'Hit piece': Trump defends energy levels at New York Times report about schedule
President Trump railed against a report that focused on his age and his schedule at the White House, calling it a "hit piece." Source link
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Remembering David Pryce-Jones
A highly regarded historian, a literary editor, and a man of saintly patience. Source link
Europe’s Stoxx 600 climbs on Fed cut hopes; banks rally post-UK budget announcement
EUROPE’S main equity indexes closed higher on Wednesday, led by technology stocks as growing expectations of a US rate cut boosted global risk appetite, while financials also found support…
Trump administration's effort to end 1960s school desegregation cases faces a hurdle
The Trump administration's effort to overturn decades-old school desegregation orders is facing pushback from a federal judge in Louisiana. Source link
Trump’s FBI Spent Nearly $1 Million on Redacting Epstein Files
Between March 17 and March 22, the bureau spent $851,344, according to a Bloomberg report, and agents racked up 4,737 hours of overtime pay between January and July looking through the…
Immigrant with family ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is detained by ICE
A Massachusetts woman who was once engaged to the brother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt remains in ICE custody two weeks after being arrested on her way to pick up the…
Government push to unseal court records offers clues about what could be in the Epstein files
As the Justice Department gets ready to release its files on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his longtime confidant Ghislaine Maxwell, a court battle over sealed documents in Maxwell's…
MAGA Is Already Blaming Democrats for Two National Guards Getting Shot
Two National Guard members were shot just blocks away from the White House Wednesday, and although the identity and motive of the assailant is still unknown, MAGA Republicans are already…
Two National Guard troops critically wounded in shooting near White House, suspect seized
Two West Virginia National Guard troops were shot and critically wounded in Washington near the White House on Wednesday, and a suspected gunman was taken into custody. Source link
MIT study finds AI is already capable of replacing 11.7% of U.S. workers
A new study from MIT that shows that AI might be poised to replace a lot more jobs than what initial estimates might predict. According to researchers, a hidden mass of data reveals that…
Trump says he's barring South Africa from participating in next year's G20 summit near Miami
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is barring South Africa from participating in the Group of 20 summit next year at his Miami-area club and will stop all payments and subsidies…
Judge Boasberg assigned Eric Swalwell's lawsuit challenging mortgage fraud case against him
Judge James Boasberg, who has stood out as one of President Trump's chief judicial adversaries, is overseeing Rep. Eric Swalwell's lawsuit challenging allegations he committed mortgage…
Trump Suffers Supreme Court Blow in Quest to Control Copyright Office
This time, though, Perlmutter’s position has the word “Congress” in it, and she argued in court that this meant she was part of the legislative branch of government and thus couldn’t be…
The Reality Behind Trump’s Wild Claims About Turkey Prices
And such small portions! The Farm Bureau would like you to know that turkey represents a shrinking slice of the cost of Thanksgiving dinner, because the cost of side dishes is rising…
Weekly claims for unemployment benefits drop
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits declined last week in a sign that overall layoffs remain low, even as several high-profile companies have announced job cuts.…
Jeff Bezos’ New AI Venture Quietly Acquired an Agentic Computing Startup
After The New York Times story was published, Guss, Ozair, and about three dozen other people updated their LinkedIn profiles to list their affiliation with the Bezos venture. Several of…
Democrat Close to Flipping House Seat Deep in Trump Country
That’s nearly double the $151.5 million in tax dollars Trump spent golfing in his first term as president. Trump spent a third of 2017, his first year as president, hanging out at his…
Annoyed by a ‘New York Times’ headline? It seems like that’s increasingly the Gray Lady’s goal
The job of a headline is to draw attention to the article beneath it. When a headline instead draws attention to itself, it feels as wrong as a carnival barker cursing out passersby. The…
“You Lied to Us”: Steve Bannon’s Fans Turn on Him Over Epstein Ties
Former Trump White House strategist-turned-podcaster Steve Bannon is facing fire and fury from his listeners after new details emerged about his cozy relationship with child sex trafficker…
15 high-cost drugs, including Ozempic, get major Medicare price reductions in latest negotiation round
A wave of vital prescription drugs is about to get a lot cheaper for people on Medicare. The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it has successfully negotiated lower prices for 15…
Trump Threatens to Destroy Another Priceless American Landmark
That’s nearly double the $151.5 million in tax dollars Trump spent golfing in his first term as president. Trump spent a third of 2017, his first year as president, hanging out at his…
Young Women Are Sitting Ducks Under Progressive Rule
Another public-transit attack by a deranged recidivist, this time in Chicago. Source link
Amazon Workers Issue Warning About Company’s ‘All-Costs-Justified’ Approach to AI Development
Over 1,000 Amazon employees have anonymously signed an open letter warning that the company’s allegedly “all-costs-justified, warp-speed approach to AI development” could cause “staggering…
The case for not loving your job
Discussions around the role of work in our lives are frequently divided into two camps. “Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life”, one side proclaims. The other: “A job…