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fromFortune
5 hours ago
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ICE to withdraw from Maine after Susan Collins holds talks with Kristi Noem | Fortune

fromwww.mediaite.com
2 hours ago
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You've Asked It Like Three Times!' CNN Anchor Brawls With Ex-Trump ICE Director Over Tom Homan's Takeover in Minneapolis

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fromFortune
1 hour ago

Trump's border czar vows 'zero tolerance' on assaults against ICE while gesturing at Minnesota drawdown | Fortune

Immigration enforcement in Minneapolis could be reduced if state and local officials cooperate and protesters stop interfering; administration has 'zero tolerance' for assaults on officers.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 hour ago

Trump's border czar suggests a possible drawdown in Minnesota, but only after cooperation'

Federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota could be reduced if state and local officials cooperate and protester interference stops.
fromFortune
5 hours ago
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ICE to withdraw from Maine after Susan Collins holds talks with Kristi Noem | Fortune

fromwww.mediaite.com
2 hours ago
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You've Asked It Like Three Times!' CNN Anchor Brawls With Ex-Trump ICE Director Over Tom Homan's Takeover in Minneapolis

fromFortune
1 hour ago
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Trump's border czar vows 'zero tolerance' on assaults against ICE while gesturing at Minnesota drawdown | Fortune

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fromTruthout
4 hours ago

Senator Calls to Abolish ICE, Says Voting to Fund DHS Supports "Murder"

Sen. Ed Markey urges Democrats to defund and abolish ICE and block DHS funding, saying such funding supports the murder of Americans.
#ice
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 hours ago
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David Axelrod Warns Democrats Not to Campaign on Abolishing ICE: People Believe You Should Come to the Country Legally'

fromFortune
34 minutes ago
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Only 4 democracies have created paramilitary police squads since 1960-if you include ICE | Fortune

fromFortune
34 minutes ago
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ICE keeps getting slapped down by a George W. Bush-appointed, Antonin Scalia acolyte Republican judge in Minnesota | Fortune

fromEsquire
3 hours ago
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ICE Will Play a Big Factor in the Maine Senate Race

ICE conducted large-scale enforcement in Maine, arresting over 200 people and drawing strong condemnation and resistance from Governor Janet Mills and Senator Susan Collins.
fromWIRED
5 hours ago
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ICE Pretends It's a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed

ICE and other immigration enforcement agencies are adopting military-style equipment, tactics, and appearances, blurring civilian policing and combat roles and requiring evaluation as paramilitary forces.
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 hours ago
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David Axelrod Warns Democrats Not to Campaign on Abolishing ICE: People Believe You Should Come to the Country Legally'

fromFortune
34 minutes ago
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Only 4 democracies have created paramilitary police squads since 1960-if you include ICE | Fortune

fromFortune
34 minutes ago
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ICE keeps getting slapped down by a George W. Bush-appointed, Antonin Scalia acolyte Republican judge in Minnesota | Fortune

fromWIRED
5 hours ago
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ICE Pretends It's a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed

#dhs-funding
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 hours ago
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Federal Government Careening Toward Shutdown After Eight Senate Republicans Team Up With Democrats to Kill Funding Bill

The Senate rejected DHS funding in an appropriations bill, risking a government shutdown as Democrats demand ICE oversight and several Republicans opposed the package.
fromAxios
25 minutes ago
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Dems clinch deal with White House as shutdown looms

DHS funding may lapse unless negotiators agree on ICE and DHS terms; a temporary two-week stopgap will fund DHS while reform talks continue.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 hours ago
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Federal Government Careening Toward Shutdown After Eight Senate Republicans Team Up With Democrats to Kill Funding Bill

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fromwww.mercurynews.com
4 hours ago

Democrats block government funding package in Senate as negotiations continue to avert a shutdown

Senate Democrats blocked Homeland Security funding pending negotiations to impose new limits on immigration enforcement and threatened a partial government shutdown if demands are not met.
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fromKqed
2 hours ago

Growing Wave of Silicon Valley Workers Condemns ICE as C-Suites Split Over Fear of Trump | KQED

