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California law dubbed the 'Stop Nick Shirley Act' gets GOP pushback at state Capitol
GOP lawmakers, independent journalist Nick Shirley and a crowd of activists spoke out against a bill Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed into law that could impede the work of journalists reporting on immigration services providers.
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GOP legislators raise questions about PA Gov. Shapiro's 'measles-associated' deaths
The coroner, Parsons said, confirmed that an infant who passed away "had measles" but did not "die of measles." "They have zero measles deaths," Parsons said of the coroner's office.
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Appeals court blocks Minnesota's censorship of election integrity group over felon voting
The law is content-based and Minnesota has a better way to protect voting rights: tell specific felons they're eligible, judges nominated by Republican presidents say. State supreme court already rejected challenge to felon voting law.
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As Western nations back Israel, Iran threatens to close Strait of Hormuz, upend global economy
The strait, between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, provides the only water passage from the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea
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Ohio man who allegedly ran Rep Max Miller off the road turns himself in, faces criminal charge
Feras Hamdan, 36, of Westlake, turned himself in at the Rocky River Police Department with his attorney, according to police.
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Taxes hiked on tobacco and cannabis in Maine to plug revenue gaps
The $320 million plan, sent to Gov. Janet Mills' desk on Wednesday, seeks to plug revenue gaps in a $11.3 billion state budget approved in April and address a shortfall in the state's Medicaid program while boosting funding for child welfare programs, housing, and other initiatives.
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Two Guatemalan men in Lorenzana drug trafficking organization extradited to US, face federal charges
Steven Ovaldino Lorenzana Alvarenga and Allan Mendoza were key members of the Lorenzana drug trafficking organization from 2006 through 2023.
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China-made signal jammers being smuggled into US pose threat to police response during crimes: DHS
“Signal jammers have been used by illegal aliens across the country to jam communications during police operations, bank robberies, burglaries, and other dangerous crimes,” a DHS spokesperson said.
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Ex-Rep Rodney Davis says still carries gun after congressional baseball shooting eight years ago
"You begin to understand that there are just some bad people out there that are triggered for whatever reason, that they’re going to save the world by killing others," former Rep. Rodney Davis said.
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Head of agency over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac calls for Fed Chair Powell to resign
President Trump has been publicly blasting Powell and the Fed for not cutting interest rates even though the unemployment rate remains close to historic lows.
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First section of CA bullet train to connect two small cities at a cost of over $30B
According to CHSRA, the segment, from will cost between $32.7 billion to $36.3 billion, but is on track to be completed on time.
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Education Department targeting federal student aid scammers nationwide
The audit showed that in 2023, years after California lost $55 billion to fraudulent COVID-19 lockdown-era benefits payments, the state likely made “potentially ineligible payments” of nearly $200 million.
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Mayors on both sides of U.S.-Canada border worry about tariffs
Andrew "Drew" Dilkens, the mayor of Windsor, Ontario, said the trading relationships Windsor formed with its U.S. neighbors were built over decades.