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Ren Fest drama tops Houston's hottest entertainment headlines of 2025

Editor's note: This year was a busy one for CultureMap's Entertainment section. A lawsuit brought changes to the Texas Renaissance Festival, country star Post Malone left a life-changing tip, and one of Houston's most respected pitmasters came up a little short on the national stage. Houston’s entertainment news proves the diversity of our city.

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Dec 30, 2025 • 12:00 PM EST • Entertainment • houston.culturemap.com
Lawmakers shot, ICE operations and ongoing fraud investigations: Minnesota's top political stories of 2025
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Dec 30, 2025 • 10:34 AM EST • Politics • cbsnews.com
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From lawsuits to new laws, these Oregonians made biggest impacts on state politics in 2025

A roundup of Oregonians who played an outsized role in protests, policies and major tax cut and spending packages making headlines this year.

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Dec 30, 2025 • 9:00 AM EST • Politics • oregoncapitalchronicle.com
Bill would increase closed captioned movie screenings in Michigan

A Michigan lawmaker introduced a bill to increase the number of closed captioned movies that theatres are required to offer.

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Dec 30, 2025 • 7:53 AM EST • Entertainment • abc12.com
As rumors swirl after political killings, this GOP lawmaker draws a line

Minnesota state senator Julia Coleman knew both Charlie Kirk and Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman. She is fed up with the conspiracy theories around their deaths.

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Dec 30, 2025 • 6:00 AM EST • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Workplace Medicine: Building health and business together | LMH Health

LMH Health Workplace Medicine is redefining occupational medicine in Lawrence and beyond. With a focus on communication, relationships and comprehensive care, we help keep employees safe, healthy and thriving.

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Dec 30, 2025 • 3:57 AM EST • Business • lmh.org
Trump says he'd still like to fire Jerome Powell

Trump also said he would be launching a "gross incompetence lawsuit" against the Fed chair.

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Dec 30, 2025 • 12:02 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
2026 California Laws: Health, Shopping and Renting

KBAK CBS 29 and KBFX Fox58 are the news leaders for Bakersfield, California and serves surrounding communities including Oildale, Lamont, Shafter, Wasco, Buttonwillow, Maricopa, Tehachapi, Arvin, California City, Delano, McFarland, Ridgecrest and Taft.

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Dec 29, 2025 • 9:30 PM EST • Health • bakersfieldnow.com
Full-length Replay: Delaware State at Rutgers

The Scarlet Knights Host the Hornets at Jersey Mike's Arena for a Non-Conference Matchup.

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Dec 29, 2025 • 9:24 PM EST • Sports • foxsports.com
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'Circus,' 'crapshow,' 'stupidity': lawmakers describe the the 119th Congress

After a historic year on Capitol Hill, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle didn't hold back when asked to describe this past year.

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Dec 29, 2025 • 7:06 PM EST • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
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K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup

Disney is seeking to force a proposed class of Fubo subscribers to arbitrate their claims that Disney unlawfully made streaming services pay inflated rates for ESPN and other sports...

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Dec 29, 2025 • 7:00 PM EST • Entertainment • jdsupra.com
States get first awards from rural health fund

It includes a big award for Alaska, whose lawmakers' support was critical to the bill's passage.

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Dec 29, 2025 • 2:42 PM EST • Health • axios.com
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Minnesota lets voters 'vouch' for up to 8 others as fraud scandals fuel calls for federal crackdown

Controversy grows over Minnesota law letting voters vouch for eight neighbors' residency without ID, as critics question election integrity safeguards.

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Dec 29, 2025 • 1:24 PM EST • Politics • foxnews.com
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What Health Care Consumers Need to Know About ACA Marketplace Coverage for 2026 - State of Delaware News

Dover, DE (December 30, 2025) —Time is running out – enroll for 2026 now. January 15 is the final deadline to enroll in an ACA Marketplace plan for 2026. Individuals who don’t act by Jan. 15, 2026, may not get coverage for 2026 unless they qualify for a Special Enrollment Period based on circumstances such […]

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Dec 29, 2025 • 11:55 AM EST • Health • news.delaware.gov
New Rep. Thompson law cuts red tape, protects small business owners

“When we have multiple layers of bureaucracy, we are actively pushing entrepreneurs and small business owners out of our state,” said Thompson, of Brownstown Township. “This new law will support economic independence and sustainability for people who often face significant barriers to business ownership. The era of government nickel and diming hardworking people must end."

