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Florida court allows use of new US House districts drawn by Republicans for midterm elections
Florida's Supreme Court clears GOP-drawn House map for midterms, rejecting claims the new districts constitute partisan gerrymandering.
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Administration plans intensive, year-round construction schedule for Trump’s triumphal arch
Tower cranes up to 320 feet tall, forklifts, concrete pump systems and other equipment would be needed to build the arch.
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Herbicide spraying in San Juan and Trabuco creeks to be phased out, studied
Multiple county supervisors said they wanted to see results of the pilot program before making a countywide decision.
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Feds won’t seek death penalty in plea deal with man accused of killing top Minnesota Democrat
Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for Vance Boelter in the 2025 shooting deaths of Minnesota political figures and their spouses.
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Trump names former CFPB official Brian Johnson to be agency’s next permanent director
Johnson was the deputy director of the bureau under Trump's first CFPB director, Kathy Kraninger.
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Judge rejects watchdog’s bid to block Trump administration’s $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
The judge ended a hearing Wednesday by warning President Donald Trump’s administration not to “play possum" with the court.
Anthropic pledges $200 million to research AI’s economic impact as CEO suggests job loss solutions
CEO Dario Amodei published an essay with proposals for government support for those financially affected by AI.
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Brother of Mayor Karen Bass suing LA over losing his house in the Palisades fire
The lawsuit filed by Kenneth Bass and his wife seeks damages for the destruction of their Malibu home, smoke inhalation and mental anguish.
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A $600 billion experiment kicks off at CalPERS
It's the first US public pension to formally adopt the total portfolio approach used by about a dozen sovereign wealth funds in the Asia-Pacific region and Canada.
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Trump has a new, surprising take on the higher cost of living: ‘I love the inflation’
Trump didn’t dismiss the affordability issue as a “hoax” that was started by Democrats, as he has done previously.