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DEA whistleblowers want whopping $50M reward for ‘abandoned’ informants who helped Nicolas Maduro’s capture
Two Drug Enforcement Administration whistleblowers are demanding a $50 million reward on behalf of sources who helped provide information critical to the capture and extradition of ex-Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro. The informants infiltrated “every node” of Maduro’s regime and then risked their lives to get tips about the Caracas strongman’s precise whereabouts back to the…
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An Unexpected Type of Beach Read
This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. Last summer, I spent a shocking amount of time at my local D.C. pool reading about the Ebola virus. As my friends tanned on nearby chairs and tweens did cannonballs, I sat happily…
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What’s next from Mexico City’s Enrique Olvera? A new mariscos restaurant in Venice
Enrique Olvera, the famous Mexico City chef behind restaurants such as Pujol in CDMX and Cosme in New York, is planning to open a modern marisqueria in Venice this summer with a menu of ceviches, fish tacos, cocktails and fresh tortillas. San Damián will open in the former Atla space after nearly two years of…
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‘New and disturbing’ tech may soon pose devastating threat for Trump: analysis
President Donald Trump’s poker-table approach to Iran — using oil blockades to force negotiation — fundamentally misunderstands how modern asymmetric warfare has transformed geopolitics, according to a new analysis. The 79-year-old president insists Iran has “no cards,” but two months of conflict demonstrate otherwise, wrote New York Times columnist Tom Friedman, as smaller powers now…
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Sydney Sweeney hard-launches Scooter Braun romance with cozy Stagecoach photos
Sydney Sweeney made her relationship with Scooter Braun Instagram official on Friday. The “Euphoria” star posted several pictureswith her beau at Stagecoach Music Festival 2026, which took place last weekend in Indio, California. The post included snapshots of Sweeney on Braun’s shoulders in the crowd, the music exec holding the actress in his arms in…
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Former Miami Congressman David Rivera is convicted in a secret Venezuela lobbying case
MIAMI — A former Miami congressman and longtime friend of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was convicted Friday in connection with a secret $50-million lobbying campaign on behalf of Venezuela during the first Trump administration. Jurors found Republican David Rivera and an associate, Esther Nuhfer, guilty on all counts, including failing to register as a foreign…
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Journalist dismantles Trump admin’s narrative on WHCD shooting: ‘Don’t see a muzzle flash’
Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., released video Thursday of the suspected White House Correspondents’ Dinner gunman rushing a security checkpoint and insisted it showed him “shoot a U.S. Secret Service officer,” but on Friday, MS NOW’s Ken Dilanian raised serious questions about that claim. “This suspect is in a room, and there’s…
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Oscars Rule Changes Ban AI Actors and Overhaul International Submission Process
The Oscars’ Best International Feature Film category has broken free of its longstanding one-country, one-film rule, actors are now able to receive multiple nominations in a single category and Tilly Norwood is not going to be receiving any Academy Awards in the near future. Those are among the takeaways from the rule changes for the…
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Glendale police crack organized Nordstrom fraud scheme, two suspects arrested
A monthslong investigation into a suspected retail fraud operation has led to the arrest of two Glendale residents accused of orchestrating a scheme involving counterfeit returns of high-end merchandise, authorities said Thursday. The investigation began earlier this year when store employees at luxury retailer Nordstrom flagged suspicious return activity at a Glendale location to the…
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‘Oppressed’: Bannon attacks protections for Black voters in rant
MAGA strategist Steve Bannon asserted that a law empowering Black voters had “oppressed” Southern states since the days of the Civil Rights movement. During his Friday War Room broadcast, Bannon reacted to the Supreme Court’s decision that rolled back Voting Rights Act protections for Black and Latino voters. The ruling effectively gutted the law by…