Community Colleges Reposition Around Workforce Training Demand

Two-year institutions are increasingly orienting their programs toward employer demand, reshaping their role in the education landscape and their relationship with local labor markets.

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Municipal Water Infrastructure Financing Strains Against Deferred Maintenance

Aging pipes and treatment plants are colliding with constrained municipal budgets, forcing local governments to confront maintenance bills accumulated over decades.

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Federal Workforce Restructuring Tests Agency Continuity Planning

Departments absorbing staffing changes are leaning more heavily on contractors and cross-detail arrangements, raising questions about institutional knowledge retention.

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Housing Affordability Pressures Reshape Suburban Development Patterns

Persistent affordability gaps are pushing builders, local governments, and lenders toward denser product mixes and zoning experiments that would have stalled a decade earlier.

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Municipal Pension Funding Gaps Widen Across the Rust Belt

Older industrial cities face a slow-burning fiscal squeeze as pension obligations grow faster than the tax bases supporting them, with limited politically viable paths to closure.

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State Housing Policies Diverge as Affordability Pressures Mount

Statehouses are taking sharply different routes on zoning, rent stabilization, and construction incentives, producing a patchwork that increasingly shapes where Americans can afford to live.

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State Courts Take on Larger Role in Immigration Policy Friction

Disputes between federal authorities and state governments over immigration enforcement are increasingly being litigated through state-level institutions.

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US Housing Affordability Pressures Shift From Coasts to Interior Metros

Mid-sized interior cities are absorbing affordability pressures once concentrated on the coasts, reshaping the political and economic geography of the housing crisis.

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Rural Hospital Consolidation Redraws American Care Maps

Closures and acquisitions are reshaping rural healthcare delivery, with longer travel distances and narrowing service lines becoming the new baseline.

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Local HOA Declares Strategic War on Lawn Chairs

Following months of escalating concerns about visual coherence, a suburban homeowners association has launched what it describes as a long-overdue offensive against folding furniture.

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Municipal Pension Stress Tests Reveal Widening Funding Gaps

Underfunded municipal pension plans are facing renewed scrutiny as stress-testing methodologies adopted from corporate finance migrate into public-sector reviews.

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State Budgets Confront End of Pandemic-Era Cushions

Years of federal transfers and strong tax receipts have masked underlying budget pressures that are now resurfacing in capitals across the country.

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Housing Market Strains Shift Toward Middle-Tier Buyers

Affordability pressure that initially squeezed entry-level buyers is migrating up the price ladder, reshaping how regional markets behave.

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Federal Workforce Attrition Strains Agency Operational Capacity

Sustained attrition across federal agencies is producing measurable strain on operational capacity, with hiring pipelines unable to keep pace with departures and retirements.

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Suburban Housing Supply Pressures Reshape Local Political Debates

Persistent housing supply constraints in suburban jurisdictions are scrambling traditional political alignments at the local level, particularly around zoning and infrastructure.

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State-Level Zoning Reforms Test the Limits of Housing Supply Policy

States are preempting local zoning rules to expand housing supply, but the gap between legal authorization and actual construction has proven larger than expected.

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Federal Workforce Attrition Pressures Mount Across Agency Functions

Sustained departures from career federal positions are reshaping how agencies maintain technical capacity, institutional memory, and routine service delivery.

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Anticipatory Victory office opens museum gift shop selling commemorative merchandise for skipped conflicts

The Office of Anticipatory Victory Posture opened a museum gift shop Wednesday afternoon, with commemorative merchandise covering wars that have not been fought and battles that have not occurred.

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Celtics take 2-0 lead as Knicks prepare to defend home court in Game Three

Boston took a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference Finals with a 109-101 Game Two win Tuesday night, sending the series to Madison Square Garden for Game Three Thursday.

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House clears war-powers overhaul on bipartisan vote, sending bill to President's desk

The House passed the bipartisan war-powers overhaul Wednesday morning on a 294-138 vote, sending the legislation to the President's desk after the Senate cleared it on a 71-26 vote Tuesday evening.

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Pentagon retroactively declares this conversation a victory

The Department of Defense announced Tuesday afternoon that it had retroactively classified an ongoing internal meeting as a successful military operation, with commemorative coins to follow.

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Eastern Conference Finals Game Two tips in Boston as Knicks look to even series

The Eastern Conference Finals continue at TD Garden Tuesday night with the Knicks looking to even the series before the bracket shifts to Madison Square Garden for Games Three and Four.

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Senate war-powers floor debate opens with bipartisan amendment stack

Senate floor debate on the bipartisan war-powers overhaul opened Tuesday morning, with a structured amendment stack that includes proposals from both Republican and Democratic senators.

