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California officials encouraging residents to eat invasive rodents

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Wildlife experts claim nutria, which destroy habitats with voracious eating habits, taste like rabbit or dark turkey meat Wildlife officials are encouraging California residents to add a rodent to their daily diet as part of efforts to control the invasive species’ population. The nutria, a large, semi-aquatic rodent native to South America, is threatening the … Read more

Pentagon official condemned over tweet about Jewish victim lynched by Georgia mob

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Kingsley Wilson disputed innocence of Leo Frank, widely agreed to have been wrongly convicted of girl’s 1913 murder The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has condemned a past social media post by Pentagon spokesperson Kingsley Wilson that disputed the innocence of Leo Frank, a Jewish businessman whom most historians agree was wrongfully convicted of killing a 13-year-old … Read more

Trump grants ‘Big 3’ automakers a one-month delay on tariffs

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The White House is giving certain automakers a one-month exemption from tariffs on vehicles from Mexico and Canada. NBC News Business and Data Correspondent Brian Cheung and Progressive Farmer’s Agriculture Policy Editor Chris Clayton report on the potential impact these tariffs will have on Americans.

Resolution punishing Al Green clears Dem blockade, advances to House-wide vote after Trump speech

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A resolution to reprimand Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, survived a procedural hurdle late Wednesday afternoon, teeing the measure up for a House-wide vote. Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., introduced a censure resolution against the Texas Democrat earlier in the day amid widespread GOP anger at Democrats who protested President Donald Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday. … Read more

Blue state GOP lawmaker goes viral for exposing state’s spending proposals: ‘People were appalled’

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Debates over the Golden State’s spending practices continue to make waves nationwide, and one California Republican lawmaker is going viral as a result.  Assemblymember Carl DeMaio, R-San Diego, was one of several Republican lawmakers removed or shifted from their committee assignments by the state house speaker last week, but DeMaio believes his removal from the … Read more

Democrats refuse to define ‘woman’ when pressed on Capitol Hill: ‘Complicated question’

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EXCLUSIVE: Democratic lawmakers would not provide a definition of a woman when pressed on Capitol Hill, as President Donald Trump prioritizes making clear distinctions between biological sexes during his second term. America Rising, a Republican research organization, asked lawmakers in Washington, D.C., to provide a definition of a woman ahead of Women’s History Month in … Read more