4 Jul 2025, 12:08 am
Living With the Lions from the British & Irish Lions tour 1997 is considered one of the greatest sports documentaries of all time. (Photo by David Rogers/Allsport/Getty Images)From Living with the Lions to Two Sides, here is how to watch the best British & Irish lions documentariesFrom Living with the Lions to Two Sides, here is how to watch the best British & Irish lions documentaries…
4 Jul 2025, 12:06 am
Former daytime television talk show host Phil McGraw's JV Merit Street Media has filed for bankruptcy protection and sued its business parther, Trinity Broadcasting, for breach of contract.
4 Jul 2025, 12:05 am
It couldn't have been more American.
4 Jul 2025, 12:00 am
The number of EU Blue Cards issued has grown rapidly in recent years, but remains relatively low, as many countries continue to rely on their own national schemes.
4 Jul 2025, 12:00 am
About half of US datasets studied were “substantially altered” in the two months after Donald Trump assumed the presidency, an investigation has found.
4 Jul 2025, 12:00 am
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3 Jul 2025, 11:36 pm
One person in southern California is dead after fireworks stored in a garage exploded on Thursday, setting fire to the house, authorities said.
3 Jul 2025, 11:30 pm
Beeftopia shares a report from CBS News: The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating maggot. That sounds like the plot of a horror movie, but it is part of the government's plans for protecting the U.S. from a bug that could devastate its beef industry, decimate wildlife and even kill household pets. This weird science has worked well before. The targeted pest is…
3 Jul 2025, 11:09 pm
President Donald Trump, who campaigned on ending the Ukraine war within 24 hours of returning to the White House, said he "didn't make any progress" toward securing a potential cease-fire in the conflict.
3 Jul 2025, 11:06 pm
“Attorney General Pam Bondi told tech companies that they could lawfully violate a statute barring American companies from supporting TikTok based on a sweeping claim that President Trump has the constitutional power to set aside laws, newly disclosed documents show,” the New York Times reports. “In letters to companies like Apple and Google, Ms. Bondi wrote that Mr. Trump had decided that shutting down TikTok would interfere with his ‘constitutional duti…
3 Jul 2025, 11:03 pm
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) said Thursday he is planning to introduce a resolution condemning Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) for using offensive language towards fellow lawmakers, including comments he made against New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. “I have profound differences of opinion with Assemblymember Mamdani, but we had a mutually respectful conversation last……
3 Jul 2025, 11:01 pm
If you come out of a coma in 2026, this is the machine you might see staring down at you Taiwanese tech manufacturer Foxconn and Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries have revealed a jointly developed robotic nursing assistant they hope to start selling in 2026.……
3 Jul 2025, 11:00 pm
Bi-Partisan Seattle Citizens Group Launches Campaign To Ban Homeless Encampments A new bipartisan group, the Quality of Life Coalition, is pushing a ballot initiative to address King County’s growing homeless encampment crisis — a problem they say local politicians have let spiral out of control, according to 770 KTTH. On Tuesday, the group filed the “Compassionate Public Safety Act,” which would ban unauthorized public camping and require th…
3 Jul 2025, 10:46 pm
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3 Jul 2025, 10:46 pm
Republican strategist Karl Rove said Thursday the Congress-approved spending package will heavily influence the midterm election cycle next year. “I think it’ll have a huge impact on 2026, because remember, as these changes, particularly the Medicaid changes come into effect, they’re going to have, people are going to be losing their coverage,” Rove said during an……
3 Jul 2025, 10:37 pm
Thomas Yau/ShutterstockThe demise of one of Hong Kong’s last major pro-democracy parties, the League of Social Democrats, is the latest blow to the city’s crumbling democratic credentials. The league is the third major opposition party to disband this year. The announcement coincides with the fifth anniversary this week of the national security law, which was imposed by Beijing to suppress pro-democracy activity. The loss of this grassroots party, historically…
3 Jul 2025, 10:27 pm
Arthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:China aims to become the global supplier of chips in the next few years.Market research and tech consulting firm Yole Group predicts that China will have 30% of the world’s global foundry production capacity, making it the largest hub of semiconductor production. At the moment, Taiwan holds the highest output capacity at 23%, followed closely by China at 21%, South Korea at 19%, Japan at 13%, the U.S. at 10…
3 Jul 2025, 10:25 pm
CCP Leaders Propose Regulations To Rein In Xi's Superagencies Authored by Dorothy Li via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), China’s top leaders are proposing new rules to regulate a set of powerful commissions and groups established nearly a decade ago by communist Party chief Xi Jinping to centralize his power. A Chinese paramilitary policeman stands guard in Tiananmen Square before the introduction of the Communist Party of China's Politburo Standing…
3 Jul 2025, 10:23 pm
Tony Iommi says Sabbath's final gig will be like nothing the band has done before.
