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Pentagon Makes Deals With AI Companies
6+ hour, 20+ min ago (156+ words) New York Times: "The Pentagon announced on Friday that it had reached deals with some of the technology industry's biggest companies in an effort to expand the military's artificial intelligence capabilities and increase the number of firms authorized to be…...
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (309+ words) It is a problem I'm not on the ballot. Everyone says if I was on a ballot we'd win in a landslide. I have some of the best poll numbers I've ever had." " President Trump, in an interview with Newsmax....
Top California Democrats Wants to End Jungle Primary
6+ hour, 22+ min ago (132+ words) California Democratic chair Rusty Hicks says he wants to get rid of the state's idiosyncratic "open primary, calling it a failure that risks pitting a crowded field of Democratic candidates against each other to the point where a Republican can…...
Lawmakers Who Backed Billionaire Bill Draw Challengers
3+ hour, 24+ min ago (332+ words) A progressive wing of the Democratic Party in Delaware is endorsing primary opponents to six incumbent Democratic state lawmakers who pushed for a change to the state's corporate law that benefits executives and billionaires, including Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg,…...
Iran War Hits 60-Day Deadline
7+ hour, 26+ min ago (125+ words) Bloomberg: "Today marks 60 days since President Donald Trump notified Congress about his attack on Iran, a key milestone for his legal authority to continue the war." "GOP leaders are poised to let Friday's deadline pass without action'lawmakers left town yesterday'ducking…...
The Emperor's New Clothes
3+ hour, 1+ min ago (207+ words) Paul Krugman: "Republicans have an affordability problem. During the 2024 campaign Donald Trump promised to reduce prices beginning on "Day One," and promised specifically that he would cut energy prices in half. He has instead presided over rising inflation " the Federal…...
Bonus Quote of the Day
7+ hour, 29+ min ago (274+ words) It's terrible that we have higher gas prices" but it's worth it to me." -- Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), on CNN. It's terrible that we have higher gas prices" but it's worth it to me." " Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), on CNN....
Obamacare Enrollment Drops Sharply as Costs Rise
7+ hour, 53+ min ago (139+ words) New York Times: "Millions of Americans appear to be dropping Obamacare coverage in the months since Congress failed to extend the generous subsidies that had become a defining feature of the Affordable Care Act." "Initial sign-ups had already fallen by…...
Georgia Will Not Try to Redraw Maps This Year
7+ hour, 46+ min ago (324+ words) Gov. Brian Kemp made clear Friday he won't cancel Georgia's May 19 primary or rush to impose new political maps on this year's elections after the U. S. Supreme Court weakened a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act," the Atlanta Journal Constitution…...
Plans to Boost Weapons Might Not Deliver for Years
7+ hour, 52+ min ago (148+ words) New York Times: "For months, President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have celebrated tentative agreements with defense companies to expand production of Patriot air defense systems, Tomahawk cruise missiles and other weapons believed crucial for a war with China,…...