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Economy
Trump considers $10 billion bailout for farmers hurt by his trade war
“American farmers are having a tough year, in no small part because of President Donald Trump’s trade war. Now, the…
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Business
79% of the world’s adults now have bank accounts, a big increase
79 percent of adults in the world had a bank account in 2024, “up from 74 percent in 2021. Much of this…
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Charitable giving rises, but not to religion, which has waned
Charitable giving in the United States was 3.3 percent higher in 2024 than in 2023, after adjusting for inflation,” reports The Doomslayer. But religious…
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Education
Leading NY mayoral candidate calls for abolition of gifted program, which will harm bright kids
Zohran Mamdani, the socialist front-runner to become New York City’s next mayor, “says he would phase out” New York City’s…
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Democratic Attorney General candidate Jay Jones recklessly drove 116 miles per hour, then dodged jail by working at his own PAC
The Democratic candidate for Virginia Attorney General, Jay Jones, was stopped for driving 116 miles per hour, but received no…
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Teachers union posts tribute to convicted murderer and terrorist
“The Chicago Teachers Union posted a social media memorial tribute to Assata Shakur, a convicted cop killer who fled to…
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Western wildfires may improve air quality in the east
“An interesting and counterintuitive paper finds that wildfires in the western United States might actually improve air quality in the…
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Record global harvests pushing prices of staples to lowest levels in years
“Most staple crops are expected to have record-high global harvests this year, thanks to ever-rising crop yields. Meanwhile, wheat, corn,…
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Ebola outbreak is happening again
“A deadly new Ebola outbreak” has killed dozens of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, reports the Associated…
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172,717 new cases of leprosy were detected in 2024, a 5.5% decline from 2023
“The number of global leprosy cases in 2024 was 5.5 percent lower than in 2023 and 19 percent lower than…
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Law and Government
Criminal collected $1.6 million after fabricating wrongful conviction
“A Baltimore man collected $1.6 million in compensation for wrongful conviction after his victim recanted. Then lawyers unearthed jail calls…
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Foreign Affairs
Child poverty falls to a record low
“The number of children living in extreme poverty fell to a record low of 412 million in 2024, down from…
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Science and Technology
Possible evidence of life on Mars
“We have the strongest evidence yet that life once existed on Mars. NASA’s Perseverance Rover drilled into Mars’s Jezero crater…
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Restrictions on H1-B visas will close some colleges
There’s a “new $100,000 penalty on high-skill immigrant workers,” says economics professor Michael Clemens, referring to the recent $100,000 fee…
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Education
Federal budget office wants Congress to end divisive ‘anti-racist’ teacher training grants
“The Trump administration’s 2026 budget proposal asks Congress to eliminate the Teacher Quality Partnership Program, which has spent millions of…
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Massive fresh water source found beneath Ocean
“A massive freshwater aquifer off the US Northeast coast, first detected in the 1970s, has now been sampled directly for the first time.…
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Military dictator orders Gates Foundation to stop fighting malaria by releasing genetically-modified mosquitoes
In Africa, “Burkina Faso’s military junta has suspended Target Malaria, a Gates Foundation–funded program aimed at curbing malaria by releasing…
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Blue iguanas make a comeback
“The number of blue iguanas—impressive reptiles native to Grand Cayman—has surged from fewer than 25 in 2002 to over 1,200…
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Foreign Affairs
Militia fires missile into mosque, killing dozens
“Dozens of people were killed in the besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher early Friday when paramilitary forces fired a…
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Politics
Tim Walz running for governor again, faces tight race
“Tim Walz has begun his run for a third term as governor of Minnesota from a position of weakness,” notes…
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Global solar installations rise 64% in first half of 2025
“Global solar additions reached nearly 600 gigawatts in 2024, and the pace has quickened—380 gigawatts were installed in the first…
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Trump imposes $100,000 fee for H1-B visas, which will antagonize some voters
It doesn’t make sense to impose an immigration restriction that will be declared invalid by a court, and antagonize some…
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Politics
Massive increase in support for socialism among Democrats
The next Democratic president will be much worse than Joe Biden and Kamala Harris — much more socialist and much…
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Endangered bird finds refuge in skyscrapers
“The yellow-crested cockatoo is critically endangered. But they’ve found an unexpected sanctuary among Hong Kong’s towering skyscrapers,” notes the Associated…
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Law and Government
Chicago’s progressive mayor calls ‘law enforcement’ a ‘sickness’
On Tuesday, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) said, “Jails, and incarceration, and law enforcement is a sickness that has not…
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Law and Government
Jimmy Kimmel pulled off the air due to First Amendment violation (governmental pressure)
The government isn’t supposed to pressure your employer to fire you or suspend you, based on your viewpoint. That’s true…
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16 new species of grasshoppers found
“A Mississippi State University scientist has uncovered a hopping treasure trove—16 new species of grasshoppers thriving in the thorny scrublands…
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Mars has solid inner core, contrary to what astronomers previously believed
“In a discovery that challenges long-held beliefs, scientists from China and the U.S. have found direct evidence of a solid…
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There’s no ‘hate speech’ exception to free speech, contrary to what the Attorney General said
Attorney General Pam Bondi recently said, “There’s free speech and then there’s hate speech, and there is no place, especially now,…
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Ancient life forms being introduced to Spain
“The non-profit Rewilding Spain is introducing Przewalski’s horses and aurochs-lookalike Taurus cattle to the Spanish countryside in an attempt to fill the ecological…
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Denmark close to wiping out leading cancer-causing HPV strains through vaccination
“Denmark is on track to wipe out the most dangerous strains of HPV. New data shows the vaccine has all…
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Nuclear energy reaches record levels, after prior decline
Nuclear energy production reached a record 2667 terawatt-hours in 2024, more than the previous annual record of 2660 terawatt-hours set in 2016. The…
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Independent agency ends DEI-related activity in response to Trump executive order against DEI
President Trump has issued executive orders ending diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives (DEI). As applied to federal contractors and grant…
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Child dies from measles in Los Angeles
“A school-age child in Los Angeles has died of a rare complication from measles, years after being infected with the…
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Fish return to Chicago River, prompting people to swim in it
“Thanks to improved infrastructure and pollution control, the number of fish species living in the Chicago River has surged from 5…
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Vaccine to save koalas from chlamydia approved; disease has devastated the cute creatures
“A vaccine which could save Australia’s endangered koala population from a rampant chlamydia epidemic has been approved for rollout for…
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