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Anticipatory Victory office hires lobbyist to secure funding for battles tentatively scheduled in 2031

The Office of Anticipatory Victory Posture announced Monday afternoon that it had retained outside lobbying counsel to secure congressional funding for battles tentatively scheduled in 2031.

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Celtics take 2-1 lead over Knicks as conference finals bracket rounds toward Tuesday

The Boston Celtics opened the Eastern Conference Finals with a Game One win over the Knicks on Sunday, and Western Conference action turned to OKC ahead of Tuesday's Game Two in Boston.

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House returns to floor with VA reform package, immigration markups, and judicial confirmations

The House returns to floor business Monday with a Department of Veterans Affairs reform package, immigration-related committee markups, and a slate of judicial-nominee confirmation votes.

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Sunday morning panel sets new record for predictions that age within four hours

A Sunday morning political panel set a new institutional record Sunday for the number of substantive predictions that aged into demonstrably incorrect status within four hours of their issuance.

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Eastern Conference Finals tip in Boston as Celtics host Knicks for Game One

The Eastern Conference Finals tip at TD Garden Sunday afternoon, with the top-seeded Boston Celtics hosting the New York Knicks in the first conference final between the two franchises since 1990.

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Sunday shows survey war powers, AI infrastructure, and midterm positioning across networks

The Sunday-show ecosystem turned to war powers, AI infrastructure regulation, and the early shape of the 2026 midterm cycle on Sunday morning, with senior figures from both parties making the rounds.

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Local think tank insists this is the most consequential weekend since last weekend

A prominent Washington think tank confirmed Saturday afternoon that the current weekend constitutes the most consequential weekend in modern American political history, surpassing the previous record-holder, last weekend.

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Tornado cleanup intensifies across four Plains states as FEMA adds Individual Assistance designations

Federal disaster-response operations expanded across Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, and Arkansas Saturday as FEMA added Individual Assistance designations covering twenty-two counties touched by Wednesday's tornado outbreak.

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Knicks survive Game Seven in New York as Eastern Conference Finals bracket locks in

The New York Knicks survived a winner-take-all Game Seven at Madison Square Garden Friday night, defeating the Indiana Pacers 108-101 to secure an Eastern Conference Finals matchup against the Boston Celtics.

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Office of Anticipatory Victory hires historian to retroactively annotate battles that did not occur

The newly established Office of Anticipatory Victory Posture announced Friday it had hired its first staff historian, whose principal duty will be the retroactive annotation of battles that have not occurred.

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Knicks host Pacers at Madison Square Garden for Eastern semifinal Game Seven

New York hosts Indiana at Madison Square Garden on Friday night for a winner-take-all Game Seven that will send one of the two franchises to the Eastern Conference finals against Boston.

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President signs ninety-four-billion-dollar war supplemental as mental health expansion becomes law

President signed the ninety-four-billion-dollar war supplemental into law in a Rose Garden ceremony Friday morning, closing the books on the largest single appropriations package of the post-ceasefire period.

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Pentagon announces strategic pivot to acting like it already won several hypothetical wars

In a forward-leaning briefing held Thursday afternoon, the Department of Defense announced a strategic pivot to behaving as if it had already won several wars that had not in fact been fought, declared, or, in some cases, particularized.

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Tornado outbreak across central Plains kills 14 as FEMA deploys teams to four states

A two-day tornado outbreak across the central Plains has killed at least 14 people and damaged more than 1,800 structures, with the Federal Emergency Management Agency deploying response teams to Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas and Missouri on Thursday morning.

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House clears war supplemental 281-148 sending mental-health expansion to White House desk

The House passed the $94 billion war supplemental 281-148 late Wednesday, sending to President Trump's desk the package that funds the closing accounts of the Iran-Israel conflict, replenishes munitions stocks, and includes a $4.8 billion Department of Veterans Affairs mental-health expansion.

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Pacers force Game 7 with 11-point win over Knicks at Gainbridge Fieldhouse

Indiana evened the Eastern Conference semifinal at three games apiece with a 117-106 home win, sending the series back to Madison Square Garden for a winner-take-all Game 7 on Friday night.

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April CPI cools to 3.0 percent headline, pulling forward Fed rate-cut bets

Headline U.S. inflation cooled to 3.0 percent year over year in April from 3.4 percent in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday, validating the soft-landing thesis traders had been pricing through the week.

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Knicks survive Pacers in Game 5 as Brunson, Anunoby anchor defensive stand

New York held off a late Indiana surge to take a 3-2 series lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals, with Jalen Brunson scoring 34 and OG Anunoby forcing three turnovers in the final two minutes.

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Celtics clinch as Thunder-Wolves tip Game 5 and MLB divisional races tighten

Boston punched the first conference-final ticket of the postseason Monday night, sending Cleveland home in five games, while Oklahoma City and Minnesota prepared for a pivotal Game 5 at Paycom Center on Tuesday.

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VA secretary testifies as Senate Appropriations clears war supplemental with mental-health add

Senate Appropriations reported the $94.1 billion war supplemental to the floor on a 23-5 vote Tuesday after a bruising hearing in which Veterans Affairs Secretary Patrick Hagan acknowledged a backlog of more than 11,000 unresolved post-deployment claims from the Iran campaign.

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Discharge petition clears 218 as House forces war powers vote over Johnson objection

House Democrats and a bloc of Republicans pushed the Iran war powers discharge petition past 218 signatures Monday afternoon, triggering the seven-day clock that forces a floor vote no later than May 19 and stripping Speaker Mike Johnson of the scheduling leverage he has used since the Senate cleared the resolution May 1.

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Celtics, Thunder survive Game 7s as NBA conference finals bracket locks in

Boston outlasted Indiana in a defensive Game 7 at TD Garden and Oklahoma City rode a 44-point night from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander past Minnesota in Paycom Center, completing a conference finals bracket the NBA had not seen in nearly a decade.

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Sunday shows pivot from war to ledger as lawmakers spar over costs, midterm fallout

Lawmakers used the Sunday talk circuit to litigate the war's price tag and the collapse of the AI moratorium, with both parties testing midterm themes nearly four weeks after the Iran ceasefire took hold.

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NBA second round: Celtics and Thunder grind, while Nuggets and Knicks trade haymakers

Boston tightened its grip on Cleveland and Oklahoma City pulled even with Minnesota on Friday night, as the NBA's conference semifinals settled into the kind of bruising half-court chess that defines deep playoff runs.

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Senate clears $94 billion war supplemental, shifting Iran fight to the House

The Senate cleared a $94.6 billion Iran war supplemental late Friday by 67-33, sending to a divided House a package that bundles munitions replenishment with the certification language the White House has spent two weeks trying to strip.

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Pacers Force Game 7, Thunder Stay Alive as MLB May Takes Shape

Indiana shoved Boston to a deciding Game 7 in Indianapolis on Thursday night while Oklahoma City staved off elimination in Minneapolis, leaving two of the NBA's second-round series tied 3-3 with conference final dates already on the calendar.

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Senators Unveil War Powers Overhaul, Citing Iran Conflict Lessons

A bipartisan Senate group unveiled legislation Thursday to tighten the executive branch's authority to wage extended military operations, framing the Iran conflict as the clearest argument for reform since the 2001 AUMF.

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Conference Finals Set as Nuggets, Celtics Advance and Cavs, Thunder Force Game 7s

Denver and Boston punched their tickets to the conference finals this week, while Cleveland and Oklahoma City staved off elimination on the road to force Game 7s and delay the bracket's completion into the weekend.

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House passes narrowed Iran war commission as Johnson loses 39 Republicans

A 257-176 House vote established a 10-member bipartisan commission to investigate the conduct of the spring war with Iran, with 39 Republicans crossing the aisle and Speaker Mike Johnson voting present.

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Pacers push Cavaliers, Thunder force Game 5s as NBA semifinals tighten

Indiana and Oklahoma City evened their conference semifinals with home Game 4 wins, sending both series back to the higher seeds for pivotal Game 5s on Wednesday and Thursday nights as a marquee MLB interleague slate opens at Yankee Stadium.

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House passes Iran war commission resolution as 37 Republicans cross the aisle

The House on Wednesday adopted the Holloway resolution establishing an independent commission to investigate the conduct of the U.S. war against Iran, 248-184, after 37 Republicans broke with leadership on a measure Speaker Mike Johnson had tried for three weeks to bottle up.

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Nuggets Look to Close Clippers as Thunder Face Elimination in Minneapolis

Denver hosts the Clippers on Tuesday night with a Western Conference finals berth in reach, while the Thunder travel to Minneapolis facing elimination and the Cavaliers and Bucks set up a winner-take-all Game 7 in Cleveland.

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Johnson faces Tuesday conference revolt as House takes up war supplemental markup

House Republicans split openly Tuesday as Speaker Mike Johnson convened a closed-door conference meeting to corral votes for the $89.4 billion war supplemental and decide whether to schedule a floor vote on the Senate-passed war powers resolution before Memorial Day.

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Nuggets, Celtics Push Toward Conference Finals as Thunder, Cavs Force Game 6s

Denver and Boston moved within one win of their conference finals over the weekend, while Oklahoma City and Cleveland survived elimination scares to stretch their semifinals to a sixth game.

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House Democrats file war powers discharge petition as Johnson loses procedural cover

House Democrats filed a discharge petition Monday to force a floor vote on the Senate-passed Iran war powers resolution, opening the week with 174 signatures and a public commitment from at least six Republicans to add their names by Wednesday.

