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A federal case revived last month by a judge could require back pay and future salary adjustments for lawmakers, after plaintiffs argued congressional cost-of-living cuts violated the 27th Amendment.
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Gavin Newsom’s former circle is at the center of a new dispute over alleged federal surveillance, as a lawyer says an ally appointed by the governor secretly recorded conversations during part of a case that already produced a federal fraud and tax guilty plea.
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Authorities said the multi-agency operation targeted an alleged sex-trafficking pipeline along the Figueroa Corridor and resulted in arrests tied to a gang RICO case.
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A published report points to Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s 2024 climate executive order and renews scrutiny of the Bresco waste-to-energy incinerator’s air-emissions footprint in Baltimore.
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A New York Post report says Alexis Podesta, a longtime Democratic insider and a Newsom appointee, has been identified in court filings as an FBI cooperator after wearing a wire as part of a California corruption investigation tied to current and former members of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s political circle.
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At a White House briefing-room appearance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio weighed in on a World Cup red-card ruling that rules U.S. striker Folarin Balogun out of the team’s next match, saying the team “got screwed” and urging there be an appeal process.
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Dr. Debra Houry, who resigned in protest from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last summer, said her former agency faced pressure to redirect measles decisions toward questions she described as agenda-driven and not grounded in active outbreak response.
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A fresh round of federal restrictions on the release of private AI models under President Donald Trump is intensifying arguments inside technology and policy circles for open-source AI tools, according to reporting from The Hill.
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would reduce Medicare payments to hospitals for outpatient imaging such as X-rays, ultrasounds, and MRIs, aligning reimbursement more closely with rates paid when the same services are performed in doctor’s offices.
