The $25 Loophole Sending Wild Mustangs to Slaughter
A legal loophole lets the government sell protected mustangs for as little as $25. Coverage splits between an NYT investigation, BLM's flat denial, and advocates' data.
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A legal loophole lets the government sell protected mustangs for as little as $25. Coverage splits between an NYT investigation, BLM's flat denial, and advocates' data.
Read the storyPolitical reporters are covering the data-center backlash as a 2026 election story. Policy reporters call it a market failure. Both are skipping the part where nobody's fix is tested yet.
Read the storyThe EPA's emergency gasoline waiver reads as consumer relief in most coverage. Trade press shows it's also timed to the midterms and a win for ethanol producers.
Read the storyA Census Bureau report flags 24,000 possible noncitizen voters from 2020 — 0.02% of ballots cast. Trump calls it proof. Reporters found an authorship problem.
Read the storyFlock announced new safeguards for its license-plate camera network this week. Coverage splits between a PR reset, a consumer tool, and a regulatory vacuum no policy tweak can fix.
Read the storyDHS agents tracked a Rochester man across three states over a scathing email to ICE's chief. In court filings, they still won't call it a threat.
Read the storyKushner's Sunday meeting with Hamas is being framed as progress on Gaza's road map. Netanyahu called that same plan 'unacceptable' a week earlier.
Read the storyDFW's plan for Islamic foot-washing stations went viral as something brand-new and privately funded. The airport says neither claim was accurate.
Read the storyA Dallas newborn's story got framed as abortion vs. life-saving care. Once he was born Wednesday, the real fight became who counts as his legal parent.
Read the storyA judge ordered an anonymous jury for Luigi Mangione's murder trial. Coverage split between 'Free Luigi' spectacle and a prosecutor's warning most outlets buried.
Read the storyTrump's new vaccine executive order set off dueling 'gold standard' and 'dangerous' headlines, but the most reported fact — that nothing changes for parents today — got buried.
Read the storyA Texas judge voided NFA gun-registration rules after Congress zeroed the tax behind them. Outlets already disagree on what the ruling actually changes.
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