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A motion in the House of Representatives by Congressional Representative Nancy Mace (R-SC) to censure Congressional Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) was tabled by a vote of 214 to 213. Mace’s…
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Democrat Xp Lee won the special election to replace assassinated Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman. He defeated Republican real estate agent Ruth Bittner for the seat. The district is heavily…
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A panel of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia left in place a Federal District Court judge’s ruling that Donald Trump’s accusations of mortgage fraud against…
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Cory Zukatis, a white man aged 36, was found hanging from a tree in a wooded area in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Zukatis was believed to be homeless, living in the woods…
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Demartravion “Trey” Reed, a Black 21 year old student at Delta State University, was found hanging from a tree in the middle of the campus. Rumors quickly began to circulate…
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A mortgage loan estimate for Federal Reserve Board member Lisa Cook shows that she declared her second house as a vacation home, contrary to accusations used by Donald Trump tp…
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During the morning show Fox & Friends, host Brian Kilmeade advocated killing homeless people. His remark came in a segment about a homeless person with schizophrenia and a criminal history murdering…
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About 20 drones from Russia violated Polish air space Tuesday night during a Russian attack on Ukraine. Air defenses for Poland and NATO scrambled to intercept the drones. Remnants of…
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Nepal’s Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli lifted the ban on 26 major social media platforms that sparked violent protests and announced his resignation in the face of mass outrage over…
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The government of France collapsed after Prime Minister Francois Bayrou went down in flames 364 to 194 in a parliamentary confidence vote. France is about to get its fifth Prime…
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Protests erupted in Nepal, sparked by a government ban of major social media platforms and fueled by longtime discontent with the economy, unemployment, corruption and nepotism in the political system.…
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Israel bombed an upscale area in Doha, Qatar, in an effort to kill the negotiating team from Hamas. Israeli President Isaac Herzog said the main target was lead negotiator Khalil…
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Multiple undersea cables in the Red Sea were severed, disrupting internet data flow in portions of the Middle East and Asia. Affected countries included India and Pakistan. Some countries likely…
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Former top officials of the National Institutes of Health Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH, and Kathleen Neuzil, MD, MPH, filed whistleblower complaints asserting they were taken out of their leadership roles…
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Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro deployed ships and drones along its coast, and two of its F-16s flew over the USA destroyer USS Jason Dunham, after Donald Trump ordered fighter jets…
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The Department of Transportation abandoned a rule change proposed by the Biden administration that would have paralleled European rules that make airlines compensate passengers for flight disruptions caused by the…
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California, Hawaii , Oregon, and Washington state announced their formation of the West Coast Health Alliance to provide their residents with immunization guidance to combat the federal government’s “politicization of…
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China was reported to be operating at least 12 vessels and structures for oil and gas drilling within Taiwan’s exclusive economic zone, challenging Taiwan’s defenses and encroaching into its territory.…
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Governor Ron DeSantis and state Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo announced Florida will eliminate all of the state’s mandates for childhood vaccinations. It has long been standard practice across the…
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Federal District Court Judge Allison Burroughs ordered the federal government to reinstate more than $2.6 billion in research funding that it took away from Harvard University. Burroughs ruled that the…
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Thousands of Health and Human Services employees signed a public letter demanding that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. resign from his position as the department’s Secretary. The letter says: Subject: Centers…
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A three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Donald Trump cannot use the wartime 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants the government accuses of affiliation…
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Donald Trump ordered 10 F35 stealth fighter jets to be stationed at Puerto Rico, an appropriate staging ground for attacking Venezuela, and several Navy vessels in the southern Caribbean so…
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By large margins, Democrats won both special election contests for state legislative seats in western Orange County. For State Senate District 15, State Representative LaVon Bracy Davis (D-Apopka) won more…
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Federal District Court Judge Charles Breyer ruled that Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard and Marine troops this summer to Los Angeles, California, was illegal. Breyer wrote, “This was intentional…
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The chartered airplane on which European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen was traveling lost satellite navigation (global positioning system). The flight had to circle the Plovdiv airport in Bulgaria…
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Federal District Court Judge Sparkle Sooknanan blocked the government from deporting about 600 unaccompanied children to Guatemala in the small hours of Sunday morning on Labor Day Weekend. The children…
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The Court of Appeals for the Federal District ruled 7-4 to uphold a federal trade court ruling that it was unlawful for Donald Trump to declare national emergencies and use…
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Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) signed into law new, more heavily gerrymandered redistricting maps passed by Republicans in a special session of the legislature. Redistricting is normally done only after receiving…
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At immigration court in Manhattan, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents refused to allow immigration court observers to so much as set foot on an entire floor of a federal public…
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Catelin Drey, a Democratic first-time candidate, won the special election for state Senate District 1 and broke the Republican supermajority. The seat was held by Republican Rocky De Witt until…
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Salt Lake County District Judge Dianna Gibson ruled that Utah state legislators must within one month adopt a Congressional district map that complies with standards that were approved by voters.…
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Veterans seeking private care in 30 specialties can now get authorization to do so for a year at a time instead of the current 90 to 180 days. In the…
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Donald Trump fired Erika McEntarfer from her role as Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after she released a jobs report significantly weaker than expected and revisions took figures…
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After backlash against its decision to end sharing of weather data with civilians as of 31 July 2025, the Navy announced it will push back the end of its data…
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The D.C. Board of Professional Responsibility recommended that Jeffrey Clark should be disbarred for his role in Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Clark is currently the acting…
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Republicans in the Senate confirmed Emil Bove to a lifetime appointment as a judge on the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, ignoring three whistleblowers who attested that he ran roughshod…
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IRS Commissioner Billy Long formally announced the demise of Direct File, a relatively new system that for the past two years allowed taxpayers in some states to file their income…
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Darren Beattie was installed by the gutted board as Acting President of the U.S. Institute of Peace, a taxpayer-funded agency with the mission of preventing and resolving violent conflicts. This…
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NASA will lose 3870 of its employees through deferred resignation, reducing its workforce from about 18,000 to about 14,000 in cuts driven by Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency.” This…
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Donald Trump’s regime is burning 500 tons of high-nutrition food biscuits intended for hungry children overseas, after refusing to distribute them until they went out of date. The biscuits were…
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A policy memo by Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Todd M. Lyons surfaced from 8 July 2025, declaring that undocumented immigrants are ineligible for bond hearings and held…
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Elon Musk’s company xAI signed at $200 million deal for use of its Grok software by the Department of Defense, even though days ago Grok declared itself MechaHitler, praised Adolf…
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Without explanation, from the shadow docket, the Supreme Court gave Donald Trump the go-ahead to gut the Department of Education without the consent of Congress. The high court reversed federal…
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The Miami Herald obtained and published a list of people incarcerated in poor conditions at a concentration camp of cages in tents in the Florida Everglades. The facility is cheerfully…
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Donald Trump’s lackeys strove to circle the wagons as Department of Justice handling of information about Jeffrey Epstein spun out of control, and when Trump waded in about it, he…
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Donald Trump announced tariffs of 30% in imports from the European Union and Mexico, starting 1 August 2025. The EU and Mexico are among Trump’s favorite targets. He says he…
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Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the Department of Justice is dismissing its fraud charges again Utah MD Michael Kirk Moore Jr. for tossing away more than $28,000 worth of taxpayer-funded…
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Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem allowed four contracts for call center support to expire for the Federal Emergency Management Agency on 5 July 2025, the day after flash floods…
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Federal District Court Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong issued two temporary restraining orders to temporarily halt federal immigration raids in Los Angeles and several California counties. Her orders bar immigration agents…
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