Silicon Valley tech workers demand condemnation of federal immigration enforcement violence after Minneapolis killings, despite executives' growing ties to the Trump administration and ICE contracts.
#immigration-detention
fromKqed
4 hours ago
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California Lawmakers Want to Raise Taxes on For-Profit Immigrant Detention Operators | KQED

fromwww.amny.com
3 hours ago
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Why DHS is still holding Brooklyn man in ICE's custody despite federal judge's order to free him amNewYork

fromKqed
4 hours ago
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California Lawmakers Want to Raise Taxes on For-Profit Immigrant Detention Operators | KQED

fromwww.amny.com
3 hours ago
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Why DHS is still holding Brooklyn man in ICE's custody despite federal judge's order to free him amNewYork

fromFortune
4 hours ago

As Big Tech CEOs speak up about violence in Minneapolis, 1 in 3 corporate leaders think ICE tensions are 'not relevant to their business' | Fortune

"not relevant to their business,"
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 hour ago

Fox's Martha MacCallum Gobsmacked After Hakeem Jeffries Pleads Ignorance on Mass NYC Arrest

Hakeem Jeffries said he was unfamiliar with the mass arrest of 65 anti-ICE protesters in New York.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
47 minutes ago

Trump tells Minnesota he'll "end the chaos" if state hands over its voter data - LGBTQ Nation

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi demanded Minnesota's unredacted voter rolls and other state data, linking compliance to restoring order and raising election-interference and privacy concerns.
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fromNextgov.com
2 hours ago

Law enforcement is the leading DHS use case for AI

DHS deployed 238 AI use cases in 2025, with law enforcement the largest category: 86 cases, 35 classified as high-impact.
fromHarvard Gazette
1 hour ago

A start in bridging divisiveness: Rein in social media - Harvard Gazette

An acceptance of violence and extremism, and the dehumanization that is integrated with that viewpoint, comes when you stop thinking that you have a shared future with other people,
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fromFortune
2 hours ago

Trump backlash over ICE builds across American culture, from The Boss to Sam Altman to Martha Stewart | Fortune

Donald Trump's immigration crackdown is provoking a broad cultural backlash across business, sports, and entertainment, threatening Republican strength and control ahead of the midterm elections.
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fromNextgov.com
2 hours ago

Partial shutdown appears imminent, if short lived, after failed Senate vote

Senate rejection of a spending package over DHS reform demands likely triggers a government shutdown this weekend unless negotiators reach a deal or pass a stopgap.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
4 hours ago

Trump Wraps Cabinet Meeting with No Questions and No Noem

President Trump ended a cabinet meeting without taking questions and did not call on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem amid backlash over a federal shooting.
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fromWIRED
4 hours ago

AI-Generated Anti-ICE Videos Are Getting the Fanfic Treatment

AI-generated anti-ICE videos portray fictional nonviolent confrontations that offer catharsis, revise narratives of accountability, and spread widely across social media amid immigration enforcement tensions.
fromAxios
3 hours ago

Kash Patel defends FBI raid as Fulton County officials demand answers

"The calculus, in terms of the statute, is always for our brilliant attorneys at DOJ, who we work in conjunction with," Patel said on the Charlie Kirk Show Thursday afternoon. "We always abide by the statute of limitations and any constitutional parameters that we have." Patel explained that a judge found "probable cause" for the FBI to execute a search warrant, so law enforcement "did just that."
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fromAbove the Law
2 hours ago

Alito Clerk Practicing In Front Of Alito Wants You To Know Alito Is The Greatest! - Above the Law

A Louisiana Solicitor General publicly praises Justice Alito while having a Voting Rights case before the Court, creating a clear appearance-of-bias problem.
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fromFortune
1 hour ago

Landmark crypto bill clears Senate hurdle but Democrats withhold support over lack of 'gryfto' rules to prevent Trump family conflicts of interest | Fortune

Senate Agriculture Committee advanced the Clarity Act with only Republican votes; the broad crypto regulatory bill still needs Senate Banking approval and faces bipartisan resistance.
#fbi-raid
fromJezebel
43 minutes ago
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Are We Seriously Going to Relitigate Trump's Dozens of Failed 2020 Election Interference Lawsuits?

fromJezebel
43 minutes ago
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Are We Seriously Going to Relitigate Trump's Dozens of Failed 2020 Election Interference Lawsuits?

