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Straight Arrow @san.com · 2h
Average SAT scores rose 16 points this year. But a big chunk of that gain came from a change in who took the test, not what students know. san.com/cc/sat-score...
SAT scores are up, but fewer students are taking the test
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 2h
The Ratepayer Protection Act was voted down 57-43, just a few votes shy of reaching the 60-vote threshold needed to overcome the filibuster. san.com/cc/why-the-s...
Why the Senate rejected a bill aimed at fairly assigning data center power costs
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 2h
Muse unveiled a consumer-focused AI app with a cute mascot, poised to become the most popular AI agent. What did we learn from its first month? san.com/cc/metas-ai-...
Meta’s AI agent is very cute — will that distract from its security risks?
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 4h
There’s a new, taxpayer-funded chatbot in town. Can America.gov do anything that ChatGPT can’t? san.com/cc/we-took-t...
We took Trump’s taxpayer-funded chatbot for a test drive. The ride’s a little bumpy
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 5h
A key inflation measure watched by the Federal Reserve rose less than expected last month. But it doesn’t take into account the rising cost of food and fuel. san.com/cc/why-you-m...
Why you may not be feeling the good news from the latest inflation report
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 5h
This marks the second time U.S. troops have withdrawn from Iraq. They left the first time in 2011, after Saddam Hussein’s capture. san.com/cc/us-ends-1...
US ends 12-year Iraq operations after ousting ISIS
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 5h
A Michigan toddler brought a firearm to their daycare, sparking alarm and debate if their parents will be held criminally liable. san.com/cc/a-cops-to...
A cop’s toddler brought a gun to daycare in Michigan, renewing debate about parental responsibility
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 6h
Female comedians respond to widespread AI slop instagram accounts stealing their jokes to make videos advertising widespread AI lop OnlyFans accounts. straightarrowne.ws/3Tt9Ore
Have you heard the one about AI stealing real comedians’ work?
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 6h
Flock is demanding the removal of a security researcher’s website that reveals more license plate reader locations than ever before. straightarrowne.ws/4zaleiP
Why Flock wants this map taken offline
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 7h
TSA decided officers will no longer be allowed to sit while verifying passengers' identities at security checkpoints. san.com/cc/tsa-loses...
TSA loses its chairs, leaving its union worried about worker health when forced to stand
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 9h
A federal appeals court on Wednesday halted Tennessee’s execution of Christa Pike an hour before it was scheduled to take place. san.com/cc/court-hal...
Court halts Tennessee’s execution of first woman in 200 years
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 9h
The government is spending millions to stop the southward flow of firearms, but a watchdog warns there’s no measure to say if it’s working. san.com/cc/us-spends...
US spends hundreds of millions to stop cartel gun trafficking but can’t say what works: GAO
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 11h
The new target doubles the overall 10% reduction in general and flag officer positions that Hegseth ordered last year. san.com/cc/hegseth-p...
Hegseth plans 20% cut to general, admiral positions: Reports
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 12h
Plus, former special counsel Jack Smith stands by his Trump prosecutions. And OpenAI unveils an "always-on" AI agent. san.com/cc/trump-emb...
Trump embraces AI self-policing; Hegseth moves to cut generals and admirals
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 12h
Schmitt suggested Smith was in Atlanta in 2024 and said he may have been there in connection with Fulton Co. District Attorney Fani Willis. san.com/cc/senator-c...
Senator confuses Atlanta Hawks with Iowa Hawkeyes during Jack Smith hearing
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 13h
People are weighing in on federal rules about military drones and foreign adversaries. Their feedback is being reduced to AI summaries. san.com/cc/when-the-...
When the government uses AI to summarize public feedback, whose voice is being heard?
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 29/09/2026
A rule change sought to end federal loan support for low-wage degrees. Online, the issue is framed as a ban and a will imposed on prospective students. san.com/cc/is-the-de...
