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Primaries on the West Coast are complete. Here are November races to watch
WASHINGTON — Midterm battle lines have been drawn across the Western states, as attention turns to general election campaigning with three months until November’s election day. Washington state completed its primary Tuesday, the last mainland state west of the Rocky Mountains to do so. A national spotlight is on the state’s 3rd District, just over the border…
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Trump targets children to boost mass deportation numbers: suit
The Trump administration is deliberately targeting unaccompanied immigrant children for rapid deportation as part of a push to boost removal numbers, a new federal lawsuit contends. The Jewish Family and Community Services of Pittsburgh (JFCS) and six immigrant clients have teamed up to sue the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, ICE, and USCIS…
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Photos: The Dogs That Surf
Paul Kuroda / ZUMA Press Wire / ReutersPeople gather to watch the World Dog Surfing Championship on August, 1, 2026, in Pacifica, California. K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune / GettyFaith, a pit bull, owned by James Wall, surfs in the medium-size division during the 20th Annual Helen Woodward Animal Center Surf Dog Surf-A-Thon…
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Discarded SpaceX rocket crashes into Moon
Part of a SpaceX rocket, about the size of a school bus, is believed to have collided with the moon, independent scientists said Wednesday. The rocket carried two lunar landers into space earlier this year, one for NASA and another from a Japanese company. After the lunar landers separated from SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, the…
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Doctor aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln alarmed for sailors’ health
Families of sailors and Marines aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln are expressing urgent concerns about dangerous conditions on the aircraft carrier after nine months at sea and five consecutive months in combat operations. The 5,000-member crew faces moldy showers, food shortages, and severe lack of basic supplies, including toothpaste and soap, according to MS NOW.…
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Over 1M Ram vehicles recalled over dangerous safety issue — see which models are affected
Buckle up…if you can. Over one million Chrysler vehicles have been recalled after a report found that the American brand failed to assemble the seat buckle anchors properly. The recall was issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and impacts Ram 1500 vehicles between 2019 and 2026. The recall states that the second-row…
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DHS Is Hiring Bounty Hunters to Find and Photograph Deported People’s Homes Abroad
US Customs and Border Protection is seeking to hire private investigators to track down deported immigrants and others who have left the United States, and press them into paying the government money, according to records reviewed by WIRED. The work would cover Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala, and potentially other countries. The documents, which cap the…
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Texas Data Centers Suffer Brutal Collision With Reality
Texas is tripling down on the construction of AI data centers, at any cost. But there’s a glaring problem that’s grinding construction plans to a halt: a woefully inadequate power grid that won’t be able to support all of these new facilities. As The Texas Tribune reports, governor Greg Abbott announced a moratorium for all…
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Todd Blanche declares Trump has every right to fire Jeanine Pirro: ‘He’s allowed’
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has thrown U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro under the metaphorical bus — suggesting President Donald Trump has every right to fire her. Blanche was fielding reporters’ questions Wednesday about Pirro’s decision to drop charges against the Olympian canoeist and three others whom she accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.…
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‘Ted Lasso’ Season 4 features fun Kansas City nod to Taylor Swift
The Taylor Swift effect. “Ted Lasso” kicked off Season 4 with a fun nod to the pop star and her legendary Eras Tour. In the premiere episode, Hannah Waddingham’s character, Rebecca Welton, who is owner of the AFC Richmond football team in the Apple TV series, stumbles upon Dazzle Me Moi, a local Kansas City,…