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Gov. Gavin Newsom called the president “dangerous and deranged” after his remarks at a political rally, where Trump said the Iran war was necessary to “keep the world safe.”
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⚠️A surviving faction of the Ku Klux Klan is attempting to soften its public image, emphasizing “family” and “faith,” using the name The Knights Party, and openly discussing efforts to attract new members.
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WOMAN FILES FLORIDA LAWSUIT ACCUSING TRUMP OF 1997 RAPE

A woman has filed a civil complaint in Palm Beach County, Florida, accusing Donald Trump of raping her in a Florida hotel in 1997 while Jeffrey Epstein was present. #TheCityBrief

The Trump administration has begun sending $500 government checks to nearly 1 million Affordable Care Act customers in 30 states. Each payment comes with a letter from Trump telling recipients that the Biden administration overcharged them to operate HealthCare.gov.
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The cybercriminal group ShinyHunters says it penetrated FBI-related systems and obtained highly sensitive personnel information. Journalists have examined samples containing thousands of purported FBI records. #TheCityBrief

CBS/60 Minutes has exposed what it describes as a growing “pardon broker” industry around Trump’s clemency process. Using hidden cameras, it documented lobbyists offering convicted people help obtaining presidential pardons for fees reaching $3 million.
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Trump has again described himself as personally involved in the recovery effort following the September 11 attacks. Twenty-five years later, what does the historical record actually show? He’s lying.
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Anthropic says it has disrupted several cases in which scientists used its Claude AI models for sophisticated biological research that could potentially contribute to biological-weapons development.
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MUSK-BACKED VOTER WEBSITE IS COLLECTING FAR MORE THAN YOUR REGISTRATION STATUS

Protect yourself and stay off this website!
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Newly revealed documents describe Border Patrol “Predictive Intelligence Targeting Teams” that examine financial activity, criminal-history information and other sensitive databases to identify people considered worth investigating—even when they are not suspected of a specific crime. #TheCityBrief

Behind some sophisticated romance and investment scams targeting Americans are sprawling criminal compounds where another set of victims may be working under coercion—people recruited with legitimate-looking job offers, transported across borders then stripped of their passports.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has disclosed plans for a new contract valued between $2 million and $5 million for what the Department of Homeland Security calls “Public Voter Data and Handling.” #TheCityBrief