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TikTok allegedly left kids with a fake safety reset

New York’s lawsuit says children who sought a reset saw unchanged feeds, raising a question parents cannot ignore: can they trust the safety tools on their children’s phones?

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Houchin pushes social media age minimum after midterms

Neither the House-passed KIDS Act nor the Senate committee-forwarded KOSA includes the age minimum or older-teen parental consent Houchin wants.

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Kallie Keeler asks Supreme Court to intervene in girls’ wrestling

The Center Square reports Keeler said she was sexually assaulted during a December 2025 match against a male opponent who identifies as female.

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xAI loses bid to block Minnesota law on AI nude images

Judge Donovan Frank denied xAI’s request for a preliminary injunction, leaving Minnesota’s restrictions in effect as the lawsuit continues.

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CDC data show fewer ninth-grade girls identify as lesbian or bisexual

The CDC’s survey runs every two years; analyst Jean Twenge says the sharp turn among younger teens could be a blip or the start of a generational shift.

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Water bills surged 62%, outpacing groceries and inflation

Food & Water Watch found bills unaffordable for low-income households in 93% of systems it analyzed, while data-center growth could add infrastructure costs.

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League cleared forum audience after candidate’s sports shirt dispute

The Sept. 21 forum continued on camera without an audience, while four of seven Lucia Mar trustee areas have seats up in November.

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Bill Maher warns the left that affirming young children costs votes

The April 27, 2026 Club Random exchange resurfaced in an October 7 X post, where Maher argued that children this young cannot make the decision alone.

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Banks should bear the risk of visa-holder mortgages

Bloomberg reports Indian buyers disappearing from Dallas’s northern suburbs as prices fall; Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac still let eligible non-permanent residents qualify on equal terms.

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Young families lose wealth as older families pull ahead

The Federal Reserve’s latest survey shows young families’ median wealth falling as older families pull ahead, sharpening the barrier to homeownership and family formation.

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Ogles and eight Republicans seek DOJ probe of Massachusetts officials

Townhall reports the request concerns a Catholic couple whose daughter was taken into state custody after alleged school counseling about gender transition.

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Riley Gaines’ NCAA case fell on a funding technicality

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