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Trump May Waive the Jones Act for Oil Shipments. Let's Repeal It Instead.

Jones Act Trump May Waive the Jones Act for Oil Shipments. Let's Repeal It Instead. The century-old law makes energy more expensive...

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Trump Supports Asylum for Iranian Women's Soccer Team. His Immigration Policy Doesn't.

asylum Trump Supports Asylum for Iranian Women's Soccer Team. His Immigration Policy Doesn't. The president's advocacy is laudable,...

09.03.2026 1

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Jobs Are Down While the U.S. Spends $2 Billion a Day on War With Iran

Jobs Jobs Are Down While the U.S. Spends $2 Billion a Day on War With Iran The Bureau of Labor Statistics found that instead of...

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Trump Bragged About Lower Gas Prices. Then He Bombed Iran.

Gasoline Trump Bragged About Lower Gas Prices. Then He Bombed Iran. You can have low gas prices or war in the Middle East, but not...

06.03.2026 1

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Review: Resisting the Hive Mind Virus in PLUR1BUS

Entertainment Review: Resisting the Hive Mind Virus in PLUR1BUS The protagonist in the Apple TV series does not want her...

06.03.2026 2

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Trump Imposed 39 Percent 'Emergency' Tariffs When Switzerland Hurt His Feelings

12.02.2026 10

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Ring's Lost Dog Finder Is a Potential Civil Liberties Nightmare

11.02.2026 8

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Trump Wants To 'Take Over' State Elections

04.02.2026 4

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South Carolina Gave $1.3 Billion to Scout Motors. It's Already $150 Million Over Budget.

31.01.2026 10

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Trump Says States Are Required To Enforce Federal Immigration Laws. He's Wrong.

29.01.2026 30

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Border Patrol Agents Killed Alex Pretti. Why Is Border Patrol in Minneapolis at All?

27.01.2026 20

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Your Wi-Fi Router Was Probably Made in China. Does That Mean It's a National Security Threat?

26.01.2026 9

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The FCC Wants To Police How Many Conservatives Appear on The View

23.01.2026 8

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As ICE Cracks Down Harder, Support for Abolishing ICE Surges

21.01.2026 20

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Renee Good Was a Casualty of Trump's Order Against 'Political Violence'

15.01.2026 6

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The L.A. Sheriff's Office Is Mad at Starbucks—Over a Pig Doodle

13.01.2026 8

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Data Centers Use Lots of Electricity. This Bill Would Let Them Go Off the Grid.

12.01.2026 8

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Trump's Plan for 30 Million Barrels of Venezuelan Oil Doesn't Add Up

08.01.2026 5

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Trump Wants Oil Companies To 'Fix' Venezuela's Infrastructure

06.01.2026 10

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Betty Boop Enters the Public Domain, but Only as a Dog

01.01.2026 10

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Less Indictable Than a Ham Sandwich

16.11.2025 10

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Even the FBI Thinks Masked ICE Agents Are a Bad Idea

08.11.2025 4

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Mamdani Claims 'Mandate' for Bigger Government: 'There Is No Problem Too Large for Government To Solve'

06.11.2025 10

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This Company Makes 65 Percent of the Wi-Fi Routers in U.S. Homes. The Government Wants To Ban Them.

04.11.2025 8

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How the Punisher, a Murderous Anti-Hero, Became the Mascot for Increasingly Militarized Police Forces

02.11.2025 10

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iRobot Faces Bankruptcy After Elizabeth Warren Helped Kill $1.65 Billion Amazon Merger

31.10.2025 6

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Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Tennessee Man Over Facebook Meme

30.10.2025 5

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Trump's Tariff Tantrum Proves He Shouldn't Have That Power

27.10.2025 10

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Study Finds Tariffs Cost Consumers More Than the Government Takes In

23.10.2025 5

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Alabama Police Arrest 61-Year-Old Woman in Penis Costume at No Kings Protest

21.10.2025 8

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Elizabeth Warren Says Companies That Settled With Trump May Have Committed Bribery

20.10.2025 5

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Woman Acquitted of Assaulting FBI Agent After 3 Grand Juries Declined To Indict

17.10.2025 10

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G.M. Takes $1.6 Billion Loss After Electric Vehicle Subsidy Goes Away

15.10.2025 5

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Trump's Case Against Letitia James Looks a Lot Like the Case She Brought Against Him

11.10.2025 6

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Tennessee Man Arrested, Gets $2 Million Bond for Posting Facebook Meme

10.10.2025 7

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Supreme Court Declines To Address Section 230 in Two Cases for This Term

09.10.2025 3

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Trump To Cancel Biden-Era Green Energy Grants, but Only for Blue States

02.10.2025 5

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Starting Today, Electric Vehicle Buyers No Longer Get a Federal Tax Credit

01.10.2025 6

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Trump's Executive Order Against 'Political Violence' Is an Un-American Attack on Free Speech

29.09.2025 4

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James Comey Indicted in a Case Prosecutors Don't Seem Excited About

26.09.2025 5

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Brendan Carr Says Networks Must Serve the 'Public Interest.' What Does That Mean?

23.09.2025 4

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J.D. Vance Is Among the Latest Conservatives to Turn Their Backs on Free Speech for Their Political Opponents

20.09.2025 9

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Trump's $15 Billion Lawsuit Against The New York Times Is His Craziest One Yet

18.09.2025 7

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Reality Winner Got 5 Years in Federal Prison for Leaking 5-Page Document

16.09.2025 5

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GOP Rep Proposes Canceling People Over Mean Posts About Charlie Kirk

12.09.2025 7

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Judge Dismisses RICO Charges Against All 'Cop City' Defendants

10.09.2025 9

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FDA Official Pressures YouTube Into Removing a Channel For Posting His Own Vaccine Comments

04.09.2025 7

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Trump Says America Would Be 'Destroyed' if Americans Don't Pay His Tariffs

03.09.2025 8

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Trump Can Fire a Lot of People. What's Special About the Federal Reserve?

02.09.2025 4

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Why Is Trump's Border Patrol Arresting Firefighters During a Wildfire?

29.08.2025 5

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