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Texas Senate Passes Bill Aimed to Make State a Major Filmmaking Hub
Legislation expected to make Texas more of a major filmmaking hub passed in the Senate last week.
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Barr's Entry Escalates GOP Battle to Replace McConnell
Kentucky's Republican primary to succeed retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell heated up, as Rep. Andy Barr's long-anticipated entrance into the race sharpened rivalries, reignited tensions over President Donald Trump's influence, and set the stage for a bitter fight.
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Gen Z's Struggle to Enter the Housing Market
The long-standing American dream can look different to each individual depending on their background and goals, but for many, homeownership remains a key pillar in making that dream a reality.
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Texas Nears Passage of Massive School Voucher Program
Texas is poised to join a growing list of states that allow the use of public funds for private education with legislation that adds fuel to House and Senate Republicans to do the same.
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GOP Targets Ivy League Schools for Collusion, Price Fixing
Just days after the Trump administration froze hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for two Ivy League schools, House and Senate Republicans sent demand letters to nine schools as part of a collusion investigation into tuition fees.
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From Punk Rock to Political Rebel: Cherie Currie Goes MAGA
Punk rock icon Cherie Currie is also an actress, author, and artist. Perhaps surprisingly, she's now quite the conservative.
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Congress Targets Federal Property Waste; Watchdogs Slam Lavish Spending
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform ramped up the effort to rid the federal government of 50% of its real estate holdings and save billions of dollars in the process during a subcommittee hearing earlier this month.
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Trump Cyber Chief Ouster Came as China Admits Major Infrastructure Hack
The April 4 announcement that Gen. Timothy Haugh was being removed from his top cyber roles came as a surprise to many in Washington's national security establishment.
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Seattle Officially Looks to Distance Self From 'Defund Police' Movement
One of America's bluest cities – whose then-mayor embraced a month-long law-enforcement no-go zone five years ago – has decided to temper its "defund the police" rhetoric, at least for now.
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Report Highlights Planned Parenthood Exec Pay in Defunding Effort
Try to imagine a non-profit public charity, one a mainstream media outlet claims is facing a financial crisis, receiving roughly $700 million from the federal government and paying its top executive nearly $1 million in annual salary.
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Oldest Survivor of Pearl Harbor Dies at 106
It was the morning Dec. 7, 1941, when Vaughn Drake Jr. and his fellow soldiers were about to enjoy breakfast at Kaneohe Naval Air Station in Oahu.
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'You Can't Handle the Truth' - US States Ranked on Lying
"I want the truth!" Lt. Daniel Kaffee demands."You can't handle the truth!" Col. Nathan Jessup shouts back.
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Troubles Mount for ActBlue Following Congressional Report on Fraud
The news keeps getting worse for ActBlue following the release of a report that said the fundraising arm of the Democratic Party made internal changes that allowed for more fraudulent donations.
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Amended Illinois Bill 'Hostile' to Homeschool Heads Toward Decision
A bill is moving toward a final vote in the Illinois legislature with amendments that made it even more intrusive and threatening for homeschooling families, an attorney for an opposition group said.
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EU Slammed for Funding Extremist Curricula in Pakistan
At a high-profile U.N. Human Rights Council side event, European officials and activists sharply criticized the EU for funneling millions into Pakistan's education system - a system they say promotes religious extremism, discrimination, and violence against minorities.
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Is Remote Work Officially Coming to an End?
Remote work, one of the most significant workplace shifts to come from the COVID-19 pandemic, has been a common employment structure in the U.S. since 2020.
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After Assad: Serious Challenges Remain, but Syrians 'Can Breathe Again'
As U.S. ambassador to Syria during its brutal civil war nearly 13 years ago, Robert S. Ford placed an Islamist insurgent on the terrorism watch list.
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Treasury Ratchets Up Pressure on Hezbollah Finance Team
The U.S. Treasury has leveled harsh sanctions on a Hezbollah finance team linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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Red States, Blue Collars: Why Working-Class Voters Are Shifting Right
Working-class voters have been slowly shifting from casting their votes for Democratic candidates to Republicans for years, but the changeover became more apparent than ever in last November's election.
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Hegseth Heads to Panama Amid Port Deal Drama
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel to Panama this week in a high-profile visit that underscores renewed U.S. interest in the Panama Canal, following BlackRock's $19 billion deal to acquire strategic port assets from Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings.
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Inflation Worse Than Reported - and Fed Wants It That Way, Expert Says
When the Labor Department announced that the consumer price index rose 0.2% in February, that meant the inflation rate was at 2.8%.
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Trump, RFK Jr. Champion 'Radical Transparency' to Combat Food Toxins
A new federal initiative is aiming to give Americans an unprecedented look at what's in their food.
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Tucker's Dad, Dick Carlson, Found Common Ground for Political Persuasion
Richard "Dick" Carlson demonstrated his ability to find common ground for influencing people when he gambled on a way to win over hostile shipmates at sea. His son, Tucker, has carried on that personalized approach to persuasion as a conservative commentator. Dick Carlson...
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A Progressive Tea Party? Don't Start Brewing Yet
Last month, progressive icons Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. (AOC), and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., kicked off their "Fighting Oligarchy" tour.
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Senate Committee Takes Aim at 'Reputational Risk' to Stop Debanking Practices
Federal agencies that oversee banks have begun eliminating "reputational risk" as a basis for supervisory criticism following a vote last week of the Senate Banking Committee.