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Trump crippled GOP’s Fauci hearing with ‘baseless’ voiding of Biden pardons: lawyer
President Donald Trump’s campaign to invalidate former President Joe Biden’s pardons gave Anthony Fauci the ammunition to stonewall Senate Republicans at a Wednesday hearing, according to a pro-Trump former prosecutor. Bill Shipley, who represented dozens of Jan. 6 defendants, made the case on X. Fauci, 85, the former top government health official, had been forced…
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Elite California enclave battles ‘significant flea infestation’ after epic miscalculation
Families are flea-ing the premises. Peri Park, a beloved playground in Fairfax, an incorporated town in California’s ritzy Marin County, has been temporarily closed due to a “significant flea infestation” that was discovered by town maintenance crews after multiple complaints from parents and grandparents. The pint-sized pests were found in the play area’s sand and…
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Amazon Is Gutting Its AI Division After Sustained Failure
By now, you’d be hard pressed to find anyone who isn’t broadly familiar with the AI heavyweights and their flagship models. OpenAI has ChatGPT, Anthropic has Claude, Google has Gemini. But what does Amazon have? Not a whole lot, it turns out. Unlike its competitors in the tech megacorp scene, Amazon’s standout AI model —…
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Trump and DOJ ask Supreme Court to toss $83 million defamation verdict in E. Jean Carroll case
WASHINGTON — President Trump and the Justice Department are asking the Supreme Court to toss an $83 million defamation verdict won by writer E. Jean Carroll after she accused him of sexual assault, saying he can’t be sued for comments he made while he was president. It’s the second time Trump has asked the justices to nix…
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Clock is ticking to stop Trump from slapping ‘magic paint’ on historic landmark: Report
Preservationists are moving to block President Donald Trump’s plan to test a controversial paint on the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, warning the project could cause irreparable damage to the historic landmark, according to a new report. In an emergency injunction request set to be filed Thursday, the law firm Cultural Heritage Partners argues that the…
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Prince Harry faces harsh reality in reconciliation with King Charles after royal’s top adviser steps down
Prince Harry isn’t any closer to a reconciliation with his dad, King Charles III, after the reigning monarch’s top adviser’s resignation. News broke this week that Charles and Queen Camilla’s longtime principal private secretary, Sir Clive Alderton, will be leaving his position in May 2027. “Harry may welcome Sir Clive’s retirement personally, especially after portraying…
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SiriusXM is launching an all-access sports audio subscription
SiriusXM is leaning into its sporty side. The satellite radio company is launching a new subscription plan built specifically for sports fans, called the Sports Pass. For $5 a month, listeners will be able to follow live game broadcasts for every home and away game for nearly every major sporting event. Launching Sept. 1, SiriusXM…
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Todd Blanche ‘in trouble’ as GOP confirmation linchpin suddenly scraps meeting: reports
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche ran into “trouble” Wednesday when a Republican senator, key to his confirmation, suddenly scrapped a meeting just before a federal judge’s deadline for unredacted Epstein files, according to new reports. Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee hold only an 11-to-10 majority, a margin thinned by the death of the late…
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‘It’s been the right time for a long time’: Behind Watts Towers’ $22-million campus renovation
A 15-year campaign led by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to conserve Watts Towers has run out of budget at the same time that a $22-million renovation of the campus is poised to take flight. The situation highlights what community organizers and the site’s leadership say is a piecemeal approach to the protection…
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Trump’s ‘biggest headache’ continues blocking his voting bill
President Donald Trump is publicly minimizing his frustrations with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), according to a new report. Previously, the president has privately characterized Thune as “one of my biggest headaches,” according to Atlantic reporter Jonathan Lemire. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt recently said the president’s “patience is running out” with Thune,…