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Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch is leaving amid tensions with Trump
Lonnie G. Bunch III will step down from his position as head of the sprawling Smithsonian Institution by the end of the year, he said Tuesday.
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Salon.com
“Idiocracy” is still a worthless artifact 20 years later
The film's smirking, know-it-all pose was tired when it released. It’s useless now
Anthropic Staffers Again Sound the Alarm on AI Catastrophe
On Tuesday, experienced AI researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from the AI firm Anthropic—saying that both that company and OpenAI, his previous employer, were “gambling with our lives” by developing models that could improve themselves at a rapid clip until they reach “superintelligence.” In an alarming social media post, Evan Hubinger, who leads a team that…
Truthout
UK, France, and Canada Announce Bans on Goods from Illegal Israeli Settlements
Activist Omar Barghouti called the UK’s actions “largely performative” while Israeli officials responded with fury.
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Axios
NYC unveils records suggesting officials knew air was unsafe after 9/11
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration released more than 170,000 pages of documents Tuesday that suggest city officials knew air conditions following the 9/11 attacks were unsafe, despite assurances otherwise.The big picture: Twenty-five years later, New Yorkers are still seeking a full accounting of what city officials knew about the toxic…
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TPM – Talking Points Memo
Trump Admin Officially Moves to Reshape National Political Power With New Changes to 2030 Census
A version of a federal rule proposing to exclude certain noncitizens from being counted in the 10-year Census was published...
Democracy Now!
Meet 9/11 Health Watch, NYC Group Behind Mayor Mamdani's Release of 170K Pages on Ground Zero Toxins
Ahead of the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has unsealed more than 170,000 pages of records that offer new insights into how the city responded to the disaster. Some of the papers indicate that officials lied about the hazardous toxins that burned and remained near ground zero for months afterward, even as…
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The New York Times
Amazon Cargo Jet Pilots Tried to Abort Landing, N.T.S.B. Data Shows
The sequence of events detailed by National Transportation Safety Board investigators showed that the pilots were aware they were traveling too fast before the plane ran off the runway in Miami.
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TIME
‘Nothing Funny’: Iceland Condemns Trump’s Map of Expanded U.S.
“There is nothing funny or normal about making fun of the sovereignty of states,” Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir told reporters.
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Man Accused Of Charging Toward Ohio Governor Candidate Wanted To Ask Questions: Prosecutor
Patrick Havas, 38m pleaded not guilty to two counts of assault, one count of disorderly conduct and one count of inducing panic for his alleged charging of Dr. Amy Acton.
The Guardian
US says Iranian tankers ‘destroyed’ after missile attacks on American warship
Tit-for-tat violence surges again in region, with tankers struck by the US in the Gulf of Oman, and reprisal attacks by Iran on a US base in JordanThe US military on Tuesday said it “destroyed” multiple Iranian tankers, after Iran attempted to strike a US navy warship with ballistic missiles, as violence once again surged across the region, pushing the…
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NBC News
Military personnel accidentally triggered Air Force One emergency slide ahead of Trump’s flight to Dallas
The incident occurred on the Qatari-donated jet as President Donald Trump was about to fly to Dallas for the GOP midterm convention.
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The New Republic
National Guard Member Arrested for Pulling Gun on Fellow Soldier
A Georgia National Guardsman was arrested earlier this month in Washington after he allegedly pulled a loaded gun on a fellow guardswoman on one of the city’s busiest streets.Specialist Zion Mitchell, 21, was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, according to an arrest affidavit filed in the…
The New York Times
Can William Lawrence, a Progressive, Flip a Key Michigan House Seat?
William Lawrence, a progressive challenging a first-term Republican, is trying to rewrite the playbook for Democrats running in swing districts.
Center Left
Sending armed ICE agents to polling places would be a federal crime, lawsuit says
Latino civil rights groups and Denver sued the Trump administration on Thursday, invoking a law Congress passed in the final months of the Civil War.
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The Far Right Can’t Stand Being Called “Far Right”
On Sunday, the German far-right party Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) won a resounding—and disturbing—victory in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. While falling short of the majority it needed to control the government without other parties’ cooperation, the result is the latest sign that AfD’s ultranationalist politics are surging in parts of the country. If…
TIME
Trump Promises End to Iran War After Midterms
The President suggested that Iran’s government is holding out in hopes of hurting Republican political prospects.
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The New York Times
Paxton Aide Turned Whistle-Blower Appears in Ad Endorsing His Rival, Talarico
David Maxwell was among the staffers in the Texas attorney general’s office who accused Ken Paxton of abusing the power of his office, allegations that led to his impeachment. Mr. Paxton was acquitted.
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