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Nuggets Sweep Clippers as Second Round Tightens and Tigers, Reds Keep MLB Rolling

Denver finished off the Clippers in four games Saturday night while Boston let a 2-0 lead slip to 2-2 in Indianapolis, leaving the NBA's second round split between coasts as Detroit and Cincinnati extended their April leads in baseball.

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On Sunday Shows, Lawmakers Spar Over War Costs, AI Compromise, and Midterm Map

Senators and White House surrogates fanned out across the Sunday programs to defend dueling war-cost accountings, preview a narrower AI compromise, and stake early claims on the November map.

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Pacers, Cavaliers claw back in Game 3s as NBA second round tightens and MLB May opens

Indiana and Cleveland trimmed their second-round deficits on home floors Friday night, leaving three of the four NBA semifinals at 2-1 heading into a packed Saturday slate that also brought the first marquee MLB series of May.

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Johnson huddles with leadership as House Republicans weigh combined rule on war powers, supplemental

Speaker Mike Johnson gathered his leadership team in the Capitol on Saturday to map a path through three converging Iran-war votes, with the most actively discussed option a single rule pairing the Senate-passed war powers resolution, the Holloway commission and the $89.4 billion supplemental.

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Cavaliers, Thunder return home tied as NBA semifinals shift and MLB opens May

All four NBA conference semifinals shift to the lower seeds' floors this weekend, with Cleveland and Oklahoma City carrying split road trips home and Indiana and the Clippers facing 0-2 holes as Major League Baseball begins May with three division leads inside three games.

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Senate passes war powers resolution as supplemental clears first floor test

The Senate passed the Kaine-Lee war powers resolution 58-42 on Friday and advanced an $89.4 billion war supplemental past a procedural hurdle, leaving Speaker Mike Johnson to manage two politically combustible votes before the Memorial Day recess.

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Nuggets, Celtics Take 2-0 Leads as NBA Second Round Tips Off

Denver and Boston each grabbed 2-0 series leads on Wednesday night as the NBA's conference semifinals opened, while Oklahoma City and Cleveland salvaged splits to head home tied with their higher-seeded opponents.

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Iran war commission discharge petition crosses 218, forcing House vote

A House discharge petition seeking to create an independent Iran war commission cleared the 218-signature threshold Thursday morning after four Republicans added their names, stripping Speaker Mike Johnson of his ability to keep the measure off the floor.

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Pacers finish Celtics in Game 7 as second-round NBA bracket finally locks in

Indiana eliminated the defending Eastern Conference champion Celtics in Boston, the league's most chaotic first round in a decade ended after eight days of overtime and Game 7s, and the second-round bracket was set hours before tipoff.

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Senate passes war powers resolution 58-42 as five Republicans cross the aisle

The Senate voted 58-42 late Tuesday to adopt the Kaine-Murphy war powers resolution rebuking the executive conduct of the six-week Iran war, with five Republicans joining nearly every Democrat in the chamber's first formal verdict on the conflict.

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Pacers Stun Celtics in Game 7 as Lakers-Suns Go the Distance and MLB April Surprises Harden

Indiana eliminated the East's top seed at TD Garden on Monday night, Phoenix forced a Game 7 in Los Angeles against LeBron James and the Lakers, and Detroit's surge to 18-7 cemented an MLB April standings table few analysts saw coming.

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Senate clears war powers resolution as six Republicans break with Trump

Senators voted 54-46 Tuesday evening to advance the Kaine-Murphy war powers resolution on Iran, a wider-than-expected bipartisan margin that delivers President Trump the first significant rebuke of his second-term foreign policy and complicates the parallel fight over the $89 billion war supplemental.

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Pacers oust Celtics, Lakers force Game 7 as NBA first round spills into a second week

Indiana eliminated the top-seeded Boston Celtics in five games at TD Garden, the Lakers survived in Phoenix to force a decisive Game 7, and three first-round series will now run into next week, pushing the NBA's conference semifinal schedule back.

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Johnson faces restive conference as war powers resolution clears Senate procedural hurdle

Speaker Mike Johnson opened a conference-wide meeting Monday to settle the fate of the $89 billion war supplemental as a Senate war powers resolution cleared its first procedural test, intensifying pressure on a Republican majority already split on Iran policy.

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NBA playoffs open with upsets as postwar normalcy returns to arenas

The first weekend of the NBA postseason delivered a pair of road wins by lower seeds, the strongest playoff television numbers since 2023 and the return of full-capacity crowds following six weeks of wartime restrictions.

