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Nearly half of powerful .50-caliber ammo seized by Mexican government came from US Army plant, defense minister says Nearly half of powerful .50-caliber ammo seized by Mexican government came from US Army plant, defense minister says As crypto industry expands, U.S. slashes office examining dirty money safeguards of cryptocurrency exchanges As crypto industry expands, U.S. slashes office examining dirty money safeguards of cryptocurrency exchanges Hong Kong firms feed European tech to Russia’s war in Ukraine, report says Hong Kong firms feed European tech to Russia’s war in Ukraine, report says
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Oregon Voters Overwhelmingly Said Yes to Limiting Money in Politics. Then Politicians Had Their Say.

By Samantha Johnson / March 17, 2026
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They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth.

By Samantha Johnson / March 17, 2026
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This DHS Official Oversees the Security of Federal Elections. He Wants to Ban Voting Machines.

By Samantha Johnson / March 17, 2026
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Nearly half of powerful .50-caliber ammo seized by Mexican government came from US Army plant, defense minister says

By Samantha Johnson / March 17, 2026
Corruption

As crypto industry expands, U.S. slashes office examining dirty money safeguards of cryptocurrency exchanges

By Samantha Johnson / March 17, 2026
Breaking News

Consumer Sentiment Tanks, Prices Rise, Growth Stalls as Trump’s Illegal and Costly Iran War Pushes Economy to the Brink

By Samantha Johnson / March 17, 2026

Today’s University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment dipped to 55.5 in the preliminary March reading, down 2% from 56.6 in February. Year-ahead inflation expectations came in…

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EPA Bows to Corporate Polluters, Abandons Duty to Protect Public from Sterilizers’ Ethylene Oxide Emissions

By Samantha Johnson / March 17, 2026

Today, the Trump Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposed rule to roll back public health regulations adopted in 2024 for commercial sterilizer facilities that…

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Trump Administration Rolls Back Safeguards Limiting Release of Cancer-Causing Air Pollutant Ethylene Oxide

By Samantha Johnson / March 17, 2026

Earlier today, the Trump administration rolled back a 2024 EPA rule limiting commercial sterilization facilities from releasing ethylene oxide, a potent cancer-causing air pollutant.Ethylene oxide…

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Pipeline That Caused Massive 2015 Santa Barbara Oil Spill Restarts Illegally

By Samantha Johnson / March 17, 2026

Texas-based company Sable Offshore Corp. announced today that it has restarted oil flow through the pipeline that ruptured and caused one of California’s largest oil…

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Send Me, Jesse Said

By Samantha Johnson / March 17, 2026

Woefully belatedly – but seeking hope and light – we honor the remarkable life of Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, who over six decades “stepped forward…

Corruption

Advocacy group files formal grievance claiming World Bank ‘failed’ to address harm caused by controversial Tanzanian project

By Samantha Johnson / March 17, 2026

The project, which aimed to expand protected environmental areas and boost tourism, was terminated in 2024 after allegations of human rights abuses. …

Corruption

IRS criminal referrals against big corporations and ultrawealthy plummeted during Trump’s first year

By Samantha Johnson / March 17, 2026

New data shows how a key office hammered by layoffs and cost-cutting referred at most two cases in fiscal year 2025. …

Corruption

Lawmakers seek to stop sales to the public of ammunition made at U.S. Army plant

By Samantha Johnson / March 17, 2026

A new bill backed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren and three other Democrats came in response to an ICIJ and The New York Times investigation. …

Corruption

Italian authorities order expulsion of Chinese agents responsible for spying on dissidents

By Samantha Johnson / March 17, 2026

The Interior Ministry acted days after local media reported that Chinese state actors in 2024 hacked the database of a police unit assigned to protecting…

Corruption

Human rights court calls on governments to crack down on weapons trafficking

By Samantha Johnson / March 17, 2026

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights said that governments have a duty to more closely monitor firearms manufacturers and put a stop to illegal trafficking….

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