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fromAxios
3 hours ago

Why Democrats are in no rush to force a Kristi Noem impeachment vote

House Democrats have amassed 179 co-sponsors for articles of impeachment against Gov. Noem, exceeding 80% of the caucus, pending an investigative review before any vote.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 hours ago

An Inconvenient Truth: Biden's Border Failures Directly Led to the Minneapolis Crisis

National anger over the crisis unfolding in Minneapolis is intense, and much of it is rightly directed at the Trump administration for its openly authoritarian approach to immigration enforcement. But another culprit is getting a pass. What is unfolding is the logical outcome of a political failure that began years earlier. Joe Biden lost control of the southern border, his party denied the consequences, and Donald Trump returned to power with an entitled sense of political permission to govern through force, which he readily embraced.
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fromJezebel
44 minutes ago

Kristi Noem Blames Stephen Miller, Who Blames DHS, Who Blames Miller, Who Blames...

DHS figures, including Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller, falsely labeled Alex Pretti a terrorist after his death, triggering bipartisan backlash and calls for accountability.
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fromESPN.com
23 hours ago

Sen. Ted Cruz against idea of college athletes as employees

Federal college-sports law must explicitly prohibit classifying student-athletes as employees to prevent damage to the collegiate sports model.
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fromSan Jose Spotlight
2 hours ago

Will Santa Clara County arrest ICE agents at Super Bowl? - San Jose Spotlight

A Santa Clara leader vowed to arrest ICE agents who threaten residents, prompting officials to consider potential clashes between local and federal law enforcement.
fromwww.theguardian.com
9 hours ago

Klobuchar declares Minnesota governor run as Walz vows not to seek office again

Minnesota, we've been through a lot, Klobuchar said in a video posted on X on Thursday morning, calling out political violence across the state, including the recent killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents dispatched to the area by Donald Trump. She continued: We cannot sugar coat how hard this is, but in these moments of enormous difficulty, we find strength in our Minnesota values of hard work, freedom and simple decency and good will.
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fromTechCrunch
1 hour ago

Medium gives employees Friday off to participate in national strike protesting ICE | TechCrunch

Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine allowed employees to take the day off to join a nationwide general strike protesting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
#ilhan-omar
fromFortune
1 hour ago
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Trump on Ilhan Omar getting apple cider vinegar squirted on her: 'She probably had herself sprayed, knowing her' | Fortune

fromwww.mediaite.com
4 hours ago
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DOJ Brings Charges Against Ilhan Omar Alleged Spray Attacker Despite Trump's Baseless Rant That She Staged Incident

fromFortune
1 hour ago
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Trump on Ilhan Omar getting apple cider vinegar squirted on her: 'She probably had herself sprayed, knowing her' | Fortune

fromwww.mediaite.com
4 hours ago
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DOJ Brings Charges Against Ilhan Omar Alleged Spray Attacker Despite Trump's Baseless Rant That She Staged Incident

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fromwww.mediaite.com
5 hours ago

Of Course That Video of Alex Pretti Kicking a Cop Car Matters

Prior aggressive behavior by Alex Pretti did not justify lethal force; citizens can err without losing their right to life, and polarization fuels street violence.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 hours ago

They picked the wrong state': how Minneapolis is fighting back

As protests grow, Minneapolis residents organize rapid response networks, mutual aid, and community defense movements after federal immigration agents shot observer Alex Pretti.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
5 hours ago

Queer Minneapolis is giving the nation a blueprint for the battles ahead - LGBTQ Nation

Over a thousand protesters held an anti-ICE rally at the Rhode Island State House and marched through Providence after Renee Good's shooting in Minneapolis.
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fromArtforum
1 hour ago

US Art Spaces Shutter Nationwide in Support of General Strike Protesting ICE

Art spaces across the US will close January 30 to support a general strike protesting DHS and ICE federal deployments and actions in Minnesota.
fromwww.mediaite.com
4 hours ago

Letting Trump Trolls Smear Alex Pretti as Violent Psychopath' Is Not Debate' It is Disgusting

Letting bad-faith Trump trolls (but I repeat myself twice) smear slain protester Alex Pretti as a violent psychopath in the name of debate is a line that responsible news organizations should not cross. Allow me to set the table here. I'm talking about the newly resurfaced viral video that desperate MAGA flying monkeys have seized on to try and stanch the bleeding from what America saw last Saturday.
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fromJezebel
44 minutes ago

