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German leader to Trump team: Stay out of our politics
Merz to Trump team: Stay out of German politics
The new conservative chancellor criticized top Trump administration officials’ recent defenses of Germany’s far-right AfD.
www.politico.eu
May 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
German leader to Trump team: Stay out of our politics
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Elon Musk’s AI company is belching smog-forming pollution into an area of Memphis that already leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations.
xAI has become one of the county’s largest emitters of smog-producing nitrogen oxides.
xAI has become one of the county’s largest emitters of smog-producing nitrogen oxides.
'How come I can’t breathe?': Musk's data company draws a backlash in Memphis
The company’s turbines — enough to power 280,000 homes — run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations.
www.politico.com
May 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Elon Musk’s AI company is belching smog-forming pollution into an area of Memphis that already leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations.
xAI has become one of the county’s largest emitters of smog-producing nitrogen oxides.
xAI has become one of the county’s largest emitters of smog-producing nitrogen oxides.
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Legal challenges to President Trump’s El Salvador deportations have focused on due process, writes @conor64.bsky.social. Less attention has been paid to another constitutional protection: the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on “cruel and unusual punishment.”
Donald Trump’s Cruel and Unusual Innovations
Deporting illegal immigrants is lawful. Imprisoning them in El Salvador makes a mockery of the Eighth Amendment.
bit.ly
May 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Legal challenges to President Trump’s El Salvador deportations have focused on due process, writes @conor64.bsky.social. Less attention has been paid to another constitutional protection: the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on “cruel and unusual punishment.”
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Who are the Middle East's Druze religious community?
www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
Who are the Middle East's Druze religious community?
The Druze are a prominent religious community of more than a million people spread mainly across Syria, Lebanon and Israel, who for centuries have sought to preserve a distinct identity.In Syria, Druz...
www.al-monitor.com
May 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Who are the Middle East's Druze religious community?
www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
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“How we change the trajectory of what we’re seeing right now is getting individual Americans to speak out.” Kentucky Governor @andybeshearky.bsky.social on how to fight the Trump administration.
May 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
“How we change the trajectory of what we’re seeing right now is getting individual Americans to speak out.” Kentucky Governor @andybeshearky.bsky.social on how to fight the Trump administration.
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How I Wish Katy Perry Sang In Space
April 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
How I Wish Katy Perry Sang In Space
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The United Nations and major groups currently running aid operations in Gaza, briefed by Israel on the plans, said they would not cooperate with the plans.
Israel plans new control of food and supplies in Gaza
The United Nations and major groups currently running aid operations in Gaza, briefed by Israel on the plans, said they would not cooperate with the plans.
www.npr.org
May 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The United Nations and major groups currently running aid operations in Gaza, briefed by Israel on the plans, said they would not cooperate with the plans.
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New York City has joined a coalition of eight local governments around the country suing the Trump Administration over what the cities say are unlawful strings attached to federal housing dollars.
NYC suing the Trump administration over $53.5M cut to federal housing funding
The Trump administration is imposing ideological conditions to federal funding. NYC and 7 other cities say that's illegal.
gothamist.com
May 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
New York City has joined a coalition of eight local governments around the country suing the Trump Administration over what the cities say are unlawful strings attached to federal housing dollars.
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Senators unveil bipartisan plan to lower drug costs.
Senators unveil bipartisan plan to lower drug costs
It comes as some Republicans are working to insert a similar proposal into their party-line agenda package.
www.politico.com
May 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Senators unveil bipartisan plan to lower drug costs.
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Local Man Hadn’t Considered Washing Car Until He Heard Of Hosepipe Ban
Local Man Hadn’t Considered Washing Car Until He Heard Of Hosepipe Ban
THE thought of unreeling the hosepipe out and spraying water about the place 'hadn't even occurred' to Cork man Michael Whelan until he heard of a ban that is taking effect from midnight tonight.
"They're clamping …
waterfordwhispersnews.com
May 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Local Man Hadn’t Considered Washing Car Until He Heard Of Hosepipe Ban
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Wait, Trump warned us about a rocky economic transition period? Let's check the tape
May 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Wait, Trump warned us about a rocky economic transition period? Let's check the tape
