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Pope Francis to be released from hospital, make first public appearance on Sunday: Vatican
The Vatican said the pope intends to wave and offer a blessing from the hospital following the Angelus prayers on Sunday
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Chicago reigns as country’s ‘homicide capital’ for 13th straight year
Even as overall murder rates across the country dipped, Chicago also claimed the top spot for highest murder rate per capita among big cities at 21.5 per 100,000 population, or three times the levels of Los Angeles and nearly five times of New York City.
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DeSantis says he returned nearly $880 million in federal funds after meeting with Musk, DOGE
"For years, Florida has been trying to return federal funds to the federal government due to the ideological strings attached by the Biden Administration—but they couldn't even figure out how to accept it," he wrote on X.
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CA gained 76% fewer jobs in 2024 than estimated, grew just 0.3%
A 2024 state-funded report found that California private sector employment went into a downturn in 2022, with jobs growth only coming from the public sector and related employment.
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Johnson & Johnson to invest $55 billion in American manufacturing over four years
The White House called it “the latest massive victory in President Donald J. Trump’s unrelenting pursuit of American manufacturing dominance,”
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'Virginia is ready' for education to return to states, says Gov. Youngkin
One clear example of the commonwealth exercising that control is its recent move to ban artificial food dyes in all public school meals.
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Lutnick says Trump has agreed to eliminate income taxes for Americans making less than $150K
President Donald Trump previously teased eliminating the federal income tax in January, claiming that if his plans with tariffs work out then he would eliminate the federal tax.
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Arizona, California join suit fighting Trump's executive order dismantling Department of Education
The Democratic attorneys general are part of a coalition of 20 states that filed the suit. Plaintiffs also include the District of Columbia.
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RFK Jr. unveils an HHS online tool to search for chemical contaminants in food supply
The online tool appears to be an early effort in Kennedy’s leadership at HHS to provide transparency and accountability for the food and drug supply chain.
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WATCH: Gov. DeSantis criticizes birthright citizenship as 'enticement'
At a round table event with President Donald Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, DeSantis said that the 14th Amendment’s original intent was to overturn the Dred Scott decision, which denied citizenship to Black Americans before the Civil War.
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Hegseth eliminates $580 million on wasteful 'woke' spending
Top on the list was the Defense Civilian Human Resources Management System (DCHRMS) software development program and associated active contracts at the Defense Human Resources Activity (DHRA).
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Nearly 50,000 border crime arrests reported in Texas in 2023, Houston and Dallas had the most
The majority of reported border crime arrests were in counties where the largest cities are located: Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin and San Antonio – all considered hubs and gateways for drug and human trafficking and smuggling.
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CA ban on standard-capacity gun magazines is ruled constitutional by Ninth Circuit
The Ninth Circuit majority opinion found that magazines, as “optional accessories,” are not protected firearms, or protected accessories under the Second Amendment.