Mississippi Homecoming Shooting Leaves 4 Dead, 12 Injured in Leland Tragedy
A late-night shooting after Leland High’s homecoming game left 4 dead and 12 injured in a quiet Mississippi town unaccustomed to such violence.
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Tennessee Explosion Devastates Key Munitions Plant — Community in Mourning
A catastrophic explosion at the Accurate Energetic Systems plant in rural Tennessee has claimed lives, left others missing, and devastated a key local employer.
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Supreme Court’s Secretive Emergency Orders Spark Judicial Backlash: Is the U.S. Facing a Constitutional Crisis?
Dozens of federal judges are raising alarms over the Supreme Court’s use of unexplained emergency orders to uphold Trump administration policies—warning it may be triggering a judicial crisis.
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DOGE Budget Cuts: The $1 Trillion Mystery Even Congress Can’t Solve
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency vowed to cut $1 trillion from federal spending—but with crude accounting and zero transparency, even Congress can’t verify what happened to the money.
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Columbus Statues Reborn: Where Are the Toppled Monuments Now?
After being toppled or removed in 2020, many Christopher Columbus statues are being restored and relocated to museums, private clubs, and indoor displays—ushering in a new era of historical recontextualization.
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Trump’s Aggressive Shutdown Layoffs Backfire, Fueling Democratic Resistance
President Trump’s unprecedented move to fire federal workers during the government shutdown has intensified Democratic opposition rather than forcing a deal, deepening the political impasse.
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Government Shutdown Reality Check: Here’s Exactly How It Will Hit Your Wallet, Health, and Daily Life
From closed national parks to halted food inspections and delayed loans, a federal government shutdown impacts everyday Americans in cascading ways—as explained by NYT reporter Karoun Demirjian.
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West Virginia’s Strict Vaccine Law Is Under Siege—And Public Health Hangs in the Balance
West Virginia’s long-standing school vaccine law allows only medical exemptions and has kept immunization rates high—but a surge in religious exemption requests threatens to change that.
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Government Shutdown Fallout: 4,000 Jobs Cut, Farmers in Limbo, Native Health Services Slashed
As the federal government shutdown continues, over 4,000 workers have been laid off, farmers lack critical USDA data for planting, and Native American health services are being cut.
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Tennessee Plant Explosion: 19 Missing After Massive Blast at Defense Contractor Facility
A catastrophic explosion at the Accurate Energetic Systems plant in central Tennessee has left 19 people missing, with rescue and federal investigations underway.