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Despite recent massacres in Texas, GOP leaders ban a proven tool to help stop them.
This time, it's a legal tool used to temporarily ban a person from having access to guns after a judge evaluates evidence of alarming behavior and deems that person to be a danger to themselves or others.
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Texas forbids law that keeps guns away from unhinged people
Despite recent massacres in the state, GOP leaders ban a proven tool to help stop them.
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President Trump has said his policies will revive U.S. auto manufacturing. But Republican attacks on electric vehicles could do just the opposite, some industry experts say, by surrendering leadership in an emerging technology.
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How Republican E.V. Cuts Could Put U.S. Carmakers Behind China
China’s lead in electric vehicle technology, which is already huge, could become insurmountable if incentive programs are slashed, auto experts and environmentalists say.
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California is leading 20 state attorneys general in a lawsuit seeking to block health officials from further sharing Medicaid data and DHS from using it for immigration enforcement.
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States sue Trump administration for sharing health data with DHS
California is leading 20 state attorneys general in a lawsuit seeking to block health officials from further sharing Medicaid data and the Trump administration from using it for immigration enforcement or "population surveillance."
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The House is set to vote on the GOP megabill today. It is set to make big changes that will limit health care access to Americans. And, the ATF plans to ease gun regulations.
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How the megabill will limit health care access. And, plans to ease gun regulations
The House is set to vote on the GOP megabill today. It is set to make big changes that will limit health care access to Americans. And, the ATF plans to ease gun regulations.
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The origins of the word "barbecue" are in the Caribbean.
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Barbecue is everywhere for the Fourth of July. Here's its origin story
Barbecue is as American as apple pie — but the origins of the word "barbecue" is in the Caribbean.
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“The Republican-appointed justices are not just gerrymandering rights to produce their preferred outcomes. They are gerrymandering and gerry-rigging the law itself to track the political objectives of the Republican Party,” @LeahLitman.bsky.social writes.
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How the Supreme Court Gerrymandered the Law to Serve the GOP
Read more here.
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The Dalai Lama said he will be reincarnated after he dies, and no one can interfere with the matter of succession. The Chinese government, however, claims authority over the his succession.
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The Dalai Lama announces plans for a successor, signaling China won't have a say
The Dalai Lama said he will be reincarnated after he dies, and no one can interfere with the matter of succession. The Chinese government, however, claims authority over the his succession.
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NEW: During this year’s legislative session in Texas, Elon Musk’s lobbyists and representatives publicly advocated for almost a dozen bills that would benefit his companies.
All but three of his priorities are now slated to become law.
By @lmcgaughy.bsky.social
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Elon Musk’s Long Game to Influence the Texas Legislature
While Elon Musk took Washington, D.C., by storm, his company representatives and lobbyists were also notching up big political wins in the heart of his vast business empire: Texas.
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Women in Denmark who have turned 18 became eligible for military conscription on Tuesday, as the country moved to expand its armed forces to prepare for a possible threat from Russia and to meet U.S. expectations of NATO members.
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Denmark Begins Drafting Women as Russian Threat Looms
The Nordic country for the first time has extended a lottery for compulsory military service to women in its latest move to expand its armed forces.
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If you find yourself in a situation where you sense someone needs help and you'd like to intervene, Gabriela Mejia, a former training and communications associate with the anti-harassment training organization Right to Be, has some advice.
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COMIC: How to intervene when someone is harassed or attacked : Life Kit
What would you do if you saw someone being harassed on the bus or attacked in broad daylight? Most of us would like to think we know how we'd respond, but intervening in dangerous situations is easier said than done. Here's how to step in.
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When a disabled young woman moved out of a hospital to her own apartment, the Trump administration celebrated — even though it's ending the federal program that made it possible.
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The disabled teen stuck in a hospital for six years finally gets her own home
When a disabled young woman moved out of a hospital to her own apartment, the Trump administration celebrated — even though it's ending the federal program that made it possible.
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Even if you don’t vanish entirely, scrubbing your internet trail makes it more difficult for data brokers, strangers, and malicious actors to find your information. trib.al/owKlAWs
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NEW: EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin claims to prioritize combatting long-lasting chemicals called PFAS.
Despite this, the agency has delayed enforcement of standards and terminated over $15 million in funding for “forever chemicals” research.
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
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Trump’s First EPA Promised to Crack Down on Forever Chemicals. His Second EPA Is Pulling Back.
