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Dodgers' first baseman Freddie Freeman loses $2M on home sale after taxes
A so-called mansion tax to get money for services that help the homeless or people in trouble sounds good. “But as we've seen, the money is intercepted by these Minnesota-style NGOs.
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Minnesota faith group says more than 100 clergy members were arrested at airport in anti-ICE protest
The group, which is an organization "calling for racial and economic justice in Minnesota," were part of a protest demanding airlines take a stand against federal immigration enforcement.
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Federal jury in Texas gives a landmark win to parental rights and free speech
The jury found that officials from Marlin Independent School District, outside of Waco, unlawfully retaliated against parents who publicly complained about the district and violated their constitutional rights.
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Minor league baseball players in Wisconsin will finally get better pay after law is changed
Wisconsin law still treats the players as hourly workers and makes them eligible for overtime. The change that passed through the Senate ends the overtime requirement.
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Think tank employee put on leave after charged for removing classified docs from Defense Department
Ashley Tellis "is now on administrative leave, including from his role as Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's Vice President for Communications Katelynn Vogt said
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Labor Department warns of increasing food prices amid drop in illegal immigrant workforce
“Despite rising wages, there is no indication that unemployed or marginally attached U.S. workers are entering the agricultural labor force in meaningful numbers,” the Labor Department said
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Millions of dollars are being spent in California on redistricting campaign commercials
As the California special election heats up in the weeks leading to voters saying yay or nay on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s congressional redistricting effort, big money continues to fuel campaigns for and against it.
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SCOTUS rejects bid to overturn H-1B visa rule regarding spouses
In the case, Save Jobs USA challenged a 2015 rule allowing spouses of H-1B workers to get H-4 visas. The rule was put in place by the Obama administration.
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Speaker Johnson ready for the challenge, tells Democrats to 'bring it' over pay for US troops
President Donald Trump's weekend move to pay U.S. troops during a partial government shutdown raised legal questions, but it also relieved pressure on Republicans as a congressional funding lapse stretched into a 14th day.
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Houston-based company makes history in moving LNG from Alaska's North Slope
A Houston-based company has helped make history by completing the first liquified natural gas (LNG) delivery from Alaska’s North Slope beyond the arctic region.
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DOJ alleges State Dept employee removed classified docs, met with Chinese officials
The employee, Ashley Tellis, is also a contractor with the Office of Net Assessment at the Department of Defense
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Instagram revising teen account settings amid backlash
Social media platform to use PG-13 style rating system
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Four arrested in Mississippi homecoming football game mass shooting killing 6, hospitalizing 10
Other arrests are pending