Steve Bannon Says He Told Trump to Investigate Elon Musk’s Immigration Status
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How Many Students Have Been Expelled Under Tennessee’s School Threats Law? There’s No Clear Answer.
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Tennessee gives public agencies wide latitude to refuse to release data. That made it challenging for our reporters to figure out just how many students were affected.
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ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found that DHS rushed a revamped tool to check voters’ citizenship into use while it was still adding data.
As a result, the tool has made persistent mistakes, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.
https://www.propublica.org/article/save-voter-citizenship-tool-mistakes-confusion?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Vote #Election #DHS #Texas #Missouri #Data #Law #USPolitics
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Trump administration freezes on federal loans and grants have been unfrozen.
Another Trump executive order seeks to restrict how race and racism is taught in schools and to "promote patriotic education."
A passenger plane and a military helicopter crashed over the Potomac; there are 27 known casualties of the midair collision.
Texas Lawmakers Pull Funding for Child Identification Kits Again After Newsrooms Report They Don’t Work
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For the second legislative session, lawmakers have withdrawn funding for a company selling kits that promise to help find missing kids after ProPublica and The Texas Tribune reported there’s no evidence to support that claim.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-child-id-kits-funding-pulled?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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“People Will Die”: The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid. That’s Not True.
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Organizations that provide vital care for desperate and vulnerable people around the world have been forced to halt operations, turn away patients and lay off staff. “I’ve never seen anything that scares me as much as this,” one doctor said.
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"Wait, isn't this the plot to the "Terminator" movies?"
https://futurism.com/openai-signs-deal-us-government-nuclear-weapon-security
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They Followed North Carolina Election Rules When They Cast Their Ballots. Now Their Votes Could Be Tossed Anyway.
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A Republican judge is trying to overturn his election loss by challenging more than 60,000 ballots. These are some of those voters’ stories.
Three Months After Missouri Voted to Make Abortion Legal, Access Is Still Being Blocked
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Reproductive rights are now enshrined in the state constitution, but Missouri’s main abortion provider is fighting legal hurdles to resume offering the procedure. Meanwhile, anti-abortion lawmakers strategize to prevent a return of abortion services.
Washington Governor Orders Team to Study Data Centers’ Impact on Energy Use, Job Creation and Tax Revenue
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Last year, The Seattle Times and ProPublica reported on how the state created a massive tax break for data centers, encouraging the growth of an industry whose energy use conflicts with a goal for utilities to go carbon neutral by 2030.
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Not sure what the chances of this bill passing are, but it's certainly interesting to see the efforts.
"Under Hawley’s proposed law, “technology or intellectual property” developed in China would be barred from importation into the U.S. Anyone found violating these restrictions could face up to 20 years in prison, as well as substantial monetary penalties of up to $1 million for individuals and $100 million for companies."
https://interestingengineering.com/culture/law-proposed-to-criminalize-deepseek
ProPublica has identified three lawyers with elite establishment credentials who’ve joined the DOGE effort. Two of their names haven’t been previously reported as working for the Elon Musk-led initiative.
Here’s what we know about them: https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-doge-lawyers-supreme-court?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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The Nashville school shooter previously pulled a knife on another student. He returned to school after a two-day suspension.
“He had a whole knife in school, and he didn’t get expelled,” the victim said. “It just doesn’t sit right with me.”
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Memory-Holing Jan. 6: What Happens When You Try to Make History Vanish?
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The Trump administration’s decision to delete a DOJ database of cases against Capitol riot defendants places those who seek to preserve the historical record in direct opposition to their own government.
Among the data used by Cambridge Analytica to profile gun owners in the database: income, debt, religious affiliation, whether they liked the paintings of Thomas Kinkade and whether the underwear women had purchased was plus size or petite.
#News #Data #Privacy #Technology #Guns #Tech #USPolitics #Trump
By giving Elon Musk’s engineers access to USAID’s entire digital network, including personal information for thousands of employees, the Trump administration may have violated the Privacy Act of 1974, three experts told ProPublica.
Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons immediately upended the biggest single prosecution in U.S. history and signaled a broader reversal that threatens to create a more permissive climate in which extremists could regroup and weaken the FBI’s independence.
The Courts Blocked Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze. Agencies Are Withholding Money Anyway.
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Agencies continue to suspend funding, despite multiple court orders blocking the federal freeze. Experts say the Trump administration’s actions set the stage for challenges to Congress’ authority — and the limits of the presidency.
#News #Law #Trump #Congress #Government #USPolitics #Funding
President Donald Trump has given Elon Musk sweeping authority to overhaul the U.S. government bureaucracy and its operations around the globe.
ProPublica confirmed the identities and roles of more than 20 key people affiliated with Musk.
Elon Musk’s Team Decimates Education Department Arm That Tracks National School Performance
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The Trump administration canceled $900 million in contracts overseen by the Institute of Education Sciences, which partners with scientists and education companies to compile and make public data about schools each year.
Idaho Passed $2 Billion in Funding for School Building Repairs. It’s Not Nearly Enough.
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A new cost estimate and early reports from districts receiving state funds show that small districts are still struggling to meet their most dire needs, forcing them to turn to voters to approve additional funds.
Middle School Cheerleaders Made a TikTok Video Portraying a School Shooting. They Were Charged With a Crime.
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Social videos, memes and retweets are becoming fodder for criminal charges in an era of heightened responses to student threats. Authorities argue harsh punishment is necessary, but experts say the crackdown won’t make schools safer.
https://www.propublica.org/article/social-media-arrests-school-threats-law-tennessee?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #SocialMedia #Children #Education #School #Crime #Police #Tennessee
Utah Man Pleads Guilty to Sexually Abusing Patients “Using His Position as a Therapist”
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The plea comes after an investigation by The Salt Lake Tribune and ProPublica about the former therapist, who built a reputation as a specialist for struggling gay Latter-day Saints men.