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

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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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Hilgers, Ricketts Criticize Trump’s Fed Marijuana Reclassification; Nebraska Advocates Celebrate

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Advocates for medical cannabis join together before a public hearing at the Nebraska State Office Building in Lincoln, Nebraska, on state-drafted regulations for the new medicine approved by Nebraska voters in November 2024, Oct. 15, 2025.
(Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers criticized President Donald Trump’s efforts to loosen federal restrictions on marijuana as local advocates applauded the change.

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Trump Warns Maduro Against Playing 'Tough' As US Escalates Pressure Campaign On Venezuela

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Evana, an oil tanker, is docked at El Palito port in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025.
(Matias Delacroix / AP Photo)

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday delivered a new warning to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as the U.S. Coast Guard steps up efforts to interdict oil tankers in the Caribbean Sea as part of the Republican administration's escalating pressure campaign on the government in Caracas.

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RFK Jr. Announces New Rules Targeting Care For Transgender Youth

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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

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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

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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

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

Hilgers, Ricketts Criticize Trump’s Fed Marijuana Reclassification; Nebraska Advocates Celebrate

Trump Warns Maduro Against Playing 'Tough' As US Escalates Pressure Campaign On Venezuela

RFK Jr. Announces New Rules Targeting Care For Transgender Youth

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

Winter Letter, To America

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

Nebraska Becomes First State To Add New Medicaid Federal Work Requirements

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

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.

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

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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.

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