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'The damn thing got so much negativity that Riley was being funny...[he was like] 'Don't associate me with that,'' Bryan says. Continue reading…

America has always been a nation of strong, capable, and determined people who understand that strength must be built before crisis.  Preparedness builds that strength, and readiness is the result.  This National Preparedness Month, I call on every American citizen to ready themselves and their families, homes, businesses, and communities for natural and man-made threats. […]

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Maine regulators have picked Clearway Energy to develop an 800-megawatt (MW) wind farm in northern Maine – a project that would boost the state’s existing onshore wind capacity by about 66%.

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The Kennedy Center is removing one of its most recognizable pieces of public art: “Blue,” a large abstract sculpture that has stood on campus since 2019, The Washington Post reports. The sculpture, created by artist Joel Shapiro, was installed as part of the Kennedy Center...

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From an article about George W. Bush in The New Yorker:

For Bush, painting is a way to say what he can’t say, to express feelings that include rejection, frustration, and anger, even as he abides by his official discipline of silence.

I couldn’t have been more against George W. Bush in the late 1990s and 2000s. In the Trump world, I’ve become more sympathetic to him — as a human being, at least, if not on policy. He has also become quite a good painter.

The Texas sheriff's office that used 80,000 Flock cameras to search for a woman who had an abortion used AI to write a police report about the incident.

Aaron Blake: “President Donald Trump’s extremely well-heeled political operation has begun an advertising campaign ahead of the 2026 midterm elections that Republicans have been eagerly awaiting.” “But the first offerings focus on something decidedly unpopular: Trump himself.”

“Sen. Thom Tillis renewed his call for President Donald Trump to fire Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday, following the resignation earlier this week of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll,” Politico reports. Said Tillis: “I have never witnessed more inept management of the brave men and women who serve our country. He is intimidated by competence […]

“As part of a broader DHS surge to investigate alleged voter fraud, ICE has announced it plans to pay up to $5 million to create what amounts to a federal voter database,” Wired reports.

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Mayor Mamdani announces a ban on generative AI in schools through 8th grade:

AI is not going to replace student-teacher interaction in NYC public schools. We have also heard the importance of protecting childhood—allowing students the opportunity to ask questions, to engage, to fail, to learn.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is blaming the media and America's allies for Trump's failed war with Iran and trade war with Canada.

Trump goes around naming the historical figures on the walls of his office:

George Washington. See that man right up there? He was good. See the other man, Ulysses S. Grant? See the other man, Abraham Lincoln? Now you can also look over there—Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Ronald Reagan.

If a mistrial is declared, the Plymouth County district attorney's office would decide whether to hold a new trial and could pursue lesser charges against Lindsay Clancy, the Duxbury woman who killed her three children in 2023.

It's unclear how much support Russia is giving Iran.

Candy Crush Saga usually grosses around $1 billion each year.

Kids won’t be allowed to use the technology until high school, and even then, there will be restrictions.