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US   POLITICS  
There Was a Deal to Fund the TSA! Then Mike Johnson Got Involved.
- Sign up for the Surge , the newsletter that covers most important political nonsense of the week, delivered to your inbox every Saturday. Welcome to this week's edition of the Surge. Due to short staffing, the Surge has brought on Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to help complete the newsletter. It's a work in progress; they keep pulling their guns on the computer when they get spell-checked. The big ...

Source: slate.com
WORLD   POLITICS  
US-Israel war on Iran: What's happening on day 29 of attacks?
- President Donald Trump said he is "very disappointed" with NATO's response to the United States-Israeli war on Iran , accusing the alliance of failing to support Washington despite years of US military spending on its allies. Meanwhile, Iran warned a "heavy price" will be paid after Israeli attacks on nuclear and industrial sites, with Tehran accusing the US and Israel of "playing with fire" by targeting energy ...

Source: aljazeera.com
US  
Tiger Woods released on bail hours after arrest on suspicion of DUI
- Tiger Woods arrested for suspected DUI after rolling his car Tiger Woods was released on bail late on Friday, hours after his Land Rover clipped a truck, rolled onto its side and the golfer was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, officials said. Woods had been travelling at "high speeds" on a residential road and, after the crash, showed "signs of impairment", Martin County Sheriff John ...

Source: aljazeera.com
US   POLITICS  
US District Judge blocks government ban on Anthropic AI
- News WebTechExperts / Pixabay US District Judge blocks government ban on Anthropic AI A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from designating the artificial intelligence company Anthropic as a "supply chain risk" and banning federal contractors from using its technology. US District Judge Rita Lin ruled in favor of Anthropic, halting a presidential directive that ordered all federal agencies ...

Source: jurist.org
Sony hikes prices for the PS5 and PS5 Pro
- Sony Interactive Entertainment announced on March 27 that it is raising prices across its PlayStation 5 lineup, effective April 2. The increases apply to the PS5, PS5 Pro, and PlayStation Portal in the US, UK, Europe, and Japan. This is the second price increase in less than a year. Sony raised prices by $50 across the board in August 2025. The latest round is significantly larger, with some models going up by ...

Source: bradenton.com
Indonesia starts implementing social media restrictions for children under 16
- JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia on Saturday began implementing a new government regulation approved earlier this month that bans children younger than 16 from access to digital platforms that could expose them to pornography, cyberbullying, online scams and addiction. With the move, Indonesia became the first country in Southeast Asia to ban children from having accounts on YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, ...

Source: apnews.com
DIGITAL  
The unplanned work behind every AI use case
- For most enterprises, the question of whether to invest in AI is no longer up for debate. AI is already part of the roadmap, the budget, and the board conversation. The harder question now is how to make AI deliver value at scale, not once, but repeatedly, across teams, functions, and geographies. That is where many organizations are struggling. AI pilots often succeed. Teams demonstrate working models, agents, or ...

Source: cio.com
POLITICS  
Treasury plans to put Trump's signature on all new U.S. paper currency in break with tradition
- WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department plans to put President Donald Trump's signature on all new U.S. paper currency, the agency announced on Thursday. The move would be a first for a sitting president, since traditionally, U.S. paper currency carries the signatures of the Treasury Secretary and the Treasurer, not the president. It's the latest instance of Trump putting his name and ...

Source: pbs.org
US   POLITICS  
Florida Congresswoman Committed 25 Ethics Violations, House Panel Finds
- While Washington spins the latest economic data and billionaires hedge their bets, working Americans are feeling the very real squeeze of rising costs, and sudden instability. HuffPost reports on the real economy – the one that impacts you. Already a member? WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida committed numerous violations of House rules and ethics standards, the ...

Source: huffpost.com
Pro-Iran hackers claim breach of FBI director's email
- The leaks appear to be authentic, according to a person familiar with the matter. A pro-Iran hacker group claimed to have accessed FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email and posted purported contents from the inbox online. Handala, which claimed responsibility in recent weeks for hacks against Stryker and Lockheed Martin in response to the Iran war, circulated images and documents online that they claimed to be ...

Source: nextgov.com
US  
Epstein survivors sue Justice Department and Google over release of private information
- Karina Tsui, CNN 2 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A flag flutters outside the Department of Justice building in Washington, D.C., on November 28, 2025. - Nathan Howard/Reuters A group of Jeffrey Epstein survivors filed a class action lawsuit against the Department of Justice and Google on Thursday over the release of victim-identifying information in files related to ...

