Opinion

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  • Source: SAN
  • 04/07/2025
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Meta ends fact-checking program, introduces Community Notes

Starting Monday, Meta will introduce Community Notes, a crowdsourced system allowing users to submit and rate notes on viral posts. Notes will only appear publicly when contributors from varying viewpoints agree on their accuracy.

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Trump administration revokes visas of four international students at University of Michigan

Four international students at the University of Michigan have had their visas revoked by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, according to a university spokesperson.

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Bitcoin investor buys an entire SpaceX flight for the ultimate polar adventure

Until now, no space traveler had ventured beyond 65 degrees north and south latitude, just shy of the Arctic and Antarctic circles.

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  • Source: NY Post
  • 04/03/2025
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Alaska Airlines flight forced to evacuate due to smelly fumes in cockpit

A Las Vegas-bound Alaska Airlines flight was forced to suddenly land and evacuate passengers in Portland, Ore. Wednesday, when a “strong odor” was detected in the plane’s cockpit, officials said.

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Trump administration halts dozens of research grants at Princeton University

The Trump administration has halted several dozen federal research grants at Princeton University

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  • Source: CNN
  • 04/01/2025
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Cory Booker’s marathon Senate floor speech stretches overnight in protest over Trump actions

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker’s marathon speech on the Senate floor has stretched overnight into Tuesday morning as he protests actions taken by President Donald Trump’s administration, saying that he will keep going “as long as I am physically able.”

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  • Source: AP News
  • 03/31/2025
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Elon Musk hands out $1 million payments after Wisconsin Supreme Court declines request to stop him

Elon Musk gave out $1 million checks on Sunday to two Wisconsin voters, declaring them spokespeople for his political group, ahead of a Wisconsin Supreme Court election that the tech billionaire cast as critical to President Donald Trump’s agenda and “the future of civilization.”

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  • Source: Reason
  • 03/31/2025
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Marco Rubio Says He's Revoked 300 Student Visas Over Campus Activism

"We're looking every day for these lunatics that are tearing things up," Rubio said in a Thursday press conference.

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  • Source: NBC News
  • 03/28/2025
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Elon Musk to travel to Wisconsin ahead of critical state Supreme Court election

Musk’s heavy political involvement in the battle for control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court has made him a central figure in the race.

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Trump Hotel Sued After Elderly Woman Dies Following Revolving Door Incident

President Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel is being sued after a 78-year-old woman was allegedly killed by a revolving door.

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  • Source: Yahoo
  • 03/27/2025
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Signal defends app security amid group chat controversy

The president of Signal defended the security of the encrypted messaging app on Tuesday after a bombshell report revealed top Trump administration officials used the app to discuss airstrike plans hours before they took place.

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  • Source: WCVB
  • 03/26/2025
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FDA approves a new kind of oral antibiotic to treat urinary tract infections

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new type of antibiotic to treat urinary tract infections. The pill, gepotidacin, will be sold under the brand name Blujepa and is expected to be available in the second half of 2025.

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Donald Trump reveals he has invited Travis Kelce and the Chiefs to visit the White House in shock decision

President Donald Trump has revealed he will host Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs at the White House after their 2020 visit was canceled due to the Covid pandemic.

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Trump makes NCAA men's wrestling championships his latest sports-focused trip

President Donald Trump attended the NCAA wrestling championships on Saturday night for the second time in three years, the latest example of how he has mostly limited travel early in his new term to trips built around sports events.

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Court of Appeals to hear oral arguments in high-profile deportation suit involving Venezuelan nationals

Last week, Boasberg issued an order to immediately halt any planned deportations of Venezuelan nationals to El Salvador

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  • Source: Yahoo
  • 03/24/2025
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Pentagon orders second Navy carrier group to the Middle East

The U.S. military is sending the USS Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group to the Middle East, as fighting with Houthi forces around Yemen reignites after a two-month pause.