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Sunday Shows Turn on War Powers Vote as Trump Team Counters With Economic Message

With a Senate war powers vote set for the coming week and the AI moratorium freshly dead in committee, the Sunday political shows became the first big stress test of how Washington intends to litigate the Iran war after the shooting stopped.

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Pacers Push Celtics to the Brink as NBA First Round Tilts Toward Game 7s

Indiana moved within one win of bouncing the East's top seed, Phoenix took a 3-2 lead over the Lakers, and four first-round series are heading back to higher seeds for win-or-go-home games, leaving the NBA bracket more unsettled than at any point in a decade.

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White House sends Congress $89 billion war supplemental as Republicans split

The Trump administration formally requested $89.4 billion in emergency war-related spending Friday, opening a fight that has split Republicans between hawks who want more and fiscal conservatives demanding offsets before any floor vote.

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NBA Playoffs Tip Off With Upsets as MLB Finds Its April Rhythm

Lower seeds stole two of the first four games in the opening round of the NBA playoffs this week, while early MLB standings reshuffled expectations across both leagues after a frantic three weeks of regular-season play.

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States step in as federal AI moratorium fails, governors in NY and CA move within days

Two days after House committee killed the Sanders-Ocasio-Cortez moratorium, New York and California governors signaled state-level pauses on large data-center buildouts, opening a patchwork front.

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Overtime thrillers and a bracket-busting upset jolt opening week of NBA playoffs

Four overtime games in five nights, a No. 7 seed knocking off the defending East champions, and a wave of star injuries have turned the opening week of the NBA playoffs into one of the most volatile postseasons in years.

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White House Pivots to Grid Bill as AI Moratorium Defeat Resets Congressional Fight

A day after House Ways and Means killed the Sanders-Ocasio-Cortez AI moratorium, the White House moved to claim the political middle with a grid-investment package, while sponsors vowed a floor discharge fight.

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Knicks and Pacers deadlocked as first round tilts, MLB marquee series shifts east

The Knicks and Pacers split their first two games at Madison Square Garden as the NBA's first round headed to Indianapolis tied at one apiece, while the Yankees opened a three-game series in Detroit that pairs the American League's two best run differentials.

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AI Moratorium Bill Dies in House Committee as Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez Vow to Fight On

The House Ways and Means Committee voted 24-21 Wednesday to reject a sweeping moratorium on new large-scale AI model deployments, killing for now a bill that had passed the Senate two weeks earlier.

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Lakers Steal Game 2 in Denver as NBA First Round Splits Open Across the Bracket

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers stole homecourt from the top-seeded Denver Nuggets on Monday night, evening their first-round series at one game apiece and giving the NBA its most consequential road win of the opening weekend.

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Ways and Means Democrats Split on AI Moratorium as Tuesday Whip Count Narrows

On the eve of a House Ways and Means Committee markup that could decide the fate of the Sanders-Ocasio-Cortez AI moratorium, three undecided committee Democrats emerged Tuesday as the pivot of a vote House leaders now describe as too close to call.

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Celtics and Thunder Take 1-0 Leads as Lakers Stun Nuggets in Denver

Six of the NBA's eight first-round series split their openers over the weekend, but the headline came from Denver, where the eighth-seeded Lakers stole Game 1 from the Nuggets and shifted the West's opening narrative heading into Monday's Game 2 slate.

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House Ways and Means Nears Decisive Vote on AI Moratorium as Whip Counts Tighten

With a Wednesday committee vote looming, sponsors of the Sanders-Ocasio-Cortez AI moratorium bill scrambled Monday to lock down wavering Democrats as hyperscaler lobbyists pressed undecided members across the Capitol.

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Cable News Experts Already Pretty Sure They Predicted Everything About This War

Days after the Iran-Israel ceasefire took hold, the nation's foremost retired generals, senior fellows, and former undersecretaries have concluded that they personally called every twist of the six-week conflict.

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Thunder and Warriors Headline Sunday's NBA Game 1s as Playoffs Open Second Half of Opening Weekend

Four more Game 1s tip Sunday, headlined by Oklahoma City's postseason return against Sacramento and a Warriors-Suns nightcap, after the Lakers stole Saturday's marquee opener in Denver and Boston survived a late Bulls push at TD Garden.

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Sunday Shows Pivot From War to Bills as Doha Exchange Resets Political Fight

The first Sunday talk shows after the Doha prisoner exchange found Washington arguing less over whether the Iran war is over and more over what its bills, its commission and its war powers fight should look like.

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NBA Playoffs Tip Off as Celtics and Thunder Headline Opening Saturday Slate

The NBA's first round begins Saturday with four Game 1s, top seeds Boston and Oklahoma City opening at home, and a Lakers-Nuggets matchup that survived the play-in chaos as the marquee draw of the opening weekend.

