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USDA Pours $25 Million into Arizona Facility to Fight Livestock Parasite

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced $25 million for a new sterile fly facility in Arizona to fight New World

Jul 30

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Flying Without REAL ID? New $45 Fee and Delays Await

Travelers without a REAL ID-compliant ID now must pay $45 and undergo additional verification to fly. Here's how to chec

Jul 29

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Why Washington Should Not Own a Piece of the AI Industry

Vice President JD Vance warns AI wealth concentration could lead to communism, but Trump and Sanders propose government

Jul 29

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Bipartisan paid leave bill advances: A step forward, advocates say

The More Paid Leave for More Americans Act would create federal grants for states to establish paid leave programs. Supp

Jul 28

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SmartAsset Ranks Safest U.S. Big Cities: Violent Crime, Auto Deaths, and Disaster Risk Key

SmartAsset's latest safety ranking of large U.S. cities examines violent crime, property crime, auto fatalities, and nat

Jul 28

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Return-to-office mandates erode trust, fuel attrition fears

A survey of 1,000 U.S. workers reveals that 72% see return-to-office mandates as a stealth layoff tactic, with 36% job-h

Jul 28

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Trump-Appointed Panel Pushes to Overhaul Historic Preservation Rules, Drawing Legal Threats

The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, stacked with Trump appointees, voted to propose changes to rules that req

Jul 27

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States Target AI Surveillance Pricing as New Form of Poor Tax

States are moving to curb AI surveillance pricing, which critics say could automate the 'poor tax' by charging individua

Jul 26

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Humanoid robots could revive US manufacturing, but only with federal action

The U.S. has a narrow window to deploy humanoid robots in manufacturing, but federal policy must shift from invention to

Jul 25

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Trump Administration Scraps Federal Rule Linking Statistical Disparities to School Discrimination

The Education Department rescinded a decades-old policy that permitted statistical disparities to serve as evidence of d

Jul 24

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Two Businesses Challenge Trump's Latest Tariffs Under Section 301

Two small businesses, represented by the legal team that previously overturned Trump's tariffs at the Supreme Court, hav

Jul 24

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Both Sides of Drug Debate Need Stronger Treatment Infrastructure

Drug policy debates often pit prohibition against decriminalization, but both depend on effective treatment infrastructu

Jul 24