DOJ Gives California 48 Hours to 'Segregate' Ballots From a Mystery Thumb Drive
The Justice Department mailed California a password-protected thumb drive full of names the federal government "believes are likely noncitizens," then gave state and county officials until noon Thursday to deal with it. The letter, sent Tuesday, asks them to "segregate" those...
Judge Rules Trump Can't Punish Americans for Helping the ICC
A federal judge just told the Trump administration that it cannot punish American citizens for talking to a court in The Hague. The ruling,...
NYC Will Finally Stop Making Horses Pull Tourists Through Traffic
New York City is about to end a tradition that involved forcing 1,000-pound animals to haul strangers around Midtown traffic until some of...
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Gas Up 34% in a Year, Inflation Hits 3.7%, Midterms in Three Weeks
Seniors Get a 3.6% Raise While Prices Rise 3.7%. Enjoy It, Grandma.
Musk Throttles Starlink for Ukraine's Drones Right as Trump Squeezes Kyiv
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12 Senators Tell Trump His Putin Diesel Deal Is 'A Gift to Our Adversary'
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Diesel Up 75% Since Trump's Iran War, and His Fix Is a Deal With Putin
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Hegseth Spoke Before a Stiff-Winged Eagle Straight Out of the Third Reich's Playbook
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Nobel Economist Wakes Up to Prize, Then Politely Roasts Trump's Price Policy
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Judge to Trump: Your 'Fake News' Ban Needs Better Lawyers and a Time Machine
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Trump Pardons Diesel Mechanics Onstage at Rally, Says 'I Love Doing This Stuff'
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Bank of America Admits It 'Willfully Violated' Money Laundering Law, Pays $1.2B
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Pope Leo Tells the World About His Lung Nodule on Sunday, Gets Cancer Diagnosis Tuesday
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