Politics & Policy
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Idaho law ends use of public funds for teachers’ union
Law bars school districts from facilitating payroll deductions for union dues and restricted use of public resources to assist unions.
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OPEC for Americas? Iran conflict solidifies U.S. focus on Western Hemisphere oil
American companies have already begun ramping up investments in Latin America, closing new deals with a freshly compliant Venezuela and friendly Argentina in recent days that promise new petroleum capacity in the hemisphere.
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Vance-led anti-fraud panel shutters 447 hospices in LA: Report
President Donald Trump officially named Vance his "fraud czar" earlier this month, following a series of raids in LA that saw federal authorities target many hospices in the area.
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Musk declares war on the two major political parties, forming his own America Party
Billionaire entrepreneur argued that Republicans and Democrats have bee "bankrupting our country with waste & graft.”
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Teachers union boss takes down X post after grammatical error, new one reads '4rth of July'
The original post spelled peaking as "peeking." It was corrected in the new post but many users criticized Weingarten for the way she spelled July fourth or July 4th.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger lays wreath at George Washington's tomb: ‘I owe everything to this country’
Schwarzenegger also delivered a speech at a naturalization ceremony at Washington's home, Mount Vernon, located just outside of Washington, D.C. in Virginia.
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Trump Justice Department moves to defend Wyoming’s citizen voter law
The U.S. attorney asked to file an amicus brief defending Wyoming’s new law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote.
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Hundreds of ‘Free America’ anti-Trump demonstrations planned across America for July 4
The demonstrations have garnered less attention than the protests agains the president last month.
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Trump leans into conservation, signs ‘Make America Beautiful Again’ executive order
The new commission established by the order will focus on conserving American “national treasures,” improving access to drinking water, and expanding access to public land for recreational activities.
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University of California system reminds student governments of ban on protesting against countries
The letter comes after multiple schools within the UC system, including UCLA, participated in anti-Israel protests and riots across the state last year that shut down graduation ceremonies and events on campus.
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Biden, Democrats slam passage of Trump's 'cruel' megabill: 'Working people deserve better'
“What is contemplated in this one big, ugly bill is wrong," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries claimed. "It’s dangerous, and it’s cruel, and cruelty should not be either the objective or the outcome of legislation that we consider here in the United States House of Representatives."
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom heads to South Carolina as Democrats eye 2028 election
The governor most recently visited the state in January 2024, in order to campaign for former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Reshaping the right: A generational divide heralds a transformation of the GOP
Polling data increasingly shows a substantial divide within the Republican Party by age on some of its keynote issues and younger leaders of the conservative movement have begun to tailor their rhetoric more towards the younger bloc.