Politics & Policy
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Texas town ends contract with controversial Flock surveillance camera company
Pflugerville, Texas, city workers turned off all 28 Flock cameras that automatically read license plates across the town immediately after the city council ended its agreement with the company.
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FDA approves updated COVID vaccines for 2026-27 season
All manufacturers said they'll have vaccines read for the 2026-27 immunization season.
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Social media platform X identified inauthentic Chinese accounts pushing data center opposition
The posts made claims about AI data centers driving up household electricity prices and straining the grid. Others included AI-generated cartoons that depicted data-center operators enriching themselves at the public's expense.
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Columbia U announces punishments of students who occupied Hamilton Hall, including expulsion
The punishments were based on an “evaluation of the severity of behaviors," the school said.
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California stands in way of EPA’s effort to end electric vehicle mandate
To fully end the de facto EV mandate, the Trump administration will have to deal with the third prong of former President Joe Biden’s war on gas-powered cars — the EPA waiver for California’s state-specific Advanced Clean Cars II Regulations, said Kenny Stein, vice president of policy at the Institute for Energy Research.
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Columbine survivor's death 'best described as homicide' due to complications from shooting: Coroner
The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office said the two gunshot wounds she suffered likely turned into further issues that led to her death, and she died from “sepsis due to Streptococcus pyogenes.”
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Trump's DOJ asks Supreme Court for help against judges it calls 'activist' and 'overreaching'
Merely a string of judicial setbacks or "Resistance" from the bench? On Thursday, U.S. District Judge William Alsup ordered the reinstatement of thousands of probationary employees whom the administration fired.
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Buttigieg rules out Michigan governor, Senate bids, keeping open possible 2028 presidential run
Buttigieg called Michigan Democrats Thursday morning to let them know his decision.
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Venezuela to resume flights to repatriate illegal aliens: Grenell
Venezuela ranked among the most common origin points for illegal immigrants during the Biden administration.
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Senate committee advances Dr. Jay Bhattacharya's nomination for NIH director
The vote was 12-11 with all Republicans voting yes.
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Monmouth University announces planned closure of its polling institute after 20 years of operation
Monmouth University President Patrick Leahy said the decision was made after a year-long review of the campus' centers and institutes, citing a changing media landscape and higher costs for polling. The program will close July 1.
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Trump tries refilling critical fuel stockpile, but Biden’s drain may do lasting damage, experts say
While former President Joe Biden wasn’t the first president to use the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for political reasons, he drained it more than any president before him. The frequent draws and refills may be threatening the structural integrity of the reserve, experts say.
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You Vote: As Trump admin pushes back on 'Green New Scam,' how real is threat of 'climate change'?
The EPA has announced plans to roll back the Biden administration’s climate agenda in line with President Donald Trump’s executive order to “Unleash American Energy.”