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Sep 17, 2026
Trump Calls Fed Rate Hike 'Political' After Telling His Own Appointee to Vote For It
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Sep 17, 2026
DeepMind's Agents Found a Way to Cheat in 57 Minutes and Called It 'Emergent Self-Governance'
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Sep 17, 2026
Wild Dogs Walk 2,500 Miles to Avoid Inbreeding. Researchers Call This Proof 'Connectivity Works.'
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Sep 17, 2026
States Are Writing Protocols for Federal Agents Breaking the Law at Polls
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Sep 17, 2026
Scientists Read Dinosaur Poop to Explain Bird Survival, Find Only the Birds That Died
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Sep 16, 2026
Lawmakers Racing to Regulate AI Admit They've Never Actually Used It
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Sep 16, 2026
Seven Republicans Vote to Enforce a 51-Year-Old War Powers Rule Everyone Forgot Applied to Their Own Party
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Sep 16, 2026
HYROX Disqualifies Competitor for 2-Minute Bathroom Break After Letting Previous Winner Defecate on Course for 30 Minutes
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Sep 16, 2026
Senator Spent Hours Lobbying for Crypto Bill, Then Voted Against It the Same Day
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Sep 16, 2026
Duke Energy CEO says data centers cost nothing — so why is opposition up 13 points?
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Sep 16, 2026
Library Waives $12,055 Fine on Magazine Borrowed Before Radio Existed
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Sep 15, 2026
Pentagon Says 'Virtually Unlimited' Ammunition Now Has 'Strategic Shortfalls' After $22B Spend
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Sep 15, 2026
MLB Teams Make Handshake Deals with 11-Year-Olds While League Claims Not to Know About the Trainers Who Take Half
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Sep 15, 2026
Men Are Trimming Their Eyelashes to Look More Masculine — Creating a Market for Gender Insecurity
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Sep 15, 2026
The 'Uncured' Bacon Premium: How the USDA Made Shoppers Pay More for a Word That Means Nothing
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Sep 15, 2026
More Than 100 People Schedule Appointment to Scream at Ocean
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Sep 14, 2026
OpenAI Calls for AI Slowdown After Securing Lead
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Sep 14, 2026
Chemical Companies Wrote Laws Requiring 'Science-Based' Monitoring — Then Killed a Bill That Would Actually Verify It
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Sep 14, 2026
Berlin Can't Imprison Convicted Criminals Because It Ran Out of Yellow Envelopes
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Sep 12, 2026
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