Source: yahoo.com
Netflix raises its subscription prices for the second time in 2 years. Here are the new fees.
- Netflix subscribers will have to pay more to watch their favorite TV shows and movies after the streaming platform raised its prices. The price hike, implemented this week, raises the cost of the standard plan with ads by $1 a month and the cost of the standard and premium plans by $2 a month, according to pricing posted on its website. Netflix  raised its prices by similar amounts in January 2025, when it was ...

Source: cbsnews.com
US   MARKETS  
Update on the "Lock-in Effect" in the Housing Market: Below-3% & 4% Mortgages Fade Very Slowly
- The super-low mortgage rates of 2020 to 2022 — the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate dropped below 3% even as inflation shot toward 9% — are one of the factors in this frozen housing market, where sales of existing homes have plunged by nearly 25% from 2019 for the third year in a row, and where mortgage applications have plunged by about 35% from 2019. Homeowners who financed and re-financed a home ...

Source: wolfstreet.com
US  
Scientists film whale giving birth while other whales work together to help her
- Female named Rounder surrounded by family members when about to give birth to her second calf Scientists have managed to film a sperm whale giving birth while other female whales worked together to support the mother and her newborn. A team from Project Ceti, an international effort seeking to understand how whales communicate, was in a boat near a pod of 11 whales off the coast of the Caribbean island of Dominica ...

Source: theguardian.com
Mexico searches for missing boats ferrying aid to Cuba
- The Mexican Navy was searching on Friday for two boats that went missing while transporting humanitarian aid to crisis-hit Cuba, authorities and the convoy organizers said. The vessels set sail last Friday from Isla Mujeres in Mexico's southeastern state of Quintana Roo, with nine crew of different nationalities on board, Mexico's navy said Thursday in a statement. But communication with the crew was lost, it ...

Source: digitaljournal.com
US  
Secret Service agent assigned to Jill Biden accidentally shoots himself in the leg at Philadelphia airport
- A U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to former first lady Jill Biden accidentally shot himself in the leg at Philadelphia International Airport on Friday morning, according to police. The Philadelphia Police Department said the incident happened shortly before 8:45 a.m. at the airport. Police said preliminary reports indicate the agent accidentally fired his gun while in an unmarked Chevrolet SUV near the 1 PIA Way ...

Source: cbsnews.com
Kauai helicopter crash: Three killed
- HANALEI, Hawaii (AP) — A helicopter crashed on a remote beach on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, killing three people and injuring two others, authorities said. The helicopter was carrying one pilot and four passengers when it crashed Thursday afternoon at Kalalau Beach, the Kauai Fire Department said. The beach is on the Na Pali Coast on Kauai's north shore. Police said three people died and two others were ...

Source: bostonglobe.com
BUSINESS  
What website is prohibiting AI use in writing articles?
- Answer: Wikipedia. Here's one website we can now trust not to be full of AI slop: Wikipedia. The informational website has decided that large language models cannot be used to write its articles. Wikipedia relies on a wide-ranging network of largely volunteer editors, and the use of AI to write articles had become a hot-button issue among them. So they put it to a vote, with the majority voting against allowing AI ...

Source: govtech.com
US  
Education Department tells 7.5 million student loan borrowers in "illegal" SAVE plan to prepare for repayment
- More than 7 million student loan borrowers who have been enrolled in a Biden-era repayment plan will receive notices beginning Friday with instructions to seek a new plan to repay their debt, the Education Department said. Borrowers enrolled in the SAVE plan, which was struck down by a federal court earlier this month, have been in forbearance since July 2024 as a legal battle played out in courts. Starting July 1, ...

Source: cbsnews.com
Whale freed by rescuers after days stranded on Baltic coast | World News
- Rescuers were locked in a race against time to save the struggling mammal - which had become entangled in nets off the north German coast. A humpback whale that was stranded in shallow water off the north German coast has been set free by rescuers. The whale had been stranded for several days on the Timmendorfer Strand, a popular resort town on the Baltic Sea coastline, with several rescue attempts made amid fears ...

Source: news.sky.com
US   POLITICS  
Hegseth strikes two black and two female officers from promotion list
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is blocking the promotion of four Army officers to be one-star generals, a highly unusual move that has prompted some senior military officials to question whether the officers are being singled out because of their race or gender. Two of the officers targeted by Hegseth are Black and two are women on a promotion list that consists of about three dozen officers, most of whom are white ...

Source: bostonglobe.com