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Ravens rookie CB Bilhal Kone to miss season after suffering major knee injury Baltimore Ravens rookie cornerback Bilhal Kone will likely miss his entire 2025 season after suffering a "torn ligament in his knee" during the team's preseason opener against the Indianapolis Colts, Ravens coach John Harbaugh said during the postgame press conference on Thursday.

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Democrats' chances of flipping Congress from Republican control next year

Democrats are leading generic ballot polls, but two experts told Newsweek that may not translate to a 2018-style blue wave.

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3 victims of 9/11 terrorist attacks identified nearly 24 years later, reports say Authorities in New York identify three new World Trade Center victims nearly 24 years after the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

3 victims of 9/11 terrorist attacks identified nearly 24 years later, reports say

Every Single Elected Democrat Should Be Talking About Texas Right Now Trump understands the importance of the Texas gerrymandering battle. So do Texas Democrats and a few blue-state governors. But where are the national Democrats?

This is a story whose salience is worth raising, as it reveals the authoritarian lengths to which the Republican Party will go to amass more power. trib.al/x1lZxvw

A planet from the Avatar movies may exist in real life One of the brightest stars in the night sky seems to be orbited by a planet like Jupiter. The news is sure to cheer fans of the Avatar series, which centers on a moon that orbits a fictional gas giant planet in this particular star system.

One of the brightest stars in the night sky seems to be orbited by a planet like Jupiter. The news is sure to cheer fans of the Avatar series, which centers on a moon that orbits a fictional gas giant planet in this particular star system.

Blake Moore calls Texas GOP's redistricting plans 'a step too far' Utah Rep. Blake Moore said he disagrees with Texas lawmakers' plan to redraw the state's political boundaries to favor Republicans.

Utah Rep. Blake Moore said he disagrees with Texas lawmakers' plan to redraw the state's political boundaries to favor Republicans.

Vaccines hold tantalizing promise in the fight against dementia A prominent Nature study and related research raise the possibility that vaccines may have a broader role in experimental therapeutics outside the realm of infectious diseases.

Vaccines don’t just prevent deadly and dangerous diseases like measles, polio and COVID-19.

A new study found that people who got the shingles vaccine had a 20% lower risk of developing dementia. buff.ly/z7cGUpS By Anand Kumar and @jalees.bsky.social @uicdom.bsky.social #VaccinesWork 🩺

What’s a ‘Secondary Tariff’ Like the One Trump Imposed on India? In his second term as US president, Donald Trump has used tariffs as a blanket solution to pursue a wide range of goals: increasing domestic manufacturing and foreign market access, boosting federal revenue, and even punishing the government of Brazil for prosecuting his political ally, former President Jair Bolsonaro. Now he’s deployed a tool he calls a “secondary tariff” in an effort to get countries to distance themselves from US adversaries.

President Trump has announced "secondary tariffs" on imports from India to punish the country for buying Russian oil. Here's what you need to know

Rhonda Belford: Democrats can’t fight for democracy in Texas while undermining it in Illinois In 2021, Gov. JB Pritzker in 2021 signed one of the most aggressively gerrymandered congressional maps in the country.

Commentary: Gov. JB Pritzker is once again talking about gerrymandering — just not in Illinois.

Judge blocks Trump’s birthright order nationwide in fourth such ruling since Supreme Court decision A federal judge in Maryland has ruled the Trump administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country illegally or temporarily.

Judge blocks Trump’s birthright order nationwide in fourth such ruling since Supreme Court decision

Live updates: Israel’s security cabinet approves Netanyahu plan to occupy Gaza City | CNN Israel’s security cabinet approves Netanyahu plan to occupy Gaza City, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushes for military takeover of entire strip. Follow for live news updates.

Israel's security cabinet approves Netanyahu's plan to occupy Gaza City, Prime Minister's Office says. Follow live updates: cnn.it/3J6cCoD

U.S. backtracks on Japan tariff calculation, taking effective rate lower Japan's chief tariff negotiator said that a clerical error had been made in the U.S.

U.S. backtracks on Japan tariff calculation, taking effective rate lower www.japantimes.co.jp/business/202...

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Zohran Mamdani rips Cuomo after report that he spoke with Trump: "Betrayal"

Mamdani torched Cuomo at a heated news conference, referring to the former governor as the "jester for a wannabe king."

