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Trump Says US Will Form AI Force
The president said he plans to hire an AI czar to lead the force.
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Minnesota’s anti-ICE aid fund becomes latest casualty of state’s embarrassing fraud problem…
A program designed to assist businesses impacted by the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement efforts in Minnesota has been shut down following widespread fraud concerns, according to local news reports.
The board of Hennepin County in Minnesota, home to Minneapolis, approved $2 million in funding for local businesses impacted by Operation Metro Surge — a large-scale immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota launched in December 2025.
‘FALSE’: New Study Challenges Claim That Laws Restricting Transgender Medicine Increase Teen Suicide
The medical watchdog group Do No Harm published a study Thursday countering the claim that laws restricting sex-rejecting procedures, often euphemistically described as “gender-affirming care,” lead to increased suicide rates among young people with gender dysphoria. “When we examined the widely cited claim that restricting pediatric sex-rejecting procedures will spike suicide rates, we found it…
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Senate Democrat Blocks Immediate Passage of House-Passed Data Center Utility Rate Bill
‘Congress needs to pass real legislation with real teeth,’ said Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.).
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Surveillance Patent Shows Flock Spying Way Worse Than Advertised
“face recognition data points”
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Ballot Harvesting Concerns in Nursing Homes Spur New Push to Protect Vulnerable Seniors
by Fred Lucas As the Trump administration seeks to crack down on potential voter fraud in nursing homes, an election watchdog group is providing additional information to long-term care facilities, citing several past criminal cases involving political operatives and staff who took advantage of vulnerable elderly residents. A Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services memo from late July cited two major cases in recent years, one out of Texas and another out of Wisconsin, involving elderly people being exploited in long-term care facilities for collecting votes. The memo says facilities have a “responsibility to preserve residents’ rights to vote and to promote participation in the democratic process.” But says, “This activity should not violate federal or state voting laws.” And that staff “cannot engage in inappropriate coercion or other violations of residents’ rights.” “Residents who require assistance to vote should have the option of receiving assistance from the person of their choosing and should be offered the option of receiving assistance from their authorized representative,” the CMS memo says. The Election Integrity Network released a tool kit for instructing senior facilities on how to comply with the CMS guidance. Among other things, the tool kit suggests that facilities or caregivers avoid assumptions and ensure…
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No More Mandatory ESG Fees for Dairy Farmers, USDA Rules
Money collected from dairy farmers should not go to ‘bankroll radical climate agendas,’ the USDA Secretary said.
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All 50 States Join Medicaid Drug Pricing Program: Trump
The experimental program aims to align President Donald Trump’s most-favored-nation drug price targets with the prices charged to state Medicaid programs.
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