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Trump administration targets state AI laws over ideology
The FTC proposal follows Musk's xAI lawsuit against a Colorado law already repealed by state lawmakers, and a lawyer calls the move huge news for AI firms.
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Democratic governors say proposed changes to federal grants would harm reproductive healthcare
The rule would let agencies cancel grants without notice for political reasons, threatening maternal health programs amid 278,000 public comments before an Oct. 1 deadline.
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Private equity might dodge state laws by partnering with healthcare nonprofits
A Washington hospice nurse says Compassus pushed staff to falsify records and inflate patient visits after its joint venture with Providence took over operations.
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Immigration agents are still shooting people in cars
Video evidence has repeatedly contradicted ICE accounts of these shootings, yet federal agents are rarely investigated or named after using deadly force.
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After US Sen Lindsey Graham’s death, Trump recommends Graham’s sister to fill out term
Gov. McMaster announces his pick at 4 p.m., while a separate Aug. 11 special election will determine who faces Democrat Annie Andrews for the full term.
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Trump guts election commission in move seen as increasing his sway over midterms
With all four EAC seats now vacant, the agency has no leadership as Trump pushes the SAVE America Act and defends a Supreme Court ruling expanding his removal power.
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Young lawmakers talk online child safety and AI policy at annual bipartisan summit
South Carolina Rep. Brandon Guffey shared how his son's death from online sextortion led him to write Gavin's Law, now a state felony statute.
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DHS extends permits for immigrants set to lose status when justices’ order takes effect
A healthcare union warns ending TPS could trigger a caregiver crisis, since over 50,000 Haitian nationals with the status work in nursing homes and hospitals.
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President Taft descendent former Ohio Gov. Bob Taft slams Trump plan to devastate D.C. cherry trees
Bob Taft says the golf project would undo his great-grandparents' 1912 gift of 3,020 cherry trees that also cements a bike trail's removal by September.
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Climate change could double household water costs in some cities, study finds
Stanford researchers project Santa Cruz's poorest households could see water bills jump from $60 to $111 monthly by midcentury without state or federal help.
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Trump administration targeting states’ DHS grants to force voting changes, House Dems say
A federal judge already barred the SAVE system use DHS demands, and Democrats say the mismatch threatens $200 million in grants before midterms.
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Smithsonian rejects Trump ‘anti-American’ charge, noting nonpartisan history
Sen. Jim Banks backs the report while historians call it propaganda, part of Trump's broader push to reshape the Kennedy Center and universities too.
