From the States
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Illinois Gov Pritzker touts state for international business, GOP leader pushes for lower taxes
Gov. J.B. Pritzker says Illinois is open to foreign investment, but the Illinois House Republican leader says the governor must lower taxes to grow the economy.
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Justice Department sues Minnesota over civil rights violations regarding girls sports
"The Trump Administration does not tolerate flawed state policies that ignore biological reality and unfairly undermine girls on the playing field," Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a statement.
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Poll: Data centers should supply own energy, says 8 in 10
Requiring facilities to provide their energy generation for artificial intelligence data centers is supported by 8 in 10 North Carolinians, a new poll says. Multiple proposals have been made in the General Assembly. Equit. The Escalation of
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Trump and allies launch Census strategy that could upend blue states’ advantage with illegal aliens
Missouri AG says effort to bar the counting of illegal immigrants in the U.S. Census could ultimately land at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Republican mayor doesn't want ICE facility in his town
The Department of Homeland Security is looking at property in Lebanon, Mayor Rick Bell said.
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Trump admin throws cold water on ICE masks ban as shutdown talks stall
Nearly a week into the partial government shutdown, the Trump administration continues to oppose certain immigration enforcement reforms that Democratic lawmakers are demanding in exchange for their votes to reopen the Homeland Security department. In a social media
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Virginia Democrats appeal ruling, legislatively pass 10-1 congressional map
Success on the referendum by Democrats would allow a redraw of maps that have sent six Democrats and five Republicans to a U.S. House divided 218-214 in favor of Republicans with three vacancies.
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Trump International Airport proposal clears Florida chambers
Bill sponsor Sen. Debbie Mayfield, R-Indialantic, said the use of the president’s name would be royalty-free and that he would not receive financial consideration “of any kind” for the use of his name.
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Hundreds of Texas law enforcement officials endorse Cornyn, saying he saved thousands of lives
Goliad County Sheriff Roy Boyd, who leads an Operation Lone Star Task Force, says without Cornyn’s support, thousands of people, including law enforcement officers, would have died during the first Trump administration.
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GOP lawmakers urge Hochul to reject NYC bailout
In a letter to Hochul, Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt and other members of the Legislature's Republican minority caucus call on the governor to scrap her plan to help New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani offset the impact of a projected $5.4 billion revenue gap over the next two years.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul slams brakes on NYC robotaxi plan
"Based on conversations with stakeholders, including the legislature, it was clear that the support was not there to advance this proposal," a Hochul spokesperson said in a statement.
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CA Gov. Newsom signs off on $590M loan for Bay Area public transportation
The governor said people need public transportation. In some cases, Newsom said there are folks in one part of San Francisco whose property values are attached to the success of these transit systems.
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Department of Education issues guidance on prayer in schools, outlining requirements
In a statement, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said the guidance reaffirms constitutional protections for religious liberty.