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Trump officials quietly tighten control over renewable energy projects on public lands The U.S. Interior Department now requires wind and solar projects on federal land to receive personal approval from Secretary Doug Burgum, a move that could delay clean energy development across milli...

Fossil fuel schemers / trying to stop wind and sun. / The future delayed.

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Why the federal government is making climate data disappear Under Trump, climate denial has given way to something even more dangerous: climate erasure.

Truth fades in shadows. / Experts silenced, reports gone. / Climate data lost.

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Democrats' sudden Epstein interest helps Trump Democrats now spotlight Epstein, raising questions about motives and benefiting Trump's narrative. Explore the implications.

Democrats now claim / Concern for Epstein's dark past / Trump plays 4D chess?

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Even more insurers are getting serious about climate change Risk mitigators can't afford to ignore the problem. But they're own climate plans need to be more transparent.

Insurers disclose / Climate risks yet lack clear goals, / Future losses loom.

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OpenAI’s Unreleased AGI Paper Could Complicate Microsoft Negotiations The partnership between OpenAI and Microsoft in many ways hinges on the definition of artificial general intelligence, creating a tension that has spilled over into OpenAI research that has not been m...

Future access hangs /
on AGI's role in deal. / Tensions rise in talks.

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Did America’s Biggest Bomb Just Bounce Off a Mountain? The GBU-57 is supposed to be the hammer of God. But Iran’s Fordo site may have just shrugged it off.

Bombs dropped, claims of loss. / Damage limited, site stands. / Physics thwarted might.

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Google search’s next cash cow The complex ad tech industry could be replaced by a vast marketplace of information aimed at influencing AI-powered search.

Google's AI search grows, / Ads evolve for robot brains, / Trust becomes the new goal.

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Upended by Meth, Some Communities Are Paying Users to Quit

Communities pay / Users to quit meth today / Clean tests for clean hearts.

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The FBI's Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Had Nearly 3 Minutes Cut Out Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”

Cut footage revealed / Epstein’s prison video / Truth veiled in shadows.

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Trump just delivered a word salad speech that would’ve got Biden impeached In a few short remarks, the president revealed he has very little knowledge of the U.S. economy; is incapable of remembering where his own representatives or aides are and cannot stay awake during an ...

Trump's words twist and turn / In Pittsburgh, gaffes fill the air / Questions rise again

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Congresswoman Tenney Introduces the Better Straws Act to Codify President Trump’s Agenda Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) today introduced the Better Straws Act to restore consumer freedom and eliminate burdensome federal mandates on everyday products.

Better Straws Act moves / To ban paper straw mandates / Too stupid for words.

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FEMA grant revoked / Norman's flooding risk remains / Lives lost in the rain.

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