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Trump administration dumps $1.77B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
The reversal clears the way for a $70B immigration bill, but Senate Republicans remain divided on whether to proceed this week.
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US Senate panel pans DHS plan to stop customs processing at blue-city airports
Mullin refused to commit to following federal court orders, drawing sharp rebukes from Democrats who called his airport plan illegal and economically catastrophic.
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Congress weighs cuts to states’ already ‘insufficient’ election security dollars
House Republicans' bill would cut election security grants by two-thirds while Trump pushes voting restrictions, widening a gap between GOP rhetoric and funding.
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Data center opponents give Ohio lawmakers an earful
Residents demanded a data center moratorium, citing water contamination risks, secrecy through NDAs, and inadequate state oversight during the committee's only public hearing.
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Ohio Senate committee to hear support for 24-hour abortion waiting period in committee this week
A court blocked the same waiting period after voters approved a constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights, but the Medical Board drafting rules includes an anti-abortion activist.
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The affordability crisis is getting worse in Ohio and the U.S., but it’s not new
A Brookings Institution analysis finds 40% of Ohio households can't make ends meet, a crisis dating to 2014 with steeper impacts on families of color and single parents.
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Trump had his name slapped on JFK’s memorial. An Ohio congresswoman fought back and won
Judge Casey Cooper ruled Trump's name must be removed from the Kennedy Center, finding the board violated a 1964 congressional statute establishing it as Kennedy's memorial.
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Just before moratorium, two last Ohio data centers get a $42 million tax break
DeWine exempted the Cologix project from his moratorium announced days earlier, after the tax break's cost ballooned to $1.57 billion in 2025.
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As political pressure mounts, Ohio’s data centers buy $10,000 in ads and lobby up
Google, Meta, and Amazon have deployed 51 lobbyists and spent $10,000 on ads as Gov. DeWine pauses tax breaks after discovering the exemption cost the state $1.6 billion in 2025.
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Trump’s $1.77 billion ‘slush fund’ may be on the way out after GOP objections
GOP senators threatened to block a $72 billion immigration bill unless Trump scraps the fund, which could pay Jan. 6 rioters and grant Trump tax immunity.
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New investigation says group linked to Jim Jordan got $250K from private prison company
The $250,000 donation came to light only by accident, 11 days after Jordan voted for a bill that would dramatically expand ICE detention.