3 Jul 2025, 10:16 pm
K Ly / Deep Random SurveyThis week, astronomers spotted the third known interstellar visitor to our Solar System. First detected by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on July 1, the cosmic interloper was given the temporary name A11pl3Z. Experts at NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies and the International Astronomical Union (IAU) have confirmed the find, and the object now has an official designation: I3/ATLAS.
3 Jul 2025, 10:16 pm
North Korean officials accused the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) of running "an absurd smear campaign" after announcing that it had unraveled several schemes by the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (DPRK) to fund the regime through remote information technology work for U.S. companies.Earlier this week, the DOJ said North Korean actors were helped by individuals in the U.S., China, the United Emirates and Taiwan to obtain employment with over 100 U.S…
3 Jul 2025, 10:14 pm
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is still funding hundreds of potentially discriminatory grants, a civil rights group warned in a letter obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. More than 700 active grants listed in public databases reference improving minority outcomes or serving minority communities, the Equal Protection Project (EPP) wrote in a June 24 letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. “While such goals may be laudable, such a…
3 Jul 2025, 10:10 pm
President Trump on Thursday visited Iowa to kick off a year-long celebration of the 250th anniversary of the country’s founding at an event that doubled as a victory lap for the passage of a major legislative package. Trump spoke at a “Salute to America” event in Des Moines, Iowa, on the eve of Independence Day.……
3 Jul 2025, 10:10 pm
BrianFagioli shares a report from NERDS.xyz: A new academic study has found that the 2016 Wells Fargo scandal pushed many consumers toward fintech lenders instead of traditional banks. The research, published in the Journal of Financial Economics, suggests that it was a lack of trust rather than interest rates or fees that drove this behavioral shift. Conducted by Keer Yang, an assistant professor at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management, the study looked close…
3 Jul 2025, 10:00 pm
So-called artificial intelligence (AI) is all the rage right now between your grandma asking ChatGPT how to code in Python or influencers making videos without having to hire extras, but one growing concern is where the power is going to come from for the data centers. The MIT Technology Review team did a deep dive on what the current situation is and whether AI is going to kill us all (with carbon emissions). Probably of most interest to you, dear hacker, is how th…
3 Jul 2025, 9:58 pm
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! President Donald Trump’s spending and tax bill successfully made its way through the Republican-controlled House with just two GOP defectors. Trump’s “big beautiful” bill could cost 11.8 million Americans their healthcare coverage. Democrats plan to use the figure as a big hammer to flip vulnerable GOP seats in the midterms. U.S. Rep. Brian Fitz…
3 Jul 2025, 9:54 pm
The Supreme Court gave the Trump administration permission to deport eight undocumented immigrants who were convicted of crimes and detained for over a month on a United States military base in Djibouti to war-torn South Sudan. Of the eight men, only one is from South Sudan, and it’s unclear what will happen to them once they arrive. Previous court actions and legal challenges In June, the Supreme Court temporarily blocked a ruling that required migrants fac…
3 Jul 2025, 9:53 pm
President Trump on Thursday floated the idea of hosting an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event at the White House next year as part of celebrations of the country’s 250th anniversary. Trump told supporters at a “Salute to America” event in Iowa that there would be a youth sporting event called the “Patriot Games” to mark……
3 Jul 2025, 9:50 pm
"We've Become Serfs On Our Own Land": The USDA Trap, Foreign Land Sales, And The Collapse Of American Farming Source: Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, March: the Château de Lusignan 77 family farms vanish every day in the U.S. But what’s really killing them? A CHD.TV interview with rancher and Beef Initiative policy fellow Breeauna Sagdal reveals the trap: USDA regulations, monopolized meatpacking, foreign land grabs, and debt-servicing farme…
3 Jul 2025, 9:49 pm
President Trump ordered the Department of the Interior to look at raising revenue at national parks by increasing entry fees for foreign tourists. Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum to develop a “strategy” to boost revenue and improve recreational experiences at national parks around the country by hiking……
3 Jul 2025, 9:45 pm
Immigration raids and enforcement actions have prompted some Southern California communities to cancel their annual Independence Day fireworks displays, officials announced Thursday.
