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Trump Announces New ‘Highly Accurate’ Census That Excludes Undocumented Residents Trump Announces New ‘Highly Accurate’ Census That Excludes Undocumented Residents
Trump Announces New ‘Highly Accurate’ Census That Excludes Undocumented Residents Who counts as an American? President Donald Trump is aiming to redefine the answer. In a post on Truth Social on Thursday, Aug. 7, Trump said he's "instructed our Department of Commerce to "immediately begin work on a new and highly accurate CENSUS based on modern day facts and figures." The move marks a significant shift in how the country counts its population for everything from congressional representation to the allocation of federal funds. Trump added that it will be "using the results and information gained from the Presidential Election of 2024. People who are in our Country illega…

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by Joe Lombardi
Business
Feds Join Fight To Save 175-Year-Old NJ Family Farm From Bulldozers: 'Not For Sale' Feds Join Fight To Save 175-Year-Old NJ Family Farm From Bulldozers: 'Not For Sale'
Feds Join Fight To Save 175-Year-Old NJ Family Farm From Bulldozers: 'Not For Sale' The federal government is joining the fight to assist a New Jersey farm that has been a fixture off the Turnpike for more than a century.  A 175-year-old family farm in Cranbury (Middlesex County) is now at the center of a high-stakes legal and political showdown after the township began the process of seizing the land for a housing development, triggering a wave of public outrage, national media attention, and direct intervention from the Trump administration. The farm, located at 1234 South River Road, has been in the Henry family for over 150 years.  It’s widely known throughout the com…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
2 CT Women Who Died After Being Swept Away By Flood Waters Identified By Police 2 CT Women Who Died After Being Swept Away By Flood Waters Identified By Police
2 CT Women Who Died After Being Swept Away By Flood Waters Identified By Police Two Connecticut women who died after being swept away by floodwaters in separate incidents have been identified. According to the National Weather Service, the incidents occurred in New Haven County around 5:15 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18, on Route 67 in Oxford, which received more than 10 inches of rain. According to Connecticut State Police Cpl. Daniel Loughman, the women were in vehicles stuck in floodwaters that washed away their cars from the Little River. One woman was killed when a firefighter attempted to rescue her but was unable to do so, and she was swept away, state police said. The …

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by Kathy Reakes