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Pennsylvania’s vice economy
Washington Examiner

Pennsylvania’s vice economy

MIDDLETOWN TWP., Pennsylvania — A giant letter M, maybe 60 feet tall and 40 feet wide, sits at the intersection of East Lincoln Highway and Oxford Valley Road down here in lower Bucks County, the most working-class part of Philadelphia’s suburbs. Above the M is a massive LED billboard, which on a Monday morning is…

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Aviation security has an over-screening problem
The Hill

Aviation security has an over-screening problem

The 25th anniversary of 9/11 is now behind us. Though the effects continue, recent proposals by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), described in its Horizon 25 Strategy, suggest that more changes are coming. What remains to be seen is whether such changes will keep the nation’s air space safe.

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Mamdani invited to watch Oct. 7 footage at Israeli Consulate ahead of anniversary
Washington Examiner

Mamdani invited to watch Oct. 7 footage at Israeli Consulate ahead of anniversary

Israel’s Consul General in New York, Ofir Akunis, has invited New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to watch a film documenting the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel. Akunis extended the invitation in a speech Tuesday, saying Mamdani would see “for the first time, what the people he supports really did” if he attended…

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Thune presses Trump for more funding toward swinging battleground races red
Washington Examiner

Thune presses Trump for more funding toward swinging battleground races red

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on Monday revealed he is pressing President Donald Trump for more funding toward battleground races in the midterm elections, as Republicans fight to stave off losses in November. Thune said that he’s been emphasizing the question of resources for candidates during conversations with Trump and the president’s…

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Head Start quality suffered under Obama rules, HHS report finds
Washington Examiner

Head Start quality suffered under Obama rules, HHS report finds

EXCLUSIVE — Obama administration regulations for the antipoverty program Head Start dramatically increase costs without improving education quality, according to a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services. A report from the assistant secretary for planning and evaluation at HHS obtained by the Washington Examiner found that a 2016 rule…

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Bill Clinton plays saxophone for musical birthday tribute to Václav Havel
The Hill

Bill Clinton plays saxophone for musical birthday tribute to Václav Havel

More than three decades after picking up a saxophone for a famous musical moment in the Czech Republic, former President Clinton is dusting off the instrument once again as part of a tuneful tribute. “I’m really honored to join with people all across the Czech Republic and all around the world in observing the 90th birthday…

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Judge blocks Trump administration move to fine migrants
The Hill

Judge blocks Trump administration move to fine migrants

A federal judge in Boston on Monday blocked the Trump administration’s effort to fine migrants up to $1.8 million for failing to leave the U.S. after receiving their final order to deport. U.S. District Judge George O’Toole ruled that the administration unlawfully imposed the fines and wrote that migrants in the “economically precarious position” of…

Cotton’s opponent: ‘Not once’ has daylight savings come up on campaign trail
The Hill

Cotton’s opponent: ‘Not once’ has daylight savings come up on campaign trail

Sen. Tom Cotton’s (R-Ark.) Democratic opponent Hallie Shoffner said on Tuesday that “not once” has daylight savings come up on the campaign trail, after President Trump aired his frustration over stalled legislation that would make daylight saving time permanent. In an interview on MS NOW, Shoffner stated that, “I’ll tell you, over the 450 days…

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University of Wisconsin Researchers ‘Helped China Tighten Its Surveillance Machine’ During Yearslong Partnership, Investigation Finds

Researchers from the University of Wisconsin worked for nearly a decade with partners in China on sensitive technology projects that likely helped China build its notorious domestic surveillance apparatus, including in Xinjiang province, where the Chinese are accused of brutal repression of the ethnic Uyghur population, a new report has found.

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