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Californians split on proposed tax on billionaires, sour on voter ID requirement, poll shows
California voters are sharply divided over a ballot measure to impose a one-time tax on billionaires to help fund healthcare programs, a proposal already triggering a fierce and expensive political fight as the November election approaches, according to a poll released Friday. More than half of likely voters oppose a separate measure that would require…
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Yet another senior Trump official mysteriously leaves: ‘Spend more time with his family’
White House deputy national security adviser Andy Baker is set to leave the administration in the coming weeks, closing out an 18-month tenure that placed him at the center of the administration’s foreign policy and national security decisions. Baker held dual roles, also serving as national security adviser to Vice President JD Vance. He was…
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Men are injecting unregulated ‘Barbie peptides’ for a quicker, darker tan — despite the side effects
Hunter Neely wanted to be tan in the winter. He’d tried hitting tanning beds occasionally, but he’d just burn. His goal was simple: “to be more attractive,” the 22-year-old told The Post. “A clean tan does that by enhancing eye color and teeth.” It also helps his skin tone by reducing redness, he added. Neely…
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Trump Delivers a Win for Crooks
Ever since Donald Trump returned to the White House, his administration has taken a sledgehammer to anti-corruption efforts, destroying policy after policy dedicated to preventing bribery and money laundering in the country. But this week brought the biggest blow yet: The Treasury has obliterated a recent rule to deter devious shell companies, handily reopening the…
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People Are ‘Marrying’ Chatbots. These Lawmakers Want to Stop Them
As a licensed officiant at Las Vegas Immersive Weddings, a chapel that offers novelty-themed marriage packages, Kevin Breen has officiated just about every kind of service imaginable: couples dressed as their favorite Game of Thrones characters, partners really into the extraterrestrial lore of Area 51. But when he received a call last year from a…
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Drunken video shames top Trump aides as they beg not to be shown: ‘Do not get our faces!’
A senior aide to President Donald Trump was filmed drunkenly tossing around a sex toy just hours after attending a black-tie charity gala for a children’s cancer hospital at Mar-a-Lago, according to a new report. Footage obtained by the Daily Mail shows Lynne Patton — a longtime Trump loyalist who has held posts in both…
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Is There a ‘Religious Revival’ Happening Among Gen Z?
Pastors and priests from across the country have said that they’ve observed more young people attending their services, but researchers and political scientists have cast doubt on whether those anecdotes are reflective of a widespread trend. —Photo-Illustration by Chloe Dowling for TIME (Source Images: shutterjack/Getty Images; Bryan Anselm—The Washington Post/Getty Images) A couple months after…
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Her Brain Was Broken. It Was Fixed With Sound—Not a Scalpel
Erin McNulty had been missing for weeks when her mother, Linda, sat down on a chair in her living room, exhausted. Linda had put in her usual seven-day workweek at the antiques shop she runs near Burlington, Vermont. She’d spent her free evenings driving around, trying to track down her daughter. Erin, 45 at the…
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COVID becoming a California summer staple as winter outbreaks fade
Six years after the COVID-19 pandemic upended the world, experts in California say the disease appears to be becoming more of a summer rather than a winter phenomenon. The shift was noted over the past couple of years and has become even clearer in 2026, prompting health officials to refocus their prevention efforts. The U.S.…
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What American Jews want from the midterms
There’s a lot of discussion about Jewish voters in politics this cycle. With Democrats embroiled in loud arguments over Israel and Gaza, Republicans have been hoping to capture more of the Jewish vote by linking criticism of Israel to antisemitism. “How a Jewish person can vote for a Democrat is beyond me,” President Donald Trump…