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The U.S. Justice Department asked California counties to provide lists of all non-U.S. citizen inmates in their jails, ratcheting up the Trump administration's challenge to sanctuary policies. LA Times
VOA VIEW: They will refuse the information.
In a letter, the Long Beach Democrat asked Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to produce documents around cuts to HIV/AIDS funding under the Trump administration. LA Times
A debate erupts over bringing fragrant foods on flights. New York Post
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"They were coming for us," he said in the clip flagged by The Daily Caller. "If [Trump] didn't jump up with his fist, they were going to come kill us!" New York Post
The victim got into a dust-up with another man around 6:45 p.m. on the mezzanine for the N, Q and R trains at the 42nd Street-Times Square station, authorities said. New York Post
Dr. Marty Makary, the agency’s commissioner, has said too many women avoid menopause treatments because the risks have been overstated. New York Times
The food giant said its Frito-Lay snack division planned to make a line of Cheetos and Doritos with no artificial colors or flavors, as demand falters. New York Times
Russell T. Vought, the head of the Office of Management and Budget, said he and other administration officials wanted access to the Fed’s building in Washington. New York Times
VOA VIEW: It should prove that Powell is a thief.
Connie Francis, known for her hit songs such as "Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool" and "Pretty Little Baby," has died at 87-years-old. OANN
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A Mexican sex trafficker has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after being caught running a violent prostitution ring across the United States for nearly a decade. OANN
Governor Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) has appointed a new state Chief Financial Officer, setting up a conflict with Trump after the president already endorsed a candidate for the position in the race set for next year. OANN
VOA VIEW: They would both be better off in making peace.
Vice President JD Vance has delivered remarks in Pennsylvania to highlight President Donald Trump’s agenda. OANN
A woman is accused of dosing chocolates with fentanyl in Parker County, Texas, and sending the candy to her ex-husband in the hopes of killing him. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: She is an idiot.
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The Supreme Court temporarily blocked a ruling Wednesday that would have potentially disenfranchised American Indians in a legal battle over North Dakota's legislative map. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: The SC has made a questionable ruling.
Communities along a 700-mile stretch of Alaska's southern coast ordered residents to higher ground after a powerful offshore earthquake Wednesday, but officials quickly downgraded and then canceled a tsunami warning for the region. There were no reports of significant damage. Washington Times
Colorado's newly passed ban on misgendering has drawn another free-speech lawsuit, this time from a Christian bookstore whose owners object to using opposite-sex pronouns. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: Gendering is clear.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday advanced the nomination of Emil Bove, a top Justice Department official, to serve as a federal circuit judge. CBS
VOA VIEW: Dems are against anything that Trump wants.
More than 67,000 cases of Power Stick deodorant were recalled over manufacturing defects, according to the FDA. CBS
Maurene Comey is the daughter of former FBI director James Comey, who was terminated by President Trump in 2017. CBS
There were two documented sightings of great white sharks off the coast of Bailey Island, the site of Maine's first fatal shark attack. CBS
President Trump says Coca-Cola has agreed with his push to use cane sugar in its U.S. cola. CBS
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More homebuilders are cutting prices as interest rates remain stubbornly high, and potential buyers pull back over concerns in the economy. CNBC
The railroad authority was put on notice last month for allegedly breaching terms of its federal contracts. CNBC
It comes as there have been multiple headlines this year about crypto entrepreneurs and their relatives being targeted with physical violence. CNBC
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Zohran Mamdani's primary win in New York City's mayoral race and proposal to raise taxes on millionaires have touched off fears of a new wave of wealth flight. CNBC
VOA VIEW: Mamdani causing fear of increases.
Police in the Turks and Caicos are insisting there was no foul play after finding the body of Brian Tarrence, an American from New York. FOX News
An investigation into surrogacy fraud is underway after 21 children were taken from a California couple's home, with records showing a surrogacy company at their address. FOX News
Alan Dershowitz, Jeffrey Epstein's former lawyer, says the financier committed suicide but may have had help from jail personnel, citing broken cameras and absent guards. FOX News
VOA VIEW: It does have good sense of truth.
A Mexican trans migrant seeking asylum in the U.S. after allegedly being abducted and raped by cartel members has been ordered released from an all-male ICE detention facility. FOX News
VOA VIEW: There is no such thing as a male woman.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem suggested that changes to the Transportation Security Administration's restrictions on liquids in carry-on bags at airports may be made. UPI
The House set a new record Wednesday for the longest vote ever held in the chamber in history, breaking a record that had only been set earlier in the month. UPI
The U.S. Senate early Thursday voted to rescind some $9 billion in federal funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting. UPI
VOA VIEW: As they should.
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Alaska on Wednesday afternoon and a tsunami warning was canceled two hours later for the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island. UPI
President Donald Trump called an obsession with the Jeffrey Epstein files a "hoax" and a "scam" by political opponents to distract from his successes. UPI
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Democrats’ main fundraising committee is losing big donors and so cash-strapped that its officials have discussed borrowing money just to keep the lights on, with one source spilling to The Post that if things don’t turn around before the 2026 midterms, the party is “f–ked.” Only a fool will donate to the Dems - they are going nowhere.
“We are six months in and we’re drowning,” a source close to the Democratic National Committee told The Post about the current rate of contributions. “The RNC was so cash-heavy and hitting us day after day after day when Biden was president.” “We have no clear path or plan,” they added. “The midterms are going to come before we know it, and then we’re going to be really f–ked.” The DNC’s struggle to message against the Trump administration and rather public leadership infighting — including the recent departure of former DNC vice chair David Hogg — has also led some of its largest donors to taper off their contributions, the New York Times first reported.
This has dovetailed with high-profile donor defections, such as Pershing Square Capital Management CEO Bill Ackman, Jacob Helberg, and prominent former Democrats backing President Trump in the 2024 cycle. The DNC has previously taken out a line of credit before, including twice under Tom Perez, who led the party machine from 2017 to 2021. In response to the reported cash-borrowing discussions, DNC Chair Ken Martin told the Times, “That’s certainly not our plan right now,” adding, “I don’t know if we’ll have to at this point.”
A DNC spokesperson told The Post that the party apparatus doubled its fundraising for the first few months of 2025 relative to the first few months of 2017, during the wake of Democrats’ prior presidential loss. The spox also claimed that the DNC raked in more grassroots cash in the first three months of Martin’s term than any other national Democratic Party chair in its history. “It is incredible that [Martin] has not sought to bring all the factions of the party together. He assumed the chairmanship after being opposed by the Democratic leader of the House, the Democratic leader of the Senate, organized labor leaders and many of our country’s leading governors,” a DNC official told The Post.
