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    Trump will reopen Alcatraz

    Trump administration confirms plans to reopen Alcatraz Interior Secretary Doug Burgum confirmed on Thursday that the Trump administration will begin work to repair and reopen the notorious prison on Alcatraz. Gov. Gavin Newsom's office echoed Pelosi’s sentiments by calling the proposal a...
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    No More CFPB, No More $5 maximum overdraft fees, as 47 gets ready to repeal them.

    Thanks to Trump, military members are unlikely to see the millions they're owed The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's reversal on its settlement with Navy Federal Credit Union is part of a broader pattern. Russell Vought, who serves as acting director of the CFPB while simultaneously...
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    Trump suggests he’ll release Jeffrey Epstein ‘client list’ if elected: ‘I’d have no problem with it’

    What the government evidence list tells us about the unreleased Epstein files The Department of Justice released an index of the evidence earlier this year. The only newly-released document in "phase one," which received little public attention, was a three-page catalog of evidence that appears...
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    Baltimore crime rates plummet; is it worth it?

    L.A. on pace to see lowest homicide total in nearly 60 years as killings plummet Homicides across Los Angeles fell by more than 20% in the first half of the year, leaving the city on pace to end 2025 with its lowest total for that crime category in nearly 60 years, according to an LAPD tally...
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    Israel-Hamas Thread II

    Netanyahu calls Pope Leo XIV after deadly Israeli strike on Gazan church Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Pope Leo XIV on Friday after Israel's deadly attack on the Church of the Holy Family in Gaza that killed three people and wounded 10 others, according to the Vatican. --...
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    Democrats clash with ICE over characterization of marijuana farm raid

    How much does art theft or copyright infringement cost? Artist Blasts DHS For Using His Painting Without Permission—And They Even Tried To Change The Title Noem's office may have assumed [artist] Weistling would be sympathetic to the Trump administration's ... agenda because of the company he...
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    Exclusive: Trump team withholds $140 million budgeted for to help state/local entities fight fentanyl overdoses

    The statement was provided to NPR, presumably in answer to questions. AFAIK, it is not public. Vermont's Department of Health said there is "a lot of uncertainty" surrounding the funding, in a statement shared with NPR.
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    Trump suggests he’ll release Jeffrey Epstein ‘client list’ if elected: ‘I’d have no problem with it’

    Trump Responds After Report on 50th Birthday Letter to Jeffrey Epstein The letter bearing Trump's name, reviewed by the Journal, is dated 2003 and is said to feature several lines of typewritten text surrounded by the outline of a naked woman, sketched in marker. The illustration also includes...
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    Trump suggests he’ll release Jeffrey Epstein ‘client list’ if elected: ‘I’d have no problem with it’

    YouGov poll: 80% of Americans and 83% of Trump voters want the files released.
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    House GOP Budget Picture Starts to Develop: Increased Overall Spending & CBO est. ~$2,400,000,000,000 in Additional Debt

    1.4M of the nation’s poorest renters risk losing their homes with Trump’s proposed HUD time limit New research from New York University, obtained exclusively by The Associated Press and published Thursday, found that if families were cut off after two years, 1.4 million households could lose...
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    Rep. Jim Jordan to be questioned under oath on Ohio State Strauss sex abuse scandal

    After years of appeals, depositions are underway in the sexual abuse scandal involving Strauss, a former Ohio State University doctor. It has been seven years since the first lawsuits were filed against the university. Jordan is set to be deposed on Friday in Washington. Former Ohio State...
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    Trump suggests he’ll release Jeffrey Epstein ‘client list’ if elected: ‘I’d have no problem with it’

    Mike Pence Demands Trump Administration Release Full Epstein Files: ‘The Time Has Come’ Speaking to CBS News on Wednesday, Pence addressed the story:
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    Democrats clash with ICE over characterization of marijuana farm raid

    Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) and Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) are facing backlash over their responses to a reporter asking whether they “care if U.S. citizens accidentally get detained in [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] ICE raids.” "No, I'm not concerned about that," Norman said in...
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    Multiple immigration sweeps reported across Los Angeles, with a tense standoff/protest downtown; SEIU union leader arrested

    In a video dated 2003, 17-year-old [Stephen] Miller sits backward on a school bus speaking about the United States’ invasion of Iraq. “But as for Saddam Hussein and his henchmen, I think the ideal solution would be to cut off their fingers.” “I don’t think it’s necessary to kill them...
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    As Texas Flood Deaths Rise, Officials Blast Faulty Forecast by National Weather Service

    Not sure what you're grinding your gears about. Even supposing the NWS alerts said 'avoid the area' [did they?] that's not the same as evacuate.
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