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Mangione's lawyers ditch psychiatric defense in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing

Luigi Mangione's defense team has abruptly reversed course, dropping plans to pursue a psychiatric defense in his state trial over the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, just one day aft...

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Iran's Supreme Leader Greenlights U.S. Talks, But With Major Caveats

Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has authorized direct negotiations with the United States, removing a key obstacle to talks scheduled for Switzerland this week. His public blessing came thro...

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Supreme Court Hands Victory to Marijuana User in Landmark Gun Rights Case

The Supreme Court delivered a unanimous decision on Wednesday, siding with a marijuana user in a Second Amendment case that touched on the intersection of drug use and gun ownership.The 9-0 ruling ...

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Will democracy survive the AI age? America faces its biggest test yet

The United States is hurtling toward a reckoning. As the nation prepares to mark a quarter-millennium of independence, the question looming over the next five decades is whether the foundational pr...

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Fed Official Burned $1 Million in Legal Bills Fighting Trump

A senior Federal Reserve official spent more than $1 million on legal representation while defending her job against pressure from the incoming Trump administration, according to disclosures that s...

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Over 150 recruits infected in flu outbreak at Texas air base weeks after vaccine mandate dropped

A rapid influenza outbreak has swept through Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, infecting at least 159 recruits in basic training. The timing has drawn attention because the surge began...

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Trump's Reflecting Pool Turns Green: Algae Defeats $14M Makeover

The Trump administration is struggling to keep Washington's iconic reflecting pool the color the president wants, as an algae bloom has repeatedly turned the water murky green despite a $14.2 milli...

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Pochettino's fury shaped USA's path to World Cup showdown with Australia

The equalizer came in the 35th minute, a composed finish from Haji Wright that drew the match level at one. But the moment that mattered most happened not on the field, but in the tunnel. Mauricio ...

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Trump team abandons plan to kill $368m ocean monitoring network

The Trump administration has backed away from dismantling a major deep-sea observation system after facing unified pushback from lawmakers and the scientific community. The National Science Foundat...

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California's Billionaire Tax Gets New Life in Ballot Push

A proposed wealth tax targeting California's richest residents has cleared a major procedural hurdle, moving closer to appearing on ballots and setting the stage for an expensive battle between com...

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Knicks' Historic First Championship Parade Floods Lower Manhattan

New York City erupted in celebration Thursday as hundreds of thousands of fans took to lower Manhattan's streets for the New York Knicks' first-ever championship parade, marking the franchise's fir...

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Gas dips below $4 as Iran deal lifts crude pressure, but drivers still paying war premium

The national average for regular gasoline hit $3.999 a gallon Thursday for the first time since March, marking the first real break drivers have caught since the conflict with Iran began earlier th...

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Minor league team forfeits game after players balk at Pride Night jerseys

The York Revolution cancelled Thursday's matchup against the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs, choosing to abandon the contest rather than force players to wear rainbow-sleeved uniforms for the club's ...

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CDC mobilizes $107 million as Ebola cases top 1,000 in Africa

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will deploy $107 million in emergency funding to combat an expanding Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, the agency ann...

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States Gamble on AI to Cut Prison Revolving Door

Corrections departments across the country are turning to artificial intelligence and digital tools to tackle one of criminal justice's thorniest problems: the cycle of released prisoners coming ba...

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McIlroy Takes Charge as Weather Delays Open Play at Shinnecock

Rory McIlroy seized control of the US Open on day one, moving to 3-under par as morning weather disruptions delayed the start and compressed the schedule across Shinnecock Hills. The Northern Irish...

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Hegseth threatens to pull US forces from Europe if allies don't spend more on defence

The Trump administration is putting its money where its mouth is: spend more on defence, or lose American troops. US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered that ultimatum to Nato allies at a Brus...

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Trump Weaponizes FISA to Force Voting Bill Through Senate

President Trump has escalated his campaign to pass the SAVE America Act by freezing renewal of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, blocking a key piece of U.S. national security infrastructu...

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Warsh's Fed shifts to opacity: Less chatter, more mystery

Kevin Warsh has been chairman of the Federal Reserve for less than a month, and he is already dismantling the communication playbook that has governed the institution for the past 15 years. The cen...

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Vance tells Israel: Stop attacking Trump or lose your only superpower ally

Vice President JD Vance delivered a stark message to the Israeli government on Thursday: President Trump is your last powerful friend on the world stage, and alienating him over the Iran deal would...

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Mystery surrounds GOP congressman's return after 100-day vanishing act

Rep. Tom Kean Jr. of New Jersey is preparing to reappear on Capitol Hill by the end of June, ending a prolonged and unexplained absence that has fueled national speculation about his health and pol...

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Trump's Iran Deal Exposes the Wreckage of a Pointless War

Donald Trump signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran this week in Versailles, a accord that reveals far less victory than the president demanded when he launched what many view as an illegal...

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California's Billionaire Tax Clears Ballot Hurdle Despite Tech War Chest

California's proposed wealth tax on billionaires has secured enough voter signatures to reach the November ballot, setting up what could be one of the most expensive political battles in state hist...

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The Pentagon's Shadow Ruler: How a Reclusive Billionaire Seized Control of US Military Spending

Stephen Feinberg does not appear in photographs. The 66-year-old private equity magnate who now wields sweeping authority over Pentagon procurement and military contracting has released exactly one...

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Trump Declares Victory in Iran War, But Tehran Got the Better Deal

Donald Trump is pivoting hard on the conflict he ignited four months ago, now offering Iran sanctions relief, a $300 billion rebuilding package, and a pledge to stop meddling in its internal affair...

