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I will withhold food from millions of American families and cause many children to go hungry.

Thank you for you attention to this matter.
November 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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October 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Clinical Characteristics of Adults at Risk of Medicaid Disenrollment Due to HR 1 Work Requirements url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Clinical Characteristics of Adults at Risk of Medicaid Disenrollment Due to HR 1 Work Requirements
This study uses the NHANES database to describe clinical characteristics of Medicaid beneficiaries at risk of disenrollment due to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s (HR 1) work requirements, stratified...
jamanetwork.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Exclusive: The Pentagon plans to impose strict nondisclosure agreements and random polygraph testing for scores of people in its headquarters, including many top officials, escalating Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s war on leakers and internal dissent.
Pentagon plans widespread random polygraphs, NDAs to stanch leaks
The Pentagon is planning to require thousands of uniformed and civilian officials to sign nondisclosure agreements and submit to random polygraph testing.
wapo.st
October 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Trump’s peace plan is everything Israelis dreamed of. But it’s a fantasy | Roy Schwartz
Trump’s peace plan is everything Israelis dreamed of. But it’s a fantasy | Roy Schwartz
The president’s intervention promises a return to ‘normality’ – one that appeals to Israelis unconcerned with Gaza’s future, says senior Haaretz editor Roy Schwartz
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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October 1, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Blocks Rushed Attempt to Deport Guatemalan Children www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Blocks Rushed Attempt to Deport Guatemalan Children
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
www.nytimes.com
July 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Read Unsettling Truths with me! This week, we are on Chapter 4: The Rise and Defense of Christendom. buff.ly/EAEa7oZ
June 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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The State of Alabama plans to execute Gregory Hunt, 65, on June 10 by nitrogen suffocation, despite a death penalty system that has been widely criticized.
Alabama Plans to Execute Gregory Hunt Tomorrow
Mr. Hunt has been condemned to death without a unanimous jury vote.
eji.org
June 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Breaking News: The health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed all 17 members of a CDC advisory panel in his latest move to dismantle years of vaccine policy.
RFK Jr. Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts
The U.S. health secretary chose to “retire” members of a committee that makes significant decisions about who receives immunizations, including the vaccines for children.
trib.al
June 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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A federal judge in California has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing anti-diversity and anti-transgender executive orders in grant funding requirements that LGBTQ+ organizations say are unconstitutional.
Judge blocks administration from enforcing anti-diversity and anti-transgender executive orders
The federal judge said that the federal government cannot force recipients to halt programs that promote DEI or acknowledge the existence of transgender people in order to receive grant funding.
nbcnews.to
June 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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NEW: In public, Trump and his top aides say trade talks are in great shape even after a court declared many tariffs to be illegal.

In court, though, the admin is sounding more urgent alarm, warning judges that a ruling against them would damage Trump globally.

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/u...
Trump Aides Urge Court to Spare Tariffs as They Dismiss Worries in Public
www.nytimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Senior Democratic lawmakers accused Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard of violating the law with personnel moves they said threaten independent oversight of the 18 intelligence agencies she oversees.
Democrats accuse Gabbard of illegal interference in IG office
Senior Democratic lawmakers accused Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard of violating the law with personnel moves they said threaten independent oversight.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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President Trump touted a provision to Republicans' tax and spending cut bill that would provide every child born in the U.S. with a $1,000 investment account.

The accounts would be set up for children born after Dec. 31, 2024, and before Jan. 1, 2029.
Trump pushes $1,000 ‘Trump accounts’ for babies
The program would set up tax-deferred investment accounts that can be cashed out at age 18.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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The Los Angeles Police Department raised concerns today about the deployment of some 700 Marines to LA in response to 4 days of fiery protests sparked by federal immigration raids.
LAPD chief says police had "no formal notification" of Marines' deployment to LA protests
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday it's "un-American" to deploy Marines to LA.
www.axios.com
June 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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In March, VA officials across the US warned that their cancer-tracking databases were no longer being updated. Officials in the Pacific Northwest noted DOGE had marked its contract to maintain a cancer registry for “immediate termination.”

By @ericumansky.bsky.social@vernalcoleman.bsky.social
Internal VA Emails Reveal How Trump Cuts Jeopardize Veterans’ Care, Including To “Life-Saving Cancer Trials”
Despite a congressional mandate to expand care for veterans, internal Veterans Affairs messages obtained by ProPublica paint a stark portrait of how chaotic cost cutting has already imperiled tests…
www.propublica.org
June 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Breaking news: President Trump is mobilizing 2,000 additional National Guard troops to Los Angeles protests, bringing the total to an estimated 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines.
L.A. protests live updates: Trump mobilizes Marines, 2,000 additional National Guard troops
The additional National Guard troops will join the Marines who are deployed to quell clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement after a series of immigration raids in the city.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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While ICE agents can note in their database if someone they’ve investigated turns out to be a citizen, they are not required to do so.

As a result, records are often wrong and left uncorrected even after agents have been told of a mistake.

(Published March 2025)
Some Americans Have Already Been Caught in Trump’s Immigration Dragnet. More Will Be.
Federal immigration authorities have a history of wrongfully detaining U.S. citizens. Advocates warn that the Trump administration’s immigration policies mean that more citizens will get caught up in…
www.propublica.org
June 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Officials from China and the U.S. will try to strike a deal Tuesday to relax painful export restrictions that they have imposed on each other. Here's what to know.
US and China Talk Trade as Fight Over Rare Earths Escalates
Officials from the world’s largest economies will try to strike a deal Tuesday to relax painful export restrictions that they have imposed on each other.
trib.al
June 10, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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President Trump is edging closer than ever to invoking the Insurrection Act, driven by a vision of executive power free from the guardrails, governors and generals who stifled him in 2020.
Unrestrained Trump flirts with Insurrection Act as Marines deploy to L.A.
Trump already has broken decades of precedent by federalizing California's National Guard without the state's consent.
www.axios.com
June 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Trump is deliberately ratcheting up violence in Los Angeles | Moustafa Bayoumi
Trump is deliberately ratcheting up violence in Los Angeles | Moustafa Bayoumi
The president is escalating the situation to justify greater force and repression. Now he’s talking about sending ‘troops everywhere’
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Inside Donald Trump's Mass-Deportation Operation time.com/7291757/trum...
Inside Donald Trump's Mass-Deportation Operation
In his crackdown on illegal immigration, Trump is testing the moral and legal extremes to which the government is willing to go
time.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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When billion-dollar AIs break down over puzzles a child can do, it's time to rethink the hype | Gary Marcus
When billion-dollar AIs break down over puzzles a child can do, it's time to rethink the hype | Gary Marcus
The tech world is reeling from a paper that shows the powers of a new generation of AI have been wildly oversold, says cognitive scientist Gary Marcus
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM