It started with a complaint on X about the cost of a $20 burrito. Over the next several days, that mundane-sounding gripe escalated into the latest round of conservative media infighting—a still-raging fight over affordability and economic populism that’s pulled in Turning Point USA, Ben Shapiro, Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen and even Vice President JD Vance.The catalyst for this latest round was a tweet from Turning Point USA spokesman Andrew Kolvet, who’d passed along a student’s comment about inflation. “One of our TPUSA college students gave me his take on affordability: ‘A burrito shouldn’t cost $20.’ Yeah, a lot…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Right-leaning legal activists along with Elon Musk ’s artificial intelligence company have brought sweeping challenges against a cornerstone of legal enforcement in the United States: the right of private groups, people and local governments to sue over violations of many major laws.Their argument, supported by the Trump…

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ToplineGenomics powerhouse Natera surged in trading Friday following a blowout second-quarter earnings report and a strong revenue beat, sending the stock to an all-time high and its co-founder’s fortune even higher.Key FactsNatera shares closed up 21.3% at $322.10 on Friday, recording an all-time high and pushing its executive chairman and…

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