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Dec 29, 2025 • 11:39 AM EST • Business • gophouse.org
Trump Rural Health Grants Come With Clawback Threat to States

The Trump administration is announcing awards to states from a rural health care fund, with the threat that some of that money can be clawed back if jurisdictions fail to embrace policy initiatives backed by the president.

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Dec 29, 2025 • 11:01 AM EST • Health • bloomberg.com
How national politics rode along in the patrol car in 2025

From political violence and immigration enforcement to shifting criminal justice policy, 2025 forced local law enforcement to absorb the consequences of national decisions — regardless of ideology

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Dec 29, 2025 • 10:08 AM EST • Politics • police1.com
Lawmakers to consider funding options for mental health help line

With funding for the Oklahoma mental health crisis hot line set to run out at the end of the budget year, lawmakers will have to determine how to fund 988 this session.

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Dec 29, 2025 • 6:30 AM EST • Health • oklahomavoice.com
Rainbow 6 Siege: Game back online as Ubisoft works to fix issues

Publisher Ubisoft works to claw back billions of in-game currency handed out to players.

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Dec 29, 2025 • 6:29 AM EST • Technology • bbc.com
10 stories that shaped Jacksonville politics in 2025 ... and possibly beyond

The way we were.

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Dec 29, 2025 • 4:15 AM EST • Politics • floridapolitics.com
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#ANALYSIS: Samuel Alito keeps getting his way. So why does he seem so unhappy?

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has a remarkable record of transforming his old dissenting opinions into the new majority view and setting the direction of the law in America.

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Dec 29, 2025 • 4:01 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
Starmer v Starmer: why is the former human rights lawyer so cautious about defending human rights? – from The Audio Long Read

Many of his supporters hoped the prime minister would restore the UK’s commitment to international law. Yet Labour’s record over the past year has been curiously mixedBy Daniel Trilling. Read by Simon Darwen

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Dec 29, 2025 • 12:00 AM EST • Politics • theguardian.com
Nursing home giant dodges millions in settlements for patient deaths

Genesis HealthCare used bankruptcy to avoid paying families after settling lawsuits over neglect, including cases with maggot-infested wounds and sexual assault.

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Dec 28, 2025 • 6:21 PM EST • Health • abqjournal.com
New state law tries to build more apartments near public transportation stops

A new law in California will try to make it easier for housing developers to build more homes near public transportation stops.

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Dec 28, 2025 • 11:28 AM EST • Politics • kcra.com
California Politics 360 Full Episode | New laws taking effect in 2026

On California Politics 360, we dive deep into a handful of new laws impacting Californians.

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Dec 28, 2025 • 11:27 AM EST • Politics • kcra.com
Business people on the move

Natalia Spanos has joined the Latino Community Association as a 2025 Immigration Law fellow. She joined the association through the Equity Corps of Oregon fellowship program. In addition, the association […]

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Dec 28, 2025 • 5:48 AM EST • Business • bendbulletin.com
Texas Border Business Congratulates Mando Martinez on Achieving His Law School Dream

Texas Border Business congratulates Armando Martinez, known to many as Mando Martinez, on completing his Juris Doctor degree through the nation’s first ABA-approved Online J.D. Program. His achievement marks the realization of a lifelong goal and a significant professional milestone after more than two decades of public service.

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Dec 28, 2025 • 5:19 AM EST • Business • texasborderbusiness.com
Kansas City lawmaker seeks to expand agriculture-based science education in statewide program

After the state's education department oversaw a pilot program teaching science through agriculture, lawmakers saw an opportunity for more.

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Dec 28, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Science • kcur.org
87,000+ MongoDB Instances Vulnerable to MongoBleed Flaw Exposed Online

A high-severity vulnerability in MongoDB Server that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to siphon sensitive data from database memory.

