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Kilmar Abrego Garcia says he was beaten and subjected to psychological torture in El Salvador jail
Kilmar Abrego Garcia says he suffered severe beatings, severe sleep deprivation and psychological torture in the notorious El Salvador prison the Trump administration deported him to in March, accordi...
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July 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Trump and the republicans says to hell with children.

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Trump administration withholds over $6 billion for after-school, summer programs and more
Day camp providers and schools are warning that a Trump administration funding freeze could wreck summer for low-income American families and wipe out some after-school programming next year.
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July 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Anti-Trump demonstrators crowd streets, parks and plazas across the US. Organizers say millions came
Demonstrators came out in cities across the U.S. to protest President Donald Trump. Organizers of Saturday's “No Kings” demonstrations said millions marched in hundreds of events.
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June 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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An alleged smuggler to Colombia's cartels had a secret ally: the DEA
A fugitive known as Colombia's “Contraband King” corrupted agents in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration with expensive trips, fine dining and even prostitutes.
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May 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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The Writing of “Silent Spring”
Rachel Carson and the culture-shifting courage to speak inconvenient truth to power.
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May 8, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Tens of thousands hit the streets for May day across the US.

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May 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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The orange colostomy bag in the White House is denying federal aid for disaster recovery.

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April 30, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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A secret note hidden in Dachau-built ‘Violin of Hope’ tells a tale of survival and craftsmanship
A violin made in 1941 inside the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau was found to contain a hidden note from its maker, Polish Jewish prisoner Franciszek Kempa.
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April 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Idiots, idiots everywhere.

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Hegseth boasts about ending 'woke' program on women and security. Trump signed it into law
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has boasted that he's dismantling a program supporting women on security teams.
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April 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Massive power outage in Spain and Portugal leaves thousands stranded and millions without light
A blackout has brought much of Spain and Portugal to a standstill, affecting millions of people. The Spanish power distributor calls it “exceptional and extraordinary."
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April 29, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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The top producer at '60 Minutes' has quit. He says he can no longer run the show as he always has
The top producer at CBS News' “60 Minutes" has quit during a dispute between his show and the Trump administration.
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April 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Even though a county judge found his birth certificate “authentic” and said there wasn’t reason to consider him an “illegal alien.”

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U.S.-born American citizen under ICE hold in Florida after driving from Georgia
Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez is being held even though a county judge found his birth certificate “authentic” and said there wasn’t reason to consider him an “illegal alien.”
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April 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists
A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events.
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April 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Phone footage appears to contradict Israel's account in troops' killing of 15 Palestinian medics
A video on the phone of one of 15 Palestinian medics killed by Israeli forces in Gaza shows that their emergency vehicles had their lights and sirens flashing when they came under a barrage of gunfire...
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April 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Nintendo pulls Switch 2 pre-orders in US over Trump tariffs
It unveiled the console on Wednesday just hours before the president announced a wave of global tariffs.
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April 4, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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The trade war and you.

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Trade war escalates as China hits back with 34% tariffs on all U.S. goods
Analysts say the escalating trade tensions between the U.S and China will make a near-term deal to end the trade war "highly unlikely".
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April 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Surprise! ... We paid for it.

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Kristi Noem refused to say who financed some of her travel. It was taxpayers who were on the hook
An Associated Press analysis of recently released travel records found more than $150,000 in expenses tied to Noem’s political and personal activity.
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March 30, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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March 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Improper Ideology?
Now is the dawning of the "Thought Police"
To hell with that!

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Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with 'improper ideology'
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”
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March 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Democrats flip deep-red Pennsylvania district in special election shocker
No Democrat had ever won this ancestrally Republican seat, but it's now the second Democratic pickup of the year.
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March 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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The Atlantic releases the entire Signal chat showing Hegseth's detailed attack plans against Houthis
The Atlantic has released the entire Signal chat among Trump senior national security officials.
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March 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Military veterans are becoming the face of Trump's government cuts and Democrats' resistance
Congressional lawmakers are scrambling to formulate a response to President Donald Trump’s slashing of the federal government as one group takes a front and center role: military veterans.
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March 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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The road to stripping our citizenship is quickly being built.

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US removes hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador despite court order to turn back deportation flights
The White House says it has removed Venezuelan gang members and denies violating a court order.
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March 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Some voters are pushing back on lawmakers' efforts to overturn citizen ballot initiatives
Some state lawmakers are engaged in a tug-of-war for power with the people who elected them. In several states, lawmakers want to undo voter-approved ballot initiatives or make it harder to pass const...
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March 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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The privatization of science, and the destruction of the public good.

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March 24, 2025 at 4:48 AM