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Trump has one prescription for midterms. House Republicans have another
- – President law to ban mail ballots and restrict transgender rights. "It'll guarantee the midterms," he told Republicans gathered in the ballroom of his golf course just outside Miami on Monday. "If you don't get it, big trouble." Less than 24 hours later, House Republican leaders highlighted their priorities. And the voting bill, which Trump has rebranded from the SAVE Act to the SAVE America Act, wasn't ...

Source: news4jax.com
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Wall Street ticks up modestly as investors await a major release of oil reserves
- Wall Street pointed toward modest gains in premarket trading Wednesday as energy prices stabilized somewhat on optimism that a major release of oil reserves was imminent. Futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq were all up around 0.1% before the opening bell. Oil prices have remained sharply below their peaks near $120 a barrel hit on Monday over fears that the war with Iran would be ...

Source: apnews.com
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Meta integrates Moltbook team into Superintelligence Labs - TechBriefly
- The acquisition includes Moltbook creators Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr, though financial terms were not disclosed. Meta has acquired Moltbook, a social network for AI agents, and will integrate the team into Meta Superintelligence Labs. The deal, first reported by Axios and confirmed to TechCrunch, includes Moltbook creators Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr. Terms were not disclosed. The acquisition adds an "always-on ...

Source: techbriefly.com
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Anthropic sues over a dozen federal agencies and government leaders
- The company asserts that the administration's actions to designate Anthropic as a supply chain risk and order its removal from all federal agencies are retaliatory and not based on risk to national security. In the wake of Anthropic being blacklisted by the federal government, the company has filed a sweeping lawsuit against over a dozen federal agencies and government leaders — including Defense Secretary ...

Source: washingtontechnology.com
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Jackson-Kavanaugh tensions surface in candid exchange over Supreme Court 'shadow docket'
- You can now listen to Fox News articles! Supreme Court Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Brett Kavanaugh had a dispute over the high court's approach to its emergency docket in a rare, candid discussion during an event Monday night. Jackson, a Biden appointee, signaled that the high court's willingness to side with President Donald Trump most of the time when it comes to the emergency docket, sometimes known as ...

Source: foxnews.com
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Existing Home Sales Rose in February
- Following the sharp decline last month, existing home sales bounced back in February as housing affordability improved. Lower mortgage rates and moderating home price growth helped pull buyers back to the market. However, tight inventory will likely continue to push home prices higher if demand outpaces supply growth. Total existing home sales, including single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums, and co-ops, ...

Source: eyeonhousing.org
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DOJ's Ed Martin faces complaint from D.C. Bar attorney
- March 10 (UPI) -- U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin is facing a complaint that could lead to disciplinary action for a letter he wrote to to Georgetown University Law School, threatening action if it didn't end diversity policies. A filing submitted to the D.C. Court of Appeals Board on Professional Responsibility also alleges that Martin tried to evade action from the Office of Disciplinary Counsel by ignoring its ...

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TSA absences double during shutdown, 300 officers quit, as some airports see longer security lines
- Washington — Unscheduled absences among airport security officers have more than doubled during the ongoing Department of Homeland Security shutdown, with more than 300 employees leaving the agency since the start of the DHS shutdown, according to internal TSA statistics obtained exclusively by CBS News.  TSA officer call-out rates have climbed into double-digit percentages at some airports, including ...

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US attorneys handpicked by Pam Bondi were appointed illegally, judge rules
- Federal judge said prosecutors picked to replace Alina Habba repeated error of bypassing congressional approval Three prosecutors installed by Donald Trump's administration to lead the New Jersey attorney general's office after the president's former personal lawyer was disqualified from the role in December were also illegally appointed, a federal judge has ruled. Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, handpicked the ...

Source: theguardian.com
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Florida woman charged in shooting at Rihanna's home
- LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Florida woman accused of firing gunshots at Rihanna's home in Los Angeles was charged Tuesday with one count of attempted murder and other felony offenses including 10 counts of assault on a person with a semiautomatic firearm. District Attorney Nathan Hochman said that the singing superstar, her partner A$AP Rocky, their three small children and her mother were all on the property at the ...

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Teen mariachi musicians who performed on Capitol Hill released from ICE detention
- Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Caleb Gámez-Cuéllar, 14, and Antonio Gámez-Cuéllar, 18, who performed in Washington over the summer, were placed in immigration detention last month Teenage mariachi musicians who once performed on Capitol Hill have been released from Immigration and ...

Source: independent.co.uk
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Whistleblower Alleges Former DOGE Employee Absconded With Americans' Private Information in 'Unprecedented Breach'
- Willa Pope Robbins 3 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elon Musk wields chainsaw ahead of speech on cutting government. The former staffer claimed to have highly restricted information about U.S. citizens, including Social Security numbers, and had access to databases containing records of over 500 million living and dead Americans. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana A ...

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FBI Subpoenas Election Audit Records From 2020 Presidential Race in Arizona
- The FBI has obtained election audit records from Maricopa County, Arizona , following a grand jury subpoena, as part of its efforts to relitigate the outcome of the 2020 presidential contest, despite multiple reviews of that race demonstrating that no widespread fraud occurred . In a rare but by no means impossible outcome, Joe Biden, the Democratic Party nominee for that year's election, defeated then-incumbent ...

Source: truthout.org
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2 charged with ISIS-linked attempted bombing near Gracie Mansion in NYC
- Federal prosecutors have charged two men accused of throwing improvised explosive devices near Gracie Mansion in Manhattan, alleging they were inspired by ISIS and wanted to carry out an attack bigger than the Boston Marathon bombing, according to a criminal complaint. The complaint, filed Monday in federal court in Manhattan, charges 18-year-old Emir Balat and 19-year-old Ibrahim Kayumi with attempted provision of ...

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US   HEALTH  
Seafood sold in Florida recalled for possible norovirus contamination: FDA
- NEW YORK ( WPIX ) — Restaurant and food retailers across the United States are being warned of a potential norovirus contamination in seafood that was harvested between Feb. 13 and March 3, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Sometimes referred to as the stomach flu or stomach bug, norovirus is a highly contagious virus that can cause vomiting and diarrhea. The recall includes Manila clams ...

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Guilty, all counts: Alexander brothers shake their heads 'no' as the verdict is read
- A trio of wealthy brothers was found guilty of federal sex-trafficking charges in Manhattan on Monday in a grand-slam verdict convicting them of each count they faced in a 10-count indictment. The jury deliberated for three days before announcing a verdict for former luxury real estate brokers Tal Alexander, 39, and Oren Alexander, 38 , as well as for Oren's twin, Alon Alexander, a former executive in his parents' ...

Source: businessinsider.com
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NBA cancels Hawks' controversial strip club promo night over 'significant concerns'
- The NBA has stepped in to stop a controversial promotional night the Atlanta Hawks had planned to hold, celebrating the city's well-known strip club, Magic City, calling it off after the league said it "heard significant concerns." The Hawks were to hold "Magic City Night" on Monday, March 16, when the Orlando Magic are in Atlanta, to celebrate what the team had described as an "iconic cultural institution," a move ...

Source: nypost.com