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Reporter’s Notebook: Capitol Hill’s legislative clock is ticking ahead of the midterms

Congress faces a potential government shutdown this fall as spending bills stall and Democrats refuse to cooperate ahead of midterm elections.

House bill would strip federal funding from colleges with alleged ties to Chinese Communist Party

Rep. Pat Fallon introduces the Espionage Protection Act to cut federal funding for universities with alleged ties to the Chinese Communist Party.

‘Prattman,’ Murder by Tractor, and Painted Clowns: How AI Is Transforming the Political Campaign

Even as campaigns increasingly rely on ‘deepfakes’ to fool voters, entrepreneurs are harnessing AI...

Potty Ruling in Idaho

In March, the Idaho legislature enacted a law (H.B. 752) that bars a person...

How Bad Is American Higher Education?

A new book says that it’s even worse than we think.

Vance fires back at MLB over San Francisco Giants Pride Bible verses

Vice President Vance mocked Major League Baseball for issuing a warning to a handful of San Francisco Giants players who wore Bible verses on their Pride Night ball caps during a recent game. The three players, pitchers Landen Roupp, JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker, wore Pride Night hats with Bible verses written on them when...

FBI thwarts White House UFC attack; Are taxpayers actually funding Trump’s ballroom?

⚽ Plus: Iran’s World Cup team ordered to quickly leave US, says coach {beacon}   It’s Tuesday. The World Cup storyline of Scottish soccer fans taking over Boston has gotten even funnier. The Boston Globe reports that some bars literally ran out of beer last weekend. One bar’s COO says she had never seen anything like it in...

What to know about the Anthropic models takedown

Anthropic took down its newest AI models last week, after the Trump administration slapped the company with an export control order requiring it to block foreign nationals from accessing its latest technology. The order comes amid concerns about the potential capability to bypass the models’ guardrails, sparking yet another dispute between Anthropic and the administration....

The AI bubble could be worse than the dot-com bust

Analysts are questioning the sustainability of current market valuations, as concerns about speculative excess have grown amid heightened enthusiasm and potential risks surrounding the AI-driven stock market rally of recent years.

6 arrested for alleged kidnap, torture at Florida Margaritaville

One victim reported to police one of the suspects burned the tattoo on his arm with a blowtorch.

White House ballroom costs may rise to $600M, with half coming from taxpayers: Report

Records show the price tag for the White House ballroom is rising to $600 million, with half of the costs funded by taxpayer dollars, according to a new report from The Washington Post.  The news comes months after President Trump said private donors would pay for the $400 million initiative to construct a new ballroom...

Justice Department backs xAI in NAACP air pollution suit

The Trump administration is intervening on behalf of Elon Musk’s xAI after the NAACP accused it in court of illegally polluting the air of a Memphis-area community. In April, the civil rights organization alleged that xAI did not get an air pollution permit for its Colossus Gas Plant, which powers its Colossus 2 data center that in...

Giants’ Pride Night marred by player protests

The fallout from what was to be a celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride by the San Francisco Giants on Friday is continuing.

Iranian-American fans boo Iran’s national anthem at World Cup match

Some fans, waving pre-revolutionary Iranian flags, booed the Iranian national anthem before the country's opening match against New Zealand in the FIFA World Cup on Monday in Los Angeles, The Athletic reported. They played to a 2-2 draw in the Group G tilt.  The Lion and Sun flag, a green, white and red horizontal tricolor, served as...

Stress on San Andreas Fault reaches highest levels in 1,000 years as scientists await next ‘major rupture’

The fault lines have reached “unprecedented levels,” according to the study.

War-weary Russia is falling apart

No one can know for certain how the current dilemma created by Putin’s military misadventure will play out. One thing, however, is increasingly clear: The trendlines are not good, either for Russia or for its president. 

Trump approval up 1 point amid lower cost of living dissatisfaction: Survey

President Trump’s approval rating ticked up slightly in recent days as Americans expressed less dissatisfaction over the cost of living, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The survey, conducted June 12-15, gathered responses from before and after Trump announced a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran, and found that 36 percent of Americans approve...

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs release date moved up, federal records show

Combs was sentenced in October to four years and two months in federal prison after being convicted of transporting people across state lines for sexual encounters.

Trump: Iran deal can survive if fighting in Lebanon continues

President Trump said on Tuesday that the deal between the U.S. and Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz can survive even if Israel’s attacks in Lebanon continue.  “It can,” Trump said, speaking from the G7 in Évian-les-Bains, France, when asked if the Iran deal can survive if Israel attacks Lebanon, referring to the conflict...

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