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Dec 27, 2025 • 10:41 PM EST • Technology • cybersecuritynews.com
Lenoir County woman charged with felony larceny following investigation at local business

Upon reviewing surveillance video, deputies determined that Spruill, an employee of Fuel Warehouse, had unlawfully removed $2,289.01 from a money bag.

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Dec 27, 2025 • 7:54 PM EST • Business • witn.com
UCLA Law receives largest gift in school history to expand entertainment and media law programs

UCLA School of Law has received the largest gift in its 76-year history, a planned gift from alumnus Ken Ziffren ’65 that will expand student training and career opportunities in media, entertainment, technology and sports law. Ziffren, a leading entertainment lawyer and co-founder of Ziffren Brittenham, previously helped establish the Ziffren Institute for Media, Entertainment, […]

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Dec 27, 2025 • 3:24 PM EST • Entertainment • nationaljurist.com
New York to Introduce Mental Health Warning Labels for Social Media

New York has become the fourth state to require social platforms to carry the same type of health warning labels we know from tobacco products, following Colorado, Minnesota, and California passing similar laws in recent years.

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Dec 27, 2025 • 10:52 AM EST • Health • pcmag.com
Crockett: Trump, GOP not interested in doing anything to ‘make health care more affordable’

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) on Friday said President Trump and Republican lawmakers have no interest in making “health care more affordable” as ObamaCare subsidies are set to expire…

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Dec 27, 2025 • 10:21 AM EST • Health • thehill.com
New California law expands Newsom’s mental health court

A new law taking effect on Jan. 1, 2026 expands CARE Court, a mental health program launched by Gov. Gavin Newsom, to include people diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

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Dec 27, 2025 • 8:30 AM EST • Health • calmatters.org
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Immigration lawyers say the H-1B chaos is forcing tough business calls

H-1B visa policy shifts in 2025 cause firms to reconsider staffing, use alternative visas, and update HR travel guidance.

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Dec 27, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
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5 Video Games From The 1990s That Aged Flawlessly

Even though they're decades old, these five games have managed to stay timeless and attract players to this day thanks to their great execution.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 8:00 PM EST • Technology • svg.com
New York to require social media platforms to display mental health labels

A new state law mandates warnings for young users on platforms with features that 'encourage excessive use'.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 3:17 PM EST • Health • aljazeera.com
New York to require social media platforms to display mental health warnings

Social media platforms with infinite scrolling, auto-play and algorithmic feeds will be required to display warning labels about their potential harm to young users’ mental health under a new law, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Friday.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 1:19 PM EST • Health • reuters.com
Milwaukee Bucks at Memphis Grizzlies odds, picks and predictions

The Milwaukee Bucks face the Memphis Grizzlies Friday at FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee. The opening tip is set for 8 p.m. ET.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 12:36 PM EST • Sports • sportsbookwire.usatoday.com
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What researchers have discovered about maternal, infant health under Texas’ abortion laws

A growing body of research indicates that Texas' abortion bans — which are among the country’s most restrictive — have negatively affected the health and...

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Dec 26, 2025 • 11:00 AM EST • Health • dallasnews.com
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POLITICS: Michigan sees decline in green investment

POLITICS: Michigan sees sharp decline in climate investment; lawmakers demand probe after detainee dies in ICE custody.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 10:04 AM EST • Politics • ourmidland.com
Chemtrails Aren’t Real. So Why Are Politicians Passing Laws About Them?

The history and politics of so-called weather weapons.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 9:00 AM EST • Politics • rollingstone.com
Little-known Texas law could help keep health insurance premiums low when federal subsidies expire in a few days

Texas is one of a few states that have this law, giving residents under the Affordable Healthcare Act a little more flexibility.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 8:53 AM EST • Health • khou.com
These were the most explosive moments so far in California’s war with Trump

Targeting California — through lawsuits, policies to undermine state laws and insults hurled at its leaders — has become a hallmark of President Donald Trump’s second term in office.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Politics • sfchronicle.com
I left my dream job as a trial attorney and pivoted into AI at age 40. It showed me the power of leaving my comfort zone.

Aurora Bryant, 40, stopped practicing law to work for Relativity, an AI-powered legal data intelligence company. She said it paid off.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 5:05 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
School, first responder uniform store closes after 62 years

Rush Uniform was started in 1963 by Edward Rush Sr., who sold clergy apparel to local churches from the trunk of his car.

