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DeSantis signs a bill making Florida the 2nd state to ban fluoride from its water system

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a measure Thursday prohibiting local governments from adding fluoride to their water systems, making it the second state in the country after Utah to implement a statewide ban on the mineral. DeSantis signed the bill at a public event in Dade City, Florida, […]

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Trump officials want to cut limits of Pfas in drinking water – what will the impact be?

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The Trump administration has announced it would attempt to kill some of the strong new Pfas “forever chemical” drinking water limits set in April 2024. While the moves would deliver a clear win for the US chemical and water utility industries, it’s less clear whether the action will be successful, what it means longterm for

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Intense wave of Israeli airstrikes across Gaza kills at least 80

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Israel launched a new and intense wave of airstrikes and artillery shelling on targets across Gaza on Thursday morning, killing at least 80 people, according to officials in the Palestinian territory. The raids and bombardment over the last 48 hours have raised levels of violence higher than for several weeks, with the death toll coming

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Argentina orders immigration crackdown with new decree to 'make Argentina great again'

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s right-wing President Javier Milei issued a decree on Wednesday curbing immigration to the South American nation, a move coinciding with the immigration restrictions put in place by the Trump administration. Milei’s abrupt measures and declaration that newcomers were bringing “chaos and abuse” to Argentina — a country built by

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Rubio and other top NATO diplomats meet in Turkey ahead of possible Ukraine-Russia talks

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ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his NATO counterparts meet in Turkey on Thursday to prepare a pivotal summit of alliance leaders next month that will set the course for future European security as America focuses on challenges elsewhere. The meeting in the Mediterranean coastal city of Antalya comes amid

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CNN Data Chief Stunned By This 'Extremely Bad' GOP Move: 'It Blows My Mind!'

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CNN’s chief data analyst Harry Enten on Wednesday called out House Republicans’ “atrocious” move in proposing massive spending cuts to Medicaid to fund President Donald Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful bill.” “The politics of this are so extremely bad, it blows my mind,” Enten told CNN’s Kate Bolduan of a move that could leave millions of

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Students at Florida's only public HBCU protest presidential candidate with DeSantis ties

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s only public historically Black university could soon be run by an ally of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has restricted the teaching of African American history and banned public colleges from using taxpayer money on diversity programs. Marva Johnson, a lobbyist and executive for the telecom company Charter Communications and

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‘You Will Kill Me’: Disabled People Call BS On Republicans' Medicaid Cuts

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WASHINGTON — Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Ala.) was in the middle of explaining why vulnerable Americans wouldn’t lose benefits as a result of the GOP’s proposed changes to Medicaid when a scream interrupted him.   “You will kill me,” a woman in the audience of the House Energy and Commerce Committee room yelled. She added in a

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Dems go after GOP online fundraising after Trump attacks ActBlue

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House Democrats are firing back at Republican attacks on their top fundraising platform, saying that in fact it’s the GOP’s own online fundraising sites that might be used as tools of corruption and foreign influence. The top Democrats on the House Judiciary, Oversight and Administration Committees are asking the Treasury Department to fork over any

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Apple spent many years and billions of dollars investing in China. Now it's stuck there.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook oversaw his company’s deep investment in China. That was enormously successful strategy for Apple — but now it’s a real problem, argues author Patrick McGee.VCG/VCG via Getty Images Donald Trump wants Apple to make iPhones in America. There’s no chance that will happen, says Patrick McGee, a journalist who just published

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