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White House welcomes returning Americans from Doha as Congress presses for accounting

President Donald Trump met returning American detainees on the South Lawn Saturday after a Doha-brokered exchange released roughly forty foreign nationals and the remains of eleven U.S. service members, even as Senate Democrats demanded a written briefing on the deal's terms.

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Orioles surge, Yankees stumble as MLB's first fortnight upends preseason script

Two weeks into the Major League Baseball season, the Baltimore Orioles own the American League's best record while the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers have opened with losing marks, scrambling early playoff projections.

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House Democrats File Resolution to Create Independent Commission on Iran War

Sixty-one House Democrats and four Republicans introduced a resolution Friday establishing a 9/11-style commission to review intelligence, strike decisions and casualty management during the six-week Iran war, intensifying a post-ceasefire fight over accountability.

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Tigers Keep Pace With Yankees and Padres as NBA Play-In Field Comes Into Focus

Detroit's surprise opening fortnight stretched to 11-3 on Wednesday, holding pace with the Yankees and Padres at the top of the majors. In the NBA, the West's last two play-in seeds remained unsettled with two games left in the regular season.

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Senate Democrats Press White House for War Powers Vote as Ceasefire Holds

Senate Democrats on Thursday demanded an up-or-down vote on a war powers resolution covering the six-week Iran conflict, arguing the ceasefire that took effect Wednesday should not foreclose congressional review of how the war was waged.

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Pistons and Warriors Survive Play-In Openers as NBA Bracket Takes Shape

The Detroit Pistons and Golden State Warriors advanced out of Tuesday's NBA play-in openers, setting up Friday elimination games as the league's first-round bracket comes into focus before Saturday's tip-off.

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Trump Marks Ceasefire From East Room as House Democrats Formally Demand Iran War Commission

Hours after the Iran-Israel ceasefire took effect at midnight GMT, President Trump claimed a foreign-policy victory in an East Room address while House Democrats filed a privileged resolution demanding an independent commission on the six-week war.

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Dodgers and Yankees Set Early Pace as MLB's First Fortnight Reshuffles Contenders

Two weeks into the MLB season, the Dodgers and Yankees have separated from their divisions while the Orioles, Braves and Mariners stumble out of the gate, scrambling preseason forecasts.

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House Leaders Set War Powers Vote for Thursday as Ceasefire Deadline Scrambles Whip Counts

House leaders scheduled a Thursday floor vote on the Senate-passed Iran war powers resolution, setting up an extraordinary clash with the White House just hours after the Islamabad ceasefire is due to take effect.

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Yankees and Padres Charge to the Top as MLB's Second Week Reshuffles the Standings

Two weeks into the 2026 season, the Yankees and Padres own the majors' best records while the Tigers continue a surprise run. The NBA regular season heads into its final week with playoff seeding still unsettled.

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White House Presses Senate to Drop War Cutoff as Ceasefire Recasts Supplemental Fight

The White House on Monday urged Senate negotiators to strip a Sept. 30 combat cutoff from the $67.4 billion Iran war supplemental, arguing the weekend's ceasefire announcement had made the deadline both unnecessary and destabilizing as the truce approaches.

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NBA Regular Season Ends With Seedings Still in Motion as Sunday Night Tip-Offs Decide Bracket

Four Eastern Conference seedings and three Western Conference slots remain undecided heading into the NBA's final Sunday slate, with the league's play-in tournament opening Tuesday in Indianapolis and Los Angeles.

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On Sunday Shows, Capitol Hill Splits Over Who Owns the Iran Ceasefire

Hours after negotiators in Islamabad announced a ceasefire to end the six-week Iran war, the Sunday talk-show circuit became a battleground over credit, casualties and what comes next for U.S. policy in the Gulf.

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McIlroy Takes Masters Lead Into Sunday as Scheffler Lurks Two Back

Rory McIlroy carded a six-under 66 on a wind-shifted Saturday at Augusta National to seize a two-stroke lead over Scottie Scheffler heading into the final round of the 90th Masters Tournament.

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White House Briefs Congressional Leaders on Islamabad Framework as Ceasefire Decision Nears

Senior administration officials walked the Gang of Eight through the draft Islamabad framework Saturday, telling lawmakers a ceasefire announcement could come within days as war powers critics on Capitol Hill demanded a binding role in any final terms.

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Orioles and Yankees Open Camden Yards Series as MLB Second Week Tightens

The Orioles and Yankees opened a three-game weekend series at Camden Yards on Friday night as the AL East's two early front-runners separated themselves from the field, while the Dodgers cooled in Philadelphia and the Astros began to settle.

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Senate Passes Iran War Powers Resolution 56-43 in Bipartisan Rebuke as Trump Prepares Veto

The Senate passed the Kaine-Lee-Murphy war powers resolution 56-43 on Friday, the chamber's sharpest institutional pushback against the Iran war to date, even as the White House signaled a veto and pointed to fragile Islamabad talks.

