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Trump resumes sending 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, undoing Biden pause
Trump resumes sending 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, undoing Biden pause
US president releases powerful bombs ‘because they bought them’ after Biden pause due to possible impact on civilians
Donald Trump has instructed the US military to release a hold imposed by former president Joe Biden on the supply of 2,000-pound bombs…
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January 26, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Trump resumes sending 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, undoing Biden pause
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In a new Science study, researchers present CASTER, a tool that uses arrangements in DNA sequences known as site patterns to infer “species trees,” which are diagrams that depict the evolutionary relationships among species.
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CASTER: Direct species tree inference from whole-genome alignments
Genomes contain mosaics of discordant evolutionary histories, challenging the accurate inference of the tree of life. While genome-wide data are routinely used for discordance-aware phylogenomic analyses, due to modeling and scalability limitations, the...
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January 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
In a new Science study, researchers present CASTER, a tool that uses arrangements in DNA sequences known as site patterns to infer “species trees,” which are diagrams that depict the evolutionary relationships among species.
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President Donald Trump fired the inspectors general from more than a dozen federal agencies in a Friday night purge, according to a Trump administration official.
Trump fires inspectors general from more than a dozen federal agencies | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump fired the inspectors general from more than a dozen federal agencies in a Friday night purge, according to a Trump administration official, paving the way for him to install his...
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January 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
President Donald Trump fired the inspectors general from more than a dozen federal agencies in a Friday night purge, according to a Trump administration official.
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President Donald Trump took a victory lap in Las Vegas, basking both in his presidential victory in Nevada last year and the rapid-pace action of his first week in office.
Trump repeats pledge to ending taxes on tips, a costly proposal whose details remain scant | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump took a victory lap in Las Vegas on Saturday, basking both in his presidential victory in Nevada last year and the rapid-pace action of his first week in office.
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January 26, 2025 at 2:02 AM
President Donald Trump took a victory lap in Las Vegas, basking both in his presidential victory in Nevada last year and the rapid-pace action of his first week in office.
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The AI spending frenzy is just getting started
The AI spending frenzy is just getting started
A new game of ‘my data center is bigger than yours’ started this week with the announcement of OpenAI’s Project Stargate.
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January 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The AI spending frenzy is just getting started
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The White House late Friday fired the independent inspectors general of at least 12 major federal agencies in a purge that could clear the way for President Donald Trump to install loyalists in the crucial role of identifying fraud, waste and abuse in the government.
Trump ousts at least 12 independent inspectors general in late-night purge
The dismissals appeared to violate federal law, which requires Congress to receive 30 days’ notice of any intent to fire a Senate-confirmed inspector general.
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January 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The White House late Friday fired the independent inspectors general of at least 12 major federal agencies in a purge that could clear the way for President Donald Trump to install loyalists in the crucial role of identifying fraud, waste and abuse in the government.
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Crypto tokens $TRUMP and $MELANIA have jumped in value, triggering concerns from industry insiders that the president is amplifying the sector’s unseemly side.
Crypto fans hoped Trump would make them legit. Then came the meme coins.
The launch of $TRUMP and $MELANIA crypto coins has disappointed some in the crypto industry, who fear they amplify the sector’s sillier and scammier side.
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January 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Crypto tokens $TRUMP and $MELANIA have jumped in value, triggering concerns from industry insiders that the president is amplifying the sector’s unseemly side.
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The CIA said Saturday that it now favors a Chinese laboratory leak as the mostly likely origin of the coronavirus pandemic, the latest development in the still-simmering debate over the virus and the nation’s response.
CIA now favors lab-leak theory, as critics of covid response take power
New CIA Director John Ratcliffe ordered the covid origins analysis declassified, which a spokesperson described as a “low-confidence” assessment.
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January 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The CIA said Saturday that it now favors a Chinese laboratory leak as the mostly likely origin of the coronavirus pandemic, the latest development in the still-simmering debate over the virus and the nation’s response.
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Forget #Resistance. How Democrats Gave Trump Victory After Victory
“Is Trump’s return to the Oval Office simply Democrats’ chickens coming home to roost?” @premthakker.bsky.social writes
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“Is Trump’s return to the Oval Office simply Democrats’ chickens coming home to roost?” @premthakker.bsky.social writes
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Forget #Resistance. How Democrats Gave Trump Victory After Victory
Is Trump’s return to the Oval Office simply Democrats’ chickens coming home to roost?
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January 25, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Forget #Resistance. How Democrats Gave Trump Victory After Victory
“Is Trump’s return to the Oval Office simply Democrats’ chickens coming home to roost?” @premthakker.bsky.social writes
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“Is Trump’s return to the Oval Office simply Democrats’ chickens coming home to roost?” @premthakker.bsky.social writes
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Taking On the Tech Oligarchs, with Taylor Lorenz
Mehdi speaks with the acclaimed journalist — and new Zeteo contributor — about Trump’s inauguration, TikTok, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and free speech online.
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January 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Elon Musk email to X staff: ‘we’re barely breaking even’
Elon Musk email to X staff: ‘we’re barely breaking even’
User growth is ‘stagnant’ on the platform formerly known as Twitter.
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January 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Elon Musk email to X staff: ‘we’re barely breaking even’
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Elon Musk says Twitter (X) is 'barely breaking even' and user growth has stagnated
January 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Elon Musk says Twitter (X) is 'barely breaking even' and user growth has stagnated
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Musk speaking to the far right German party, the AfD, today. Best picture angle, ever! 😂
January 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Musk speaking to the far right German party, the AfD, today. Best picture angle, ever! 😂
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December 31, 2024 at 2:32 AM
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Joe Biden had one job. And he failed | Mehdi Hasan
Joe Biden had one job. And he failed | Mehdi Hasan
The president was supposed to defeat Donald Trump and end the threat he posed to our democracy. Yet, here we are
“You had one job.”
