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Putin Admits Fuel Crisis as Ukraine Strikes Hit Russian Refineries

Ukraine's drone campaign exposes Russian energy weakness—and American taxpayers are footing the bill for the escalation without a vote.

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Tech & Free Speech

House Passes KIDS Act: 'Child Safety' Bill Builds Surveillance State

Bipartisan bill forces Americans to hand over ID to use the internet, building a federal surveillance apparatus under the guise of child protection.

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Education

Body Rotted in Queens School Chimney for Weeks as Bureaucrats Ignored the Stench

Students smelled the decay for weeks. Nobody in charge asked a question until an exterminator opened the ash dump and found a foot.

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Culture War

July 4th Heat Wave: The Press Can't Resist A Climate Lecture

Brutal temperatures are hitting the nation's 250th birthday, but the establishment press sees a climate opportunity, not just a forecast.

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Politics

14 Republicans Sink Johnson's SAVE Act Procedural Trick

Fourteen Republicans torpedoed Speaker Johnson's plan to attach the SAVE Act to a defense bill, calling the maneuver a head fake that lets the Senate easily strip election integrity protections.

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Crime & Justice

Texas Mother of Five Stabbed to Death; Suspect Smiled at Arrest

Three young women charged in the broad-daylight killing of Caroline Peña in Del Rio — one grinned for the cameras on her way to jail.

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Culture War

Supreme Court Rules Biological Sex Governs Women's Sports

All nine agree Title IX means what it says; six say the Constitution does too.

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Economy

Maryland Gas Tax, Wage Mandates Hit July 1 as Federal Loan Caps Loom

Maryland squeezes working families at the pump and small businesses on payroll, while a federal loan overhaul locks out middle-class grad students.

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