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FCC Booted 1,400 Phone Providers—So Why Are Robocalls Rising Month to Month?
YouMail reports month-to-month gains since roughly October even as annual totals fall. DCNF reporting details enforcement pushes, proposed $100,000 carrier bonds, and why IP networks make stopping scams harder.
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Refused to OK a Chinese colleague’s green‑card paperwork—then fired? Ex‑Meta manager sues, alleging retaliation
A former manager alleges Meta terminated him in 2024 after he refused to validate assertions in a coworker’s green‑card file, framing the firing as retaliation.
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After Citing the Wrong Rule, USVI Loses Bid to Strike DOJ Motion—Judge Warns AG Over Missed Deadlines
U.S. District Judge Evan Rikhye denied the Virgin Islands Attorney General’s motion to strike DOJ’s preliminary-injunction request, saying Rule 12(f) doesn’t apply to motions and warning the office over missed deadlines tied to a new 2026 gun law.
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Michigan Sheriff Alleges Organized Noncitizen Voter Sign‑Ups—Prosecutors Reviewing Materials, Source Says
A source write-up reports that a Michigan sheriff alleged an organized effort to register noncitizens to vote and that materials are under review by prosecutors and election officials.
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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.
