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AI gives coal plants a lifeline as Trump makes them dirtier

The Trump administration is allowing coal plants to release more pollution at a time when utilities across the country are opting to save their aging coal facilities from retirement so they can pow...

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Mike Johnson set to huddle with Indiana Republicans amid redistricting fight

Speaker Mike Johnson is expected to huddle via conference call with Indiana House Republicans this weekend ahead of their upcoming state House session to redraw congressional maps, according to two...

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National Guard shooter faces assault charges as CIA ties emerge

The man who shot two National Guard members in Washington will be charged with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence — as new informati...

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Longform links: human nuances

TechnologyWhy do roboticists love kicking robots so much? (harpers.org)How ASML ($ASML) came to dominate semiconductor lithography. (construction-physics.com)A look at the Xbox 20 years in. (hooksh...

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21 states sue Trump admin over changes to immigrants’ SNAP eligibility

Democratic attorneys general from 21 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration Wednesday over guidance that they say unlawfully blocks certain groups of legal immigrants fro...

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Americans are buckling under medical bills. It could get worse.

Charities that help people cover their medical bills say they’re seeing an alarming increase in requests for help.Worse yet, they say, it’s coming even before cuts to Medicaid in President Donald T...

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How Trump targeting these Democrats could backfire

Donald Trump is going to war with Democrats over the military. It could backfire on him.The president’s attacks on six Democrats who recorded a video encouraging military members to buck unlawful o...

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Trump’s Mamdani embrace roiled his base. Then he issued the Muslim Brotherhood order.

President Donald Trump’s friendly Oval Office meeting with Zohran Mamdani roiled parts of the MAGA base last week.Then, just 72 hours later, the White House gave supporters something they had long ...

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White House presses Congress for drone powers ahead of World Cup, Olympics

The White House is pressing lawmakers to give the administration more power to take down aerial drones in domestic airspace in advance of the U.S. hosting the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Olympic games,...

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Medicare for All Disappeared. Its Popularity Didn’t.

The demand for Medicare for All went from the center of the discourse to political exile in record time. But the policy's popularity never faded. A new poll finds strong majority support for the ne...

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‘Every teacher is a literacy teacher’

‘Teachers want to help English learners. We owe them the right tools.’Javaid Siddiqi at The HillEnglish learner students are “capable of making multi-year academic...

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How the GOP’s Groyper Fringe Became Its Future

The rise of Nick Fuentes and the GOP’s radicalization reflects decades of intellectual groundwork and the material decline that pushed a generation toward conspiracy-laden populism.Nick Fuentes is ...

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Pete Hegseth is a no-show in Ukraine. That suits the White House just fine.

One key figure is missing from the pack of top national security officials crisscrossing the globe to achieve a Ukraine peace deal: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.But that sits fine with the White ...

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US demands peace deal before security guarantees for Ukraine

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has told European allies that the U.S. wants a peace deal before it agrees to any security guarantees for Ukraine.That condition has underscored American proposals to...

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2 National Guard troops critically wounded in shooting near White House

Two members of the National Guard were shot blocks from the White House on Wednesday afternoon and were critically wounded, according to President Donald Trump and federal law enforcement officials...

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‘I’d Rather My House Not Get Firebombed’

On Monday I spoke with a Republican member of Indiana’s legislature who opposes President Donald Trump’s push for the state to redraw its congressional map to gain two GOP seats and help the party ...

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Elon Musk's 'Account Based In' Feature Has Already Improved X

There is a scene in season two of HBO's initially well-regarded science fiction series Westworld—the story eventually became too confusing for even die-hard fans—in which most of the attendees at...

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Appeals court upholds $1M penalty against Trump in lawsuit against Hillary Clinton

A federal appeals court has upheld a penalty of nearly $1 million against President Donald Trump and attorney Alina Habba, concluding they committed “sanctionable conduct” by filing a frivolous law...

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Judge dismisses Georgia criminal case against Donald Trump

The criminal case against Donald Trump in Georgia is officially dead.Scott McAfee, the judge overseeing the case accusing Trump of conspiring to overturn his loss in the state in the 2020 president...

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Lower Thanksgiving costs won’t cut it. Trump has a bigger food problem.

President Donald Trump keeps saying the cost of a Thanksgiving meal is cheaper this year. It might not be the winning message he thinks it is.Sure, consumers are seeing savings on their table cente...

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Julie Menin declares victory in NYC Council speaker race

NEW YORK — City Council Member Julie Menin announced Wednesday that she’s secured enough votes to become the chamber's next speaker, declaring victory in a race that could leave Mayor-elect Zohran ...

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