Democrats are looking to broaden their voter appeal by recruiting unconventional candidates and changing their image. One example of the recent outreach is JoAnna Mendoza, a veteran with 20 years of military service and a former Marine Corps drill instructor with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Democrats think she is someone who can relate to the working […]
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The 2026 U.S. Senate election in New Hampshire, set for November 3, will fill the Class II seat vacated by retiring Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen, who announced on March 12, 2025, that she will not seek a fourth term. With Republicans holding a 53-47 Senate majority and defending 22 of the 35 seats up for […]
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Imagine taking the subway to work when the train comes to a sudden halt halfway between scheduled stops. You pull out your smartphone to go online and see what the problem is, but you have no reception – no cell signal, no internet. Hours later, rescue workers arrive to extract you and your fellow passengers […]
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Court blocks Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs, others A federal court ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump doesn’t have unilateral authority to impose tariffs under an emergency law, blocking tariffs that upended markets and worried businesses and consumers. The three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of International Trade unanimously ruled Congress did not give tariff authority to […]
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After weeks of being withdrawn from Washington politics, Elon Musk suddenly sent a shock wave through the Senate. On Tuesday, CBS released a clip of Musk criticizing what President Donald Trump calls the “big, beautiful bill”—a budget reconciliation package that would ensure funding for major campaign promises, such as border security and the extension of Trump’s […]
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Climate Geoengineering: Risks to Oceans and Coral Reefs Climate geoengineering—deliberate climate manipulation—is being explored to mitigate global warming, with billionaire Bill Gates playing a notable role. Two main approaches, solar radiation management (SRM) and carbon dioxide removal (CDR), carry significant risks, especially to oceans and light-dependent ecosystems like coral reefs. Gates has funded SRM research, […]
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2 Illegal Aliens Arrested in Jet Ski Incident That Left 18-Year-Old Dead Two illegal aliens have been arrested following the death of an 18-year-old woman. Ava Moore, an Air Force cadet candidate, was kayaking on Lake Grapevine in North Texas on Sunday when Daikerlyn Alejandra Gonzalez Gonzalez, an illegal alien from Venezuela, allegedly struck and killed the 18-year-old […]
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The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) surged to 98.0 in May 2025 (1985=100), up 12.3 points from a revised 85.7 in April, marking a significant rebound after five months of decline, per The Conference Board. This uptick reflects cautious optimism in the U.S. economy under President Donald Trump’s second term, driven by policy shifts, […]
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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1), a 1,116-page budget reconciliation package, passed the House on May 22, 2025, by a razor-thin 215-214 vote, advancing President Donald Trump’s agenda of tax cuts, border security, and spending reductions. As it heads to the Senate, where Republicans hold a 53-47 majority, the bill faces significant hurdles […]
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Senate Republicans appear to be in a mutiny over the House-passed extension and expansion of the 2017 tax cuts that were enacted in the first Trump administration after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published an estimate on May 20 that the proposed extension and expansion of the tax cuts, along with other changes, will add a projected […]