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Trump appears ‘resigned to losing’ midterms after insiders reveal private comments: report
House Republicans have felt more optimistic about the midterm elections in recent weeks following a series of legal victories that have facilitated a gerrymandering blitz in GOP-controlled states, but behind closed doors, the leader of the GOP – President Donald Trump – appears to have already “resigned to losing,” The Wall Street Journal reported Friday…
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Travel company raised red flag about legality of Sean Duffy’s reality show pitch: report
A travel company declined to sponsor Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s family road trip after determining that sponsoring the venture amounted to buying access to a sitting cabinet secretary — raising fresh ethical concerns about the “reality-TV-tinged” odyssey. According to POLITICO, at least one would-be sponsor balked at the ethical implications of appearing to purchase access…
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Israel says it killed leader of Hamas’ military wing, one of the architects of Oct. 7 attacks
Israel says it has killed the leader of Hamas’ military wing, one of the architects of the Oct, 7, 2023, attacks that triggered the war in Gaza. Izz al-Din al-Haddad was killed in a strike in Gaza City on Friday, Israel’s army said. He was one of the last senior commanders in Hamas’ military who…
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Programmer Breaks Out of the Matrix
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: a programmer realizes he’s living in an invisible cage, mediated by algorithms that keep him going through the dull motions of life — and he’ll stop at nothing to break out. No, we’re not talking about the 1999 blockbuster “The Matrix.” Instead, this is the story of…
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Inside the fight over America’s data centers
Make no mistake: Americans hate data centers. A recent poll from Gallup shows 70 percent of Americans oppose a data center in their local area, including 48 percent who are strongly opposed. That 70 percent number is tied to several concerns, environmental questions and quality of life chief among them, and it’s up 18 percent…
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Trump Leaves U.S. Support for Taiwan Uncertain After Beijing Visit
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures towards Chinese President Xi Jinping while leaving after a visit to the Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing, Friday, May 15, 2026. —Evan Vucci/Pool Photo—Associated Press President Donald Trump said he is undecided about whether he will approve a planned $14 billion arms sale to Taiwan, casting doubt on U.S. support for…
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How to Control Everything on Your Phone With Your Voice (iOS and Android)
With the arrival of digital assistant apps like Gemini and Siri, most of us have grown used to talking to our phones. But conversing with your Android or iOS device can go way beyond interacting with AI. You can also use your voice to launch apps, fill out text fields, and do just about everything…
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Trump revenge plot derailed as unexpected GOP challenger throws wrench in Louisiana plan
President Donald Trump’s revenge campaign against Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy has hit a significant snag. The 79-year-old president has backed Rep. Julia Letlow to unseat Cassidy — one of only three Senate Republicans who voted to convict him over Jan. 6 — but state treasurer John Fleming’s self-funded campaign is forcing a likely runoff and…
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Old Oil and Gas Wells Could Find Second Life Producing Clean Energy
As states seek out much-needed supplies of clean, reliable energy, some are looking to an unconventional source: abandoned oil and gas wells harnessed for geothermal heat. Millions of inactive wells are littered across the United States, the relics of earlier eras of fossil fuel production. A large number of the sites have no official owner, and…
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Trump is copying the worst of FDR’s presidency with racial roundups
In 1942, a pregnant Fumiko Hayashida boarded a ferry for Seattle clutching her 13-month-old daughter and a stuffed animal. Her family, owners of one of Bainbridge Island’s largest strawberry farms, was among the first of the more than 120,000 people of Japanese descent shipped to hastily built prisons in the months after Japan’s attack on…