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Medline jumps as analysts bullish after 2025's top IPO

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Medline Inc. shares advanced Monday as Wall Street analysts struck a bullish tone on the medical supplier’s business model and growth prospects following its $7.2 billion IPO last month.

Twenty seven firms tracked by Bloomberg initiated coverage, with 22 buy-equivalent ratings. Analysts set an average 12-month price target of $47.12 per ...Read more

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Minnesota sues Trump administration over ICE surge

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MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota and Twin Cities officials are pushing back on what they are calling a “federal invasion” of immigration enforcement officers that have been sent to the North Star State.

On Monday, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, on behalf of the state of Minnesota and alongside the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, ...Read more

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Pa. Gov. Shapiro raises $400K in early days of reelection campaign

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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro raised more than $400,000 in the first two days after officially launching his long-expected reelection bid in Pittsburgh, adding a sizable figure to his whopping $30 million in cash on hand to begin the pivotal election year.

The Shapiro campaign said over the weekend that the average online contribution since ...Read more

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GOP lawmakers ding Jerome Powell probe as coercion, distraction

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WASHINGTON — Some Republican lawmakers on Monday criticized the Justice Department’s investigation of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, as a group of former Fed leaders called it an unprecedented assault against the independence of the central bank.

Rep. French Hill, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued a ...Read more

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Child abuse or medical complication? Florida bill seeks test results before arrest

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Two South Florida Democrats are hopeful their bill to keep medically needy children with their parents will pass this year and allow more discretion in child abuse investigations.

Under the bill, when parents allege that symptoms of child abuse are caused by an underlying medical condition, state investigators could delay the arrest of parents ...Read more

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ICE presence grows as Minneapolis grapples with fallout of fatal shooting

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MINNEAPOLIS — Five days after an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good in south Minneapolis, federal immigration enforcement is expanding and becoming more visible, protests and confrontations continue to punctuate daily life, and local leaders are locked in an escalating battle with Washington over accountability and authority.

Homeland ...Read more

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NYC Mayor Mamdani names new media commissioner, undoes Adams' eleventh-hour press access changes

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NEW YORK — Mayor Mamdani tapped former City Councilman Rafael Espinal to lead his media office on Monday — and made it one of Espinal’s first orders of business to revoke ex-Mayor Eric Adams’ 11th hour effort to place new restrictions on press access in the Big Apple.

The new rules, which Adams’ Office of Media and Entertainment ...Read more

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Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul sue Department of Homeland Security over ICE surge

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MINNEAPOLIS — A new wave of immigration enforcement officers has been sent to Minnesota as more arrests continue to be reported following Wednesday’s fatal shooting of Renee Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross.

On Monday, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, on behalf of the state of Minnesota and alongside the cities of Minneapolis and ...Read more

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SpaceX knocks 3rd Space Coast launch of 2026; readies for Crew-11 return

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SpaceX launched its third mission of the year from Florida's Space Coast on Monday afternoon while preparing for the early return later this week of Crew-11 from the International Space Station.

A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 4:08 p.m. Eastern time on the Starlink 6-97 mission with ...Read more

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Pete Hegseth gives fiery 'warrior' speech to Lockheed Martin workers in Fort Worth

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FORT WORTH, Texas — In fiery remarks at Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter aircraft plant in Fort Worth, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth spoke Monday of prioritizing defense spending, saying it was imperative to rebuild the “arsenal of freedom” by getting advanced weapon systems into the hands of the military.

Last week, President ...Read more

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Sen. Mark Kelly sues Hegseth over DOD retaliation

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WASHINGTON — Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly on Monday sued Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Defense Department in D.C. district court over the Pentagon’s attempt to reduce Kelly’s pension pay and rank after he appeared in a November video that urged troops to refuse unlawful orders.

The lawsuit contends that Kelly’s speech was ...Read more

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Avian flu death count rises to 32 birds at Orlando's Lake Eola, including 26 swans

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Avian flu has been blamed for the deaths of 32 birds at Lake Eola Park since Dec. 17, including 26 of the city’s signature swans.

All of the dead swans are Royal Mute swans, and 23 of the 26 belonged to the city. Three others were wild swans who apparently joined the flock at the park.

“It’s heartbreaking, the swan is a...Read more

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Defiant independence from the Federal Reserve catches Trump off guard

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WASHINGTON — White House officials were caught by surprise when a post appeared Sunday night on the Federal Reserve’s official social media channel, with Jerome Powell, its chairman, delivering a plain and clear message.

President Donald Trump was not only weaponizing the Justice Department to intimidate him, Powell said to the camera, ...Read more

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ICE deportations in California surged in the thousands as 2025 went on

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported at least 8,250 people from California during the first nine months of 2025, with removals surging as the year went on.

The data, compiled by ICE and processed by a UC Berkeley Law School initiative, shows how deportations have unfolded in President Donald Trump’s second term. He promised the ...Read more

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Jerome Powell swings back after Trump DOJ launches criminal probe

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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is swinging back at President Trump’s administration after the Department of Justice launched a criminal indictment over the central bank’s extensive renovations of its Washington, D.C., headquarters.

The nation’s top central banker dismissed the threat of criminal charges and subpoenas about the ...Read more

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Sen. Mark Kelly sues Pentagon over demotion for push to defy illegal orders

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Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Monday to block the Pentagon’s effort to punish him for urging troops to defy illegal orders from superiors.

The retired Navy captain and astronaut asked a court to reverse Hegseth’s formal censure of him, which could lead to a demotion and reduction in retirement pay, saying the...Read more

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Documenting the immigration crackdown, from Chicago to Minneapolis

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CHICAGO — Hours after a woman was shot and killed by a federal immigration agent in Minnesota, 400 miles away in Chicago’s Little Village, Andrew Freer moved through a crowd of community members huddled quietly around a mural of the Virgin Mary, a small video camera in hand.

Through the stillness, he weaved in and around the group. He didn�...Read more

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Jerome Powell swings back after Trump DOJ launches criminal probe

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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is swinging back at President Trump’s administration after the Department of Justice launched a criminal indictment over the central bank’s extensive renovations of its Washington, D.C., headquarters.

The nation’s top central banker dismissed the threat of criminal charges and subpoenas about the ...Read more

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FEMA to pay for lead testing at 100 homes destroyed in Eaton fire, after months of saying it was unnecessary

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LOS ANGELES — In a remarkable reversal, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce that the Federal Emergency Management Agency will pay for soil testing for lead at 100 homes that were destroyed by the Eaton fire and cleaned up by federal disaster workers.

The forthcoming announcement would mark an about-face for FEMA ...Read more

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NY federal judge reverses course in Luigi Mangione case, orders hearing on Altoona backpack search

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NEW YORK — Citing “the seriousness of the charges” Luigi Mangione is facing in his Manhattan death penalty case, a federal judge on Monday reconsidered a hearing about the legality of a property search during the suspected CEO killer’s December 2024 arrest, ordering the Justice Department to secure testimony from a Pennsylvania police ...Read more