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El-Sayed dragged over ‘weird’ fixation on ‘talking about other people’s wives’ after latest Trump attack

Politics

El-Sayed dragged over ‘weird’ fixation on ‘talking about other people’s wives’ after latest Trump attack

The Abdul-El Sayed campaign on Thursday launched an attack aimed at White House aide Natalie Harp just a week after attacking second lady Usha Vance in a similarly vicious manner.After President Donald Trump’s edict renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America during a heated trade battle with Canada the El-Sayed campaign waded into the fray on X."If we’re just renaming everything now… When are we making this official?" the campaign said […]

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Chinese hackers target NASA and key US agencies, DOJ alleges

Tech/Gear

Chinese hackers target NASA and key US agencies, DOJ alleges

Some cyberattacks start with a suspicious email. Others begin somewhere you would probably never think to look. It could be an old router in someone's home. Maybe it is a forgotten security camera that still connects to the internet. Hackers can compromise vulnerable connected devices and use them to disguise where an attack really comes from.That tactic played a role in a China-linked hacking operation that U.S. authorities say took […]

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Trump election fraud crackdown lands first arrest, putting longtime critics in White House crosshairs

Politics

Trump election fraud crackdown lands first arrest, putting longtime critics in White House crosshairs

The first arrest in what a Trump administration prosecutor says will be a broader election fraud crackdown was announced Friday in Los Angeles, and the White House seized on the case to hit back at longtime critics.First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli announced a Honduran national was charged with two felony counts and could face deportation if convicted, while criticizing California’s current voter registration […]

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Trump border wall construction kicks off in Arizona amid clash with Native American tribe

Politics

Trump border wall construction kicks off in Arizona amid clash with Native American tribe

The Trump administration has started construction of a section of a border wall in Arizona despite objections from a Native American tribe.The wall is part of a $46 billion effort to shore up the southern border with 30-foot steel bollard walls, vehicle barriers and technology designed to stop illegal immigration and smuggling.However, the Tohono O'odham Nation has said the construction will damage land sacred to the tribe, The Associated Press […]

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Trump signs order creating new Space Academy akin to West Point; its location will be determined

Politics

Trump signs order creating new Space Academy akin to West Point; its location will be determined

President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order to establish the U.S. Space Academy.Trump said the location of the academy was yet to be determined but compared its significance to that of the United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., and the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut.The U.S. Space Academy will be for students looking to enter the U.S. Space Force, a new branch […]

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X reveals foreign adversary behind fake accounts disseminating anti-data center messaging

Business

X reveals foreign adversary behind fake accounts disseminating anti-data center messaging

The social media platform X announced that it performed a probe regarding "suspected Chinese inauthentic accounts" participating in influence efforts, uncovering a bot farm of around 200,000 accounts, of which 200 accounts were posting in a way that could distort true debate regarding U.S. artificial intelligence and energy policy."The X Safety team conducted an investigation into suspected Chinese inauthentic accounts involved in influence operations: We identified a bot farm of […]

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Utah’s Burger King magnate recalls in memoir why his greatest success was giving back

Business

Utah’s Burger King magnate recalls in memoir why his greatest success was giving back

From growing up poor and fatherless in a tough Italian neighborhood in Buffalo, New York, likened to that of the film "Goodfellas," to building a Burger King franchise empire in the mountainous West of Utah, John Gullo’s story is a quintessential example of the classic rags-to-riches tale.Yet for this entrepreneur-turned-philanthropist, the "riches" never equated to the money he made. Gullo innately knew early in life that it was about giving […]

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Lindsay Clancy verdict: Retired judge explains what happens if insanity defense prevails

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Lindsay Clancy verdict: Retired judge explains what happens if insanity defense prevails

If jurors find Lindsay Clancy not criminally responsible for strangling her three children, her civil commitment to a mental institution could come up for review every year — making it difficult to predict how long she could remain hospitalized, according to a retired judge.Clancy would not face "a 'life sentence in a public mental hospital,'" Carol Erskine, a retired Massachusetts judge and child welfare advocate, wrote in a post on […]

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