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The federal agency overseeing voting security is about to get gutted by Republicans
President Donald Trump and Republican allies demand voting restrictions including proof of citizenship requirements, citing election security concerns. However, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, or EAC— the sole federal agency dedicated to election security— faces severe budget cuts. Congressional funding for EAC election security grants has plummeted from $425 million in 2020 to just $45…
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Noisy pickleball court near family’s ‘dream’ home driving them to brink: ‘Relentless, invasive barrage’
A pickleball court next to a Maine bayfront home is driving one family to the brink. In Belfast — two hours north of Portland — a family says a public pickleball court built near their dream home has turned their lives into a waking nightmare, with the relentless noise driving them to the edge of…
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Will Friedle shares heartbreaking update on friendship with ‘Boy Meets World’ co-star Ben Savage
Will Friedle hasn’t “given up” on “friend” and former “Boy Meets World” co-star Ben Savage as he continues to ghost him and the rest of the cast. “I know I’m shouting into the void, but I’m going to keep doing it. I haven’t given up on my friend,” the “Batman Beyond” alum told People on…
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex assault cases under review in Los Angeles, D.A.’s office says
Los Angeles County prosecutors are reviewing two separate sex assault cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs, officials confirmed Wednesday. Investigators from the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department presented two separate cases, both related to the same victim, to prosecutors in September 2025, according to a statement from the office. A…
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‘Go home!’ Ivanka Trump inundated with backlash over dubious private island scheme
Thousands of Albanians have taken to the streets — and the internet — to rage against a planned luxury resort linked to Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, with protesters demanding the government cancel the project and chanting “Ivanka, go home.” The flashpoint is a proposed €4 billion ($4.7 billion) development — described by…
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Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Looks to Sell UMG Stake After Rejected Takeover Bid | Report
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square is looking to sell its 4.7% stake in Universal Music Group after the company rejected its $64.4 billion takeover bid, according to Bloomberg. The firm is looking to sell roughly 80.6 million shares in an overnight placing, with Bank of America marketing the shares in a range of €17.66 ($20.48) to…
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How to Clean Your House Like an Oncologist
—Photo-illustration by TIME (Source Images: Africa images via Canva; Wistudio via Canva; NadhifCreative via Canva; mabaff via Canva) You can’t control whether a relative smoked in the house you grew up in, whether the factory near your childhood home leached chemicals into the groundwater, or whether the air outside your apartment has fine particulates floating…
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The Knicks Represent the Best of New York Sports
There is, for me, an out-of-time quality to the recent string of crazy, wonderful Knicks playoff games. I find myself lying awake night after night reviewing jump shots made, fouls committed, and shots blocked, always anxious for what lies ahead. Half a century ago, this routine had a certain age-appropriate insanity to it. Now, though,…
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She hired investigators to track her opponent
FIRST UP: Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s commitment to back Rep. Adriano Espaillat was initially so ironclad they shook hands on it last summer. But Mamdani broke that promise last week when he endorsed Espaillat’s primary opponent, democratic socialist Darializa Avila Chevalier — and the fallout is mounting. Rep. Nydia Velázquez, an early supporter of Mamdani’s 2025…
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George Santos reported to prosecutors over suspicious Kalshi trades, AP source says
NEW YORK — A prediction market reported former U.S. Rep. George Santos to federal prosecutors after he boasted he’d be going to President Trump’s State of the Union address, then bet against his own attendance, according to a person familiar with the investigation. Kalshi, the online prediction marketplace, referred Santos to the Department of Justice after detecting…