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The Trump administration is assessing ways to persuade women in the U.S. to have more children, as a movement grows on the right to reverse declining birthrates and push conservative family values. Some pitched ideas include cash baby bonuses and menstrual cycle classes. nyti.ms/4jh3UAR

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These cuts included seven of the eight members of the team that studies firefighter line-of-duty deaths...The fatality investigation team was examining deaths at 20 fire departments when the layoff notices arrived. by Mark Olalde: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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The Trump Administration’s assault on American academic health and science has targeted 10 public and private universities, jeopardizing an enterprise that made America the world leader in technology and innovation, Atul Gawande writes.

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US citizen wrongfully arrested by border patrol in Arizona held for nearly 10 days

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Pete Hegseth has one sideburn. did the other one get shaved off as a prank or what?

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He would have never been appointed by a president who cared about our military. He’s a disgrace to the people in uniform who serve www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...

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EXCLUSIVE: DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.

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Can’t really count this in Scaramuccis but if we did: It’s 0.3 Scaramuccis Just isn’t long enough! President Trump is replacing the acting IRS commissioner that he appointed just three days earlier, continuing an unusual upheaval at the tax agency www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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BREAKING: Pete Hegseth shared the Houthi attacks in a second private signal chat that included his wife and brother. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about strikes in Yemen to a second unclassified Signal group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said. nyti.ms/4jBQ1wV

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Um... www.npr.org/sections/sho...

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www.thebulwark.com/p/they-will-...

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At least six people died in Australia as towering waves battered Sydney and other places along the country’s east coast over the Easter holiday weekend, the police said.

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Twenty-six years later, we remember the innocent lives lost on this day in 1999 during the Columbine High School massacre. 💔🕊️

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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to continue the war in Gaza in the face of growing opposition to Israel’s ongoing military campaign.

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This is the game. Unite and then manipulate the data for whatever mischief you want to do www.wired.com/story/doge-i...

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“You can’t find a more exciting historical story.” 250 years after Paul Revere’s famous midnight ride, we followed the 16-mile route and spoke to people who felt a sense of wonder about that April night. nyti.ms/4cPQeun

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Protest march on Constitution Avenue against Trump now.

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"Due Process Denied One is Due Process Denied You"

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🇺🇸 Pentagon in meltdown over Hegseth's policies, - Politico ▪️Hegseth's chief of staff to leave his post; ▪️Three senior officials suspected of leaking information have been dismissed from their posts; ▪️The changes will leave Hegseth without chief of staff, deputy chief of staff, senior adviser.

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One of my beliefs is that Long COVID rates are actually 20-30%, but we couldn’t accept that as a society. The purpose of some LC studies were to bargain down that number to something more “acceptable” But the 20-30% number came up again and again www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/stu...

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Friendly reminder. In the United States, criminals are entitled to due process. Even if you pay hush money rig an election, steal top secret documents, or incite a mob to overthrow the government; no matter how egregious your crimes, you’re entitled to due process.

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"I fought for it once, I'll fight for it again"

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Much of the IT and cybersecurity infrastructure underpinning the US health system is in danger of a possible collapse following a purge of IT staff and leadership at the Dept. of Health and Human Services, four current and former agency workers tell WIRED.

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ICE officers are now reportedly required to meet arrest quotas each day, from a few hundred to between 1,200 and 1,500 nationwide. Jonathan Blitzer reports on the mystery of the agency’s unidentifiable arrests.

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Consuming more than eight alcoholic drinks a week is associated with brain injuries linked to Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive decline, a recent study in the journal Neurology suggests.

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LET’S GO, ANNAPOLIS!

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