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Pentagon Fires Editor Of Stars And Stripes After He Gave An Interview To CBS News And Called Potential Censorship A “Red Line”
The Pentagon has fired the editor in chief of Stars and Stripes, Erik Slavin, days after he gave an interview to CBS News Sunday Morning in which he described censorship of the military-focused publication as a “red line”. Slavin said he was dismissed on grounds of insubordination for stating that news censorship affecting service members…
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Black voters rip Dems over taking them for granted in El-Sayed’s backyard: ‘Hush us up’
Black voters in Detroit say they feel increasingly taken for granted by the Democratic Party, a development that could prove decisive in Michigan’s closely watched Senate race. The contest is being closely followed partly because of progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign, and softer support from a historically reliable Democratic voting bloc threatens to complicate the…
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Navy reportedly weighs renaming aircraft carrier for Trump
The name of Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller could be removed from one of the U.S. Navy’s next aircraft carriers, with President Donald Trump’s name reportedly among those being considered as a replacement.
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GOP backlash grows to Trump’s beef price intervention
GOP lawmakers and cattle ranchers are immediately raising alarm bells over President Trump’s decision to temporarily lift certain tariffs on imported ground beef to mitigate the cost for American consumers. The president said Friday a deal is coming that would lower the price of ground beef for Americans to 25 percent below the current market…
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Cambridge professor’s death after resignation sparking dangerous calls for media censorship, scholar warns
A senior scholar at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) has warned against allowing public concern over the death of former Cambridge professor Jason Arday to be used to justify press censorship. Arday, who had resigned from his post before his death, has become the focus of debate in the US media, with…
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SNAP enrollment dropping faster than expected. Here’s why
Enrollment in the biggest federally funded food aid program in the U.S. dropped by more than 13% in a 12-month span — a decline far steeper than the government estimated as work requirements and other provisions of President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” take hold.
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Top 5 most heated moments as progressives spar over who is farther to the left in final Dem Senate debate
Democratic Senate candidates Ed Markey and Seth Moulton clashed in their final debate before Massachusetts’ 1 September primary, each seeking to convince voters in the heavily Democratic state that they are the stronger standard-bearer for progressive priorities. The Thursday night debate underscored an intensifying fight within the party over its ideological direction, as both candidates…
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Portugal enacts ‘burqa law’ largely prohibiting face coverings in public
Portugal’s President António José Seguro has enacted a law that largely bans covering one’s face in public, a measure widely seen as targeting garments such as the burqa worn by some Muslim women. The move follows similar restrictions already in place in several other European countries and reflects an ongoing debate across the continent over…