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California’s Bullet Train Still Lacks Track; Watchdog Warns Funds May Run Out by 2027
A California rail watchdog warned the project could run out of available funding by December 2027 unless new financing is secured, even as China reports more than 50,000 kilometers of high‑speed track in operation.
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Parents Cut Out? Lawsuit Says NJ School Policy 5145.7 Lets Counselors Hide Kids’ Gender Transitions
A Thomas More Society lawsuit filed for Moms for Liberty alleges the School District of the Chathams’ Policy 5145.7 permits staff to conceal a student’s social gender transition and refer students to outside groups without parental notice.
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CJR: Tax‑Funded Influencers Coordinated on Signal to Boost Mamdani—Were Posts Disclosed?
Headline USA, citing Columbia Journalism Review, describes a city‑linked influencer network on Signal, tax‑funded payments, and disclosure and records‑law concerns around posts boosting Zohran Mamdani’s policies.
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Meta’s $18B Teen-Harm Deal Comes With a Catch: 30% Only Pays Out If TikTok and YouTube Match It
Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion over 10 years and roll out new child-safety rules on Facebook and Instagram. A third of the payout depends on TikTok and YouTube adopting similar safeguards and paying too.
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Trump claims ‘biggest oil deal’ to refill U.S. oil reserve with Venezuelan crude—source also asserts Maduro was arrested and 65B barrels secured
A single-source account quotes Donald Trump saying he secured Venezuelan oil to replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and blames Joe Biden for deep drawdowns. Several central assertions—including an alleged arrest of Nicolás Maduro and a 65B‑barrel figure—require independent verification.
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‘Are you circumcised?’: Abdul El‑Sayed flips Jesse Watters’ question in Fox News clash over minors’ gender care
In a heated segment described by the source article, the Michigan Senate hopeful argued government shouldn’t decide care for minors — and challenged Jesse Watters with a circumcision question, drawing GOP pushback.
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Pentagon Gives 30 Universities Two Weeks to Cut Risky Foreign Research Ties—or Risk Funding
The Defense Department ordered a fast review of university partnerships with foreign institutions it says could threaten taxpayer-funded research, while higher education leaders warn the move implies wrongdoing without evidence.
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Democrats’ Governance Pitch Faces a Hard Question: Who Pays When Political Theater Meets Real-World Costs?
A conservative critique argues that Democratic leaders and rising candidates are leaning too heavily on rhetoric while families face higher costs and the country confronts global instability.
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Pentagon AI Push Surges From 70,000 Users to 1.7 Million as War Officials Eye Battlefield Uses
Under Secretary of War Emil Michael said at a Breitbart News policy event that the department has rapidly expanded access to AI tools for enterprise, intelligence and warfighting purposes.
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CBS Poll: Democrats View Socialism More Favorably Than Capitalism—So Why Did Hakeem Jeffries Reject DSA on Meet the Press?
On Meet the Press, Hakeem Jeffries said he does not support the Democratic Socialists of America’s agenda—even as a CBS News poll reports Democrats rate socialism more favorably than capitalism.
