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RFK Jr. Announces New Rules Targeting Care For Transgender Youth

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/29/2025 - 12:00am

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Vance Refuses To Set Red Lines Over Bigotry As Conservatives Feud At Turning Point

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/29/2025 - 12:00am

Erika Kirk greets Vice President JD Vance during Turning Point USA's AmericaFest 2025, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, in Phoenix, Az.
(Jon Cherry / AP Photo)

PHOENIX (AP) — Vice President JD Vance said Sunday the conservative movement should be open to everyone as long as they “love America,” declining to condemn a streak of antisemitism that has divided the Republican Party and roiled the opening days of Turning Point USA’s annual convention.

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Pillen, Nebraska’s Federal Delegation Reflect On Ukraine, Putin, Eventual End To Russian Invasion

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/22/2025 - 12:00am

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (left) is honored for his support of the Ukrainian people at an appreciation event at the House of Prayer in north Lincoln, Nebraska. Lead pastor Oleg Stepanyuk (right) gifted Pillen a bulava, a ceremonial mace that is a traditional symbol of authority for military and government leaders in Ukraine, Nov. 7, 2025.
(Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — As peace talks and fighting continue in the multi-year fight since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Nebraska’s governor and congressional delegation spoke out in defense of Ukraine and Nebraska’s interests.

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Winter Letter, To America

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/22/2025 - 12:00am

Dear Susana,

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The Senate Just Passed A New $900 Billion Defense Bill. Here’s What’s In It.

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/22/2025 - 12:00am

Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif, Tuesday, April 16, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
(Mariam Zuhaib / AP Photo)

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Nebraska Becomes First State To Add New Medicaid Federal Work Requirements

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/22/2025 - 12:00am

LINCOLN — Nebraska stepped Wednesday toward becoming the first state in the country to start its implementation of new federal work requirements for Medicaid health insurance recipients beginning May 1 of the new year.

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All Eyes On Florida As State Gets One Step Closer To Nixing Vaccine Mandates

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/22/2025 - 12:00am

All Eyes on Florida As State Gets One Step Closer to Nixing Vaccine Mandates

‘Pediatric hospitals will be overwhelmed,’ one infectious disease expert warns. Fla’s action comes amid a fast-moving South Carolina measles outbreak.

By Amanda Geduld

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FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino Says He Plans To Resign Next Month As Bureau's No 2 Official

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/22/2025 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said Wednesday that he will resign from the bureau next month, ending a brief and tumultuous tenure in which he clashed with the Justice Department over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and was forced to reconcile the realities of his law enforcement job with provocative claims he made in his prior role as a popular podcast host.

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War And Young Men

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/15/2025 - 12:00am

There is one earthly resource that has a greater luster than gold, a higher energy output than coal, and has more military applications than the highest technology. It is a simple word, a thing taken for granted by all but the wisest: ‘manpower’.

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Republicans In Congress Eye More Power For States To Remove Voters

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/15/2025 - 12:00am

Rep. Laurel Lee (R-FL) in Charlotte, N.C., Monday, Sept. 29, 2025.
(Nell Redmond / AP Photo)

Republicans in Congress want to give states more authority to remove ineligible voters — including noncitizens and people who have moved or died — from voter rolls, seeking to reinforce the Trump administration’s own push to scrub the lists.