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Kamala Harris Uses Trump's 'Too Big to Rig' Phrase in Midterms Video, Drawing Republican Fire
Former vice president urged Democrats to turn out in force while warning Republicans are "cheating" ahead of November elections.
Missouri Deputy Attorney General Found Alive 6 Days After Vanishing in Wyoming Wilderness
Shaun Mackelprang, 55, was rescued by helicopter near Scott Lake in the Wind River Range after an extensive multi-agency search effort.
X Disables 200,000 Inauthentic Chinese Accounts in Influence Operation Targeting US AI Policy
The bot network pushed claims linking data centers to rising electricity costs, though research from the Institute for Energy Research found no statistical connection between server density and household bills.
Federal Judge Rules Pentagon's Actions Against Anthropic Were Illegal, Baseless
U.S. District Judge Rita Lin wrote in a 59-page ruling that the government sought to 'make a public example' of the AI company for its criticism of defense policy.
Good Good Golf Faces Backlash Over Ad Depicting Man Tackling Woman
Dick's Sporting Goods and Golf Galaxy pull products, Callaway distances itself after viral ad sparks debate over corporate response to perceived depictions of violence.
Fact-Checking Tucker Carlson: Data Center Blackout Claims Investigated
AllSides found claims about Homer City energy prices and grid failures attributed to local officials were fabricated; the actual project is in Center Township, 50 miles east of Pittsburgh.
March on Washington Rally Draws Attention to Voting Rights With Jeffries, Sanders
Thousands gather at National Mall as civil rights groups push back against Supreme Court ruling and Trump's mail-in voting executive order.
The Insight: How the Lindsay Clancy Case Became a Misinformation Chamber
Massachusetts murder case illustrates how polarization and true-crime fascination can transform real tragedy into a battleground for competing narratives about mental health care.
Carney Rejects Trump Renaming of Lake Ontario, Citing Indigenous Heritage
Canadian prime minister says the Great Lake's name derives from a Wendat word meaning 'the lake is beautiful, the lake is big'
America First Coalition Faces Internal Tensions as Political Realignment Reshapes Republican Landscape
The coalition that helped power Donald Trump's political rise is now navigating fractures similar to those that splintered the Tea Party movement a decade ago.