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NBA Playoff Race Tightens to the Wire as Five Seedings Remain Unsettled

With five nights left in the NBA regular season, five seedings across both conferences remain mathematically live, setting up a final stretch that could send the Lakers into a 5-versus-4 showdown with Denver and push the Magic into the East's top six for the first time since 2010.

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Senate Floor Takes Up Iran War Supplemental as War Powers Vote Looms

The Senate opened floor debate Thursday on the Trump administration's $67.4 billion Iran war supplemental, with a separate war powers resolution from Sens. Kaine, Lee and Murphy on a parallel track that leadership now expects to reach a vote by Friday.

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Dodgers and Orioles Bolt From the Gate as MLB's First Week Yields Surprises

Six games into the 2026 season, the Dodgers and Orioles share the majors' best record at 5-1, while the Astros and Mets opened with stumbles that have already prompted bullpen reshuffles and pointed questions in clubhouses.

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House Ways and Means Opens Hearings on AI Moratorium as Senate Bill Lands

House Ways and Means began hearings Wednesday on the Sanders-Ocasio-Cortez AI moratorium, one day after the Senate's narrow 52-48 passage thrust the bill onto an uncertain path through a deeply divided lower chamber.

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UConn Plans Hartford Parade as Michigan Vows Return After Title Loss

Less than 24 hours after cutting down the nets in San Antonio, the University of Connecticut announced a citywide championship parade in Hartford for Saturday, while a stunned Michigan program began its postmortem.

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Senate Passes Sanders-AOC AI Moratorium 52-48 in Razor-Thin Floor Vote

The Senate on Tuesday narrowly approved a sweeping two-year moratorium on new frontier AI model training, sending the Sanders-Ocasio-Cortez measure to a deeply uncertain reception in the House.

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UConn Outlasts Michigan in San Antonio to Claim NCAA Title

A 14-2 run over the final five minutes carried Connecticut past Michigan 74-68 in the NCAA championship game Monday night in San Antonio, sealing the program's latest title.

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Senate Appropriators Advance Iran War Supplemental as Casualty Toll Tops 350

Senate appropriators moved the $67.4 billion Iran war supplemental out of committee Monday on a 19-9 vote, even as the U.S. service-member death toll passed 350 and lawmakers in both parties pressed for a binding vote on war authority.

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UConn, Michigan Brace for Monday Final as San Antonio Settles Into Off-Day Routine

With one day separating Saturday's Final Four from Monday night's championship, UConn and Michigan turned the Alamodome into a study hall of film, walk-throughs and measured confidence as both staffs hunted matchup edges.

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Sunday Shows Turn on War Aims as Senators Press White House for Iran Endgame

Senators from both parties used Sunday morning television to press the Trump administration for a clearer Iran war strategy, as the U.S. casualty count approached 340 and Islamabad talks reached a delicate phase.

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UConn and Michigan Advance to Title Game as Duke Falls in San Antonio

UConn dispatched Tennessee in the Final Four opener before Michigan stunned top-seeded Duke in San Antonio on Saturday, setting up a Monday night championship between the Huskies and Wolverines.

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Senate AI Moratorium Bill Headed for Knife-Edge Vote as Weekend Lobbying Intensifies

With a Senate vote on the Sanders-Ocasio-Cortez AI moratorium expected Monday, both parties spent Saturday locked in furious whip operations. Aides on both sides described the count as within two votes.

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At Final Four Media Day, UConn's Veterans Set the Tone as Duke and Michigan Eye an Upset

Coaches and players from UConn, Tennessee, Michigan and Duke took the podium in San Antonio on Friday, with the Huskies' senior backcourt projecting calm and the three challengers all leaning on the word everyone hates to hear: underdog.

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Senate Energy Panel Hearing on AI Moratorium Turns Combative as Tech CEOs Face Grid Questions

Senators grilled hyperscaler chief executives Friday during the first full hearing on the Sanders-Ocasio-Cortez AI data center moratorium, as the legislation appeared to pick up unexpected support from two Republican senators citing grid reliability in their home states.

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MLB Opening Day arrives under shadow of war as leagues shorten anthems and tighten security

Major League Baseball opened its 2026 season Thursday with sold-out crowds in 15 cities, a leaguewide moment of silence for U.S. service members killed in the Middle East, and visibly heavier security at every gate.

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Bipartisan Senate Bloc Revives War Powers Push as Iran Casualties Mount

A bipartisan group of senators introduced a War Powers resolution Thursday seeking to limit the president's authority to expand U.S. military operations in the Iran conflict, citing mounting American casualties and the absence of a formal authorization.

