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Pea-brained Texas GOP wants to hand-count ballots

Texas Republicans in at least a half-dozen are proposing to hand-count election ballots , reviving a right-wing, conspiracy-tinged idea that took root after Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. In ...

November 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM

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Widow of murdered reporter slams Trump for praising his killers

Hanan Elatr Khashoggi, widow of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi , is speaking out against President Donald Trump after he made excuses for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who U.S. ...

November 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM

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Army veteran schools Fox News host on Trump's military overreach

Democratic Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado, an Army veteran, appeared on Fox News on Wednesday to defend a video he and others released urging service members and the intelligence community to uphold ...

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November 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM

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Judge says he will move forward with contempt inquiry into AEA deportations

A judge says he is moving forward with a contempt inquiry into whether Trump administration officials violated a court order by deporting hundreds of men to El Salvador.

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November 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM

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Live updates: Bill to release Epstein files heads to Trump's desk

The Senate passed a bill Wednesday to force a public release of files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. President Donald Trump says he will sign it.

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November 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM

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Migrants thought they were in court for a routine hearing. Instead, it was a deportation trap

The nation's immigration courts have undergone a fundamental change under the administration of President Donald Trump.

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November 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM

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Gavin Newsom Flips 'Quiet Piggy' Insult Back On Trump With Series Of Wild Images

The meme battle has definitely reached new heights.

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November 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM

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Fresno leaders want to be proactive in regulating kratom

The Fresno County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved a move toward introducing regulations against kratom — a plant that has drawn scrutiny in recent years from state and federal hea...

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November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM

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“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.

Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.

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November 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM

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He Vowed to “Protect the Unborn.” Now He’s Blocking a Bill to Expand Medicaid for Wisconsin’s New Moms.

Splitting with anti-abortion members of his own party, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has refused to join 48 other states in ensuring that vulnerable women have access to potentially lifesaving ...

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November 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM

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What the Trump Administration’s Videos From a Chicago Immigration Raid Don’t Show

Detained and deported Venezuelans tell their stories of what happened when immigration agents raided their apartment building.

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November 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM

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A Tale of Two Terms: How Powerful Figures Were Prosecuted in Trump’s First Term, Then Pardoned in His Second

We found that Donald Trump has granted clemency in at least a dozen criminal cases that originated during his first term. No other president has used clemency to erase his own appointees’ actions on s...

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November 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM

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A Small Texas Think Tank Cultivated Covid Dissidents. Now They’re Running US Health Policy. - KFF Health News

Fueled by covid backlash, a libertarian author created the Brownstone Institute in 2021. In recent months, people with ties to the group have catapulted to the highest levels of U.S. government, exerc...

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November 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM

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What to know about expanded work requirements about to kick in for SNAP

SNAP food benefits are flowing again after a pause during the federal government shutdown. But the clock is about to start on a policy that imposes work requirements on more beneficiaries.

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November 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM

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Lee Grant, blacklisted during McCarthyism, is speaking out against Florida's teaching standards

At 100 years old, Lee Grant knows the cost of McCarthyism better than almost anyone else on the planet.

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November 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM

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White House Issues Statement On Trump's 'Quiet, Piggy' And It's So On-Brand

The White House's reaction to the president's disrespectful scolding of a female reporter said a lot.

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November 19, 2025 at 12:27 PM

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Trump administration unveils plan to try to dismantle Department of Education

November 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM

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Trump administration unveils plan to try to dismantle Department of Education www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

This report has been updated.WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration took major steps Tuesday in trying to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, announcing six interagency agreement...

Threat of ICE chills businesses in Garner

November 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM

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Threat of ICE chills businesses in Garner www.newsfromthestates.com/article/thre...

At a small Latino shopping center tucked into the corner of a Garner neighborhood, the usually bustling parking lot was mostly empty Tuesday morning.Emilin Gaona was behind the counter at La Zacatecan...

‘We know had no idea where we were going’: Deportees pass through MSP

November 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM

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‘We know had no idea where we were going’: Deportees pass through MSP www.newsfromthestates.com/article/we-k...

When Marco Azogue climbed the stairs onto a plane parked on the tarmac of Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, shackled at the wrists and ankles, he assumed the plane was taking him to his home...

Shelby County mayor: ‘The military should not be used against Tennesseans’

November 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM

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Shelby County mayor: ‘The military should not be used against Tennesseans’ www.newsfromthestates.com/article/shel...

Democratic officials who sued Gov. Bill Lee over his decision to send the National Guard to Memphis praised a judge’s order to temporarily block the deployment, but warned there was “a mighty ways to ...

A small Texas think tank cultivated COVID dissidents. Now they’re running U.S. health policy.

November 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM

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A small Texas think tank cultivated COVID dissidents. Now they’re running U.S. health policy. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/smal...

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