Opinion

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Canadian Premier Threatens to Cut Off Energy to U.S. Amid Trade War: 'With a Smile on My Face'

Ford, whose province supplies power to New York, Michigan, and Minnesota, also threatened to halt nickel shipments to the United States

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Head of FBI in New York forcibly resigns in latest shakeup at the bureau under Trump administration

The head of the FBI in New York forcibly resigned Monday in the latest high-level shakeup at the bureau under the Trump administration.

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Southbound Delta flight diverts back to Boston after 'smoky odor' detected in cabin

The flight was supposed to land in New Orleans three hours after takeoff

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Google Hit With Lawsuit Over Its Loathsome AI Overviews

Google is being sued by Chegg — yes, the barely-hanging-on company that has furnished many a college student with homework answers and cheap textbooks— over its infamously shoddy AI Overviews, Reuters reports.

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Xi affirms 'no limits' partnership with Putin in call on Ukraine war anniversary

China's President Xi Jinping reaffirmed his "no limits" partnership in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, China's state media reported, on the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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Elon Musk Faces Massive Lawsuit After Menacing Email Ultimatum

Elon Musk sent an email to every federal worker asking them to explain their accomplishments. He got sued instead.

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Report: U.S. Probes UnitedHealth’s Medicare Billing Processes

A probe into UnitedHealth’s Medicare billing processes in recent months has begun, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, pushing the healthcare conglomerate’s shares nearly 12 percent lower.

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  • Source: NPR
  • 02/24/2025
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Trump officials will put 4,700 USAID employees on leave and eliminate 1,600 jobs

The Trump administration is putting nearly all of USAID's 4,700 full-time employees on paid administrative leave at midnight Sunday and will subsequently terminate 1,600 of those positions as part of a "reduction in force," according to a memo that was widely distributed to agency staff Sunday afternoon and later published on the USAID website.

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Vaccine targeting pancreatic cancer shows promise in new study of clinical trial

When a routine scan led to Barbara Brigham's pancreatic cancer diagnosis in 2020, all she could think about was how she wanted more time. Her husband had just passed away. She loved her local library job. Her three children were still growing their own families. 

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Mexico awaits new response from Google on Gulf dispute

Mexico said Monday it's awaiting a new response from Google to its request that the tech company fully restore the name Gulf of Mexico to its Google Maps service before filing a lawsuit.

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  • Source: Yahoo
  • 02/19/2025
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Elon Musk weighs $5k ‘dividends’ for Americans with DOGE savings he has yet to prove

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is considering paying $5,000 in “dividends” in the form of tax refunds to American households, using DOGE savings he has yet to prove exist.

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Trump secretly sends CIA drones into Mexico to spy on drug cartel labs

Donald Trump is ramping up secret CIA drone flights over Mexico as he takes aim at violent foreign drug cartels.

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  • Source: AP News
  • 02/18/2025
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European leaders want a say in talks to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. The US is brushing them off

European leaders insisted Monday they must have a say in international talks to end the war in Ukraine despite the clear message from both Washington and Moscow that there was no role for them as yet in negotiations that could shape the future of the continent.

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  • Source: OANN
  • 02/18/2025
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Multiple People Injured After Delta Plane Flips Upside Down At Toronto Airport

Multiple people have been injured after a Delta Air Lines flight flipped upside down while landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport.

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  • Source: NY Post
  • 02/18/2025
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NY rep wants Trump’s birthday to be new federal holiday: ‘Founder of America’s Golden Age’

GOP US Rep. Claudia Tenney says she has introduced legislation to merge the existing annual Flag Day commemoration with the president’s birthday for a new combined holiday to be celebrated June 14 — calling Trump “the most consequential President in modern American history.

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Vivek Ramaswamy Files Paperwork to Run for Ohio Governor

Vivek Ramaswamy has reportedly filed paperwork to run for governor of Ohio in the state’s upcoming 2026 gubernatorial election.