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Dec 26, 2025 • 4:20 AM EST • Business • delawareonline.com
Inside Iowa Politics: Issues to watch in 2026

Iowa lawmakers begin the 2026 session on January 12th with economic, health, education, and workforce questions to consider.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 11:42 PM EST • Politics • ktiv.com
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Dave Portnoy, Barstool Sports selling shirts to benefit family of Delaware trooper killed in DMV shooting
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Dec 25, 2025 • 10:48 PM EST • Sports • cbsnews.com
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Jennifer Lawrence accidentally took Ambien before Philip Seymour Hoffman dance scene for 'Hunger Games'

Jennifer Lawrence recalls accidentally taking Ambien and 'hallucinating' while filming her dance scene with Philip Seymour Hoffman for 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire': 'Elizabeth Banks got really annoyed with me.'

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Dec 25, 2025 • 10:00 PM EST • Entertainment • ew.com
Energy And Entertainment Mergers Now Take Center Stage

On December 7, 2025, Constellation Energy settled a lawsuit previously filed against it by the United States Department of Justice and the State of Texas. The settlement has had the effect of...

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Dec 25, 2025 • 7:00 PM EST • Entertainment • jdsupra.com
Delaware trooper Snook's death hits Barstool Sports, inspires charity

The death of Delaware State trooper Matthew T. "Ty" Snook has reached Barstool Sports, which has created a charity for his loved ones.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 5:02 PM EST • Sports • delawareonline.com
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For Anchorage home baker, city’s loosened cottage food laws ease burden on business

In November, the Anchorage Assembly voted to exempt small businesses that sell some homemade foods from a licensing requirement. Many say it will open up new opportunities.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 2:26 PM EST • Business • adn.com
19 states sue to block Kennedy's plan to curb trans care

The lawsuit says Kennedy exceeded his legal authority.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 2:18 PM EST • Health • axios.com
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I left Big Law at 29 to become a rabbi, then changed careers again at 40. Here's what I learned about finding the perfect job.

Justin Pines, the CEO of the Jewish Broadcasting Service, initially took a "safe" career path in corporate law, before becoming a rabbi.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 5:44 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
Oklahoma is one step closer to creating business courts

Business Courts are one step closer to becoming a reality in Oklahoma, after years of work from lawmakers, state leaders and a special task force. The hope is that business courts would alleviate some of the backlog from district courts.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 6:35 PM EST • Business • news9.com
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Pediatrics group sues U.S. agency for cutting funds for children's health programs

Earlier this month, the federal government 'abruptly terminated' grants to the group, the lawsuit says.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 5:51 PM EST • Health • latimes.com
New York Enacts FAIR Business Practices Act Expanding State Consumer Protection Law

On December 19, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law S8416, amending New York’s General Business Law to enact the Fostering Affordability and

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Dec 24, 2025 • 1:37 PM EST • Business • consumerfinanceandfintechblog.com
Wisconsin sues Trump over rules restricting gender-affirming care

The lawsuit comes less than a week after RFK Jr. proposed new rules barring health care providers from gender-affirming care treatment.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 12:52 PM EST • Health • jsonline.com
HALPER SADEH LLC ENCOURAGES WEBTOON ENTERTAINMENT INC. SHAREHOLDERS TO CONTACT THE FIRM TO DISCUSS THEIR RIGHTS

/PRNewswire/ -- Halper Sadeh LLC, an investor rights law firm, is investigating whether certain officers and directors of WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ:...

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Dec 24, 2025 • 12:30 PM EST • Entertainment • prnewswire.com
Democratic-led states sue HHS over proposal targeting hospitals that offer transgender care to minors

Eighteen Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a new Trump administration policy seeking to bar transgender care for minors at federally-funded hospitals.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 11:35 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Advocates want bill to protect children during custody battles in state budget

Kyra's Law would be named for 2-year-old Kyra Franchetti.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 7:29 AM EST • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
2025 Unfiltered: Moments that marked Colorado’s decidedly off-kilter political year

From the flurry of executive orders that ushered in President Donald Trump’s second term to a blizzard of lawsuits filed by the state’s Democratic officials, the state’s political year was marked by near-constant conflict between the GOP-controlled federal government and the Democrats who run Colorado. The year saw the Trump administration step up immigration enforcement […]

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Dec 24, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
The best moments of the sports year (in GIFs), plus a landmark NIL lawsuit

The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! We are in full holiday mode today. Inside: 🎁 GIF gifts, Part 1 ⚖️ Huge NIL lawsuit 🫘 Beans ⛳ Hickory clubs are delightful We’ve done a form of Gifmas the last two years in Pulse territory, so I decided to ask all of our newsletter writers to join the fun this year. The prompt was simple: What is the best gif gift your sport has given you in 2025? We’re starting today because some people open the majority of gifts on...

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Dec 24, 2025 • 6:13 AM EST • Sports • nytimes.com
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Supreme Court’s National Guard decision could force new debate over how Trump could use Insurrection Act

The Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday blocking President Donald Trump from sending the National Guard into American cities is likely to raise a politically fraught debate about the president’s willingness to invoke a 19th century law to deploy the regular military on American soil instead.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 6:00 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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After decades in St. Paul, trailblazing lawmakers reflect on what’s changed for women in politics

Sens. Sandy Pappas and Ann Rest watched as women went from being relegated to the sidelines to leading caucuses and top committees at the Capitol.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 6:00 AM EST • Politics • startribune.com
Experts who once backed 'shaken baby' science now fight to free imprisoned caregivers

A growing number of medical experts and law enforcement officials are reversing testimony that put parents behind bars. But they face an uphill battle.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Science • nbcnews.com
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Eagles vs Bills predictions, expert picks on Josh Allen, Jalen Hurts matchup

Our expert picks on Eagles vs Bills matchup and possible Super Bowl preview

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Dec 24, 2025 • 4:17 AM EST • Sports • delawareonline.com
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Letters: Lawmakers should work to help small business

As a small business owner, I believe it is critical that we have a seat at the table when our elected officials are deciding policies that affect our businesses, our

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Dec 24, 2025 • 1:15 AM EST • Business • nola.com
Asian Legal Business Again Recognizes Ning Zhang Among the Top Dealmakers in Asia

Partner Ning Zhang has been named to Asian Legal Business’s 2025 Dealmakers of Asia list. This marks the third consecutive year he has been recognized among the region’s most influential and accomplished legal professionals who have made significant contributions to the dynamic landscape of Asian business law and are shaping the future of dealmaking across the continent.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 12:00 AM EST • Business • morganlewis.com
Editorial: Property tax politics

Ohio lawmakers have put their stamp on property tax reform with five bills signed into law Friday by Gov. Mike DeWine. Legislators from both parties ...

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Dec 23, 2025 • 6:45 PM EST • Politics • toledoblade.com
Federal judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit against New York's 'Green Light Law'

The law allows the DMV to issue standard driver’s licenses to individuals without Social Security numbers and "regardless of their citizenship or lawful status in the United States."

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Dec 23, 2025 • 5:19 PM EST • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Supreme Court hands Trump a major defeat on National Guard deployment

The Supreme Court holds that the president’s authority to deploy the National Guard for law enforcement purposes likely only applies in “exceptional” circumstances.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 3:32 PM EST • Politics • washingtonpost.com
TPUSA’s America Fest Conference Showcased the Right’s Civil War

Prominent conservative influencers and lawmakers sparred at TPUSA's America Fest, it's first major conference since the murder of Charlie Kirk.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 2:54 PM EST • Politics • rollingstone.com
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Rozier lawyers move to dismiss betting charges

Terry Rozier attorneys say the government overstepped when it accused his client of wire fraud stemming from his alleged involvement in a sports betting scheme and is asking a federal judge to dismiss the charges.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 1:52 PM EST • Sports • espn.com
Meet the third-generation Louisiana gas station CEO who chairs trade group for $906B industry

Growing up in the 1990s in tiny Mansura, about 30 miles southeast of Alexandria, Annie Gauthier dreamed of becoming a historian and later toyed with the idea of law school.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 1:00 PM EST • Business • nola.com
Mayor, council clash over Rochester’s plans for sports complex

The City Council’s decision to move forward with an outdoor sports complex has drawn the ire of DFL lawmakers.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 11:57 AM EST • Sports • startribune.com
Federal cuts and a race to replace McConnell. Here’s a look at top state politics stories in 2025

Kentucky Public Radio has covered a tumultuous year of federal cuts and shifts, the lawsuits challenging them, state governance and another hefty legislative session. Rediscover our top politics stories of 2025.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 9:00 AM EST • Politics • lpm.org
A year of vetoes, lawsuits and loss in Arizona politics

From Charlie Kirk's killing to shutdown fights, 2025 set the stage for a wild Arizona midterm.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 8:20 AM EST • Politics • axios.com
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The disunity of science is a feature, not a bug

Mathematical models wield miraculous power, but mistaking them for reality has trapped science in a destructive quest for a “Theory of Everything.” Physicist and philosopher Ragner Fjelland argues that this leads to bloated, Frankenstein theories kept alive by clumsy, ad-hoc amendments, which reduce rather than boost science’s power. Fjelland calls for a radical shift in our attitude: we must reorientate towards creating entirely new theories, celebrating rather than lamenting disunity and diversity in science. Science, from the scientific revolution in the seventeenth century to the present day, has more or less developed in a “reductionist” way. The fundamental assumption is that all sciences may be ordered in a hierarchy that can be represented as an upside-down pyramid. At the top we find the human sciences, and at the bottom physics. Strong (or “ontological”) reductionism maintains that all theories at one level can be completely reduced to the lower level, all the way down to theories of atoms and elementary particles, or whatever is “at the bottom.” In the end, all diversity in the world can be unified in one fundamental theory. Hence it is called a final theory, or a Theory of Everything.One of the central figures in developing the idea of a Theory of Everything is the Dutch theoretical physicist Gerard 't Hooft, who received a Nobel Prize in physics in 1999 for his work. He emphasizes the non-empirical status of the theory:There exists no closely resembling alternative theory. This means that any slight change brought about in the rules would make the theory unlikely or inelegant. The theory will be a "package deal": take it, or leave it. This should hold both for the local laws and for the boundary conditions.This endeavor is not new. On the contrary, it goes all the way back to the birth of Western philosophy 2,500 years ago. The Babylonians made regular astronomical observations during a period of 600 years, from 747 BCE until 150 ACE. They developed mathematical techniques to predict astronomical phenomena, but they made no attempts at explaining them. However, the Greeks developed models, both material and theoretical, to explain the observed phenomena.The best example is Plato’s late dialogue Timaeus. Here he introduces a divine craftsman, the Demiurge, who has constructed the universe according to an original plan. Plato seems to have thought that the original plan is what is actually real, while the material world is merely an imperfect realization of it. He therefore does not, in the Timaeus, reconstruct the material universe, but the original plan, which can then be used to explain the material universe.Plato’s aim in producing a theoretical model is to reconstruct the original plan. That is what he carries out in Timaeus—and some modern physicists have embarked on the same project. For example, Einstein’s basic attitude is reflected in the title of Abraham Pais’ biography: “Subtle is the Lord...,” echoing Einstein’s comment, “Subtle is the Lord, but malicious He is not.” In an interview Einstein compared our situation to a child who enters a huge library. The child knows that someone has written the books, but he does not know the languages in which they are written. He suspects that there is a mysterious order, but he does not know what it is.___“We have all been working in what Husserl called the Galilean style; that is, we have all been making abstract mathematical models of the universe to which at least the physicists give a higher degree of reality than they accord the ordinary world of sensation.”Steven Weinberg, Nobel Prize in Physics (1979)___This Platonist view is contrary to a widespread impression of science, symbolized by the picture of the “father” of modern science, Galileo Galilei, with his telescope. According to this impression, Galileo liberated himself from the dominating metaphysics of his day—basically Aristotelian philosophy—and constructed a telescope that he directed towards the sky, showing that Jupiter has four moons. He also performed experiments with bronze balls rolling down inclined planes and found the law of freely falling bodies.However, in other cases Galileo emphasized the unreliability of our senses. It is easy to see why. He defended Copernicus’ heliocentric hypothesis. According to this hypothesis, we are not at rest at the center of the universe, but moving at a tremendous speed through space. Why don’t we observe this motion? Galileo praises Copernicus because “with reason as his guide he resolutely continued to affirm what sensible experience seemed to contradict.” In other places he directly refers to Plato. SUGGESTED VIEWING The quest for a final theory With Michio Kaku Galileo’s Platonism goes back to his early writings. In The Assayer, published as early as 1623, Galileo compared the universe to a grand book that is written in the language of mathematics, and “its characters are triangles, circles, and other geometric figures without which it is humanly impossible to understand a single word of it.” Therefore, things that cannot be described by mathematics—for example, colors, smells and odors—are not real. They are merely subjective.This division into subjective and objective, advocated by Galileo and his younger contemporary René Descartes, is normally associated with a mechanistic world view, which is regarded as the opposite of Platonism. When we reduce something to, for example, molecules and atoms, we move “downwards.” In contrast, the Platonist moves “upwards,” to abstract entities. However, it only shows that when we address fundamental questions, we should be careful in applying everyday spatial metaphors like “up” and “down.”___Nature is complex, and we cannot in general construct mathematical models that adequately describe the world.___The endeavor of finding a Theory of Everything has been heavily criticized. In 2006, the theoretical physicist Lee Smolin published “The Crisis in Fundamental Physics.” He argued that one of the most fundamental principles of science is that we should only regard theories as scientific if we have the possibility to show that they are false by experiments. Although he did not refer to Karl Popper, other critics have referred to Popper and argued that a theory is not scientific if it cannot be falsified (see for example Ellis & Silk 2014).These were not the first physicists to be anti-reductionists. In 1972, the journal Science published an article by the physicist Philip Anderson with the title “More Is Different.” This is the kind of article a scientist would normally write only after he has won a Nobel Prize. However, Anderson won the Nobel Prize for physics five years later, in 1977. The article is amazing, not primarily because it argues in favor of anti-reductionism in general, but because it argues for anti-reductionism within physics itself. Anderson’s conclusion was:At each stage entirely new laws, concepts, and generalizations are necessary, requiring inspiration and creativity to just as great a degree as in the previous one. Psychology is not applied biology, nor is biology applied chemistry.We may say that Plato started the “unity of science movement,” based on Euclidean geometry as the model of all knowledge. A distinguishing mark of geometry is that all possible constructions can be reduced to a few fundamental principles. We have to acknowledge that this approach has limitations. In general, we can easily model technological systems. In addition, we may construct simplified and idealized models that capture important aspects of systems, from various perspectives and for various purposes. But nature is complex, and we cannot in general construct mathematical models that adequately describe the world. In a complex system, each level has its distinct, emergent, properties that are characteristic of this level. Therefore, a complex system should be investigated at different levels and from different perspectives. Instead of exclusively pursuing a scientific ideal based on the unity of science, we should acknowledge the diversity—or even the disunity—of science.

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Idaho Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit over Medicaid mental health contract

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Key Wisconsin motor sports events for the 2026 racing season

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When local news and science go dark, the river loses its voice: A warning and a rallying cry from Stroud Water Research Center

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Critical n8n Flaw (CVSS 9.9) Enables Arbitrary Code Execution Across Thousands of Instances

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K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup

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'Congress is in a coma': Former members sound alarm on health of the House

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Suburban business cited for big oily asphalt spill in Chicago canal

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Bryan Cutler, former Pa. House speaker, tells Lancaster County GOP he won't run for reelection in 2026

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Hochul signs bills into law to regulate kratom drug products in New York

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Year in review: Congress' successes & failures : The NPR Politics Podcast

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D.C.-area execs sound off on the impacts of Trump's second term so far

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Medicaid Health Plans Step Up Outreach Efforts Ahead of GOP Changes

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Iryna’s Law aims to improve public safety — but it may deepen jail and health care strains

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What to Stream: 'Stranger Things,' Jennifer Lawrence, 'Ne Zha II' and Kate Winslet

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Analysis:Slow pace of Epstein disclosures sets off new storm to batter Trump

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