Is the Department of Education banning some college degrees? No, but social media can’t help itself
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 29/09/2026
See the Republicans erasing Trump from their websites and the Democrats who are touting law enforcement and bipartisan credentials. san.com/cc/after-pri...
After primary wins, candidates for Congress scrub Trump and progressive views from sites
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 29/09/2026
A Texas news outlet published the name of an ICE officer who, it says, shot a man in Houston. Did it put the officer in danger? san.com/cc/when-shou...
When should journalists publish the names of officers who kill? ICE case sparks transparency debate
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 29/09/2026
ICE's new robot dogs can hear movement inside buildings and peer over closets. Here’s how the agency plans to use them. san.com/cc/what-ice-...
What ICE plans to do with its new $1.3M robot dogs
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 29/09/2026
The ad, promoting Huckabee Sanders’ welfare-to-work initiative, depicts an able-bodied white man who spends his days playing video games. san.com/cc/republica...
Republicans don’t like Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ new welfare ad. She doesn’t care
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 29/09/2026
The Trump administration is censoring media outlets, citing national security. Is it legal? And could Ford’s Theatre soon bear Trump’s name? san.com/cc/do-nation...
Do ‘national security’ concerns trump the First Amendment?
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 29/09/2026
Researchers say smoke from burning vehicles, buildings and other materials may have caused lasting damage to residents’ lungs. san.com/cc/3-years-a...
3 years after the flames, Maui wildfire survivors may still be breathing the aftermath
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 29/09/2026
The cybercrime group that claims it stole data on “all FBI employees and applicants” now says it has no plans to make the information public. san.com/cc/hackers-s...
Hackers say they won’t release all data stolen from FBI
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 29/09/2026
America.gov is an AI tool designed to organize government information and resources currently spread across various agency websites. san.com/cc/trump-van...
Trump, Vance to introduce America.gov, new AI tool for navigating federal government
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 29/09/2026
Christa Pike, now 50, was 18 when she and two other teens lured Colleen Slemmer to a remote location to torture and kill her. san.com/cc/christa-p...
Christa Pike set to become first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 29/09/2026
Plus, Trump meets with top AI leaders at the White House. And Justice Samuel Alito steps aside from a major climate change case. san.com/cc/cornell-g...
Cornell gang rape investigation reopens; Trump hosts AI leaders at White House
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 29/09/2026
Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson are meeting with top AI executives as Washington debates how and how much to regulate the technology. san.com/cc/trump-hos...
Trump hosts AI leaders as safety debate reaches the White House
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 29/09/2026
Supporters say the bill is designed to bring order to a college sports system reshaped by player pay and the transfer portal. san.com/cc/senate-ov...
Senate overwhelmingly passes bill that could reshape college sports
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 29/09/2026
AI-altered real estate photos are getting harder to spot. Lawmakers are pushing for new disclosure rules to protect homebuyers. san.com/cc/real-esta...
Real estate listings get an AI makeover. When does it become false advertising?
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 29/09/2026
Republicans want answers about records gathered during Arctic Frost, the investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. san.com/cc/jack-smit...
Jack Smith faces senators whose records were gathered in Trump probes
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 29/09/2026
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says his department is taking new steps aimed at protecting the 2026 elections from foreign interference. san.com/cc/the-penta...
The Pentagon will defend the November elections from foreign ‘meddlers’
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 29/09/2026
An archbishop's rebuke of President Donald Trump's immigration policies came at a time other churches sought permission to politick. san.com/cc/catholic-...
Catholic archbishop rebukes Trump’s ‘war’ on immigrants while DOJ supports religious politicking
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 28/09/2026
Only two Supreme Court justices own individual stocks. One just stepped away from a major climate case. san.com/cc/justice-a...
Justice Alito recuses himself from climate case over stock conflict
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 28/09/2026
The Trump administration unveiled changes to fuel economy standards, which will reduce the target miles per gallon for new vehicles. san.com/cc/as-trump-...
