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The Supreme Court’s new terrorism decision will have a wide-ranging fallout
The facts underlying Hencely v. Fluor Corporation, a case the Supreme Court handed down on Wednesday, are horrible and tragic. During a 2016 Veterans Day celebration on Bagram Airfield, a US military base in Afghanistan, a suicide bomber named Ahmad Nayeb detonated an explosion that killed five people and wounded 17 more. One of the wounded was Army Specialist Winston…
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Chemical leak at a West Virginia plant kills 2 people and sends 30 more to hospitals, officials say
A chemical leak at a West Virginia silver recovery business on Wednesday killed two people and sent about 30 others to hospitals, including one in serious condition, authorities said.The leak occurred at the Catalyst Refiners plant in Institute as workers were preparing to shut down at least part of the facility, Kanawha County Commission Emergency Management Director C.W. Sigman said.A…
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Madison’s police monitor office threatens legal action against the city – Isthmus
Can one city agency sue another? Madison’s Office of the Independent Police Monitor, created in 2020 to serve as an independent watchdog of the Madison police department, would certainly like to try. About six hours before the city council met April 21 to discuss an ordinance that would tighten regulations on the office, interim independent monitor Meeka Glass released a…
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Trump advisers strategize how to make Democrats look worse ahead of midterms
President Donald Trump’s political team knows voters aren’t thrilled with the current state of affairs. But they’re betting they can convince them things will get markedly worse if Democrats win back power in November. Top Trump advisers are plotting an electoral push centered on messaging the midterms as a stark choice between the two parties’ platforms, rather than a direct…
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The dead and missing scientists linked to space and the military: FBI investigation update
Oil rose to $98 per barrel this morning, up from $95 the day before. S&P 500 futures rose 0.52% before the open in New York. The index closed down 0.63% yesterday at 7,064. Asia was mostly up today. Europe was flat in early trading. Bitcoin remains stuck at $74K. A bunch of banks upgraded their price targets for the S&P…
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Trump extends ceasefire as uncertainty over U.S.-Iran peace talks remains
56m ago Treasury secretary threatens sanctions on those who help Iran export oil Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wrote on X that, due to the ongoing U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, “in a matter of days, Kharg Island storage will be full and the fragile Iranian oil wells will be shut in.” Kharg Island is a critical oil export terminal…
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Trump wants $1.5tn for the Pentagon – and cuts to healthcare and housing | Steven Greenhouse
With Americans focused on Donald Trump’s deeply unpopular war against Iran, far too few Americans are focusing on another disastrous Trump idea: increasing the Pentagon’s budget to a colossal $1.5tn. Just as Trump’s Iran war has hurt millions of Americans by sending gas prices skyward, Trump’s supersized Pentagon budget will hurt millions of Americans because Trump, to help finance that…
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Virginia takes redistricting wars to the voters as Democrats seek 10-1 congressional map
Virginia voters are deciding Tuesday whether to approve a referendum to redraw their state’s congressional districts to favor Democrats by a 10-1 margin, the latest battle in the nationwide scramble by both parties to increase their chances of winning control of the House. Polls will be open on Tuesday until 7 p.m. ET. Early voting began on March 6, and…
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A deal to end the Iran war seemed close. Then Trump started posting on social media
As the weekend approached, the US and Iran appeared to be closing in on a deal to end the seven-week war. Then President Donald Trump did exactly what his staffers have repeatedly said they wouldn’t do: He seemed to try negotiating via the press, posting about ongoing talks on social media and speaking to several reporters by phone Friday morning…
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President Trump’s Landmark Order Advances Breakthrough Mental Health Treatments — Delivering New Hope to Veterans – The White House
This weekend, President Donald J. Trump signed a groundbreaking Executive Order accelerating research and improving access to psychedelic drugs as promising treatments for serious mental illnesses. The order prioritizes breakthroughs that could offer new hope to millions of Americans — particularly our nation’s brave veterans, who continue to face disproportionately high rates of suicide and often don’t respond to conventional…
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