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At some point, leaders of the Democratic Party will have to confront the radicals in their midst.  Source link

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) told reporters ahead of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s testimony before the panel that Lutnick had not been “100 percent truthful” about whether he had been on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s island. Lutnick is appearing before the Oversight panel on Wednesday for a closed-door,……

The affected products were made with milk powder that may be contaminated with salmonella. Source link

What happens when the work of writers, the people who spend years building stories, ideas and entire worlds, is used to teach machines how to recreate them in seconds?   Source link

The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against the state of Colorado on Wednesday, alleging that its ban on “large capacity” magazines violates the Second Amendment.  State law makes it a misdemeanor to possess or sell assault weapons that hold more than 15 rounds of ammunition.  The DOJ’s complaint criticizes the state’s use of……

“Clearly, the administration thinks a deal is possible, given the way they publicly rolled out Project Freedom only to suddenly pause it hours later,” Grant Rumley, a former Middle East policy adviser to both the Biden and Trump administrations, told the BBC. Source link

The U.S. military disabled an Iranian-flagged unladen oil tanker on Wednesday morning that attempted to breach the U.S. naval blockade, as Washington and Tehran have seemingly made progress in potentially ending the conflict. U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said the tanker, M/T Hasna, transited in international waters toward an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman…….

The Home and Community-Based Services Access Act and the Long-Term Care Workforce Support Act have been introduced to provide much-needed support for caregivers and direct care workers, and to ensure that home and community-based services are a guaranteed Medicaid benefit. Source link

A former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official who quit her job with the agency to run for Congress came up short Tuesday in her bid to secure the GOP nomination for a northwest Ohio-based seat in the U.S. House. Madison Sheahan, 29, finished third among a crowded Republican field in Tuesday’s primary, earning roughly……

Former Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D) on Wednesday endorsed Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) in a hotly contested Democratic Senate primary in the state. In a video that Stevens’s campaign posted online, Stabenow said it was “the honor of my lifetime to suit up every day and fight for Michigan” during her time in the Senate…….