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US Health department will analyze data from autistic Medicare, Medicaid enrollees, RFK Jr. says

The U.S. Health and Human Services department will start a research project to examine medical data and records of Medicaid and Medicare enrollees who have been diagnosed with autism, health secretary Robert F

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  • Source: SAN
  • 05/07/2025
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Army suspends helicopter flights near Reagan National after close calls

The U.S. Army will pause helicopter flights near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), The Associated Press reports, citing two anonymous Army sources familiar with the matter. The decision comes days after Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) controllers had to force two commercial jets to abort landings due to an Army Black Hawk flying to the Pentagon.

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  • Source: The Guardian
  • 05/07/2025
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Pakistan decries ‘act of war’ as it retaliates against India missile attack

India claims strikes, which followed attack on Hindu tourists in Kashmir last month, targeted ‘terrorist infrastructure’

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WSJ: Meta’s AI Chatbots Engaged in Explicit Sexual Roleplay with Minors

A Wall Street Journal investigation has revealed that Meta’s AI chatbots on Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp are empowered to engage in “romantic role-play” with users that can turn sexually explicit, even with accounts belonging to children. In a statement to Breitbart News, the social media giant says it has “taken additional measures”

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White House Offers To Pay Migrants $1,000 To Self-Deport

The Trump administration announced Monday that it will pay illegal immigrants to self-deport rather than await arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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  • Source: NY Post
  • 05/06/2025
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How cascading failures turned Newark airport into a travel hellhole of delays and cancelations

A major glut of delays, cancelations and diversions have beset Newark Liberty International Airport over the last week, nixing hundreds of flights and stranding thousands of travelers at one of the country’s busiest airports.

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Trump says he's going to reopen Alcatraz prison. Doing so would be difficult and costly

President Donald Trump says he's directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a California island that's been closed for more than 60 years

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Former Vice President Pence defends Constitution after getting Profile in Courage Award

Former Vice President Mike Pence repeatedly defended the Constitution after receiving the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award

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Regulators Accuse TikTok of Secretly Sending User Data to China.

TikTok faces a $599 million fine for illegal data transfers to China.

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  • Source: Yahoo
  • 05/02/2025
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Tulsi Gabbard won’t rule out another run for president - after her failed Democratic bid in 2020

Tulsi Gabbard, the U.S. Director of National Intelligence, says she won't rule out running for president in 2028 — even though her boss, U.S. President Donald Trump, is also reportedly plotting an unconstitutional third presidential run.

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Wes Moore is doing everything to lay the groundwork for a presidential bid. But he insists he’s ‘not running.’

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is set to travel to the early primary state of South Carolina at the end of this month to headline the state party’s influential Blue Palmetto Dinner, according to plans shared first with POLITICO.

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OpenAI rolled back a ChatGPT update that made the bot excessively flattering

The change was announced after users noticed answers from the latest version of GPT-4o that seemed unusually sycophantic.

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  • Source: Politico
  • 05/01/2025
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Supreme Court appears ready to bless the country’s first public religious charter school

The justices heard arguments on an Oklahoma court decision last year that rejected a state contract to open St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School.

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Trump says income tax cuts, and perhaps elimination, coming due to tariffs

President Donald Trump said that some people's income taxes will be lowered or perhaps even completely eliminated due to tariffs.

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  • Source: WCVB
  • 04/29/2025
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US Supreme Court declines to hear Karen Read's double jeopardy appeal in murder case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied Karen Read's double jeopardy appeal, which her defense team filed earlier this month.

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  • Source: News Week
  • 04/29/2025
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Trump Reversing Obama-Era Rule with Order Requiring Truckers Speak English

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday mandating that commercial truck drivers demonstrate English proficiency, building on his earlier move to designate English as the official language of the United States.