Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.
Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...
An EPA report found that the forever chemical PFNA interferes with human development and likely causes damage to the liver and male reproductive systems.
The agency has sat on the report for months. “Scientifically, it was done,” said one scientist.
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These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools: “It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.”
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12.10.2025 03:00 — 👍 1345 🔁 573 💬 60 📌 33
"Bessent’s personal and professional relationship with Citrone has spanned decades. In a May 14 appearance on the 'Goldman Sachs Exchanges' podcast, Citrone revealed how he delivered a financial windfall for Bessent..."
....while both were working for George Soros.
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Trump critic and former national security adviser John Bolton to be charged soon, sources say
Bolton would be the third critic of the president to face federal charges. New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey were recently indicted.
Former Trump national security adviser turned Trump critic John Bolton is expected to be charged with federal crimes soon, according to two federal officials. One said Bolton could be indicted next week. The other said he could be indicted soon.
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Chell drew scrutiny for appearing on a right wing channel in uniform and posing for photos with Trump at the president’s golf course in Bedminster, N.J. The chief’s posts on social media became part of an inquiry by the city’s Department of Investigation, which deemed his behavior “unprofessional.”
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A Top N.Y.P.D. Chief and Adams Ally Retires
Senior NYPD employee tied to Adams probes, cronyism, civil liberties abuses and intentional shooting retires.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...
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thehill.com/homenews/554...
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Woman captures video of pastor hit by ICE pepper balls, speaks out | CNN
Pastor suing after ICE agents shoot him in head with pepper balls
Trump administration spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin defends ICE agents shooting priest in face as video shows paramilitaries on roof firing on him as he prayed
thehill.com/homenews/554...
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Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...
Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June)
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Dozens killed in Gaza despite Trump's call for Israel to halt bombing
Israel said it had targeted a Hamas militant who had posed a threat to its troops in the area, and that reports of casualties were under review.
Israel killed dozens in Israeli strikes on Gaza on Saturday, despite U.S. President Donald Trump's demand that Israel stop bombing after Hamas declared it was ready to free hostages under his plan to end the war.
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Trump Administration Sued Over Massive ‘Interagency Database’ of Americans’ Private Information
Trump Administration Sued Over Massive ‘Interagency Database’ of Americans’ Private Information
Advocacy groups sued to block the Trump administration’s creation of centralized databases of Americans’ personal information for purging voter rolls and launching criminal investigations, alleging violations of federal privacy laws.
https://bit.ly/48e1qRp
04.10.2025 22:57 — 👍 803 🔁 295 💬 20 📌 10
"Both DPS and the Capitol Police Department fostered “a culture of violence as they expressed support for Defendants Rhinewalt and Frederick’s actions regarding the death of Decedent, imposed no discipline on them,” the lawsuit alleges."
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Chicago Schools Issue ‘Safety Alert’ After New ICE Activity
“The safety and well-being of our students, families, and community are our highest priority,” Superintendent John Price said.
04.10.2025 03:42 — 👍 38 🔁 22 💬 3 📌 1
2 Teen Girls Died In a Hit-And-Run. Another Teen Faces Murder Charges.
"Why was Vincent free? They wondered if it had something to do with his father being a police officer in another New Jersey town, and another relative being police chief in nearby Westfield."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/n...
04.10.2025 02:40 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Veterans, who saw one of their own arrested by ICE and charged, say feds are undermining democracy
Dana Briggs, an Air Force veteran, is one of five people facing federal charges following protests Saturday outside an ICE facility in Broadview.
Days after a 70-year-old Air Force veteran was among five people charged while protesting outside an ICE facility, fellow veterans and others gathered to speak out against ICE’s increased presence in the Chicago region and the Trump administration’s increased use of military tactics.
02.10.2025 23:24 — 👍 57 🔁 30 💬 2 📌 2
FBI Director Kash Patel has fired a longtime bureau employee who displayed a Pride flag in his workspace during a past assignment, according to multiple people familiar with the termination. https://cnn.it/48d0dd2
02.10.2025 23:29 — 👍 157 🔁 96 💬 59 📌 29
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