California Governor Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed Assembly Bill 495, a measure allowing a broader range of relatives to act as caregivers for children if their parents are deported—a move that has ignited fierce backlash from conservative groups.
The assassination of Charlie Kirk last month and an attack on a Dallas ICE facility have triggered anxiety from conservatives about rising political violence.
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Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Oct. 2025
Van Edwards said it should only be used when genuinely triggered by a thought or association.
Djokovic raced onto it, flicked the ball down the line, and still won the point, rousing himself and the crowd with a finger to the ear.
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James Hansen,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
Sporting’s best chance of the night came toward the end of the first half, when Dejan Joveljic flicked a pass from Nemanja Radoja into the path of Mason Toye, who had a one-on-one chance.
Over the past three years, his sound has oscillated between folk and rock.
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Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
The work of Thierry Mugler, who founded the label in 1974, oscillated between old Hollywood, high camp, and outer space—and sometimes encompassed all three—but was always delivered by a fierce talent aided and abetted by a scalpel-sharp sense of form and fit.
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