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      EPA Punishes Employees Who Sent Zeldin “Declaration of Dissent”

      On Thursday the Environmental Protection Agency placed at least 139 employees on administrative leave after they signed and publicized a “declaration of dissent” against...

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      Not unlike a Supreme Court justice, I have previously hallucinated that the Founders were offering me their insight into the present moment, and I...

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      In May, Brazil’s Finance Minister Fernando Haddad flew to the U.S. to meet with executives from Amazon, Google, Nvidia, and Meta. His agenda: to...

      A year before declaring independence, colonists offered ‘Olive Branch’ petition to King George III

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      Joey ‘Jaws’ Chestnut hopes for a comeback victory in annual Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest

      NEW YORK – The Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest is back, and famed competitive eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut is hoping...

      Missouri judge again blocks many of the state’s anti-abortion laws

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      Israel Agrees to U.S.-Proposed Gaza Cease-Fire Deal

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      Alabama sets nitrogen execution for man convicted of killing store clerk during 1997 robbery

      MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama has scheduled a September execution by nitrogen gas for a man convicted of killing a convenience store clerk during a...

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