The US said China was priming a trade superweapon. Then it vanished.

Four years ago, the United States warned that China was poised to unleash a state-backed digital dragnet that would rapidly expand across the globe and give Beijing unprecedented insight into the flow...

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Show Your Support for Student Survivors of Sexual Assault

Students deserve to feel safe and protected. Sign on this petition to demand Cornell and the Trump administration do better for student survivors.

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Could This Actually End Citizens United?

Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti

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Synthetic Nanoparticle Blocks COVID-19 by Nearly 99% in Lab Tests

Scientists from Swansea University, Freie Universität Berlin, and Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin have developed a synthetic sugar-coated nanoparticle that can almost completely block SARS-CoV-2 fr...

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Don't let banks abandon our communities | NRDC

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Tell Dollar Stores: Protect Shoppers from Toxic Chemicals | NRDC

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October 4, 2026

On Friday night, just before 11:00, Trump announced that his administration “will, immediately, begin sending ‘Checks’ of nearly $100 to over 20 MILLION wonderful Seniors to help pay for their Medicar...

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Trump’s proposed diesel exports ban could hurt Texas refineries

Experts say the president’s goal of lowering gas prices by prohibiting exports would devastate the energy sector and cause fuel shortages.

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A Blue Wave Could Sweep Greg Abbott's Handpicked Houston Judges Out of Office

But experts say that, as Harris County judicial seats have swung with the political tides, it’s not partisanship that matters for criminal defendants.

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Paxton ally opposes Talarico’s bid to unseal AG’s depositions

Talarico’s campaign in August asked the court to unseal a pair of years-old depositions Paxton sat for, arguing the transcripts are “of immense public importance.”

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Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan Progressive Star, Rallies With Nurses in SF | KQED

Medicare for All and stronger AI regulations are among the priorities for the U.S. Senate hopeful, who declined to weigh in on California’s proposed billionaire tax.

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October 2, 2026

Trump held a campaign rally tonight in Mobile, Alabama, the city where, as Shawn McCreesh of the New York Times recalled, his MAGA rallies really took off in August 2015, when more than 30,000 people ...

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Flock is keeping state-funded cameras on in Texas

Some local officials have suggested they expect Abbott will reinstate funding for the surveillance cameras, which are politically unpopular, after the election.

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Harris County Clerk’s Office Launches Harris Votes App

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October 1, 2026

John Hudson of the Washington Post reported this evening that the Trump administration is openly defying Congress, taking $52 million in military assistance lawmakers appropriated for European and Mid...

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Trump’s border wall construction cut into an ancient ground carving older than Stonehenge

The Las Playas Intaglio carving of a huge fish is at least 2,000 years older than the first Egyptian pyramid, according to researchers’ estimations.

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Another Bad Day in Court for Trump

Today, as Trump was busy trying (and failing) to convince his own people that “affordability” is a word made up by Democrats, the courts were having a field day with him.

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