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5 of your biggest questions about the Iran war, answered
This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. It’s been just over eight weeks since the US and Israel started a war with Iran for contradictory and incoherent reasons. Virtually nothing about the conflict — except maybe its stakes…
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Physicist Proposes Dark Matter Is Made of Black Holes That Survived Dead Universes
Here’s a fun dark matter solution. The invisible and as yet hypothetical substance could be made of “relic” black holes that survived the deaths of previous universes. This idea is explored as part of a new study published in the journal Physical Review D, which the lead author Enrique Gaztanaga breaks down in an essay…
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The congressional landmine stirring fears about the midterm election — and a Trump power grab
For Democrats or, for that matter, anyone who believes in checks and balances, things are starting to look up. President Trump’s days of untrammeled war-making, law-breaking and generally doing whatever he damn well pleases may finally be drawing to a close. Public opinion, history and, especially, the surging price of gasoline and groceries, all point…
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Sexual misconduct scandals in Washington spark scramble for reforms, expedited investigations
WASHINGTON — In the span of 10 days, the nation’s capital saw a cascade of ethical scandals that cut across party lines and branches of government, raising fresh doubts about whether Washington is capable of holding itself accountable. Three members of Congress — two Democrats and a Republican — resigned within days of one another as they…
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North Dakota state legislator Liz Conmy, pilot killed in Minneapolis plane crash
A small plane crashed just after taking off from Crystal Airport north of Minneapolis on Saturday, killing a North Dakota state legislator and the pilot, authorities said. North Dakota state Rep. Liz Conmy, of Fargo, was killed in the crash, her colleague, state Sen. Tim Mathern, told the Star Tribune. The North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League…
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Ikea’s New Blow-Up Chair Was Tested by Cats
A blow-up chair? Ikea has been here before. It attempted to make inflatable furniture in the mid-1990s, when designer Jan Dranger came to the Swedish company with a revolutionary idea to solve one of its biggest challenges: how to squish sofas into its preferred flat-pack format, simplifying transport and cutting costs. It sounded like the…
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Prestigious Wall Street Law Firm Humiliated When Its AI Use Is Discovered in Court
The new courtroom gotcha? Check whether your opponent left in brainless AI hallucinations, and tattle on them to the judge. This is precisely how the prestigious Wall Street law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, which boasts clients including Donald Trump, was recently humiliated. On Saturday, Andrew Dietderich, the cohead of the firm’s restructuring group, apologized to…
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Close to one-third of Democratic Socialists of America members make more than $100K
That’s rich! The Democratic Socialists of America rail against the one percent, but close to a third of them are clearing six-figure incomes a year, according to a newly surfaced internal survey. As many as 28% of DSA members made more than $100,000, and 56% have cushy office jobs in academia, tech, the public or non-profit…
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Two-faced Republicans are letting these corrupt clowns fleece America
The GOP’s first-family “grift” obsession about Hunter Biden is like a dirty joke gone wrong, one with a punchline more offensive than funny. Republicans in Congress spent years and tens of millions of taxpayer dollars trying to prove a “crime family” narrative about Hunter and his laptop that never materialized into anything more than a…
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US embassy in London warns to ‘exercise increased caution’ near Jewish sites in UK, Europe after antisemitic attacks
The US Embassy in London on Friday warned Americans to “exercise increased caution” while visiting Jewish and American areas in the UK and in Europe because of a recent rise in threats. “The US Embassy in London notes recent attacks and threats targeting Jewish and American institutions in the United Kingdom and Europe,” the alert said. “US citizens, particularly those visiting institutions serving Jewish or…