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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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Dan Osborn Says Tyson Manipulated Beef Market With Nebraska Plant Closure

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

U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn, a registered nonpartisan, held a press conference in Lexington, Nebraska, on Dec. 9, 2025.
(Juan Salinas II / Nebraska Examiner)

LEXINGTON, Neb. — Across the street from a Tyson beef plant set to close at the end of January, Nebraska U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn accused the company of breaking a century-old law aimed at preventing anti-competitive behavior by meatpackers.

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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.

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Trump Says The US Has Seized An Oil Tanker Off The Coast Of Venezuela

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

This image from video posted on Attorney General Pam Bondi's X account, and partially redacted by the source, shows an oil tanker being seized by U.S. forces off the coast of Venezuela, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025.
(U.S. Attorney General's Office / X via AP)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as tensions mount with the government of President Nicolás Maduro.