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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Variety reports: Billy Joel has announced the cancellation of 17 shows he booked at stadiums across North America and England, due to his recent diagnosis of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH). In a statement, Joel and his team said the condition had been exacerbated by recent concert performances, “leading to problems with hearing, vision, and balance.” Under his doctor’s orders, Joel …

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Montana Enacts Ban On Pride Flags At Public Buildings

Helena’s NBC affiliate reports: A new Montana law limits what flags can be flown on government property or at public schools. House Bill 819, sponsored by Rep. Braxton Mitchell, R-Columbia Falls, restricts any flags that “represent a political party, race, sexual orientation, gender or political ideology.” The law effectively bans Pride flags and other LGBTQ flags from being flown at …

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Nazi Leader Extradited To US Over School Shooting

ABC News reports: The alleged leader of a neo-Nazi cult based overseas has been extradited to the United States and accused of “multiple senseless killings” around the world, including the shooting at Antioch High School in Nashville earlier this year that left one student dead and another injured, according to the Justice Department. Michail Chkhikvishvili, a Georgian national arrested in …

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Judge Strikes Down Order Sanctioning DC Law Firm

The Washington Post reports: A federal judge on Friday struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order sanctioning the law firm Jenner & Block, the second time a court has struck down one of Trump’s efforts to punish a firm. U.S. District Judge John D. Bates wrote that Trump’s order was unconstitutional, saying the president was trying “to chill legal representation …

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Trump: Eating Tariffs Eventually Helps US Businesses

REPORTER: “When you said Walmart should eat the cost of tariffs, isn’t that an acknowledgment it is companies that bear the brunt of tariffs?” TRUMP: “Sometimes the country will eat it. Sometimes Walmart will eat it. And sometimes there’ll be something to pay something extra. Because they’ll do a lot of business, but, you know, they announce record profits and …

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Supreme Court Shields DOGE From FOIA Requests

Axios reports: The Supreme Court on Friday paused a federal judge’s order that the Department of Government Efficiency provide a government watchdog group with documents about its work. In a one-page order signed by Chief Justice John Roberts, the high court on Friday froze a D.C. District Court judge’s finding that DOGE is likely subject to the Freedom of Information …

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