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Senate advances Linda McMahon's nomination to lead Education Department

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House Rules Committee advances budget resolution as path forward remains uncertain

The House Rules Committee voted Monday to advance the GOP conference’s plan to pass President Trump’s legislative agenda, sending the budget resolution to the full chamber even as its fate on the ...
The Hill - 5d
Trump's labor secretary pick on track to clear Senate committee with Democratic help

The former lawmaker will need at least one Democrat in her corner if Sen. Rand Paul's opposition holds firm.
CBS News - 3d
How to watch the Oscars and who is nominated

Who will win, what can we expect and what has caused the most controversy this awards season?
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Oscars 2025: Full list of nominations

Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards were announced Thursday.
ABC News - 2h
NFL and its competition committee reviewing overtime rules

The NFL is considering changing overtime rules in the regular season to decrease the advantage for teams who win the coin toss
ABC News - 3d
“No Other Land” Is the Oscar-Nominated Film That No Studio Will Touch

“No Other Land,” about the destruction of a village in the occupied West Bank, is one of the year’s most acclaimed films. Still, U.S. studios are unwilling to distribute it.
The New York Times - Feb. 19
The Playbook, Inning 8: Advanced stats to use

How to go from fantasy baseball novice to expert in one season? Part 8 explains some of the advanced statistics available to the fantasy baseball manager and how to apply them correctly.
ESPN - 5d
Doctor reacts to cancellation of FDA advisory committee meeting on flu vaccine

The Food and Drug Administration unexpectedly canceled an annual meeting of its advisers to update next season's influenza vaccines, raising concerns about the timeline for manufacturing next ...
CBS News - 1d
Films, people with most Oscar wins, actors with most nominations: See the lists

Check out the films with the most Oscar wins, the people who have won the most Oscars, and actors who have garnered the most nominations.
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Grammy-nominated singer Angie Stone dies at 63 following auto accident

Grammy-nominated artist Angie Stone, the lead singer of former hip-hop trio The Sequence and an R&B icon known for several hits including “Wish I Didn’t Miss You,” died Saturday following a car ...
NBC News - 1d
Angie Stone, Grammy-nominated R&B singer, dies in vehicle collision

The singer found success as part of the 1990s neo-soul movement that also included D'Angelo and Erykah Badu.
Los Angeles Times - 1d
Senators fume over Musk

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story GOP senators frustrated over Musk's campaign Republican senators vented their concerns about Elon Musk’s ...
The Hill - 2d
Apple removes advanced data protection tool in face of UK government request

Apple says removal of tool after government asked for right to see data will make iCloud users more vulnerable. Business live – latest updates Apple has taken the unprecedented step of ...
The Guardian - Feb. 21
Arizona advances bill to keep AI from rejecting medical claims

Arizona state lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday that would ban the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to deny medical claims. The Arizona House of Representatives passed the legislation 58-0, ...
The Hill - Feb. 21
Anthropic Launches Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Its Most Advanced Model Ever

The new model gives business owners more control over their AI budget.
Inc. - 6d
House GOP advances budget resolution as conservative opponents hold firm

House Republicans advanced their budget resolution to enact President Trump’s legislative agenda on Tuesday, teeing the measure up for a final vote even as GOP opponents of the measure appeared to ...
The Hill - 5d
What Apple pulling Advanced Data Protection means for you

The tech giant's decision has prompted questions and concerns about reduced protections for UK iCloud users.
BBC News - 4d
House narrowly adopts budget plan to advance Trump’s agenda

The House narrowly passes the Republican's budget plan and moves one step closer to a sweeping bill that could cut close to $2 trillion from the federal budget in a big victory for President Donald ...
NBC News - 4d
NCAA Rules Committee takes aim at fake injuries, but primitive call-and-review process needs fixing first

Give refs a chance to say 'I don't know'
CBS Sports - Feb. 21
NCAA Rules Committee takes aim at injury feigning as flopping in college football hits 'inflection point'

Faking injuries has been a growing issue since the practice emerged to cool down up-tempo offenses
CBS Sports - 5d
Hauler Talk: Behind the scenes of first playoff committee meeting, last-lap caution flag decision-making

The latest episode of the “Hauler Talk” podcast provided a glimpse into the NASCAR playoff committee that held its first meeting two weeks ago at Daytona International Speedway. The panel of more ...
Yahoo Sports - 4d
House Judiciary Committee subpoenas Alphabet, Meta, other tech giants over 'foreign censorship' of speech

The House committee is concerned that foreign laws around online content "have limited Americans' access to lawful speech" in the U.S.
CNBC - 2d
How the NCAA rules committee plans to curb feigned injuries as concerns grow over hot-button issue

Feigned injuries have accompanied the growth of up-tempo offenses in college football
CBS Sports - 2d
Author behind Oscar-nominated film finds praise and ire for his rebuke of Brazil's dictatorship

Marcelo Rubens Paiva, a popular author in Brazil for four decades, has had intense days and exchanges since the movie based on his 2015 book “I’m Still Here” became a box-office success
ABC News - 3d
How Oscar-Nominated ‘I’m Still Here’ May Hold Brazil’s Military Accountable

For decades, nobody was held accountable for killings and forced disappearances at the hands of Brazil’s military junta. “I’m Still Here” may be changing that.
The New York Times - 20h
Demi Moore Gets Best Actress Nomination (Finally!) for a Role That Says the Quiet Part Out Loud

At 62, she believed a big award ‘wasn’t something that I was allowed to have.’ When is it time to let go of your notion of success?
Inc. - 13h
UK soil breakthrough could cut farm fertiliser use and advance sustainable agriculture

Research group says discovery could lead to new type of environmentally friendly farming. A biological mechanism that makes plant roots more attractive to soil microbes has been discovered by ...
The Guardian - Feb. 22
Duke's demolition of Illinois raises the Blue Devils' reputation yet another notch in advance of March

Auburn's still No. 1 in the polls, but Duke has pulled ahead of the Tigers in the computer metrics — and looks every bit their equal
CBS Sports - Feb. 23
M23 militia’s advance in eastern DRC has killed 7,000 since January, UN told

DRC prime minister tells human rights council fighting has left about 450,000 without shelter after camps destroyed. About 7,000 people have died in fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic ...
The Guardian - 6d
AI still has a hallucination problem: How MongoDB aims to solve it with advanced rerankers and embedding models

How MongoDB's Voyage AI is helping enterprises move more mission critical operations into production with gen AI.
VentureBeat - 6d
House narrowly adopts budget plan to advance Trump's agenda in a win for Speaker Mike Johnson

Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday muscled a multitrillion-dollar budget blueprint through the House by the narrowest of margins — a crucial step for Republicans as they embark on advancing President ...
NBC News - 4d
Advance Auto Parts’ stock skids as retailer predicts weak sales next quarter

Advance is also in the middle of a restructuring plan that will result in the closing of 500 stores.
MarketWatch - 4d
Trump stuns Senate GOP with House budget endorsement

“Did not see that one coming,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune said.
Politico - Feb. 19
Milei wins senate votes despite memecoin scandal

Libertarian secures electoral reform after his most difficult week since becoming Argentina’s president
Financial Times - Feb. 21
Morning Report — Senators muscle forward in the budget fight

In today’s issue: Congress is giving President Trump two possible options to anchor his agenda in a budget. With House GOP leadership still working on their single “big, beautiful” budget bill ...
The Hill - Feb. 21

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