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Stephen Miller pledges ‘absolute loyalty’ to Trump in first speech as WH chief of staff
New White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller pledged his “absolute loyalty” and “unwavering commitment” to President Trump and the country hours after being named to the powerful post. Miller, a fiery aide who used to warm up Trump’s rally crowds after joining his campaign back in 2015, spoke at Mar-a-Lago Friday night after Trump…
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Brad Pitt’s estranged children preparing one last devastating break from ‘heartbroken’ dad
Brad Pitt could be facing another blow as his 18-year-old son, Knox, is expected to legally drop his famous last name, Page Six has learned. “Knox hasn’t filed anything yet, but it’s only a matter of time before he drops Pitt from his last name,” a source exclusively told Page Six. “It’s inevitable. It’s just…
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‘Is he losing it?’ Conservative Fox reporter questions Trump after ‘bewildering’ meeting
Fox Business senior correspondent Charles Gasparino says an acquaintance came away “bewildered” after meeting President Donald Trump shortly before the midterms, because the president wanted to talk about his ballroom. “Interesting anecdote: Someone I know met [with] Trump recently before the midterms and came away bewildered; he spoke a lot about the ballroom not a…
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Americans Are Spending Less Time With Friends
This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight. Sign up here to get it every Saturday morning. What does your ideal night look like? Maybe it’s dinner with friends or a quiet evening at home…
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The Fridge-Hacking Spree Is an Internet-of-Things Wake-Up Call
Welcome to Kernel Panic, a weekly newsletter by Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess from inside the new world of privacy and digital security. To receive this newsletter in your inbox each week, sign up here. Amid an onslaught of AI vulnerability discovery and AI-assisted hacking, some of the most consequential critical infrastructure attacks this…
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Great America, the Bay Area’s premier theme park, is closing for good. Here’s when
Great America, the beloved hometown theme park for generations of Northern Californians, has announced there will be one more season of roller coasters and funnel cakes before the gates close for good. The Santa Clara theme park’s final day of operation will be next Labor Day, ending a 51-year run as an attraction once seen…
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How Democrats can make good on their new mandate
The midterm elections were great for Democrats everywhere, but some triumphed even more decisively than others: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, for example, cruised to reelection with roughly 63 percent of the vote. Voters pushed Republicans out — and kept Democrats like Moore in power — in part because of their concerns over a handful of…
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Orbiter Detects Signs of Activity on Mars
While many scientists have long held that Mars is “geologically dead” inside, new research is adding to the growing body of evidence to the contrary. As detailed in a new paper published in the journal Science Advances, an international team of researchers examined data collected by the European and Russian ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter in…
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Trump’s new chief bigot has a plan to burn everything down
Anyone wondering how Trump will respond to the biggest repudiation a modern U.S. president has ever received from American voters need wonder no longer. Today, Trump announced that Stephen Miller would become his chief of staff, replacing Susie Wiles. In a Truth Social post, Trump called Miller one of his “most trusted” advisers and said…
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Oscar-winning director Sebastián Lelio found dead at 52 as actress wife pens heartbreaking tribute
Sebastián Lelio, the Oscar-winning Chilean director behind “A Fantastic Woman,” has died at 52. The writer and director succumbed to “health complications,” his longtime partner said Friday. Chilean director Sebastián Lelio has died at 52. Getty Images Officers from Chile’s Investigative Police and Carabineros enter the home of filmmaker Sebastian Lelio in Santiago, Chile, Friday.…