As we bid farewell to the 46th president of the United States, I can’t get that Ocean’s 11-inspired internet meme out of…
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January 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Joe Biden had one job. And he failed | Mehdi Hasan
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Meta Denies Facebook, Instagram Users Were Forced to Follow Trump but Admits It ‘May Take Some Time for Unfollow Requests to Go Through’ variety.com/2025/digital...
Meta Denies Facebook, Instagram Users Were Forced to Follow Trump but Admits It ‘May Take Some Time for Unfollow Requests to Go Through’
Meta said Facebook and Instagram users were not forced to follow Trump but that unfollowing the new White House accounts 'might take some time.'
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January 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Meta Denies Facebook, Instagram Users Were Forced to Follow Trump but Admits It ‘May Take Some Time for Unfollow Requests to Go Through’ variety.com/2025/digital...
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More than 3,000 residents of New York City Housing Authority complexes across the city had no heat or hot water on Tuesday, as temperatures hovered in the single digits with wind chills, according to the agency.
NYCHA reports thousands of residents without heat or hot water amid frigid temperatures
The entire Soundview development in the Bronx was without heat, the agency said.
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January 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
More than 3,000 residents of New York City Housing Authority complexes across the city had no heat or hot water on Tuesday, as temperatures hovered in the single digits with wind chills, according to the agency.
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During an interview with Tucker Carlson, Mayor Eric Adams doubled down this week on his claims that federal prosecutors targeted him because of his criticism of President Joe Biden’s immigration policy.
He also said that the Democratic Party "left me and it left working-class people.”
He also said that the Democratic Party "left me and it left working-class people.”
Mayor Adams rails against Biden over migrant talks on Tucker Carlson
Adams claimed that a Biden aide said an influx of migrants was "like a gallstone. It'll pass."
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January 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
During an interview with Tucker Carlson, Mayor Eric Adams doubled down this week on his claims that federal prosecutors targeted him because of his criticism of President Joe Biden’s immigration policy.
He also said that the Democratic Party "left me and it left working-class people.”
He also said that the Democratic Party "left me and it left working-class people.”
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An NYPD lieutenant with 19 years on the job was arrested for allegedly falsifying overtime records and stealing more than $64,000 from the department over the course of several months, according to documents filed in court by the Manhattan district attorney's office: bit.ly/4appEah
January 22, 2025 at 8:33 PM
An NYPD lieutenant with 19 years on the job was arrested for allegedly falsifying overtime records and stealing more than $64,000 from the department over the course of several months, according to documents filed in court by the Manhattan district attorney's office: bit.ly/4appEah
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The military and other agencies have scrambled to comply with President Trump's sweeping executive order barring DEI programs.
Air Force pulls class with Tuskegee Airmen video after DEI order
The military and other agencies have scrambled to comply with President Trump's sweeping executive order barring DEI programs.
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January 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The military and other agencies have scrambled to comply with President Trump's sweeping executive order barring DEI programs.
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BREAKING NEWS: Noem will be in charge of executing one of President Trump's biggest priorities in his second term: cracking down on immigration.
Senate confirms Kristi Noem as Trump's Secretary of Homeland Security
Noem will be in charge of executing one of President Trump's biggest priorities in his second term: cracking down on immigration.
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January 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Noem will be in charge of executing one of President Trump's biggest priorities in his second term: cracking down on immigration.
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Only four teams remain in the hunt for the Super Bowl — the Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs, Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders — but there are plenty of narratives to go around.
Reasons to root for (or against) every team in the NFL's semifinal weekend
Only four teams remain in the hunt for the Super Bowl — the Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs, Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders — but there are plenty of narratives to go around.
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January 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Only four teams remain in the hunt for the Super Bowl — the Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs, Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders — but there are plenty of narratives to go around.
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The order bars the government from "any conduct that would unconstitutionally abridge the free speech of any American citizen" and orders an investigation into the Biden administration's actions.
A White House order claims to end 'censorship.' What does that mean?
The order bars the government from "any conduct that would unconstitutionally abridge the free speech of any American citizen" and orders an investigation into the Biden administration's actions.
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January 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The order bars the government from "any conduct that would unconstitutionally abridge the free speech of any American citizen" and orders an investigation into the Biden administration's actions.
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NPR EXCLUSIVE: The aim is to place oversight control in the hands of American software company Oracle and other investors. Under federal law, TikTok must split apart from China, or face a nationwide ban.
EXCLUSIVE: White House in talks to have Oracle and U.S. investors take over TikTok
The aim is to place oversight control in the hands of American software company Oracle and other investors. Under federal law, TikTok must split apart from China, or face a nationwide ban.
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January 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
NPR EXCLUSIVE: The aim is to place oversight control in the hands of American software company Oracle and other investors. Under federal law, TikTok must split apart from China, or face a nationwide ban.
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Feels like a good time to remind everyone that if you are a public servant wishing to report retaliation, acts of corruption or abuse of government power, I have a page for that on my website: www.wyden.senate.gov/whistleblowe...
January 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Feels like a good time to remind everyone that if you are a public servant wishing to report retaliation, acts of corruption or abuse of government power, I have a page for that on my website: www.wyden.senate.gov/whistleblowe...