What Americans can learn from other civil activism movements against authoritarian regimes
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Secret Service agent injured in accidental self-inflicted shooting at Philly airport
PHILADELPHIA — A Secret Service agent has been hospitalized after accidentally shooting himself at Philadelphia International Airport on Friday morning.
The agent was injured at 8:42 a.m. while traveling in an unmarked ...Read more
House GOP rejects bipartisan Senate bill to end DHS shutdown
WASHINGTON — House Republicans — caught by surprise by the Senate’s early-morning deal on Department of Homeland Security spending — signaled they wouldn’t be jammed by the other chamber on their way out the door...Read more
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex's pal gives birth - four years after son, 9, death
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex's pal Kelly McKee Zajfen has given birth - four years after her nine-year-old son died.
The model, 44, and her husband, entertainment lawyer Julian Zajfen, welcomed baby boy Jack into the world ...Read more
Trump jokes, rants, talks price of pens as Iran war enters fifth week
During his first Cabinet meeting since launching the U.S. war on Iran, President Donald Trump spent 10 minutes talking about the price of ceremonial White House pens — which he claimed to have brought down, from $1,000 ...Read more
House Ethics Committee charges Cherfilus-McCormick with 25 counts of misconduct
The House Ethics Committee said 25 counts of misconduct by Florida Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick have been “proven by clear and convincing evidence,” after a closed-door vote during the wee hours Friday ...Read more
Backlash builds against AI-powered digital price tags in stores
MINNEAPOLIS — As more retailers bring AI-powered technologies into stores — including charging different customers different prices for the same item — union leaders and lawmakers are starting to push back.
Retail ...Read more
'Impulsive and emotional': Trump tosses traditional wartime presidency blueprint
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has thrown out the blueprint for the wartime American presidency — and it has hindered his management of the Iran conflict, former officials and analysts said.
Those experts said ...Read more
Why Honda put the brakes on its all-EV future
Honda Motor Co. is having second thoughts about its Second Founding.
Along with General Motors Co. and Volkswagen AG, the Japanese automaker has been the most committed major legacy automaker to an all-electric vehicle ...Read more
Editorial: Special-election flips are a sign of hope for Democrats
It’s too early to say whether two major special-election upsets — the narrow defeat of a highly-favored Republican in a Tampa Bay based Senate seat, and a Democrat’s victory in a South Palm Beach County House ...Read more
As carmakers shift to digital dashboard, lawmakers push to keep AM radio
Randy Brooks will never forget the day he had to break the news — live on the air — to a woman that her husband had perished in a tornado.
The KIXQ country music radio host had been tapped to help with 24-hour news ...Read more
Unsheathed: The Corvette Grand Sport is back, badder than ever
The mid-engine Corvette didn’t forget about the Grand Sport.
Chevrolet’s eighth-generation supercar has broken the mold since the sheets were taken off the 2020 model year Stingray. First ‘Vette with the engine ...Read more
Stephen L. Carter: Meta and Alphabet's courtroom losses may not last
Social media biggies have taken it on the chin from juries this week. And although, for reasons I’ll get to, I’m skeptical that the verdicts will hold up on appeal, I do think there are some important lessons here.
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White House to propose 20% cut to NIH funding, sources say
WASHINGTON — The White House is expected to ask Congress to cut National Institutes of Health spending by 20% in the president’s fiscal 2027 budget request, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the planning....Read more
NYPD, FBI thwart plot to assassinate NYC Palestinian activist Nerdeen Kiswani
NEW YORK — The NYPD and federal authorities have arrested a man who planned to firebomb the home of Nerdeen Kiswani, the head of one of the city’s most active pro-Palestinian protest groups, the Daily News has learned....Read more
'Blue-state' play or affordable-housing 'solution'? Idaho kills tax break bill
BOISE, Idaho — Most Idaho legislators agree: Housing in the Gem State is too expensive.
They just don’t see eye-to-eye on what, if anything, state government should do about it.
Twice in 24 hours a closely divided ...Read more
US, Iran keep up missile strikes after Trump delays deadline
The U.S. and Israel exchanged missile fire with Iran as the war across the Middle East approached the one-month mark, with no sign of Tehran accepting U.S. President Donald Trump’s demands for a ceasefire.
Israeli ...Read more
US senators launch investigation into Alligator Alcatraz 'torture' allegations
MIAMI – Two U.S. senators are launching an investigation into the controversial Everglades detention center, Alligator Alcatraz. The senators announced Thursday that their inquiry will focus on allegations of torture at ...Read more
LAPD chief backed cops who shot at author, Weezer bassist's ex; commission overruled him
LOS ANGELES — For the second time in recent months, the civilian commission that oversees the LAPD has overruled Chief Jim McDonnell in a police shooting, concluding that officers were in the wrong when they shot at ...Read more
Michael Hiltzik: How a custody fight over an old dog showed why lawyers should never trust AI to tell the truth
The seemingly limitless proliferation of cases in which lawyers have been caught letting fictitious AI-generated legal citations contaminate their briefs continues to amaze.
That's not only because judges are fining more ...Read more
Cherfilus-McCormick violated ethics rules, subcommittee finds
WASHINGTON — Members of a House Ethics subcommittee ruled against Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., after a marathon hearing Thursday that stretched into the night, finding that she violated ethics rules.
It was ...Read more
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