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‘60 Minutes’ Chief Resigns in Emotional Meeting: ‘The Company Is Done With Me’ — The news program has faced mounting pressure from both President Trump and its corporate ownership at Paramount, the parent company of CBS News. — CBS News entered a new period of turmoil on Tuesday …
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Tesla Profit Sinks, Hurt by Political Backlash — Net income drops 71% in first quarter — Tesla's net income slid 71% in the first quarter, as the company struggled to overcome competitive pressure overseas and a reputational hit from Chief Executive Elon Musk's polarizing role in the Trump administration.
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Info Hegseth shared with wife and brother came from top general's secure messages — Hegseth has denied the information he shared was classified, but it was given to him on a system for sensitive and classified information, sources told NBC News. — WASHINGTON — Minutes …
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Details Hegseth Shared on Signal Came From a Secure Site
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Oops! Fox News Accidentally Introduces Pete Hegseth As ‘Former’ Secretary
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Even on the gravest of issues, GOP can't summon the will to question Trump — Just weeks after Republicans stood by as Trump's tariffs threw the economy into chaos, they're doing the same with Pete Hegseth and national security. — It took Pete Hegseth just three weeks as defense secretary …
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Gingrich believes Trump has taken a tax hike on the wealthy off the table
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House Republican Calls For Pete Hegseth To Be Fired In Bold Move Opposing Trump
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Palin Loses Libel Retrial Against New York Times — After two hours of deliberation, a jury rejected Sarah Palin's claim that a 2017 editorial defamed her. — A federal jury on Tuesday ruled against Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska and Republican vice-presidential nominee …
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Jury finds NY Times not liable in Sarah Palin defamation case
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Jury finds New York Times did not libel former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin
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Sarah Palin loses defamation retrial against New York Times
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Revealed: Trump Admin Launches the Biggest Shake-Up ‘In Decades’ at the State Department — Internal documents obtained by The Free Press detail plans to close 132 offices, including those launched to further human rights, counter extremism, and prevent war crimes.
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A New State Department to Meet the Challenges of a New Era
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3 Adams Case Prosecutors Resign Rather Than Express Regret to Justice Dept. — They had been placed on administrative leave after refusing to abandon the corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams. “We will not confess wrongdoing when there was none,” they wrote.
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Three prosecutors in corruption case against NYC Mayor Eric Adams resign
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Trump Says He Has ‘No Intention’ of Firing Fed Chair Powell — The president has increasingly criticized Powell in recent days — President Trump said he has “no intention” of firing Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. — “We think that it's a perfect time to lower the rate …
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Trump says he has ‘no intention’ of firing Federal Reserve chair
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Federal judge orders Trump administration to rehire all Voice of America and Radio Free Asia staff — A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to rehire all Voice of America, Radio Free Asia and Middle East Broadcasting Network staff for now, and he said all congressional funding must resume …
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Judge orders Trump administration to restore Voice of America
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The Biden Official Who Doesn't Oppose Trump's Student Deportations — Why the Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt blames universities for “opening the door” to the Trump Administration's professed campaign to tackle antisemitism. — After Hamas's attack on Israel on October 7th, 2023 …
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RFK Jr. Set to Launch Disease Registry Tracking Autistic People — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is using private medical records to create a registry of people with autism in the United States. — The National Institutes of Health is helping to collect private medical records from government …
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RFK Jr.'s autism study to amass medical records of many Americans
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HHS Plans to Cut the National Suicide Hotline's Program for LGBTQ Youth — In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day. — The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline …


ICE detains 2 men in Charlottesville courthouse raid — Three men who identified themselves as Homeland Security officers raided a courthouse in downtown Charlottesville Tuesday, detaining two men without explanation. — × — A man is detained by officers with the U.S. Department …


4-year-old migrant girl, other kids go to court in NYC with no lawyer: ‘The cruelty is apparent’ … We rely on your support to make local news available to all — Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2025. Donate today — Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
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The vicious rivalries tearing apart Pete Hegseth's Pentagon — A feud between the secretary's advisers and his chief of staff created backbiting and distrust that has erupted into the open. — When President Donald Trump chose Pete Hegseth for Defense secretary, incoming officials knew …
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US “relocates” Iraqi refugee to Rwanda via new diplomatic arrangement — A State Department cable indicates at least 10 more people will be subjected to the same. … A US State Department cable was sent from the American Embassy in Kigali, Rwanda, on March 13th with some major news …


The Supreme Court's “Don't Say Gay” argument went disastrously for public schools — Three years ago, Montgomery County, Maryland, approved several books with LGBTQ characters for use in public school classrooms. Not much else is known about these books, how they have been used …
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Gorsuch, Roberts side with left-leaning Supreme Court justices in immigration ruling — Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion in the 5-4 court case - a possible sign of the court's thinking as it gears up to hear high-profile immigration cases next month
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Sanders says Arkansas in ‘dire need of federal assistance,’ but Trump says no — Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email — Gov. Sarah Sanders said Arkansas is in “dire need of federal assistance” in an appeal letter last week after the federal government denied help after last month's damaging storms.


National Science Foundation Terminates Hundreds of Active Research Awards — The agency targeted grants focused on diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as research on misinformation. — Casey Fiesler, an information science professor at the University of Colorado Boulder …
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Tesla warns that trade policy and politics are taking a toll as it announces sizable revenue decline — The electric automaker — which is increasingly trying to diversify into high-tech products like robots — said profits fell 71% to $409 million compared to $1.39 billion during the same quarter one year ago.
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Chinese freight ship traffic to busiest U.S. ports, Los Angeles, Long Beach, sees steep drop … The pullback in trade between the U.S. and China as a result of President Trump's steep tariffs on Chinese goods and fears of a recession are starting to show up in major ports data …


Federal Appeals Court Halts Ballot Curing in North Carolina Supreme Court Election — A federal appeals court blocked North Carolina from beginning ballot curing as part of Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin's effort to overturn the results of the state's 2024 Supreme Court race.
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US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts — The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for testing of fluid milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division, according to an internal email seen by Reuters.
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RFK Jr. eyes reversing CDC's Covid-19 vaccine recommendation for children — RFK Jr. has raised doubts about the need for kids to get vaccinated against the disease. — HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is weighing pulling the Covid-19 vaccine from the government's list of recommended immunizations …
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EPA starts layoffs of environmental justice employees — The agency previously announced a rollback of environmental regulation, eliminated some probationary workers and put other workers on administrative leave. — The Environmental Protection Agency continued its staffing shake-up Monday …
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Authorities won't charge man caught on video vandalizing Teslas in Minneapolis — Police chief responds with frustration that the state white collar employee is being spared prosecution after causing more than $21,000 in damages. … A man was caught on video vandalizing a Tesla in Minneapolis last month.


The $10M steered to Hope Florida by the state was Medicaid money, document shows — The $10 million that Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration diverted to a state-created charity last year consisted of Medicaid dollars owed to state and federal taxpayers, contrary to what the governor and other officials have publicly asserted.
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