The New York Times editorial board writes: President Trump treats facts in the same way that he treats people: He expects them to line up in support of his goals, and if they don’t, he seeks to get rid of them. Countries that fudge statistics are basically lying to themselves, and they suffer the consequences, as Ben Casselman documented in …
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The Stars & Stripes reports: The U.S. Air Force wants to purchase two Tesla Cybertrucks as targets for precision-guided munitions, citing concerns that adversaries may start using them in the future. Federal contracting documents posted online show the trucks as part of a larger buy of 33 vehicles that will be sent to White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico …
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Baltimore News Radio reports: There could be more victims after a former youth pastor at the Central Christian Church along Rossville Boulevard has been charged with 24 sex abuse counts for abusing six boys in Baltimore County. Court papers say one victim told police that 52-year-old Thomas Pinkerton was a “father figure” to him “in a spiritual way,” meeting him …
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Myrtle Beach’s NBC affiliate reports: A North Carolina pastor is out of jail after he was arrested in a child sex crime investigation. Kyle Lynn Sigmon is charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor. A police report shows that in July, a detective with the Boone Police Department notified North Myrtle Beach police about a sexual assault that …
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The Houston Chronicle reports: A millionaire hunter from Dallas died after being gored by a buffalo during a trophy hunt in South Africa. Asher Watkins, who made his fortune trading luxury ranches, was on an organized safari last week, Coernraad Vermaak Safaris, when the fatal incident occurred. Watkins, 52, was tracking a massive buffalo in the bush of the 50,000-acre Banbisana …
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The Independent reports: A 34-year-old youth pastor in Virginia is facing federal charges over allegations he posed as a teenage boy to exchange nude photos and videos with young girls, telling one of them last month that it was “time for her to see her first d**k,” according to an FBI probable cause affidavit. Throughout the conversation, Jacob Ryan Barnett …
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Florida Politics reports: Backing Trump’s denunciation of Intel Thursday morning, Rick Scott said on X, in a post rife with all caps words for emphasis, that the company “owes American taxpayers answers TODAY.” Trump claims the Intel CEO is “highly CONFLICTED” and “must resign, immediately.” Intel got $7.86 billion during the Joe Biden administration for semiconductor manufacturing and plants in …
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The New York Times reports: Oliver Burckhardt came prepared for the dinner that President Trump hosted for a small group of major donors at his private Mar-a-Lago resort in South Florida on March 1. A week earlier, one of Mr. Burckhardt’s biotech companies had donated $5 million to MAGA Inc., a pro-Trump political committee, that paved the way for him …
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The Washington Post reports: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with his security cabinet on Thursday to discuss plans for the full occupation of the Gaza Strip. It comes amid opposition voiced by Israel’s military leadership, said a person familiar with Netanyahu’s office’s decisions, corroborated by two former Israeli officials — potentially setting up a clash between the country’s military …
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Reuters reports: The Trump administration plans to slash terrorism prevention funding for New York City, according to a grant notice posted just days after a gunman killed four people inside a Manhattan skyscraper. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said in a grant notice that the United States’ largest city would receive $64 million less this year from its urban area …
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