Politics & Policy
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Truth Social parent company blames 'false reporting' for drop in Truth Social stock price
The group who owns the Truth Social platform says articles about the company published by Axios and The Financial Times were filled with false assertions that damaged its stock price.
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Jury deliberations set to begin in monumental oil and gas lawsuit
The lawsuit, pitting the parish against companies including Chevron USA, Inc., is the first of 42 similar cases filed since 2013 to reach trial, accusing the industry of violating state permitting laws and exacerbating wetlands loss.
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Stock market plunges over Trump tariffs, Nasdaq and S&P mark lowest numbers since 2020
The Dow dropped 1,679 points, which equaled a 3.98% loss. The Dow's loss was its biggest drop since June 2020.
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GOP tries to pad House majority in 2 Florida special elections, but races appear unexpectedly close
The elections come as Republicans hold a narrow 218-213 House majority.
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New York lawmaker proposes bill that could prevent Tesla from operating sales centers in state
The bill would require a cap of five licenses for electric vehicle manufacturers in the state but allow other companies, such as Rivian and Lucid, to compete for those permits.
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Close call between Delta plane and Air Force jet sets off collision warning alarm
The FAA is investigating the incident after air traffic controllers "issued corrective instructions to both aircraft."
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Columbia University's interim president resigns a week after federal funding deal
Claire Shipman, the co-chair of the board of trustees, will immediately assume the role of acting president. Armstrong will return to the school's Irving Medical Center.
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Nearly 5k allegedly illegal voter registrations found on Milwaukee voter rolls ahead of WI election
The grassroots group’s challenges to the registrations were unsuccessful because the city election commission declined to investigate them.
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Media blaming climate change for early cherry blossom blooms ignores cause of heat, experts say
It's becoming a tradition every spring for the legacy media to blame climate change for cherry blossoms blooming earlier than average, but experts say this ignores the "Urban Heat Island" effect.
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Election integrity win: Kentucky law bans foreign money in ballot measures
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signed bill into law this week, similar to a new Wyoming law enacted earlier this month.
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Repeat COVID vaccines provoke two kinds of inferior antibodies, study finds
Not just IgG4 antibodies that become predominant in the many-jabbed, but also lesser studied IgG2, researchers find. NIH reportedly prepares for Bhattacharya by marginalizing mRNA research, narrative policing.
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Stock market takes hit amid concerns over new Trump tariffs
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 700 points on Friday, amounting to a 1.6% loss. The S&P 500 dropped nearly 2% and the Nasdaq composite lost 2.7%.
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Illinois sheriff investigating alleged election interference
McLean County school districts asked voters to approve a 1% sales tax on their taxpayer-funded websites, prompting complaint.