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The Justice Department is suing the D.C. police, arguing the city’s ban on AR-15s and other firearms is unconstitutional.

The lawsuit targets a D.C. law that prohibits the registration of most semiautomatic rifles, including AR-15s and AK-47s.
Justice Dept. sues D.C. over ban of AR-15s and other semiautomatic guns
The suit claims that the ban on semi-automatic rifles in the District is “unconstitutional.”
wapo.st
December 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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BREAKING: The Oscars will move to YouTube in 2029, leaving longtime home of ABC
The Oscars will move to YouTube in 2029, leaving longtime home of ABC
In a seismic shift for one of television’s marquee events, the Academy Awards will depart ABC and begin streaming on YouTube beginning in 2029, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences anno…
trib.al
December 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Kazakhstan leads Central Asia in biometrics with a strong private market while Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan rely mainly on state led and foreign solutions https://ow.ly/LaXA50XL3sZ #CentralAsia #Biometrics #DigitalIdentity #CentralAsiaTech
The Digital Future of Central Asia: Who Is Shaping It, and How? - The Times Of Central Asia
Digital security is now a key component of most processes in every country. A large share of organizations is moving, or has already moved, their processes
ow.ly
December 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Donald Trump’s Remarks on the Death of Rob Reiner Are Next-Level Degradation
December 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Meet the Republicans who killed solar subsidies — after using them
Meet the Republicans who killed solar subsidies — after using them
POLITICO’s E&E News examined satellite imagery of more than 100 homes owned by Republican lawmakers to see if they have solar panels. Seven had rooftop arrays.
dlvr.it
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Where's Obama? Working for Democrats in three key races in Tuesday's elections.
Where's Trump? Hosting a Halloween party while tens of millions lose their food stamps. And golfing.
Obama’s stumping for Democrats. Trump’s at Mar-a-Lago.
"If you believe in that better story of America," the former president told a rally ahead of Tuesday's elections, "don’t sit this one out. Vote ."
www.motherjones.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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The agency responsible for safeguarding the U.S. nuclear stockpile began placing most staff on enforced leave Monday as yet another congressional vote to end the crippling U.S. government shutdown failed.
U.S. starts furloughing nuclear weapons workers as shutdown standoff continues
The United States has an arsenal of 5,177 nuclear warheads, with about 1,770 deployed, according to the global security nonprofit Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
ebx.sh
October 21, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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Legal or not, it's completely inappropriate for the sitting president to sue media companies he doesn't like and use the levers of government to force them to settle.
Elizabeth Warren says companies that settled with Trump may have committed bribery
While the settlements likely don't meet the statutory definition of bribery, they're still inappropriate.
reason.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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The construction of a new Burnside Bridge that can withstand a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake is being delayed again due to uncertain federal funding.
Construction delayed again on earthquake-ready Burnside Bridge in Portland
The construction of a new, earthquake-ready Burnside Bridge has been delayed — again — due to uncertain federal funding. Multnomah County is still moving forward with the design phase.
www.opb.org
October 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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"It's tempting to shrug off the language in the Young Republicans' group chat as the pathetic humor of pasty losers. But the danger is real... We have seen incel ideology drive heinous acts of public violence." www.liberalcurrents.com/sex-is-gay-r...
Sex Is Gay, Rape Is Epic, No Fatties: Young Right-Wing Men Are Obsessed With Male Power and Male Bodies
The group chat leak reveals what over a decade of incel messaging and Bronze Age Pervert have done to Young Republicans.
www.liberalcurrents.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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"I am probably the most apolitical person in America because I was separated from all of you, and I was told that I was worthless and that I would be put to death."

Nick Yarris spent more than 20 years in solitary confinement for a crime he didn’t commit. And he didn't mean to be at #NoKings.
October 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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The US, Saudi Arabia and other petro-states led pushback against the world’s first carbon tax for shipping.
World’s first global shipping carbon tax sinks after US-led opposition
The US, Saudi Arabia and other petro-states led pushback against the world’s first carbon tax for shipping.
l.euronews.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Russell Vought, Trump’s OMB chief, famously promised to put career civil servants “in trauma” and cast them as public "villains." The Americans who showed up en masse on Saturday weren't buying his BS.
The federal workers who showed up at "No Kings" are not the villains in this story
A shutdown, mass firings, political hacks aiming to traumatize them: It's been a rough year for dedicated civil servants.
www.motherjones.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Newsom warns Californians' SNAP benefits could be delayed because of federal shutdown
Newsom warns Californians' SNAP benefits could be delayed because of federal shutdown
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said Californians could see their benefits delayed if the federal government shutdown is not ended by Thursday.
www.latimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Tom Homan reportedly accepted $50,000 stuffed into a takeout bag from undercover F.B.I. agents. We must continue to ask where the money went, Ruth Marcus writes. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/zn2Q1B
October 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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A spokesperson for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott argued his office’s emails with Elon Musk are confidential under a “common-law privacy” exception to public records laws because they may include “intimate and embarrassing” information.

(Published July)
With @kutnews.bsky.social @texastribune.org
Texas Governor’s Office Says Its Emails With Elon Musk May Be, in Part, Too “Embarrassing” to Release to the Public
We asked Abbott for his and his staff’s emails with Elon Musk and Musk’s companies. The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not...
www.propublica.org
October 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Insurance cuts will harm opioid recovery in Ohio, elsewhere, specialist says ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/17/i...
Insurance cuts will harm opioid recovery in Ohio, elsewhere, specialist says • Ohio Capital Journal
If ACA insurance subsidies are allowed to expire, hundreds of thousands will lose opioid-abuse treatment, insider says.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
October 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A “New Middle East” Is Easier to Declare Than to Achieve
October 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Gen Z and millennial voters will make up more than half of the electorate in 2028. They're a crucial bloc for both parties, but many are facing daunting economic realities and feel unseen by leaders.
In small towns and rural communities, young voters say they feel unseen by leaders
Gen Z and millennial voters will make up more than half of the electorate in 2028. They're a crucial bloc for both parties, but many are facing daunting economic realities and feel unseen by leaders.
n.pr
October 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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“Democracy requires your courage, and tyranny requires good people doing nothing … and it fails when ordinary people refuse to cooperate and they say, #NoKings and mean it.”
Millions flood streets across America for No Kings protests opposing Trump's use of power | Arizona Mirror
No Kings protests millions nationwide Trump demonstrations target authoritarian actions across more than 2,600 locations
azmirror.com
October 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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The U.S. Marines insisted the demonstration would not require any closures of public highways.
Newsom Critical of Military Display During Vance Visit
www.newsweek.com
October 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM