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- NYTBias - Lean Left
Trump Directed Use of Taxpayer Money for Ads Praising His Presidency
President Trump personally ordered his budget director to fund TV ads praising his presidency with $20 million from Homeland Security funds, awarded via a Customs and Border Protection contract. Democrats and some Republicans say the ads may violate federal anti-propaganda laws; the White House calls them public service announcements. The article details how the deal came together and notes Trump's approval rating sits near 37 percent ahead of the midterms.
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- NPRBias - Lean Left
They were promised protection. Instead, these kids with disabilities died in foster care
Children with disabilities in foster care have worse outcomes than other foster children, staying in the system 50% longer and dying at higher rates, according to an NPR investigation of federal data. The system relies on outdated treatment models that often worsen their behavioral issues. The article follows 15-year-old Christian Williams, who died in a group home after his parents relinquished custody to get him mental health treatment for behavioral and diabetes management issues he struggled with at home.
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- NewsmaxBias - Center
Trump Backs Off Diesel Export Ban as G7 Releases Reserves
President Trump announced the U.S. will not impose a diesel export ban after G7 nations agreed to coordinate the release of 100 million barrels of oil and fuel products from emergency reserves over four months. The announcement follows warnings from the administration that it could restrict diesel exports unless European allies drew down their stockpiles. The article notes prices surged due to the war with Iran, Russian export restrictions, and reduced Chinese fuel exports, and U.S. and European diesel futures fell on the news.
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Krunkite - Jobs numbers and the Biden-Trump price comparison
Jobs: BLS reported 162,000 jobs added in August 2026. The forecast was 56,000. That's close to triple. June and July were revised up too. Combined, those two months added 55,000 more jobs than first reported. Labor force participation rose 0.2 point, to 61.6%. Inflation: 3.4% is the rate for the twelve months ending July 2026. That's the most recent BLS figure available. August's CPI comes out September 11. Oil: WTI has averaged about $83/barrel in 2026 so far. In June 2022, it was near $115. Gas: The national average was about $4.08/gallon in late August 2026. That matches the post. But AAA and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics both flagged this as the most expensive August on record. Prices were up nearly 30% from a year earlier. BLS Employment Situation, August 2026 BTS Motor Fuel Prices, August 2026 USInflationCalculator, current rates
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Krunkite - AG Blanche's crime-drop claim
The number is real, roughly. FBI's "First Look: 2025 Crime Data," a preliminary release covering about 17,075 agencies, put murder down 18.1%, robbery down 18.5%, rape down 7.6%, and aggravated assault down 7.2% from 2024 to 2025. FBI Director Kash Patel called it the largest single-year drop in violent crime and murder since 1937 — 88 years, not quite "100," but in the neighborhood, and the FBI's own framing rather than a stretch. What the clip skips: this is preliminary data, not the finalized "Crime in the Nation" report that comes later, and the decline didn't start on Blanche's watch. The Council on Criminal Justice had already tracked violent crime falling since 2022, and Axios reported the murder rate was nearing a two-decade low in Biden's final year, 2024. So "it happens when you back the blue" credits federal leadership for a trend that predates this administration by several years — criminologists point instead to the post-pandemic reversal, economic conditions, and local policing, which drives most of this data. Separately, an FBI spokesperson pushed back hard on some adjacent claims Trump made about the same numbers on Truth Social, calling them false — worth noting since the underlying data has become a point of dispute even within the administration's own telling of it. FBI: First Look 2025 Crime Data Axios: murder rate nears century low [Fox News: FBI reports largest dr
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- NYTBias - Center
The Cornell Rape Investigation: Five Takeaways
The New York Times reviewed more than 1,000 pages of documents from Cornell's internal Title IX investigation into a 2024 alleged rape at the Chi Phi fraternity, the basis of a Jane Doe lawsuit filed last month. The documents show the police summary sent to the district attorney omitted key context from her account, including her history as a sexual assault survivor, which may have contributed to the decision not to prosecute. Transcripts reveal the accuser's evolving understanding of the night, her documentation of injuries, and the men's denials, with most claiming the encounters were consensual. Her account of whether she could consent to the initial encounter also differs between her 2024 statements and the 2026 lawsuit.
- NYTBias - Center
‘It’s Not an Issue’: Crime as a G.O.P. Line of Attack Loses Traction
Republicans have spent heavily on crime attacks in the 2026 midterms, but the strategy is flopping as crime rates plummet across the country. In North Carolina's Senate race, GOP ads against Democrat Roy Cooper have made false claims and failed to gain traction with voters. Democrats are now flipping the script, attacking Republicans on issues like protecting child predators and drug traffickers instead.
- NewsmaxBias - Lean Left
IRS Drafts Citizenship Question for 2027 Tax Returns
The Trump administration is adding a citizenship question to 2027 tax returns and proposing rules that could restrict tax credits for some legal immigrants. Tax experts question why the IRS needs citizenship information since Social Security number requirements already screen out undocumented immigrants. The proposals have renewed concerns about the IRS sharing taxpayer data with immigration authorities.