As Trump shifts fuel economy rules to cut car prices, gas costs muddy the math
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 28/09/2026
New York prosecutors are reopening their review of an alleged 2024 gang rape at Cornell University after a former student filed a lawsuit. san.com/cc/da-reopen...
DA reopens Cornell rape case as school disputes punishing students with essays
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 28/09/2026
FBI co-deputy director Andrew Bailey is leaving the agency in October after holding the post just over a year. san.com/cc/fbi-co-de...
FBI co-deputy director uses social media to call it quits
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 28/09/2026
If college athletes are earning professional-level money, who should have the authority to financially punish them for rule violations? san.com/cc/as-nil-mo...
As NIL money grows, so does debate over how college athletes should be punished
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 28/09/2026
Nvidia says its Open Agent Safety Platform software, called OpenShell, “sets boundaries” to keep AI models from disobeying commands. san.com/cc/nvidia-un...
Nvidia unveils new platform to keep AI models from hacking each other
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 28/09/2026
The White House is using taxpayer money to air television ads featuring President Trump, including a government-funded version of his 2024 “Final Battle” campaign ad. Compare headlines by political bias rating with Unbalanced Headlines. Follow us and see past the spin.
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 28/09/2026
Iran's foreign minister says his they're ready to resume fighting with the U.S. if it comes to that, but he hasn't given up on diplomacy yet. san.com/cc/iran-says...
Iran says it’s ‘fully prepared’ for war as Trump leaves more strikes on table
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 28/09/2026
Five men are arrested near a U.S.-operated air base in Britain as investigators examine possible ties to Iran. Full episode of Unbiased Updates: ow.ly/850Y50ZSaNj
UK police arrest 5 men near US air base being held on suspicion of preparing terrorist act.A view of poster featuring late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and Hashem Safieddine.Bernard Dowd walks along a flooded street during a nor'easter storm on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026, in Sea Bright, N.J.Trump gestures as he walks across the South Lawn upon return to the White House in Washington, DC on September 27, 2026.
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 28/09/2026
Plus, the White House airs government-funded Trump ads. And SpaceX attempts its first orbital Starship flight. san.com/cc/terror-pl...
Terror plot suspected near US air base in UK; Nor’easter floods Northeast
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 28/09/2026
The plan is for Starship to circle Earth six times, then splash down in the Pacific, about ten hours after liftoff, off the coast of Chile. san.com/cc/spacexs-s...
SpaceX’s Starship is about to go where it’s never gone before: Orbit
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 28/09/2026
The White House calls the spots public service announcements and says they are not political advertisements. san.com/cc/trump-is-...
Trump is starring in new TV ads. US taxpayers are paying for them
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 28/09/2026
The sound of cicadas, for many, is the sound of summer. But a new report shows that they are decreasing in numbers. san.com/cc/despite-h...
Despite habitat restoration, those once-in-17-year cicada broods still face extinction
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 28/09/2026
OpenAI's tech meddled with websites for the Education Department, the Commerce Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission. san.com/cc/openai-pa...
OpenAI pauses training on recent models, says agents targeted government sites
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 27/09/2026
Two giant pandas, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, have arrived at Zoo Atlanta from China to begin a 10-year conservation partnership. san.com/cc/giant-pan...
Giant pandas arrive at Zoo Atlanta, renewing conservation partnership
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 27/09/2026
ICE wasted millions of taxpayer dollars in its campaign to expand detention centers nationwide as part of the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts, according to a Government Accountability Office report.
Leo and Catherine Gentile hold signs near the entrance to the state-managed immigration detention center dubbed Alligator Alcatraz.
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 27/09/2026
Storms pounding the Northeast claim as least one life as cities like Boston prepare for severe coastal flooding. san.com/cc/1-reporte...
1 reported dead in powerful storms hitting Northeast, mid-Atlantic
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