But Setrakian claimed California and Texas law protect public officials from defamation claims even in fundraising so long as the offending comments can be reasonably connected to his official duties.
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Will Swaim,
Oc Register,
6 Apr. 2026
Also in that story is a look at how the Padres catchers are balancing their offensive and defensive duties, and Jeff hustled out to the box seats atop the Green Monster to talk to the Padres fan who caught Machado’s homer.
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Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Apr. 2026
The company launched ClawBot in March, which appears as a contact within WeChat, allowing its over one billion monthly active users to connect directly with OpenClaw and execute tasks through the messaging interface.
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Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
12 Apr. 2026
Essential for tasks like guidance, this could help navigate things like submarines or deep-space probes without Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in the future.
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Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Apr. 2026
The Clairton plant provides 1,200 manufacturing jobs and hundreds of millions in tax revenue to the area.
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Stephanie Armour,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
New Gallup polling finds that while more employees are using AI frequently in their work, there’s been an uptick in alarm that new technologies will replace their jobs.
The Tribune maintains editorial control over assignments and content.
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Edward Keegan,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
The hearings will be the first in a while to be led — at least in part — by Pelosi, 86, who gave up her position in party leadership and does not currently hold any committee assignments.
As party chief, Lam has led Vietnam’s biggest bureaucratic overhaul since the 1980s, cutting jobs, merging ministries, redrawing provincial boundaries and advancing major infrastructure projects.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
The gas tax is a key source of funding for road construction and maintenance across North Carolina, and lawmakers said eliminating it even temporarily could slow projects or worsen existing infrastructure needs.
Ligon and Belmore’s commissions will serve as anchors on opposite ends of the Mississippi Riverfront, which will host more than a dozen works.
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Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
7 Apr. 2026
Outside of his legal career, Cabrera has been involved in politics, served on several major boards in the region and been appointed to various city commissions.
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Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
Epstein, whose relationship with bin Sulayem began before the financier’s arrest in Florida in 2008 on the prostitution charges, met and corresponded with the Emirati for more than a decade.
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Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
Xinis pointed out that the DOJ is prosecuting him in Tennessee on human smuggling charges.
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