Darline Graham Nordone has been sworn in as South Carolina’s newest U.S. senator, filling the seat left vacant by her late brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham.
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Health officials are reportedly investigating whether Taco Bell restaurants played a role in a cyclosporiasis outbreak.
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An odd silence has surrounded a delay to fill several open seats on the board of the Smithsonian, even as a fierce battle to control the institution ensues.
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Roger Worthington is helping to lead a $50 billion lawsuit against oil producers. This week he’ll face powerful critics in Congress.
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The Times reported that Israel had planned to reinstall Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Iran’s leader after the war.
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The president now wants Gulf nations to invest in the U.S. in exchange for safe passage. Shipping industry experts worry other nations will follow that lead.
ROCKFORD, IL — Local man Curt Jennings said he was carefully holding off on forming any opinions about a new movie until political commentators informed him whether it is woke or epically based.
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‘My security detail sent me home with a bulletproof vest
Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett recounted the threats against her life after the leak of the Dobbs decision during a Tuesday hearing. The Supreme Court asked Congress to provide an additional $14.6 million for security in the fiscal year 2027 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) funding bill. During a House Appropriations FSGG Committee hearing, Barrett described being sent home in a bullet proof vest after the decision in Dobbs v. Women’s Health Organization was leaked in May 2022. “They have required me [and] my children to think about and see things that children should not have to see or think about,” Barrett said. “One example is when threats to my life were particularly intense a few years ago…Open
‘governor that’s in their corner’
A leading Democratic Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate claimed hospitals are “cowardly” to not provide sex changes to minors with public funds. Socialist State Assemblywoman Francesca Hong reiterated her support for sex change drugs and surgeries for minors during a “Community Conversations” livestream hosted with Brix Cider on Sunday, Breitbart News reported . She vowed to immediately veto any legislation she considered an attack on the “trans community.” “This attack on our trans kids, especially, you know, to see what’s happening with health care — gender-affirming care that is health care — coming down from our hospitals. It’s cowardly what’s happening, and it’s important that elected officials and folks with…Open
New York Democrat Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Tuesday morning putting a ban on the state’s construction of any new large data centers. The order, which will block construction on these centers for up to one year, makes New York the first state to impose a data center moratorium. Hochul claims the pause is to give lawmakers time to create framework to protect the environment, according to CBS New York. The order will temporarily ban the construction of data centers that use 50 megawatts of power or more. During that time the state is to create regulatory framework for assessing how data center projects affect the environment, according to UPI. Hochul’s office did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News…Open