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Final Four Takes Shape in San Antonio as UConn Eyes Back-to-Back Title

With three days until tipoff at the Alamodome, UConn arrives in San Antonio as the betting favorite, Michigan brings the most efficient offense in the field, Duke leans on freshman scoring, and Tennessee finally breaks a three-decade Final Four drought.

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Senate Opens First Hearing on Sanders-Ocasio-Cortez AI Moratorium as Big Tech Mobilizes

The Senate Commerce Committee convened its first hearing Wednesday on a sweeping moratorium that would freeze new hyperscale AI data-center construction for three years, drawing testimony from utility regulators, labor leaders and a coordinated industry pushback.

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Final Four coaches take the podium as Alamodome opens for Tuesday walkthroughs

Coaches from Duke, Michigan, Tennessee and UConn faced reporters in San Antonio on Tuesday as the Alamodome opened for closed walkthroughs, while baseball clubs completed final travel ahead of Thursday's Opening Day slate.

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White House Sends $67 Billion Iran War Supplemental to Congress

The Trump administration formally transmitted a $67.4 billion emergency supplemental request to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to fund the ongoing Iran war, setting up a politically explosive vote that will collide with the still-unresolved DHS shutdown and a pending House war powers resolution.

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Final Four teams settle into San Antonio as MLB Opening Day looms on packed sports week

Duke, Michigan, UConn and Tennessee began arriving in San Antonio on Monday for the NCAA Final Four, while baseball clubs broke spring camp ahead of Thursday's Opening Day, setting up one of the year's busiest sports weeks.

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House Democrats File War Powers Resolution as Iran Casualty Count Tops 300

A bloc of House Democrats introduced a privileged war powers resolution Monday demanding a vote within 15 calendar days to end U.S. combat operations against Iran, citing more than 300 American service members wounded since the war's onset.

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Final Four Fan Travel to San Antonio Disrupted by Jet Fuel Costs and Regional Airline Cuts

With the NCAA Final Four six days away, fans of Duke, Michigan, UConn, and Tennessee are scrambling to reach San Antonio as fuel-driven fare spikes and regional airline cuts upend long-planned trips.

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Sunday Political Shows Dominated by Iran War, Energy Costs, and AI Moratorium Debate

Sunday morning political programs converged on three themes this weekend: mounting U.S. casualties in the Iran war, soaring gasoline prices, and a Sanders-AOC bill that would freeze new AI data-center construction.

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NCAA Elite Eight Complete: Duke, Michigan, UConn, and Tennessee in Final Four

Saturday's Elite Eight games completed the men's NCAA Tournament bracket, sending Duke, Michigan, UConn, and Tennessee to the Final Four in San Antonio after a day of games that produced one significant upset and several tightly contested finishes.

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NCAA Sweet 16: Duke, Michigan, UConn, and Tennessee Advance to Elite Eight

Thursday's Sweet 16 slate produced four Elite Eight qualifiers as Duke survived a scare from St. John's, Michigan cruised past Alabama, UConn edged Michigan State in a tense finish, and Tennessee rolled Iowa State to advance.

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Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez Introduce Legislation for Data Center Construction Moratorium

Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced legislation Thursday that would impose an immediate moratorium on new data center construction, citing the enormous energy demands of AI infrastructure at a moment of severe global energy disruption and soaring electricity costs.

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DHS Shutdown Enters Sixth Week as Senate Resumes Debate on SAVE Act Funding

The partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security entered its fortieth day Thursday as the Senate resumed consideration of the legislative vehicle for the SAVE Act, with both parties blaming the other for a stalemate that has left TSA workers unpaid and produced historic airport delays across the country.

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Iran War Drives U.S. Mortgage Rates Higher for Fourth Consecutive Week

The average U.S. 30-year fixed mortgage rate climbed to 6.38 percent for the week ending March 25, rising for the fourth straight week since the Iran war began and pushing economists to revise their forecasts for a 2026 housing market recovery.

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DHS Partial Shutdown Deepens TSA Staffing Crisis at U.S. Airports

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security remained unfunded for a fourth consecutive week, with TSA callout rates at some airports exceeding 40% and causing significant flight delays across the country.

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Hillary Clinton Testifies in House Oversight Deposition on Epstein Matters

Hillary Clinton appeared before the House Oversight Committee to testify regarding Jeffrey Epstein investigations.

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Supreme Court Tariff Ruling Sets Up Messy Refund Fight

After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down broad tariff authority, companies are bracing for a complicated, litigation-driven process to obtain refunds on billions in duties already collected.

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Midterm Voter Trends Show Surprising Youth Turnout in Suburban Districts

Early data suggests a surge in turnout among voters under 30 in key suburban swing districts, potentially reshaping party strategies for upcoming elections.

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