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Apple News Ran 84 Negative Headlines and Zero Positive on GOP Issues, MRC Says. The Count Covers One Side Only and Publishes No Coding Rules
The Media Research Center says Apple News ran 84 negative headlines on Republican priorities in late September and not one positive headline. The count is real as...
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Headlines Say Cuba Won at the UN. The Vote Was 130-17-25, the Lowest Since 1995, and Waltz's 'Tripling' Claim Doesn't Match the Tally
The U.N. General Assembly voted Wednesday to condemn the U.S. embargo on Cuba, 130 to 17 with 25 abstentions. That is the lowest "yes" count since 1995...
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Warsh Calls Growth 'Strong' as the Fed Holds at 3.75%-4% With Two Votes to Hike. BEA's Last Two Quarters Are 2.5% and 2.2%, and the CPI's Hot Number Is Gasoline Up 34%
The Federal Reserve left its benchmark rate at 3.75% to 4% on Wednesday, but not unanimously: Governor Lisa Cook and Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack voted to...
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Headline Says Massachusetts' Top Court Upheld an Under-21 Carry Ban, Deepening a Circuit Split. The Defendant Never Raised the Claim Below, and SCOTUS Denied Five Age Petitions in June
Gun-rights sites say Massachusetts' highest court upheld an under-21 gun "ban" and deepened a split the U.S. Supreme Court will have to settle. The court's Oct. 20...
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Headlines Say Hackers Exposed 40,000 DHS 'Agents.' DHS Admits Only a 'Potential Breach,' Okta Denies Being Hit, and the Named Components Add Up to About 31,000
Headlines say hackers exposed the identities of more than 40,000 Homeland Security "agents." The reporting supports something narrower and still serious: a searchable database of roughly 40,000...
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Headlines Say a Judge 'Rejected Trump' on 20,000 California Ballots. The 26-Page Order Faults DOJ's List and Timing, and Tells It to Indict Instead
Headlines say a federal judge "rejected Trump's effort" to block 20,000 California ballots. Judge David Carter's 26-page order denies a temporary restraining order, not the case, and...
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DOJ Says 405 Noncitizens Voted in Washington. Its Own Release Says They 'Appear' to Be Illegally Registered, and Some Were Registered Without Their Knowledge
Federal prosecutors in Washington state told the Secretary of State on Monday that 405 noncitizens are registered to vote and have cast more than 1,500 ballots, and...
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Headlines Say a Court Revived the Fight Over ICE Arrests at Churches. The 50-Page Opinion Decides Standing Only and Orders Nothing Blocked
A divided D.C. Circuit panel ruled on Oct. 20 that 27 Christian and Jewish organizations can keep suing over the Trump administration's decision to drop its limits...
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Headlines Say Consumer Confidence 'Jumped, Defying Economists.' The Conference Board Says It Is Still on a Downward Trend, and Gas Is Still $4.40
The Conference Board's October Consumer Confidence Index came in at 91.7, up 7.5 points and about 10 points above the 81.0 economists had forecast, and NewsBusters headlined...
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Headlines Say the Supreme Court Ended Judges' Power to Pause Deportations. The Order Is One Sentence, and DOJ's Brief Says It Doesn't Reopen Closed Cases.
Headlines on Tuesday said the Supreme Court "lets" the Trump administration "end judges' power to pause deportations." The Court's actual order is one sentence long, gives no...
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Fortune Says the Pentagon 'Orders' Bases to Plan for 90 Days Off the Grid. Hegseth's Speech Never Says 90 Days, and the Number Traces to Fox Documents No One Has Named
Fortune ran the headline on Monday: the Pentagon "orders bases to plan for 90 days without the grid." The Daily Wire went with "ordering every military base...
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Gun Industry Calls DOJ's New Dealer-Employee Background Check Rule a 'Tremendous Victory.' The Final Rule Rejects NSSF's Main Legal Argument.
The National Shooting Sports Foundation called the Justice Department's new Firearm Handler Check rule a "tremendous victory" and said it lets "all" gun dealers run background checks...