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Robert Pattinson transforms into ‘To Catch a Predator’ host Chris Hansen in A24 movie
Robert Pattinson’s surprising transformation into Chris Hansen has fans buzzing. A24 dropped their first trailer for “Primetime” on Wednesday, in which Pattinson plays the real-life investigative journalist. The film tells the origin story of Hansen’s notorious “To Catch a Predator” series. The logline for “Primetime” reads, “In 2006, ‘To Catch a Predator’ host Chris Hansen…
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The Lag Between an Iran Deal and Lower Oil Prices
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. For months, Donald Trump has been desperate for Iran to loosen its grip on the Strait of Hormuz. Now…
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Citing ‘severe’ math deficits, UC faculty demand a return to SAT tests for STEM applicants
More than 600 University of California faculty members, led by mathematicians at UC Berkeley, are calling on the system to reinstate standardized testing requirements for science, technology, engineering and mathematics applicants, saying that six years of test-free admissions has not reliably assessed readiness and professors are often teaching middle school math to incoming students. Without…
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Photographer catches Marco Rubio writing mantra to himself during cabinet meeting
A Reuters photographer Evan Vucci zeroed in on a Trump Cabinet secretary’s notes scribbled with a message to himself. “Resilience,” read the top of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent‘s notes during an eventful meeting on Wednesday. Bessent was sitting in a meeting that featured Trump threatening to bomb U.S. allies and Department of Homeland Security Sec.…
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Kash Patel’s firing of another FBI official is impacting staff’s moral: MS NOW
FBI Director Kash Patel fired Deputy Assistant Director Emily Morales last Friday, escorting her out by security in what FBI sources describe as part of an ongoing politically motivated purge of nonpartisan agents who drew disfavor from President Donald Trump and Republicans. Morales’ apparent offense was her involvement in investigating James Hodgkinson, who opened fire…
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Google Security Engineer Arrested in Million-Dollar Polymarket Trading Scheme
A Google security engineer has been charged with crimes stemming from allegedly placing trades on Polymarket using confidential internal information from the tech giant. Michele Spagnuolo, a 36-year-old Italian citizen, was arrested this morning in New York, as first reported by ABC News. Spagnuolo is charged with one count each of commodities fraud, wire fraud,…
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ICE agents privately admit to horrific conditions in Manhattan facility: report
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents privately admitted to each other how horrific the conditions were in their section of 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan, Courthouse News reported on Wednesday — including the proliferation of dangerous diseases in the facility. “At the height of ICE’s immigrant detention campaign in New York City last summer, the…
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Viral albino buffalo named ‘Donald Trump’ spared from Eid sacrifice in Bangladesh
Moo-ving onto greener pastures. An albino buffalo that went viral for its striking resemblance to President Donald Trump was spared from slaughter at the annual Islamic feast of sacrifice on Wednesday — and rehomed in a zoo. The buffalo, which jokingly earned the name “Donald Trump” after its fetching coiffed blonde combover went viral, was slated…
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Final traces of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to be wiped from Frogmore Cottage as $2.8M revamp is reversed 3 years after eviction
Frogmore Cottage is reportedly expected to undergo renovations to remove Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s renovations three years after they were evicted from the premises. “It’s been empty for three years. Even Andrew thought it wasn’t good enough for him to move in,” a source told The Sun in a report published Wednesday. “Maybe if…
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Trump is trying to deny a key reality in his war — and it’s costing him: columnist
President Donald Trump seems to be denying a key reality in the war in Iran, and it’s costing him at the negotiating table, according to one columnist. Bob Kagan, a columnist and neoconservative scholar, discussed the war in Iran on a new episode of “The Bulwark Podcast” with host Tim Miller on Wednesday. Kagan argued…