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General2026-04-23

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration's Plan to Remove DC Bike Lanes

Court halts Trump's effort to eliminate bike lane connecting downtown Washington to Tidal Basin.

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General2026-04-23

FBI Launches Investigation of New York Times Reporter After Patel Girlfriend Story

FBI Director Kash Patel retaliates against journalist Elizabeth Williamson for reporting on misuse of bureau resources.

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General2026-04-23

Europe Tells Trump: Your Iran War is Breaking Our Economy

Merkel and European officials express deep concerns about Trump administration's Iran military campaign damaging European economy.

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General2026-04-23

Supreme Court Lets Michigan Sue Over Oil Pipeline Running Through Great Lakes

U.S. Supreme Court backs Michigan's legal challenge to Enbridge Line 5 pipeline, rejecting federal jurisdiction attempt.

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General2026-04-23

Trump Administration Pushes DOJ to Pursue Denaturalization Cases Against Citizens

Justice Department targets naturalized citizens for denaturalization as part of mass deportation agenda.

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General2026-04-23

Congress Proves It Can't Accomplish Anything When It Disagrees

Congressional gridlock reaches record levels in 2026 as Senate Democrats and Republicans refuse to cooperate on any major legislation.

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General2026-04-23

CLARITY Act Stablecoin Regulation Faces End-of-May Deadline Crunch

Stablecoin regulation bill faces end-of-May deadline as Senate Banking Committee stalls.

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General2026-04-22

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In a shocking federal indictment that's raising eyebrows across the political

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General2026-04-22

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In what can only be described as the most perfectly timed April trolling operation of

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General2026-04-22

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Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned on Monday after just 14 months on the

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General2026-04-22

Major News Network Conducts Poll Only Among People Who Watch Their Network, Shocked By Results

CNN poll showing CNN is America's favorite network conducted only among CNN viewers. Shockingly, self-selected bias exists.

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General2026-04-21

Virginia Republicans used Barack Obama in ads against a redistricting referendum he actually endorsed, because apparently modern campaign strategy is just summoning old footage until voters get confused

Reuters reports both sides in Virginia's high-stakes congressional map fight leaned on Obama, with Republicans recycling his older anti-gerrymandering comments even whil…

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General2026-04-21

Trump said he will "remember" companies that do not seek refunds on his illegal tariffs, because apparently even reimbursing unlawful government charges now has to pass a loyalty test

Reuters reports Trump praised companies that avoid claiming tariff refunds after the Supreme Court struck down the duties, while importers began using a new customs port…

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Government Nonsense2026-04-21

Trump said he will "remember" companies that do not ask for tariff refunds the Supreme Court says they are owed, because apparently obeying the law now counts as a character test

Reuters reports Trump praised companies for not seeking refunds from a new customs portal and suggested he would keep track of who declines to collect money the governme…

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Internet Nonsense2026-04-21

A federal judge let most of the lawsuit over an OpenAI-generated suicide chatbot conversation move forward, because apparently the "move fast and ship it" era finally met a courtroom

The case centers on allegations that a teenager became obsessed with an AI companion and died by suicide after emotionally intense exchanges. A judge dismissed some clai…

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General2026-04-21

An AI company deleted 3 million OkCupid photos and the facial-recognition models trained on them after FTC scrutiny, because apparently "we found a huge pile of dating photos" was not a real consent framework

Reuters reports Clarifai said it deleted millions of OkCupid user photos and related facial-recognition models after an FTC settlement over data that had originally been…

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Government Nonsense2026-04-21

Trump said he never approved Kristi Noem's $200 million homeland-security ad blitz, because apparently even the border propaganda campaign needed a post-launch "who greenlit this?" meeting

Reuters reports Trump distanced himself from a massive ad campaign featuring Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, even as DHS insisted the contract followed normal p…

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Scam Watch2026-04-21

StubHub buyers are getting refunds after the FTC went after hidden ticket fees, because apparently the revolutionary business model of "surprise, it costs way more now" finally met resistance

An FTC consumer update says some customers who bought tickets during a specific 2025 window may get money back after allegations that StubHub hid mandatory fees until la…

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