Federal Judge Flames AG Bondi for Ignoring Presumption of Innocence

Attorney General Pam Bondi posted arrested protesters' mug shots during active trials, prompting a federal judge to condemn public labeling of presumed-innocent defendants.
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fromBoston.com
5 hours ago

ICE detains owner of Stow restaurant

Maximiano "Max" Fernandes, owner of Stow Cafe, was detained by ICE after a detainer tied to a 2024 incident; local police say they were not involved or notified.
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
1 hour ago

EFF to Close Friday in Solidarity with National Shutdown

The Electronic Frontier Foundation stands with the people of Minneapolis and with all of the communities impacted by the ongoing campaign of ICE and CBP violence. EFF will be closed Friday, Jan. 30 as part of the national shutdown in opposition to ICE and CBP and the brutality and terror they and other federal agencies continue to inflict on immigrant communities and any who stand with them. We do not make this decision lightly, but we will not remain silent.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
4 hours ago

GOP candidate calls for executing parents & doctors who help trans kids - LGBTQ Nation

"I think we need a law in Tennessee that would allow for capital punishment for those who commit an assault on the sanctity of life," he said in a recent conversation with Connor B., the host of the Christian Nationalist podcast Forge and Anvil. Fritts then said he thought four things would "require" capital punishment that also "aligns with scripture." "I think that anyone who would try to disfigure a child through hormones or surgery, you might be eligible to capital punishment," he said, adding, "I know that's gonna make people's ears ring, but that's a gross, great sin."
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fromNextgov.com
3 hours ago

Trump nominee to lead NSA commits to backing controversial spying law

A nominee to lead NSA and U.S. Cyber Command supports continued use of 702 FISA authority as indispensable for national security despite concerns about incidental collection of U.S. persons.
fromNextgov.com
1 hour ago

VA secretary: EHR deployments are 'going to be done in the right way'

The Department of Veterans Affairs has rectified issues with its new electronic health record system and is all set to resume software deployments in just a few months, VA Secretary Doug Collins assured lawmakers on Wednesday, despite a host of unresolved recommendations from an agency watchdog on how to streamline the project. VA is preparing to restart rollouts of its new Oracle Health EHR system on April 1, following an operational pause in April 2023 that froze go-lives at most of the agency's medical facilities.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 hours ago

Trump Revives #Italygate The Weirdest 2020 Election Conspiracy of Them All

Italian military satellites and intelligence tools reportedly flipped votes from Trump to Biden in a global hack, a conspiracy reshared by President Trump.
fromJezebel
44 minutes ago

Sen. Duckworth Slams JD Vance After He Compares Her, a Disabled Veteran, to Forrest Gump

"Thank God we have a Secretary of State who knows his facts AND has the patience of Job,"
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fromwww.mediaite.com
3 hours ago

Top 5 Most Fawning Moments From Trump Cabinet Meeting

Trump's Cabinet meeting featured secretaries lavishly praising him, asserting an elite Venezuela raid, sweeping economic success, and claims of ending multiple wars.
fromAdvocate.com
5 hours ago

No work, no school, no shopping: What to know about the Jan. 30 general strike

Organizers are ready to hit the Trump administration where it hurts the most - in the wallet. Activists are calling for a national general strike on Friday to protest Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity across the country, but particularly in Minnesota, where nearly 3,000 federal agents have been deployed as part of an aggressive crackdown on supposed fraud.
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fromBrooklyn Eagle
1 hour ago

Mamdani orders new 'Chief Savings Officers' at city agencies

Under Executive Order 12, according to a press statement from the city, each agency will now have five days to appoint an existing senior employee as Chief Savings Officer and grant them the relevant staff and information. This employee will have 45 days to complete a comprehensive assessment of their agency's spending, analyzing the most expensive programs to understand major drivers of cost, as well as the highest-performing programs, to try to replicate successes.
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fromEsquire
5 hours ago