Israeli security cabinet approves plan to occupy Gaza City: Report Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested earlier this week that Israel will ‘take control of all Gaza’.

BREAKING: Israel’s security cabinet has approved PM Netanyahu’s proposal to occupy Gaza City, located in the northern part of the besieged Palestinian enclave, according to news reports aje.io/ezh2ml

Trump's 50% tariffs on Indian imports threaten India's manufacturing ambitions, Moody's says U.S. President Donald Trump's 50% tariffs on Indian imports, a much wider tariff gap compared with other Asia-Pacific countries, would severely curtail India's ambitions to develop its manufacturing sector, ratings agency Moody's Ratings said on Friday.

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'Horrific!': Analysts slam DOJ for appointing J6 rioter who screamed 'kill' cops A former January 6 rioter who compared Capitol police officers to "Nazis" and the "Gestapo" has been fired by the Department of Justice, according to media reports. Jared Wise, who was pardoned by President Donald Trump earlier this year, has been working as an advisor to the DOJ for about a month. ...

A former January 6 rioter who compared Capitol police officers to "Nazis" and the "Gestapo" has been fired by the Department of Justice, according to media reports.

UCLA should not bend 'on their knees' to Trump in grant negotiations, Newsom says Making his first public comments about how the University of California should proceed in negotiations with President Trump over grant freezes, Gov. Gavin Newsom chided deals struck by Ivy Leagues and said the university would do 'the right thing.'

UCLA should not bend 'on their knees' to Trump in grant negotiations, Newsom says

Trump admin announces federal law enforcement will patrol Washington, D.C.

Trump has directed an "increased presence" of federal law enforcement in Washington, D.C., for at least seven days.

IRS Commissioner On Direct File Program: ‘It’s Gone’

For no less than 25 years now, Techdirt has been writing about how the tax preparation industry, especially Intuit, has spent gobs of money bribing lobbying government to keep relatively low-earners from simple methods for filing their tax…

YouTube video by CBS Philadelphia Small alligator found swimming in water in the area of Magnolia Lake in Bucks County

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Judge sentences man to 15 years for sex crimes involving a minor A judge has sentenced a man to prison for sex crimes involving a minor.

Judge sentences man to 15 years in prison for sex crimes involving a minor #chsnews

Trump Delayed a Medicare Change After Health Companies’ Donations The president posted talking points provided by one firm that donated millions, and his administration delayed a change on coverage of pricey bandages that could have hurt the company and others like it.

A biotech company donated millions for access to a dinner with President Trump. The next day, Trump posted the company's talking points opposing a pending change that would have restricted Medicare reimbursement for the company's products, and his administration later delayed the change.

"It's existential now": House Democrats prepare to go scorched earth on redistricting "Hakeem is clearly upset and angry and frustrated by this," one House Democrat told Axios.

Democrats in Congress are warming to a strategy of maximum retaliation in response to Republicans' efforts to draw more favorable congressional maps ahead of the 2026 elections.

Europe to escape new Trump pharmaceutical tariffs

In a recent interview with CNBC, President Donald Trump threatened to place a 250 percent tariff on all pharmaceutical imports.

'Unbelievably silly': Pam Bondi's $50M Maduro bounty backfires online Attorney General Pam Bondi posted a video to X on Thursday, proclaiming that "Today, the Department of Justice and State Department are announcing a historic $50 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Nicolás Maduro," adding that he uses criminal cartels "to bring deadly drugs and v...

'Unbelievably silly': Pam Bondi's $50M Maduro bounty backfires online

Satellite images show Israel building up forces for a possible ground invasion of Gaza, sources say The buildup comes during a tense time for the U.S. and Israel after Trump and Netanyahu’s last private phone conversation devolved into shouting over humanitarian aid.

EXCLUSIVE: Commercial satellite images show the Israeli military building up troops and equipment near the border with Gaza that would support a possible new ground invasion of the Palestinian enclave, according to three U.S. officials and a former official who viewed the imagery.

Japan says US promised to fix tariff order to avoid double duties The U.S. government on Thursday promised to amend a presidential executive order to remove overlapping tariffs on Japanese goods, Tokyo's trade negotiator said, after talks in Washington to fix what he called a "regrettable" error.

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