Louisiana pitches plan to store radioactive nuclear waste underneath the Gulf

Louisiana wants federal support for a sweeping nuclear plan that includes new reactors, data-center power and research into storing spent fuel in offshore salt domes. The state is one of five finalist...

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Cuba plunges into darkness as electric grid collapses

Cuba's electricity grid collapsed late on Sunday, the state-owned grid ​operator said, plunging the island of ‌about 10 million people into darkness as blackouts become more frequent.

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How Péter Magyar dismantled Viktor Orbán's built-to-last regime

Since Péter Magyar's Tisza Party won a landslide in April, Hungary's president, top prosecutor and state media chiefs have all been removed, as the new government moves swiftly to unwind 16 years of Viktor Orbán's rule. #EuropeNews

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Kennedy to host cooking show with focus on inexpensive meals

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has launched a show geared toward teaching Americans how to cook healthy, inexpensive meals. “Thanks to President Trump, we flipped t…

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ICE’s New Detention Center Contracts Declare State Laws ‘Shall Not Apply’

One day after a federal judge ordered an ICE detention center opened to state health inspectors, the agency posted new contract terms that would void state oversight at four facilities.

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Pittsburgh Council aims to curb sidewalk and bike-lane parking by closing code loophole

Pittsburgh councilors may change the city parking code to close a loophole in the rules around prohibited parking areas, including sidewalks and bike lanes.

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Finland to Cut Cable Lines Carrying Up to 70% of Russia’s Foreign Web Traffic

Finland will dismantle power pylons supporting cross-border fiber-optic internet cables, impacting Russian web traffic and communication infrastructure.

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Professors Notch Court Wins Over States Banning ‘Woke’ Teaching

Courtroom victories for public university professors over state teaching restrictions on race, gender, and unconscious bias are beginning to define the bounds of unlawful political oversight of higher...

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After Trump’s order, West Point curbed faculty speech. One professor said no.

Tim Bakken argues that the Pentagon's attempt to stifle what teachers can say and write makes the military more susceptible to bad decisions.

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US walks out on France at UN meeting to protest ally's criticism of America's human rights record

U.S. diplomats walked out as their French counterparts spoke at the United Nations after the European ally criticized the Trump administration’s human rights record.

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Mexico confirms 20 ICE death complaints filed across 8 US states

Mexico filed 20 complaints across eight U.S. states over deaths linked to ICE and asked the UN human rights chief to review the cases.

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Inside the record-breaking grocery nightmare Trump tried to hide from you

President Donald Trump’s management of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been full of controversy, from his massive layoffs to his promise to right-wing podcaster Joe Rogan to legalize certain psychedelics. Yet according to a recent report, one particular scandal — a cyclospora in lettuce o...

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Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to face trial next June

Maduro and his wife, who were seized and bought to the US earlier this year, deny the weapons and drug charges against them.

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Trump’s Latest Under-the-Radar Mass Deportation Moves Are Truly Creepy

This week’s Executive Dysfunction.

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Americans rewire their grocery shopping routines while digesting the biggest price jump in 50 years

Living through the biggest jump in grocery prices in a half-century has many Americans changing their eating and food shopping habits.

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Report: Dozens of ICE and CBP agents have abused women and children

David Brouillette, according to Ohio Immigrant Alliance, is no outlier.

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Trump orders signs be installed outside Smithsonian museum warning of ‘inaccurate information’ | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the National Park Service to install temporary signage near the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, warning of what the administration views as ...

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US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' password during border search | TechCrunch

A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone's data, opening up fresh questions about a person's constit...

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'They're Trying to Scare People': AOC Dismisses Latest GOP Warnings of 'Communism' | Common Dreams

GOP fearmongering about communism in the US is baseless. Dems like AOC are fighting for universal healthcare, but GOP calls it communism.

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Maplewood Bans Warrantless ICE Raids On Town Property

Other towns and cities in Essex County have rolled out similar local regulations over the past year.

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States sue Trump admin for withholding $148M in disaster aid over ‘unlawful’ election demands

While many red states have raced to enact President Donald Trump’s policy goals — even ones that have been blocked by the courts — blue states have persistently refused.

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'The court has to intervene now': Indigenous groups and conservationists condemn SpaceX's South Texas land swap

"Federal officials are racing to fork over America's public lands to one of wealthiest corporations on Earth before the courts can even weigh in."

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Trump Invents the Corporate Pardon

Presidents never did that before, but the Supreme Court says corporations are people.

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Suspicion and Doubt at the National Civics Contest

America’s finest young scholars competed to mark their country's birthday. It led to a disputed finish in the age of mistrust.

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'Many More Coming': Trump's DOJ Begins Quietly Stripping Citizenship from Naturalised Americans

The Justice Department has launched denaturalisation cases against 10 naturalised Americans accused of hiding serious crimes, with officials warning that more complaints are coming.

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