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Jennica Pounds is the researcher behind the influential DataRepublican account on X. Her publisher describes her as a software engineer, data analyst and Utah small-business
California small businesses really are being hit with costly CIPA website lawsuits. But the Facebook campaign built around those businesses is pushing lawmakers beyond the
Did Israel get the United States into the Iran war? The best-supported answer is yes. Netanyahu spent months pressing Washington to attack, Israel planned to
Indiana put $15 million into Iron Nation–Indiana, a venture initiative designed to finance Israeli startups and help them expand into the United States. The investment
What began as an effort to prevent fatigue-related Navy disasters is expanding into something much larger: wearables, blood samples, biobanks, medical records, wastewater surveillance and
No credible public evidence currently proves that Pete Hegseth’s wife, Jennifer Hegseth, is a foreign spy. But that does not make the controversy imaginary. She
“Trump Derangement Syndrome” is supposed to describe people whose hatred of Donald Trump has overwhelmed their judgment. Political psychology shows that kind of bias is
A career Justice Department civil-rights attorney says Trump officials built key campus antisemitism cases backward: federal money was frozen before investigations were complete, Brown was
There is a difference between deciding that one candidate is less harmful in one election and promising a political party your vote no matter what
Comedian Suzanne Lambert says she accidentally overheard Gentry Beach, Harry Sargeant III and Peter Marocco discussing Trump, money and the 2026 midterms. Many of the
