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Dems’ Medicare denialism, red states rising and other commentary

“The Trump Administration is considering automatically enrolling Medicare beneficiaries in private insurance plans — a k a Medicare Advantage — as a default,” cheer The Wall Street Journal’s editors

Israel ambassador to US points to ‘potential’ for ‘continued talks’ with Iran

Michael Leiter, the Israeli ambassador to the U.S., said Sunday that there could be a “potential” for “continued talks” with Iran about the U.S.-Israeli conflict against the country after Vice President Vance said no progress was made in the direction of a peace agreement in recent negotiations. “When you said the talks are still going...

Lawmakers set to return to Washington as TSA paycheck uncertainty looms over partial shutdown negotiations

Lawmakers are set to return to Washington this week as questions over future pay for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees — including Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers — loom over efforts to end the partial shutdown. The impasse follows a last-minute split before the Easter recess, when Senate Republicans advanced a measure to fund most of...

Trump ally Orbán sees government fall despite Vance visit

In one of Europe's most consequential elections of the year, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has conceded to the party led by Péter Magyar, ending his run as Hungary's leader after more than 16 years. With 60 percent of the votes counted, Magyar's Tisza Party had more than 52 percent of the vote compared with Orbán’s...

Warner on US blockade in Strait of Hormuz: ‘I don’t get that logic’

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said Sunday that he didn’t understand the “logic” behind President Trump’s recent announcement that the U.S. military would begin blockading ships looking to enter the Strait of Hormuz. “We know we've got $4-a-gallon gasoline. We know that 25 percent of the world's natural gas goes through the strait. We know a...

Silicon Valley turns to new media to sell AI 

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Silicon Valley turns to new media to sell AI Silicon Valley is embracing nontraditional media to pitch its vision of technology as concerns mount over artificial intelligence’s impact on the workforce, economy and environment. © Illustration / Samantha Wong; and Adobe Stock Tech and business leaders are turning...

Petraeus: Iran could emerge from war ‘militarily weakened’ but ‘strategically strengthened’

Retired Gen. David Petraeus, the former commander of U.S. Central Command, said there is a “paradoxical question” about the future of Iran amid its conflict with the U.S. and Israel.   “We can only answer it when the ultimate resolution is achieved here, but that is whether Iran will emerge militarily very weakened,” the retired general...

Khanna: Netanyahu in Situation Room ‘a betrayal of the American people’

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Wednesday slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for reportedly being in the White House's Situation Room weeks before the U.S.-Israeli joint military operation in Iran began. "Let's start with this pledge," Khanna, a possible 2028 White House contender, wrote on the social platform X. "The next Democratic President will never...

StubHub to pay customers $10M in settlement, FTC says: Do you qualify?

Ticket exchange and resale giant StubHub has agreed to pay $10 million to customers to settle a deceptive ticket pricing case, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said Thursday.

Trump tells Netanyahu to pull back on Israel’s barrage on Lebanon 

President Trump on Thursday confirmed he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to scale back on a barrage of strikes Israel is conducting in Lebanon, as that operation stands to threaten a fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran. Iran has indicated that a two-week ceasefire agreement reached Tuesday with the U.S. includes the halting...

Watch live: NASA officials give update on Artemis II as mission enters final stretch

NASA officials are set to give their daily update on the historic Artemis II mission, as the four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft are on their way back to Earth. The crew — Cmdr. Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency mission specialist Jeremy Hansen — are expected to splash down...

Fertility rate drops to new record low: CDC

The U.S. general fertility rate fell by 1 percent in 2025, reaching a new record low for another consecutive year according to latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The general fertility rate, which covers women between the ages of 15 and 44, was about 53.1 births per 1,000 females with...

Rutte says NATO allies ‘were a bit slow, to say the least’ on Iran war

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Thursday that the alliance’s members were “a bit slow, to say the least,” on assisting the U.S. when President Trump launched the war against Iran, but he noted they were not aware of the kinetic action against Tehran beforehand.  "When it came time to provide the logistical and other support...

Anthropic says new AI model too dangerous for public release 

Anthropic announced this week it will hold back the full release of its new AI model because it believes it is too dangerous for the public at this stage.  The model, called Claude Mythos Preview, will be available to a select group of technology firms, including Microsoft, Apple, CrowdStrike and Amazon Web Services, along with...

Andy Kim: Trump ‘should be removed from office’

Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) said Wednesday that President Trump “should be removed from office” amid the president's threats toward Iran. “I think he is unfit to be commander in chief. I think he should be removed from office,” Kim told CNN's John King on "The Source." Kim is not the first Democrat in recent days...

Watch live: Melania Trump speaks from White House

First lady Melania Trump is set to speak from the White House on Thursday afternoon. The event comes less than a month after Trump hosted a two-day summit as part of her Fostering the Future Together initiative, which is focused on ways the U.S. and allies can “address challenges children face in the digital era."...

California Supreme Court halts sheriff’s investigation into special election ballots

The California Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to stop his investigation into ballots from the November special election that his office seized following accusations of voter fraud. Bianco, who is also running as a Republican candidate for governor, seized more than 650,000 ballots from the local election office as part...

Abdul El-Sayed buddies up to Hasan Piker, avoids Israel question 

Remember when I said earlier this week that there’s no need for Democrats to have some very involved and unending internal debate about how to deal with Hasan Piker, the leftist streamer who simps for terrorists and authoritarian communist regimes? As I said, Ro Khanna has it pretty much right: Democrats can appear on his stream or engage with him as long...

A ‘super’ El Niño may be on the way. Here’s how it will impact summer weather

Super El Niños are rare. There have only been four since 1950, with the last one occurring in 2015 to 2016.

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