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin claims to prioritize combatting long-lasting chemicals called PFAS. Despite this, the agency has delayed enforcement of standards and terminated over $15 million in fundin...
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Senate Republicans voted on Tuesday to pass President Trump’s spending bill, bringing abortion opponents one step closer to stripping Planned Parenthood of federal funding — a move that could jeopardize abortion access for patients even in states where abortion is legal.
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Planned Parenthood at Risk of Losing Millions in Federal Funding
The nation’s largest abortion provider must stop offering it in some states or risk losing millions in Medicaid funding to provide basic health care for low-income Americans.
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JUST IN: ADP says private sector shed 33,000 jobs in June
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ADP says private sector shed 33,000 jobs in June
It is the most worrying job market indicator to date since President Trump took office.
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For Kurt Vonnegut, the bombing of Hiroshima was “the day the world ended,” Noah Hawley writes. How the novelist turned the violence and randomness of war into a cosmic joke:
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Vonnegut and the Bomb
How the novelist turned the violence and randomness of war into a cosmic joke
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National Guard pilot Jo Ellis is suing a right-wing influencer for falsely blaming her for a DC crash that killed 67 people. A WIRED review reveals 12 similar incidents of scapegoating trans people. www.wired.com/story/a-tran...
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A Trans Pilot Was Falsely Blamed for a Plane Crash. Now She’s Fighting the Right-Wing Disinfo Machine
National Guard pilot Jo Ellis is suing a right-wing influencer for falsely blaming her for a DC crash that killed 67 people. A WIRED review reveals 12 similar incidents of scapegoating trans people.
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This story was co-published with The Texas Newsroom as part of ProPublica and @texastribune.org's collaboration with five newsrooms across Texas.
Learn more about the partnership:
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Five Newsroom Partners Join ProPublica and The Texas Tribune Investigative Initiative
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
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UK watchdog threatens Ticketmaster with legal action over way Oasis tickets were sold
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UK watchdog threatens Ticketmaster with legal action over way Oasis tickets were sold
Only days before reunion tour begins, CMA raises concerns that fans may have been misled by company The UK competition watchdog has written to Ticketmaster threatening legal action over the way it sold more than 900,000 tickets for Oasis’s reunion tour, days before what is expected to be the most popular, and profitable, run of gigs in British history kicks off. In March, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published concerns that Ticketmaster may have misled fans, some of whom paid more than £350 for tickets with a face value of £150, in the way it priced tickets for the band’s comeback gigs when they went on sale last August. Continue reading...
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Chris Whitty says culture-war coverage of cycling could harm nation’s health
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Chris Whitty says culture-war coverage of cycling could harm nation’s health
Chief medical officer for England urges people to set media cliches aside to focus on health benefits of physical activity Culture war-based coverage of cycling based on stereotypes of middle-aged men in Lycra could harm the nation’s health because it shifts focus away from the people and communities who benefit from physical activity, Chris Whitty has said. Speaking a day before the launch of the NHS’s 10-year-health plan, which is expected to focus heavily on prevention, Whitty, the chief medical officer for England, called for people to set aside media cliches and instead focus on “data which nobody can dispute”. Continue reading...
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With spending cuts poised to hit medical providers, Medicaid recipients and Affordable Care Act enrollees, here's how the bill will affect health care access for millions in the U.S.
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5 ways Trump's tax bill will limit health care access
With spending cuts poised to hit medical providers, Medicaid recipients and Affordable Care Act enrollees, here's how the bill will affect health care access for millions in the U.S.
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A rare weather phenomenon called a "roll cloud" appears over Portugal beaches during a heatwave.
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He went from literally 1 percent to 43 percent. That never happens. When somebody pulls that off, people don’t need to be fretting about it or attacking it; they need to ask why and see what they can learn from it. trib.al/h9qSGkB
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What Centrist Democrats Need to Learn from Zohran Mamdani
He has a certain quality that’s far too rare among elected Democrats.
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DOGE staffers have been working on changes at the ATF that would roll back dozens of gun restrictions. The DOJ wants to downsize the agency — a move some fear will hinder criminal investigations.
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Trump administration targets ATF, with plans to cut jobs and ease gun restrictions
DOGE staffers have been working on changes at the ATF that would roll back dozens of gun restrictions. The DOJ wants to downsize the agency — a move some fear will hinder criminal investigations.
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