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Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship would overturn more than a century of precedent

4 mn readPresident Donald Trump has said since his first administration that he wants to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional right for everyone born in the United States. This week he issued an executive order that would eliminate it, upending more than a century of precedent. On Thursday, however, a federal judge temporarily blocked it after 22 […]

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The only person in the world with a functioning pig organ is thriving after a record 2 months

3 mn readAn Alabama woman passed a major milestone Saturday to become the longest living recipient of a pig organ transplant – healthy and full of energy with her new kidney for 61 days and counting. “I’m superwoman,” Towana Looney told The Associated Press, laughing about outpacing family members on long walks around New York City as […]

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After 106 years, Black South African WWI troops honored with memorial

2 mn readThe names are carved on poles of African hardwood that are set upright as if reaching for the sun. No one knows where the men they represent were buried. But their names, forgotten for more than a century, have been revived and are now written in the records of history. Black South African servicemen who […]

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Pentagon to send 1,500 troops to border to start Trump-ordered surge

2 mn readThe U.S. military is sending around 1,500 active-duty troops to the country’s southern border, the acting secretary of defense said Wednesday. “This is just the beginning,” Acting Secretary of Defense Robert Salesses wrote in a statement. The troops consist of 1,000 soldiers and 500 Marines, who will work with Customs and Border Protection in El […]

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Capital One two-day outage leaves customers in free-fall

2 mn readThird-party supplier blamed as folks left unable to access funds Capital One is still battling to fix whatever brought down its systems on Wednesday, which has left people unable to access their money. While the US banking and credit-card giant continues to accept incoming deposits, attempts to withdraw funds or look up accounts bring up […]

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Peter Thiel warns young Americans of US real estate ‘catastrophe’ — but also sees ‘giant windfall’ for some boomers

3 mn readAs a co-founder of PayPal and the first outside investor in Facebook, Peter Thiel is widely recognized for his expertise in the tech world. But lately, the billionaire venture capitalist has been sounding the alarm on an entirely different sector: real estate. During a recent interview with The Free Press, Thiel drew upon the insights […]

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