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Trump touts Iran pact as win, but fine print tells different story

The White House is presenting a 14-point agreement with Tehran as a diplomatic triumph, though the actual terms suggest Washington made substantial ground on several fronts. The deal centers on Teh...

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Warsh's Task Forces Signal Real Shake-Up at the Fed

Kevin Warsh is building something unconventional at the Federal Reserve. His task forces represent a departure from the usual committee structures that typically define central banking policy, sign...

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Trump diverts $352m in Secret Service funds to White House ballroom project

The Trump administration has redirected more than $350 million in federal money originally designated for the Secret Service to finance the president's contested White House ballroom construction, ...

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Trump's Shadow Hand Shapes AI Without Ever Writing the Rules

The Trump administration arrived in office vowing to liberate the AI industry from regulatory constraints. Instead, it has constructed an invisible policy framework that dictates how companies oper...

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Fed Governor's Fight Costs $1.3M: Legal Bills Mount as Trump Firing Case Heads to Supreme Court

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook racked up more than $1.3 million in legal and security expenses after becoming the target of the Trump administration's pressure campaign on monetary policy, fili...

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Gold Rush Returns to Desert Town as Trump Clears Way for Mining

Lone Pine, California sits at a crossroads. The town of 1,882 people, nestled between the Inyo Mountains and the desert, has become ground zero for a collision between economic opportunity and Indi...

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Can We Actually Build a Carbon Removal Business?

The push to scrub carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is running into a hard economic question: is there a real industry here, or just an expensive experiment with uncertain demand? Companies bettin...

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High Court Blocks Blanket Gun Ban for Drug Users

The Supreme Court has ruled that the government cannot categorically prohibit all drug users from owning firearms, delivering a significant victory to a Texas marijuana user who challenged his pros...

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The Goggles Are Here: Rookie Miles Rewrites WNBA's Opening Act

Olivia Miles woke up a sleeping WNBA fanbase with a simple formula: no-look passes through traffic, crossovers that leave defenders stumbling, layups from geometrically impossible angles. Fifteen g...

James Rodriguez June 18, 2026 0 comments 9 min read

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Arthur Weakens But Unleashes Deluge Across Gulf Coast

Tropical Storm Arthur has been downgraded from a cyclone as it made landfall along the upper Texas coast Thursday, but forecasters warn the real danger lies ahead: catastrophic flooding that could ...

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Teen dies after horse-drawn carriage bolts in Central Park

An 18-year-old passenger died after a horse-drawn carriage spiraled out of control in Central Park on Wednesday afternoon, reigniting a fierce debate over whether the iconic rides should be permane...

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Lake Tahoe fights Forest Service plan to spray cancer-linked weed killer on public lands

Katherine Levy left Lake Tahoe decades ago but recently returned to retire along the lake's north shore, expecting to recapture memories of water-skiing summers and mountain winters. Instead, she d...

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College student arrested in cross burning at Chicago park, claims Trump protest

A 21-year-old University of Illinois Chicago senior is now facing eight criminal charges, including two felony hate crime counts, after admitting to setting fire to a cross in Grant Park last week....

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Penn Station gets $8B makeover, but Trump's role raises red flags

New York City's Penn Station, a transportation hub that moves more than 600,000 daily commuters, is finally getting a major overhaul. The $8 billion renovation plan unveiled this month promises to ...

James Rodriguez June 18, 2026 0 comments 9 min read

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Supreme Court Set to Rule on Trump's Birthright Citizenship Push

The Supreme Court will issue at least one opinion today as the justices barrel toward the end of their term later this month, with several high-stakes rulings still pending on issues central to Don...

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Trump pushes to rebrand Pentagon as 'Department of War', dropping decades of military euphemism

The Pentagon may soon have a new official name that abandons the rhetorical veil that has shrouded American military operations for over seven decades. Republican-controlled House and Senate commit...

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First human test of cellular 'youth drug' arrives, stakes couldn't be higher

The longevity field is about to get its most rigorous reality check yet. Researchers have begun the world's first human trial of a therapy designed to reverse cellular aging, a moment that could ei...

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Cooling Bills Hit $800 as Middle Class Drowns in Debt

The stock market has soared since 2020, more than doubling in value. But that headline masks a widening economic chasm. While wealthy investors celebrate record portfolios, ordinary Americans are h...

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Trump Claims Victory in Iran Deal While Critics See Capitulation

Donald Trump signed a 14-point agreement with Iran this week, framing it as a major diplomatic win even as the accord requires the United States to make substantial political and financial concessi...

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Socceroos and USMNT Set for High-Stakes Showdown in Seattle

Australia and the United States enter their World Cup clash in Seattle with momentum on their side, but each team faces distinct tactical challenges to advance further in Group D. The Socceroos stu...

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Trump's AI Czars Keep Shifting as Power Struggle Deepens Inside West Wing

The Trump administration's artificial intelligence leadership is in flux, with key figures departing and turf wars breaking out between cabinet secretaries over who controls the nation's approach t...

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Bring Back the Long Lunch: Corporate America's Antidote to AI Overload

A 46-year-old marketing executive with both human staff and AI agents on his organizational chart has a radical proposal for the modern workplace: revive the three-martini lunch. The idea sounds no...

James Rodriguez June 18, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Shuttle Driver Plunges Into Louisiana Rip Current, Saves Three Tourists With No Lifeguard Training

A shuttle driver with no formal rescue experience pulled three tourists from a dangerous rip current off the Louisiana coast in an act state officials called heroic. Jordan Matthew, who works for R...

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