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Trump-Endorsed Steve Hilton Unveils Plan to Bring Production Back to California as Governor
The leading Republican candidate for California governor Steve Hilton unveiled his plan to bring film and television production back to California on Thursday, proposing ambitious federal tax incentives and uncapped state credits. Endorsed by President Donald Trump, Hilton stated that if elected he would work directly with the Trump administration to secure a federal tax
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Musk v. Altman Kicks Off, DOJ Guts Voting Rights Unit, and Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?
This week on Uncanny Valley, the team discusses the stakes behind the trial of Elon Musk against OpenAI’s leadership (and how Microsoft is trying to stay away from the drama). They also look into what recent layoffs announced at Meta and the industry at large say about the ways in which AI is—and isn’t—replacing jobs.
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Gotta snack ’em all? Man hidden in Best Buy snags refreshments before Pokémon card drop
Surveillance cameras captured footage of a man hiding out in a Pasadena Best Buy store hours before it was set to open. The incident occurred on the same day as a crowd of Pokémon fans camped outside the store, awaiting the latest trading card drop. Pasadena police received a call around 1 a.m. Wednesday, from
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What China is learning from the US war in Iran
Two months into the US-Iran war, the fighting has hardened into a standoff, with no end in sight. Both countries claim to have the upper hand, but there is only one clear winner so far — and it isn’t either of them. “China’s watching this war very closely,” James Palmer, deputy editor of Foreign Policy
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‘Get a straitjacket’: Trump mocked for cognitive brag while claiming he served 3 terms
People were mocking President Donald Trump on Thursday after he claimed he “aced” his cognitive exams and mistakenly claimed he has served three terms as president. Trump argued that he thinks all presidential or vice presidential candidates should be “forced” to do the same exams and tried to put down his predecessors, Barack Obama and
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Trump Taps Fox News Contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier as Surgeon General Nominee
Former Fox News contributor Nicole Saphier was announced as the new Surgeon General nominee. Donald Trump made the announcement on his Truth Social account on Thursday morning. He described Saphier – who is also a radiologist – as “a STAR physician who has spent her career guiding women facing breast cancer through their diagnosis and
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NYC ‘rabbi’ found murdered and dismembered in Colombia was there to meet new wife, pal says
A Hasidic dad from Brooklyn whose body was dismembered and dumped by Colombian thugs was in South America to meet a potential new wife, a close pal told The Post. Nachum Israel Eber, 51, a member of the Boro Park Belz Hasidic community, was found dismembered inside a bloody wardrobe that was dumped on a
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After 75 Days, the DHS Shutdown Is Set to End
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on April 22, 2026. —Eric Lee—Bloomberg/Getty Images The House passed a Senate-approved appropriations bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday, teeing up an end to the longest government shutdown in American history. The bill will fund much of DHS through Sept. 30, including
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Seven Books That Will Take You on an Adventure
When you stand at the summit of Mount Everest, the sky is a deep-blue bowl inverted above you, and the peaks of the Himalayas are a carpet at your feet. The sun on the snow is bright enough to blind you, even as your body starts failing in air so thin it can hardly sustain
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Sinbad just celebrated his ‘homecoming’ in Pasadena years after a debilitating stroke: When to catch him next
Sinbad, after he suffered a debilitating stroke in 2020, announced his comedy comeback on Wednesday — with Pasadena’s historic Ice House the site for his “homecoming.” The comic, known for “A Different World” and “The Sinbad Show,” announced his return to stage in an Instagram video posted hours before his sold-out set. Ahead of the