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Landmark Deal Would Officially Add Laser Weapons to US Army Arsenal
They stuffed a real-life ray gun into a 747 to shoot down ballistic missiles and stuck a laser on top of a Humvee to zap roadside bombs. For more than 50 years, the United States military and its researchers have tried to develop laser weapons. None of them panned out. But now, the US Army…
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‘Gloves are gonna come off’: GOP insiders brace for ‘brawl’ over Lindsey Graham’s seat
Republican strategists and lawmakers are increasingly convinced that Sen. Darline Graham’s campaign to succeed her late brother in the Senate is headed for a contentious runoff. Six senior GOP operatives and lawmakers told Jewish Insider they expect Graham to finish among the top two candidates in South Carolina’s Aug. 11 special primary but fall short…
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MAGA senator’s loud Epstein calls exposed as quiet ruse: report
Since Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 death, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) has publicly called for transparency on the disgraced financier and his potential co-conspirators, but a Tuesday report from Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) suggested those calls were little more than a ruse. Starting in the summer of 2024, Blackburn had been reached out to “repeatedly” with requests…
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Why ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Shattered Box Office Records
What’s so special about Spider-Man? Sony and Marvel’s “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” exploded to a $932 million global box office opening this weekend, but this isn’t even the first time the web crawler has been associated with box office records. Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire’s genre-defining “Spider-Man” was the first movie to ever gross over…
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Air India flight plummets 300 feet mid-air, injuring 14
Fourteen people were hurt — including one crew member who suffered a “severe injury” — after an Air India flight suddenly plummeted 300 feet mid-air. The Airbus A320 aircraft was flying from Phuket, Thailand to Delhi, India when it hit significant turbulence, sending passengers and crew flying around the cabin before the plane miraculously landed…
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Major vote held on Todd Blanche’s controversial attorney general nomination
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday to advance Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general, sending President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney one step closer to permanently leading the Justice Department. “Senate Judiciary Committee votes Todd Blanche out of committee favorably, 12-10. Thune can file cloture on him tomorrow and set up his confirmation later this…
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TheGrill Adds AI Creator Day With What’s Trending for 2-Day Event
TheWrap is expanding this year’s TheGrill with the launch of AI Creator Day, a new summit in partnership with the digital media brand What’s Trending. The new conference provides for a full day of workshops and product demos around AI, the creator economy and microdramas, and takes place one day ahead of TheGrill, TheWrap’s flagship…
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Bunnie Xo addresses Jelly Roll’s affair ‘betrayal’ in brutally honest post-divorce chat
Bunnie Xo made a rare comment on her ex-husband Jelly Roll’s “betrayal,” nearly one year after the country singer went public with his infidelity. The “Dumb Blonde” podcast host commiserated with guest Denise Richards during Monday’s episode about how “slimy” it feels to be involved in a cheating scandal. “When I had gone through a…
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Tech Companies Are Setting Themselves on Fire to Keep Up in the AI Race
Tech companies are making record amounts of money, posting major gains in the most recent quarter compared to the same period just a year ago. But despite all that income, these same companies are struggling to save any cash left over thanks to unfathomably huge AI-related expenses, a trend that could imminently put them firmly…
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GOP senator goes off at Todd Blanche hearing as scorched-earth tirade demands firing
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) launched a scorched-earth tirade at acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing Tuesday, demanding a federal prosecutor’s firing. Tillis and Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) had spent two weeks blocking Blanche’s path to the Senate floor, demanding written proof that a Justice Department fund worth $1.776 billion was permanently dead, according to…