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Montana Farm Bureau Members Meet in D.C. for Annual Fly-In
A group of Montana Farm Bureau members brought concerns of the organization’s farmers and ranchers on an action-packed visit to the nation’s capital last week as part of their Washington, D.C. Fly-In. The group met with White House staff,...

Green Activist Groups Fighting To Stay Afloat As Trump Terminates Biden Bucks
Several major green non-governmental organizations are reportedly struggling to stay afloat now that the Trump administration is taking away their taxpayer funding, according to Bloomberg News. Climate groups like Rewiring America, Deep South...

Pod Save America Team Announces November Launch Of Live Event “Crooked Con” In D.C.
Crooked Media, the company behind the Pod Save America and other progressive podcasts, is expanding its live events with Crooked Con, two days of podcast tapings, panels and workshops scheduled for November 6 and 7 in Washington, D.C. The event...

Darin LaHood addresses economic growth, immigration policy, and healthcare priorities for Illinois
Darin LaHood, U.S. Congressman representing Illinois’ 16th district, shared a series of updates on his official Twitter account on July 28, 2025, covering legislative efforts in Washington, D.C., and local issues affecting Illinois.In a post made...
Three Cheers for the Supreme Court (and President Trump) for Abolishing the Education Department
Newsmax ran their headline as follows: “Supreme Court Lets Trump Lay Off 1,400 Ed Dept. Employees.” The story reported: The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track and go...

The D Brief: Double sub production?; Shipbuilding ‘cobots’; Army’s unassigned tech-execs; Border SITREP; And a bit more.
The U.S. must double its sub production, CNO nominee says. “We need a transformational improvement and the ability to deliver twice the capacity that we're currently delivering” in order to meet the needs of the U.S. Navy and the country’s...

Immigration arrests surge despite stalled ICE partnerships
INDIANAPOLIS — Federal immigration authorities have arrested increasing numbers of people suspected of being in Indiana illegally – but have yet to deputize officer nominees from at least two Hoosier counties in President Donald Trump’s...

Sister Rose Sylvia Lindner, S.S.N.D., dies at 91
A funeral Mass for School Sister of Notre Dame Rose Sylvia Lindner was offered July 2 at Villa Assumpta in Baltimore. Sister Rose Sylvia died June 18. She was 91. Raised in Virginia, Audrey Sylvia entered the Daughters of Charity in Emmitsburg in...

Immigration and the physician shortage: Why D.C. isn't acting on skilled health care immigration
Tom Price, M.D., says legal, merit-based immigration in health care is one of the few policy issues with genuine bipartisan support — but it still hasn't broken through the noise in Washington. "There's always something sucking the oxygen out of...

HRC’s ‘American Dreams Tour’ to elevate LGBTQ+ voices in Atlanta
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Church sales ‘exploding’ as religious affiliation fades
BALTIMORE — When the Archdiocese of Baltimore sold two buildings that belonged to one of its parishes in April, the move didn’t just signal a new chapter in the church’s plan to realign its operations in the city. It reflected an emerging trend in...

McClellan challenges Youngkin on immigrant arrest claims
U.S. Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-4th, is pushing back against Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s recent claims that all 2,500 immigrants detained in statewide operations since March were violent offenders, saying Monday she doesn’t believe it — and won’t —...

Ready to Work, immigration among topics San Antonio mayor discussed with District 4 residents
Sign up for TPR Today, Texas Public Radio's newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each morning. Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones held her first public town hall on Monday night in District 4 on the city’s Southwest Side. Jones took questions...

Talented young hoops trio leads B.C. to Canada Games clash in Newfoundland
Trio of basketball athletes heads to Newfoundland Aug. 8-25 It's the last high school summer for three Surrey basketball players who will head to Newfoundland to represent B.C. at the 2025 Canada Games. Pacific Academy's Judah Ashbee, Tamanawis...

What is Katie Ledecky’s Ethnicity, Religion, and Nationality? Everything You Need To Know
Katie Ledecky is a name that most fans who follow swimming already know. And why wouldn’t they? She has clinched fourteen Olympic medals and twenty-one gold medals at the World Championships! She’s practically the queen of 200 m and 1500 m...

Hardin County Community Unit School District 1 Board of Education met July 28
Hardin County Community Unit School District 1 Board of Education met July 28. Here is the agenda provided by the board: 1) Call to Order 2) Roll Call 3) Recognition of Guests/Public comments 4) Consent Agenda a. Approve minutes of previous...

Big Tex’s Boots Bound for D.C. to Star in Smithsonian Exhibit
They say a real cowboy never takes off his boots, well, this one does. At the end of the season, after the State Fair of Texas is done, this one does. And this time, Big Tex's boots are going on a trip without him. For only the second time ever,...

3 Surrey basketball players to represent B.C. at Canada Games
Trio of hoops talent heads to Newfoundland Aug. 8-16 It's the last high school summer for three Surrey basketball players who will head to Newfoundland to represent B.C. at the 2025 Canada Games. Pacific Academy's Judah Ashbee, Tamanawis...

White Hall Senior Aly Hobson Represents Arkansas at ALA Girls Nation in Washington, D.C.
Senator John Boozman (R-AR) recently met with Aly Hobson of White Hall High School, one of two Arkansas students selected to represent the state at the 2025 American Legion Auxiliary (ALA) Girls Nation in Washington, D.C. Hobson, a rising senior,...
The C. elegans gustatory receptor homolog LITE-1 is a chemoreceptor required for diacetyl avoidance
Sensory perception is fundamental to how organisms interact with their surroundings. Animals, including Caenorhabditis elegans, detect and respond to a wide range of environmental cues such as light and odorants. Despite having a compact nervous...