Trump's Nationwide Revenge Tour Reaches Its Next Stop

Reached by phone Wednesday, Fulton County Court Clerk Ché Alexander said a large number of federal agents were retrieving boxes of ballots from the warehouse where they were being stored. "The FBI agents are here to get the 2020 ballots," Alexander said. "They're all here-trucks, everything." A copy of the search warrant signed by U.S. Magistrate Judge Catherine Salinas and obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows investigators were seeking: All physical ballots from the 2020 General Election in Fulton County, all in-person, absentee and other ballots and absentee ballot envelopes.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 hours ago

Justice department charges man accused of attacking Ilhan Omar at town hall

Man accused of spraying Ilhan Omar with apple cider vinegar at a town hall faces federal assault charge; associate reportedly urged someone to kill her.
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fromPortland Mercury
2 hours ago

Councilors Want City to Move Faster on Enforcement of New Detention Center Fee

Portland councilors demand swift enforcement of a new code banning chemical emissions from detention facilities and investigations into tear gas deployments at the ICE site.
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fromLos Angeles Times
2 hours ago

Bruce Springsteen's anti-ICE protest song decries Minneapolis killings and 'King Trump'

Bruce Springsteen released a protest song condemning 'King Trump' and federal immigration crackdowns in Minneapolis, memorializing Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
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fromThe Atlantic
5 hours ago

The Streets of Minneapolis

Federal agents shot two innocent Americans in Minneapolis and administration officials then falsely vilified the dead while families mourned.
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fromQueerty
5 hours ago

Despite Tr*mp's relentless attempts to bury them, a fresh pot of Epstein scandals is starting to boil over - Queerty

Ghislaine Maxwell may reveal 29 men allegedly protected by the DOJ, potentially exposing Tr*mp and associates in Epstein-related cover-ups.
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fromTelecompetitor
4 hours ago

SpaceX hints at abandoning BEAD without new exemptions for LEO providers

SpaceX demands BEAD exemptions for LEO services, arguing capacity is dynamically allocated and threatening to exit the program if proposed changes are not adopted.
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fromFortune
3 hours ago

'A major problem for America's economic future': $38 trillion national debt finds Democratic, Republican supermajority | Fortune

A supermajority of American voters across parties view the national debt as a critical threat and want lawmakers to prioritize reducing and stabilizing it.
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fromPortland Mercury
1 hour ago

Proposed Renter Support Bill May Divert Some Funds to Developers

Portland City Council has not decided how to allocate $21 million in Rental Services Office funds amid competing priorities for homelessness aid or Prosper Portland.
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fromThe Atlantic
2 hours ago

Another Way to Be an American

Enforced Americanization undermines democracy; allowing immigrants to retain cultural identities supports a trans-national Americanism that strengthens democratic pluralism.
fromRealagriculture
9 hours ago

Market Day Report: Trump shows support for year-round E15

Year-round E15 sales were a focus this week as U.S. President Donald Trump spoke in Iowa to a crowd of farmers and ranchers, saying he has instructed congressional leadership to move forward on approving the E15 ethanol blend. Trump said he is relying on House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune to reach an agreement and stated he would sign the legislation if it reaches his desk.
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fromTruthout
1 hour ago

Rubio Dodges Accountability at Senate Hearing as Deadly Boat Strikes Continue

Secretary Rubio defended rapid U.S. military escalation against drug smugglers while Congress demanded oversight after deadly strikes and a Venezuelan abduction.
fromFortune
5 hours ago

Bessent accuses Carney of 'virtue signaling' after his big speech at Davos, with divorce between Canada and America in the air | Fortune

do what he thinks is best for the Canadian people, not his own virtue signaling,
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fromEater NY
3 hours ago

Some New York Restaurants Are Joining the General Strike Against ICE Raids

Many New York City restaurant, cafe, and bar owners are choosing to close in solidarity with the strike on Friday, including Williamsburg coffee shop Land to Sea. Owner Emily Shum says she decided to shut down for the day because it's her part in making an effort for the greater good. "We believe we must disrupt 'business as usual' and local commerce in order to affect change and help bring attention to the violence and injustice brought on by ICE and our federal government,"
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fromBitcoin Magazine
4 hours ago

SEC Chair Paul Atkins Set To Speak At The Bitcoin Conference

SEC Chair Paul Atkins will speak at Bitcoin 2026 Conference, signaling a regulatory shift toward clearer crypto rules and market-focused oversight.
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