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Jul 3, 2026
FEMA Grants as Campaign Ads: Trump's 84%-vs-42% Disaster Relief Gap by State Voting Pattern
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Jul 3, 2026
Louisiana Governor Promises Pardon Before Attorney General's Trial Begins
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Jul 3, 2026
Countries Keep Creating Awards Days Before Modi Visits — And He's Always the Only Winner
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Jul 2, 2026
Google's AI Nearly Fooled ProPublica Reporters Trained to Spot Fabrication
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Jul 2, 2026
Meta Charges Monthly Subscription for Feature That Runs on Device You Already Own
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Jul 2, 2026
Giraffes May Be Capable of Math, Study That Describes a Coin Flip Suggests
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Jul 2, 2026
ICE Keeps Arresting People at Courts After Judge's Order — Won't Say Which Exception Applies
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Jul 2, 2026
Wine Merchant's 'Got Your Shipment' Note Now Worth Five Million Dollars Because Someone Misprinted a Stamp
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Jul 1, 2026
UN Asks Tech Executives Building AI to Design Their Own Regulations
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Jul 1, 2026
Brown Students Sign Honor Code, Then 40 of 86 Score Perfect on Take-Home Exam
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Jul 1, 2026
Researchers Measure What Everyone Already Knew: RTO Mandates Correlate With Executive Narcissism, Not Productivity
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Jul 1, 2026
Chinese Platform Lets You Rent Dogs by the Hour — Owners Get $9, Dogs Get Strangers
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Jul 1, 2026
The U.S. Hosted Soccer Fans and Accidentally Won Soft Power Through Buttermilk
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Jun 30, 2026
Trump Demands $2.50 Gas While Industry Explains Why Prices Only Lag One Direction
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Jun 30, 2026
The Congressman Who Says Oligarchs Hoard Wealth Lives in the Elevator House His Family's 4,100 Trades Built
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Jun 30, 2026
ICE Arrests Nun Walking to Church, Releases Her After Congress Calls — So the Discretion Existed All Along
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Jun 30, 2026
Thirty Years of Progressive Votes Still Makes You the Establishment
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Jun 29, 2026
The Pro-AI Movement Splits Over Whether Beating China Means Keeping Secrets From It
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Jun 29, 2026
The Man Who Helped Kill Gawker for Publishing Truth Now Wants to Rate Journalists on Accuracy
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Jun 29, 2026
China Creates a Market Where You Can Sell Your Face for $75 — But You Keep It Too
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