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More Details Emerge of Trump’s Secret Use of ICE to Spy on Critics
Privacy groups are pushing Big Tech to notify users about federal surveillance after anonymous ICE critics were exposed.
Admin Uses Records Policy to Jail Scientist While Being Sued for Records Abuses
The records charges are a thin veil for the administration’s continued attacks on public health, one commentator said.
Gas Prices Have Jumped 46 Percent Since Start of Iran War
Trump admitted high prices will remain for “a little while,” but his administration says they could last beyond 2027.
New Florida Redistricting Map Could Deliver 4 New House Seats to GOP in Midterms
Polls show that a majority of Floridians don’t support the redistricting effort led by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Releasing Full 2024 Election Autopsy Would Be “Navel Gazing,” DNC Chair Says
Reporting earlier this year found that the autopsy says that Gaza played a major role in Kamala Harris’s defeat.
MN Senate Passes Nation’s First Ban on Apps That Create Nonconsensual Deepfakes
The legislation is the first of its kind in the US to take on the growing phenomena of tech-facilitated sexual abuse.
42 House Democrats Join GOP in Passing Warrantless Mass Surveillance Bill
Rep. Ilhan Omar warned that “this bill has no meaningful reforms" to prevent abuses.
AOC Calls on Dems to “Play by Same Rules” Republicans Do on Gerrymandering
“We have to provide balance” to GOP gerrymandering until new redistricting rules are established, Ocasio-Cortez said.
Hegseth Dismisses Testimony of US Soldiers Who Said They Were Put in Danger
The secretary combatively said troop deaths were “tragic” but the “consequence of conflict.”
CA Soon May Have Over 300 Data Centers. Locals Worry About Water Supply Threats.
One proposed data center would require 750,000 gallons of water per day and take up 17 football fields’ worth of land.