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Feb 12 2025POLITICS

The Big Money Ask: Trump's Immigration Plans Need Cash

The Trump administration is in a bind. They need more money to carry out their immigration plans. Tom Homan, known as the "border czar, " and Russell Vought, the budget director, met with Senate Republicans recently. They made a strong case for more funding. They said, "We need more money to keep o

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Feb 08 2025POLITICS

Trump's Tax Plan Leaves Republicans Divided

Republicans, led by House Speaker Mike Johnson plan to vote on a budget next week for Trump's tax agenda. But here's where it gets interesting. The Senate already has a budget plan of their own. So there are two Republican plans to make cuts and pass Trump's tax agenda. Mike Johns

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Feb 07 2025POLITICS

Big Changes Brewing at National Science Foundation

Federal agency directors are about to get a sneak peek at President Trump's budget plans for the upcoming fiscal year. It is expected to be a big change. This is a routine process that happens every year. Congress will eventually take this budget and turn it into a law. This will be Trump's first b

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Feb 07 2025POLITICS

Political Deadlock Broken: Minnesota State Lawmakers Agree on Fair Share

Let's start with the big news. A political stalemate in Minnesota came to an end on Thursday. After a tense period, lawmakers from both major parties shook hands on a deal to share power in the state's House of Representatives for the next two years. Republicans will take the lead as speaker.

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Feb 06 2025POLITICS

Pressure mounts on GOP to decide on Trump's big plans

The Republican Party finds itself in hot water over its strategy. What's the best path toward delivering on Trump's top priorities and winning the Senate. The end of the year taxes will require a resolution soon. A divide exists between the House of Representatives and the Senate. To truly

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Feb 05 2025LIFESTYLE

Rock-Throwing at dinner

Picture facing a target and hurling rocks as high as a goal that you need to hit; you’re calming down your nerves and have the good time of your life while getting majorly tempted by a made-to-order, homemade; menu pressed out of a smash burger. The Quarry Taphouse is in Hastings. Minnesota is home

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Feb 04 2025FINANCE

Egg Prices Soar: Waffle House Passes on Egg Cost to Customers

Bird flu is driving up egg prices, the CDC reports millions suffering from normal seasonal flu There's a staggering egg shortage due to bird flu. Millions of chickens have sadly been lost or slaughtered to stem the spread of the highly contagious virus. Depending on the area and time of the year th

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Feb 04 2025POLITICS

Joe Biden goes Hollywood

Joe Biden made a deal with CAA, the big entertainment agency. So now Biden gets treated like a celebrity. Biden and CAA were besties before. CAA wasn't shy about saying how proud they were for being a part of his team. Maybe this is part of Biden's journey to a new career after his big government

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Feb 01 2025POLITICS

Celebrities and Politics: Controversial Video and the Deportation Debate

A debate was sparked when a video of a popular singer's reaction was used in a controversial way by a political administration. The video showed the singer crying, upset about the plight of immigrants. The administration took this video and mixed it with interviews with people who had lost family me

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Jan 30 2025ENTERTAINMENT

Little House on the Prairie Comes Back to Netflix

Imagine that you have a favorite childhood book. What if it was adapted into a TV show that became a hit? And what if it was then rebooted for a new generation? That's what has happened with "Little House on the Prairie". There's a reason why the American frontier is so popular. It is a t

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