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Trump Administration Moves Forward With Head Start Overhaul, Proposing To Eliminate Regulations

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 08/10/2026 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration said Thursday it plans to overhaul Head Start, tossing out many of the regulations that are the hallmark of the early education program for the nation's poorest children.

Officials from the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the federally funded preschool program, said the proposed changes would encourage more local decision-making. Early childhood policy experts argue the deregulation could undermine Head Start's position as the gold standard in early education.

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Trump Floats Pulling Blanche's Nomination For Attorney General To Avoid Conceding To GOP Demands

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 08/03/2026 - 12:00am

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, arrives for a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill, Thursday, July 30, 2026, in Washington.
(Mark Schiefelbein / AP Photo)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday he may pull acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination for the full-time post to avoid conceding to Senate Republicans' demands over a sweeping tax audit immunity deal benefiting the president and members of his family.

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Nebraska Democrats Vow To Fight Forbes’ ‘Disingenuous’ Lawsuit

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 08/03/2026 - 12:00am

Nebraska Democratic Party Chair Jane Kleeb speaks during a press conference in Lincoln on July 29, 2026.
(Photo by Juan Salinas II / Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — Nebraska Democratic Party leaders called William Forbes a DINO – a Democrat in name only – while vowing to fight his lawsuit aiming to force them to find a replacement for former Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Cindy Burbank after she dropped out of the race.

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Walz Selects Farmer, Ag Leader, Ex-Republican As Nebraska Lieutenant Governor Pick

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 08/03/2026 - 12:00am

Former State Sen. Lynne Walz of Fremont, the Democratic nominee for Nebraska governor (at podium) announces her pick of Humboldt farmer Ben Steffen as her choice for lieutenant governor on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, on a farm north of Elkhorn.
(Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)

ELKHORN, Neb. — Former state Sen. Lynne Walz of Fremont, the 2026 Democratic choice for Nebraska governor, announced a corn and soybean farmer and ex-Republican on Tuesday as her pick for lieutenant governor.

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US And Iran Trade Missile Barrages As Hopes Dim For A Quick Resolution To The Five-Month Conflict

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 08/03/2026 - 12:00am

Mourners carry the coffin of an Iranian adviser draped in the Iranian flag during a group funeral for Iranian advisers and Popular Mobilization Forces fighters killed in airstrikes on bases belonging to Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces, a coalition of predominantly Shiite militias that includes Iran-backed groups, in Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, July 29, 2026.
(Hadi Mizban / AP Photo)

CAIRO (AP) — The United States and Iran each fired barrages of missiles Thursday, as the pattern of back-and-forth strikes took hold again and hope dimmed for a quick end to the five-month conflict.

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Walz Skips Specifics In New ‘Lynne’s Commitment To Nebraskans’ Platform In Governor’s Race

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 07/27/2026 - 12:00am

LINCOLN — Former State Sen. Lynne Walz, Nebraska’s Democratic nominee for governor, unveiled her platform and day-one commitments Wednesday should she unseat Republican Gov. Jim Pillen, while sidestepping specifics at times about what they would look like.

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House Again Passes Resolution Seeking To Halt Military Action In Iran As Some Republicans Defect

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 07/27/2026 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday narrowly passed a resolution to halt U.S. military action in Iran, sending a warning to President Donald Trump for the second time as the war has escalated and the future of the conflict is increasingly uncertain.

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The Antifa Terrorism Threat The Trump Administration Describes Does Not Exist

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 07/27/2026 - 12:00am

Antifa members gather at a rally held by Patriot Prayer in Portland, Ore., on Saturday, June 30, 2018. Police dispersed clashing protesters as problems occurred when the two opposing protest groups — Patriot Prayer and antifa — took to the streets.
(Mark Graves / The Oregonian via AP)

The State Department on July 16, 2026, hosted what officials billed as a ministerial on the resurgence of left-wing political terrorism.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio invited representatives from more than 60 countries to Washington to hear an argument that many of them appear not to believe: that a transnational far-left terrorist movement called antifa threatens the democratic world. At the event, allies were asked to mobilize against that enemy despite nations like the Netherlands and Germany politely noting to their host that they cannot find evidence of any such group.

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Legally Or Not, The US Government Is Controlling Global Access To The World’s Most Powerful AI

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 07/27/2026 - 12:00am

French President Emmanuel Macron (right) meets with the CEO of Anthropic Dario Amodei during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, Wednesday, June 17, 2026.
(Thibault Camus / AP Photo)

When the U.S. Commerce Department ordered Anthropic on June 12, 2026, to immediately prevent all foreign nationals from using the artificial intelligence company’s two most advanced large language models, it disabled its Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models within hours, making them inaccessible to everyone.

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FDA Reviews Peptide Injections Favored By RFK Jr. And Wellness Influencers

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 07/27/2026 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — Health advisers begin meeting Thursday to review more than a half-dozen peptides, unproven substances that have become a growing wellness trend despite little evidence they are safe or effective.

The two-day meeting hosted by the Food and Drug Administration has the backing of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has described himself as a “big fan” of peptides and vowed to overturn industry restrictions put in place under President Joe Biden.

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