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Gas Fell 6 Cents, but AAA's Own Release Credits Winter Blend, Not Oil. Crude Is Up $9 in Two Weeks and EIA Has Diesel at $6.28
AAA's weekly gas release is headlined "National Average Falls 6 Cents." Its first paragraph says why: winter-blend gasoline, not cheaper oil. The same release has crude nearing...
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Headlines Say a Federal Court Tossed the Switchblade Ban. The Fifth Circuit Struck One Section, Upheld the Other, and Sent the Case Back.
A Daily Caller headline says a federal appeals court "tosses decades-old knife ban." The Fifth Circuit's Oct. 21 opinion in Knife Rights v. Blanche...
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Pentagon's 850-Jet F-35 Framework Is Not a Contract Yet: Congress Hasn't Passed the Authority, No Price Is Named, and GAO Has the Fleet at 44% Mission Capable
The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin announced a 10-year F-35 framework on Oct. 22, and the coverage reads like a done deal for at least 850 jets. Lockheed's...
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Rep. Self Says Liberal Judges Are Forcing a Failed Visa Lottery on Trump. The Order Is Two Pages, Gives No Reasons, and the Government Joined the Request to Delay It.
Rep. Keith Self introduced a bill Thursday to end the diversity visa lottery, saying, "We cannot allow liberal judges to force the administration to continue a failed...
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Trump Says He Told DOJ to 'Do It' on Alaska. The Complaint Asks a Judge to Hold Certification if Sullivan Loses, and Its Own Primary Numbers Show an 8-Point Gap
The Justice Department's Alaska lawsuit, filed Oct. 22, is being described as an effort to block the state's Senate result if Republican Dan Sullivan loses. The
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Consumer Sentiment Sits at 48.0 and Michigan Warns Inflation Expectations Are Hardening. Consumers Now Bring Up Gas Prices More Than Tariffs.
The University of Michigan's final October consumer survey says sentiment "held steady" at 48.0, one-tenth of a point below September. The same release shows year-ahead inflation expectations...
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Headline Says Supreme Court Will Decide If Religious Schools Can 'Discriminate.' The Two Questions Before the Justices Never Use the Word.
A headline this week said the Supreme Court will decide whether religious schools can take public money and still discriminate. The two questions the justices actually agreed...
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Hegseth Says the Pentagon Dismantled 80 Confucius Institute Cells. The Department's Own Release Counts 80 Termination Actions.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday that "80 new propaganda cells across 30 universities" had popped up under new names, and that the Pentagon has "systematically dismantled...
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Headlines Say ICE Detainees Have 'No Due Process Rights.' The Fifth Circuit's 159-Page Opinion Says Something Narrower.
Headlines on Friday's Fifth Circuit ruling said ICE detainees have "no due process rights." The court's own opinion says the opposite on page 11: "There is no...
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Federal Judge Strikes Down New York's Body Armor Ban. The State Could Not Cite One Post-Ratification Law.
A federal judge in Buffalo has ruled that New York cannot stop ordinary residents from buying body armor, finding the ban unconstitutional because the state could not...
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Judge Did Not Halt DHS Noncitizen Voter Probe, Order Says. It Bars Agents From Targeting Suspected Citizens in 9 States Until Polls Close
Headlines say a federal judge "halted" the Trump administration's hunt for noncitizen voters in nine states. The 19-page order says something narrower. DHS can keep investigating illegal...
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Treasury's New 'Super Intelligence' Investment Ban Is the Old AI Rule Renamed, and AP's $50,000 Floor Only Covers Notices
Treasury's new rule to block American money from Chinese tech swaps the term "artificial intelligence" for "super intelligence," a label the White House itself defines as artificial...
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