The central bank does not have its usual jobs and unemployment figures because of the government shutdown. An errant disclosure may have robbed it of some private data, too. read more
Since the U.S. Supreme Court opened the door to legalized gambling in 2018, and most states permitted people to wager on their phones, gambling scandals, once rare in sports, have become a new American pastime. And prop bets have proved particularly ripe for manipulation. read more
As the Trump administration spends tax dollars on sending federal enforcement officials to state's and cities that tend to vote Democratic, state officials are setting up systems to document and collect data on what's happening in their cities. read more
OpEd: The issue that sank Democrats in 2024 now threatens to do the same to Republicans in 2025 and the 2026 midterms read more
The new class of freshmen has fewer Black and Hispanic students for the second year since the Supreme Court ended affirmative action in college admissions. read more
Among the broadcast networks, the CBS Evening News on Thursday was the only news program not to mention Trump's sudden pardon of money-laundering cryptocurrency billionaire goniff Changpeng Zhao. read more
A pregnant Illinois woman has told Newsweek she thought her life was about to end when a federal agent pointed his gun through her car window earlier this week. read more
More U.S. military firepower is headed to the Caribbean as Trump escalates his anti-Maduro rhetoric. read more
The Guardian: On Thursday, the interior secretary announced the opening of 1.56m acres across ANWR's coastal plains, which is home to various wildlife including polar bears, caribou and moose, as well as whales and seals. read more
The COVID-19 mRNA-based vaccines that saved 2.5 million lives globally during the pandemic could help spark the immune system to fight cancer. This is the surprising takeaway of a new study that we and our colleagues published in the journal Nature. read more
As the price of Trump's ginormous ballroom continues to rise, questions remain about how it will be funded. read more
Former special counsel Jack Smith is offering to testify in open hearings before the House and Senate Judiciary Committees about the federal investigations into President Trump's handling of sensitive documents and alleged efforts to subvert the transfer of power after the 2020 election, according to a letter from his lawyers to lawmakers. read more
President Donald Trump has spent the past several weeks patting himself on the back for saving the American economy, but CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale said that the new economic numbers fly in the face of those Trump claims. read more
The Trump administration, which vowed to be transparent, has accepted an anonymous donation to pay the U.S. Military during the government shutdown. What legal maneuvers will be done to ensure that the donation is legal has not been revealed. read more
USAG Pam Bondi vowed to investigate a number of Trump's political enemies, including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, for allegedly impeding federal agents. read more
In just over a week, nearly 42 million people in the U.S. who get federal food assistance are in danger of seeing their benefits disappear because of the ongoing federal shutdown. read more
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