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“Almost every night in the White House, President Trump calls his fundraiser, Meredith O’Rourke, for an update,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Trump asks O’Rourke which companies and donors have cut checks and which haven’t, and for how much. He often asks her to make much larger financial requests than she was planning—for some donors […]

A new Fox News poll in Texas finds James Talarico holds a 3-point edge over Ken Paxton in the U.S. Senate race, 51% to 48%. Talarico’s advantage in the race grows to 6 points among both extremely motivated and extremely interested voters, 53% to 47%.

“Not long after Senator John Cornyn lost his re-election bid to a right-wing challenger backed by President Trump, the Texas Republican predicted that the remainder of his Senate tenure might be a ‘pretty bumpy ride’ for the president. He warned that he and other lame-duck senators had ‘some cards to play’ and would not hesitate […]

“President Donald Trump said Thursday that a deal has been reached for Hamas to disarm and Israel to withdraw its forces from Gaza, but many hurdles, conditions and long timelines remained to wind down the war in the Palestinian territory,” the Associated Press reports. “Neither Hamas nor Israel gave immediate indication that they had agreed.” […]

In a review triggered by OpenAI's Hugging Face incident, Anthropic discovered three of its AI models had breached real organizations during third-party evaluations.

Many Americans are going back to old “dumb” phones, and the reason is an older case that is gaining new attention after federal prosecutors charged Atlanta activist Samuel Tunick over a phone that erased itself during a CBP search.

The outfielder, who has a history of scooter incidents, was involved in a collision outside the Marina’s Balboa Cafe that further hurt his injured foot.

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The discussion around the Odyssey movie has led me to realize that I have not actually liked most of the Christopher Nolan movies I’ve seen. I liked “Inception” and “Interstellar” a lot, but the rest of them – including the Batman movies — seem like the work of a man who’s dealing with issues that are alien to me.

“You either die a hero or live long enough to be a villain”? No, that’s not true.

I am not trying to disrespect Nolan or his fans. Taste is subjective.