clear rules, use de-escalation strategies, designate a referee, and have exit plans to avoid political conflict at family gatherings.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
13 hours ago

A constant fear': Myanmar nationals face imprisonment back home as US ends protected status

US revoked Temporary Protected Status for 4,000 Myanmar nationals, endangering them and effectively legitimizing the military junta despite escalating civil war.
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fromIrish Independent
10 hours ago

The Indo Daily: Salacious poetry, a jilted lover and an alleged affair - RFK Jr's latest scandal

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. allegedly penned explicit poems to journalist Olivia Nuzzi, prompting media scrutiny amid her upcoming book release and debate over journalistic integrity.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
8 hours ago

Trump says the US will begin arresting Venezuelan drug traffickers by land very soon'

Trump warned of detaining Venezuelan drug traffickers by land after U.S. strikes in Caribbean waters killed dozens and destroyed multiple vessels during the Southern Spear operation.
#venezuela
fromAxios
13 hours ago
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U.S. will stop alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers on land "very soon," Trump says

fromAxios
13 hours ago
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U.S. will stop alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers on land "very soon," Trump says

fromwww.aljazeera.com
16 hours ago

Trump says US will soon stop Venezuelan drug trafficking by land'

You really are the backbone of America's airpower, and in recent weeks, you've been working to deter Venezuelan drug traffickers, of which there are many, Trump said in a Thanksgiving holiday video address to US forces. Of course, there aren't too many coming in by sea any more, Trump said. People aren't wanting to be delivering by sea, and we'll be starting to stop them by land also. The land is easier, but that's going to start very soon.
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fromSCSJ
1 day ago

Federal Judges Allow Map to Stand Despite Harms to Black Voters

A federal judges panel denied a preliminary injunction, allowing North Carolina's new congressional map altering Districts 1 and 3 and disproportionately affecting Black voters to stand.
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fromKqed
2 days ago

Immigration Lawyers Organize In Effort To Free Clients | KQED

Local governments seek control over battery energy storage siting while immigration lawyers learn habeas filings through informal networks and workshops.
fromAdvocate.com
22 hours ago

Who's running for Nancy Pelosi's House seat? Here are 3 Democrats who could replace her in Congress

It was you who made those words come true. It was the faith that you had placed in me and the latitude that you had given that enabled me to shatter the marble ceiling and be the first woman speaker of the House," Pelosi said, adding, "San Francisco, know your power. We have made history. We have made progress. We have always led the way,
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fromABC7 San Francisco
1 day ago

Federal judge orders SF ICE building to improve 'inhumane' conditions immediately

A Ninth Circuit ordered the Department of Justice to improve conditions inside the ICE holding cells at 630 Sansome in San Francisco effective immediately.
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fromPortland Mercury
1 day ago

Oregon Sues Trump's USDA Over Yanked SNAP Benefits for Refugees

US states sued the USDA, alleging October 31 guidance unlawfully stripped SNAP benefits from eligible lawful residents, refugees, and asylum seekers.
fromAdvocate.com
1 day ago

Daily newsletter 11/26

➡️ The Trump administration is not planning to observe World AIDS Day this year, breaking with both Republican and Democratic presidents since 1988. Plus, a new study shows that funding cuts could lead to millions of additional HIV infections by 2030. Meanwhile, Democrats and advocacy groups are accusing the Justice Department of ignoring hate crimes, and a Florida driver was arrested after allegedly trying to run over a LGBTQ+ running group.
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