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As Trump and Musk Upend Washington, Congressional Phones Can’t Keep Up
In the three weeks since President Trump took office and gave Elon Musk free rein inside the federal government, millions of calls have poured in to members of Congress, jamming the system.The New York Times - 4d -
Sam Kerr jury asked to consider difference if she had called a police officer ‘stupid and black’
Prosecutor argues Matildas star’s claims about what happened in taxi do not make ‘one blind bit of difference to what this case is about’. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news ...The Guardian - 4d -
USAID signage stripped from D.C. headquarters amid agency dismantling
Letter by letter, crews removed the signage displaying “U.S. Agency for International Development” from the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington where the agency's headquarters once was. The seal ...NBC News - 4d -
Flogging Molly calls off tour due to frontman Dave King's 'very serious health condition'
Flogging Molly cancels its 2025 shows so frontman Dave King and his wife can handle a 'very serious health condition.' The rest of the L.A. band plans to cruise.Los Angeles Times - 4d -
White House calls mixed jobs numbers 'weak,' blames Biden
President Donald Trump's top economic aide, Kevin Hassett, said, "We're inheriting a very difficult jobs market because of Joe Biden's terrible policies."CNBC - 4d -
Call Of Duty Players Could Make “Great” Drone Pilots, Ukrainian Military Says
A member of the Ukrainian Special Forces UAV (uncrewed aerial vehicles) unit, Typhoon, says that gamers might be better-equipped to pilot drones in real-life conflict than you’d first think. The ...GameSpot - 4d -
Kendrick Lamar, the rapper about to play on the world’s biggest stage
In the run-up to his performance at the Super Bowl, hip-hop’s most celebrated storyteller has been on a hot streakFinancial Times - 4d -
Congo Buries Its Dead After Rebel Assault
A single image captures the grim task facing those who needed to find space for the dead after a spasm of violence in Central Africa.The New York Times - 4d -
Documentarian Alex Gibney Teams Up With a Google Billionaire
The Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney has sold a majority stake in his Jigsaw Productions to the philanthropist Wendy Schmidt.The New York Times - 4d -
Hubie Brown, a basketball coach, broadcaster and always a teacher, calls his final game at 91
Hubie Brown taught basketball as an elective when he took his first college coaching job in 1968ABC News - 4d -
A victim in Sweden's deadliest mass shooting called his fiancee to say he loved her
Salim Karim Iskef managed to video-call his fiancee to tell her he loved her one last timeABC News - 4d -
USAID Turmoil Threatens Key Aid Supplies to Gaza, Officials Say
Washington has funded roughly a third of the aid sent to the enclave since the war began. With most agency workers set to be put on leave, officials say that those supplies are under threat.The New York Times - 4d -
Snail Games will show up at GDC with new games and partnerships
Snail Games said it will show up at GDC with a lineup of updates, first-look reveals, and new partnerships to highlight its growth strategy.VentureBeat - 4d -
How Elon Musk boosted false USAID conspiracy theories to shut down global aid
Elon Musk drove fringe viewpoints on USAID into the mainstream on X, as the Trump administration halted the humanitarian relief agency’s work.NBC News - 4d -
Kevin Durant's relationship with Suns, Jimmy Butler gets his money & Luka calling shots in L.A | Good Word with Goodwill
On this episode of Good Word with Goodwill, Kevin Durant significantly impacts Jimmy Butler being traded to the Warriors and his relationship with the Phoenix Suns is now severely fractured. Luka ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Rapper A$AP Rocky's lawyers will make their case at his felony trial over 2 assault charges
Lawyers for rapper A$AP Rocky will make the defense case Friday at his Los Angeles trial, where he's charged with two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearmABC News - 4d -
Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Working on a Custom Chatbot Called GSAi
The chatbot is part of Elon Musk and President Donald Trump’s ambitions to use AI and other technologies to cut costs and modernize the US government.Wired - 5d -
Trump's Gaza plan shocks the world but finds support in Israel
President Donald Trump’s plan to seek U.S. ownership of the Gaza Strip and move out its population has found a sympathetic ear in IsraelABC News - 5d -
USAID Workforce Slashed From 10,000 to Under 300 as Elon Musk’s DOGE Decimates Agency
The US government’s primary foreign aid organization is losing the vast majority of its staff, forcing the agency’s lifesaving work to screech to a halt.Wired - 5d -
Palmerston, the British Foreign Service Cat, Takes Up New Post in Bermuda
The cat, who first served in 2016, had feuded with Larry, the chief mouser at 10 Downing Street.The New York Times - 5d -
Amazon Web Services says GameLift can support up to 100M concurrent users per game
Amazon Web Services (AWS) said it has benchmark tested support for up to 100 million concurrent users (CCU) for a single game.VentureBeat - 5d -
Stephanie Venier wins Alpine worlds super-G; American Lauren Macuga ties for bronze
Lauren Macuga became the first American to win a medal in her first world championships race since 1993.Yahoo Sports - 5d -
US Shoppers Face Fees of Up to $50 or More to Get Packages From China
Consumers and small businesses are already feeling the impact of President Donald Trump’s new tariffs, which eliminated a key trade exemption for parcels worth less than $800.Wired - 6d -
Inside the Elon Musk-Jim Jordan ‘mind meld’ shaking up Capitol Hill
Musk has a White House office and growing pull across federal agencies. Now he's burrowed into the House Judiciary Committee.Politico - 6d -
'I won't leave. Put that in your brain.' Palestinians reject Trump's call to expel them from Gaza
Stunned Palestinians rejected President Donald Trump's proposal to expel them from the Gaza Strip so that the U.S. could take over the territory and rebuild it for othersABC News - 6d -
The Collapse of USAID Is Already Fueling Human Trafficking and Slavery at Scammer Compounds
The dismantling of USAID by Elon Musk's DOGE and a State Department funding freeze have severely disrupted efforts to help people escape forced labor camps run by criminal scammers.Wired - 6d -
Argentina says it will withdraw from the World Health Organization
A spokesman for President Javier Milei says he has ordered Argentina’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization due to profound differences with the U.N. agencyABC News - 6d
