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Nobody Needs ICE at the Airport
- As a semi-regular air traveler, I can't tell you how reassured I am. We are going to have a brigade of untrained, unvetted, armed saloon toughs roaming the concourses, rousting anyone who they think looks Somali, roughing up people waiting in line at the Cinnabon, and raiding the kitchen staff at Five Guys. "I have an administrative warrant. I demand to know what's in that bag from the duty-free." this is a good ...

Source: esquire.com
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California GOP sheriff who's running for governor seizes ballots from 2025 election
- A Republican sheriff in California who's running for governor seized more than 650,000 ballots from election officials last week, saying he is investigating potential fraud in last year's election. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said a group of citizens conducted their own "audit" of California's 2025 special election results in the county, and he claimed that the election workers' tally of ballots received ...

Source: news.yahoo.com
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Passing down inheritance without paying taxes: What to know
- ( NewsNation ) — During tax season , there are many questions about the right procedures to get through the period successfully. That also applies to people who are receiving an inheritance. Whether it's money or property, receiving an inheritance can have tax implications dependent on the amount you're inheriting and the state you live in. There are four primary taxes to be aware of with an inheritance: ...

Source: wfla.com
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Insiders Reveal Trump Secretly Torpedoed Deal to End DHS Shutdown Chaos
- President Donald Trump rejected a deal to end the government shutdown that would have allowed TSA employees to start getting paid again, insiders have revealed. White House aides and Republican Senate colleagues urged the chamber's Majority Leader John Thune to approach Trump with a new proposal on Sunday, as he was in the throes of threatening Iran with hellfire—before on Monday morning. The agreement would ...

Source: thedailybeast.com
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Trump administration to pay $1 billion to energy giant to cancel wind farms
- By Maxine Joselow and Brad Plumer WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration will pay French energy giant TotalEnergies nearly $1 billion to abandon its plans to build wind farms off the East Coast, the Interior Department said Monday at an energy conference in Houston. Under the unusual deal, TotalEnergies would forfeit its leases in federal waters for two wind farms, which would have been built off New York and North ...

Source: miamiherald.com
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Kalshi and Polymarket rush to ban insider trading as senators move to curb prediction markets
- NEW YORK (AP) — Kalshi and Polymarket, the two biggest prediction market platforms, rushed to institute new industry guardrails and add new surveillance tools on Monday after two key senators announced legislation that could severely curtail the industry's prospects. Kalshi said it would ban political candidates from trading on their own campaigns, and it would preemptively block anyone involved in college or ...

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Minnesota Wild reporter Jessi Pierce and her three children found dead in house fire, NHL says
- Cause of the fire that killed Pierce, who had covered the Minnesota hockey team for a decade, is under investigation NHL reporter Jessi Pierce and her three children were killed on Saturday in a weekend house fire in Minnesota , the league announced on its sports website Sunday. Pierce, 37, covered the Minnesota Wild as the correspondent for NHL.com for the past decade. "The entire NHL .com team is devastated and ...

Source: theguardian.com