Opinion

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Senators Demand Return of $10.8 Million in ‘Unjustified’ Bonuses Handed to VA Senior Executives

Payments ranged from nearly $39,000 to over $100,000 each, the report found.

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China Sanctions Former Chairman of House Select Committee on CCP

‘We should continue to shine a light on the CCP’s growing authoritarian repression at home and aggression,’ Mike Gallagher said.

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Government to Spend $450 Million on New Business Jets for PM and Ministers

Unspent funds in the 2023-24 defence budget will be spent on two new private jets for government use.

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Supreme Court Rules 9-0 That Lower Court Should Have Put Delivery Drivers’ Lawsuit on Hold

By dismissing the lawsuit, the appeals court ignored the requirements of the Federal Arbitration Act, the justices ruled.

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US Power Grid May Become Unreliable This Summer, Watchdog Warns

A third of the country is facing an ‘elevated risk of blackouts’ soon, an industry expert said.

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Trump Promises Action Against Offshore Wind Power Projects on ‘Day One’ of Presidency

The GOP candidate suggested he could block the Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind project that’s set to feature 157 turbines.

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Minnesota Supreme Court Rules State COVID Emergency Declaration Was Lawful

The state Supreme Court issued a 6–0 ruling on the matter, with one justice recusing himself.

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CDC Identifies Drug-Resistant Infections in US Patients Who Traveled to Mexico for Stem Cell Treatments

Three Americans became infected with mycobacterium abscessus after receiving stem cell treatments in Mexico, according to the CDC.

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Microsoft Investing $3.3 Billion to Build Artificial Intelligence Data Center in Wisconsin

The tech giant has committed to employing up to 2,000 people in permanent roles at its Racine facility.

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Pfizer Pauses Experimental Gene Therapy Trial After Boy’s ‘Sudden’ Death

Pfizer said it is working with regulators and the Data Monitoring Committee to learn more about the boy’s potential cause of death.

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Sacramento Won’t Boot Homeless People From Camp, Mayor Says

City leaders said they’d help residents find alternatives to Camp Resolution, which the district attorney has criticized as hazardous.

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Secret Service Says Fatal Vehicle Crash at White House Poses ‘No Threat’

A vehicle crashed into a gate at the White House complex on Saturday, killing the driver inside....

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Wisconsin Supreme Court to Decide on Mobile Voting Sites’ Legality

Suit contends that using the ‘election van’ as an alternate absentee ballot site violated state law.

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US Presses China, Russia to Declare AI Will Have No Control Over Nuclear Weapons Deployment

A U.S. arms control official said that Washington ‘would never defer a decision on nuclear employment to AI.’

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New US Vehicles Must Have Automatic Emergency Braking by 2029

NHTSA projects that the new standard will save at least 360 lives annually while preventing a minimum of 24,000 injuries every year.

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Supreme Court Allows Texas to Enforce Porn Age-Verification Law

The law also requires pornography websites to include ‘health warnings’ on their landing page.