3 Jul 2025, 9:37 pm
Jeff Busby/Back To Back Theatre/ACMIBack to Back Theatre is one of Australia’s national treasures. Over 30 years this dynamic Geelong-based company – an ensemble of actors who are perceived to have intellectual disabilities – has built a dynamic body of innovative work renowned for its formal experimentation. Led by director Bruce Gladwin, the company is internationally acclaimed, including winning the International Ibsen Award in 2022 and the Venice Biennal…
3 Jul 2025, 9:36 pm
President Trump on Thursday used remarks in Iowa ahead of Independence Day to take aim at Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor in New York City who has become a favorite target of criticism for Republicans. “This guy is a communist at the highest level, and he wants to destroy New York. I love……
3 Jul 2025, 9:30 pm
Electric vehicles claimed a dominant 96.9% market share in Norway in June 2025, with the Tesla Model Y alone accounting for over 27% of all new car registrations. Mobility Portal Europe reports: According to the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (OFV), 17,799 new electric cars were registered in Norway in June out of a total of 18,376 new registrations. In this context, electric vehicles (EVs) held a market share of 96.9%. Compared to June 2024 -- when EVs made…
3 Jul 2025, 9:27 pm
People in the UK's second city talk of living through months of strikes and rubbish piling up.
3 Jul 2025, 9:25 pm
Posted by Michael Thomas via NANOG on Jul 03The idea is to train people that something might be wrong. Not that something is right. He's wrong if he thinks that is what the intent was. That would be bad read of history. Mike…
3 Jul 2025, 9:24 pm
Henryk Siemiradzki via Wikimedia CommonsTo love and be loved is something most people want in their lives. In the modern world, we often see stories about the difficulties of finding love and the trials of dating and marriage. Sometimes, the person we love doesn’t love us. Sometimes, we don’t love the person who loves us. Ancient Greeks and Romans also had a lot to say about this subject. In fact, most of the issues people face today in their search for love…
3 Jul 2025, 9:23 pm
Another intriguing young power forward is coming to Philadelphia as the Sixers have agreed to sign former Portland Trail Blazers forward Jabari Walker to a two-way deal. ESPN's Shams Charania was first to report. https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1940937123588460775 The Sixers' summer continues to wait on Quentin Grimes and his unresolved restricted free agency. While Philadelphia continues to negotiate with their prospective starting two-guard, the t…
3 Jul 2025, 9:22 pm
Israel is the undisputed regional Strong Horse. That is not to shortchange the U.S. contribution. With just 75 precision-guided munitions, including 14 GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bombs, and a barrage of Tomahawk missiles, the U.S. was restored to strategic prominence in the region as well. Zero U.S. casualties. Zero Iranian retaliation (performance fire at Qatar doesn’t count). Zero American “boots on the ground.” And an understanding in the re…
3 Jul 2025, 9:17 pm
Posted by Alex Buie via NANOG on Jul 03I agree with you they are not a substitute and that is foolish. There are many who come to say they have the one and final true solution to spam and email auth though. My argument is anything purporting to do so is attempting to critically think for the user. While the incremental improvement to auth is good, one could argue the user experience implementing is not, as I think Rich is saying, and I agree. We are training people…
3 Jul 2025, 9:16 pm
"The US Generation is an in-depth look at one of the most influential music festivals of all time. The film is directed by award-winning filmmaker Glenn Aveni. Us Generation blends rare concert footage and insightful interviews with both organizers and performers."…
3 Jul 2025, 9:15 pm
Why US Banned Transfer Of Genetic Samples To China Authored by Leo Timm via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Food and Drug Administration has halted a program that allowed the transfer of U.S. citizens’ biological samples to China and other “hostile countries.” The U.S. Food and Drug Administration building in White Oak, Md., on June 5, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times The FDA’s ban and review are a necessary move to bolster U.S. bio…
3 Jul 2025, 9:12 pm
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ‘climate emergency’, public health ‘crises’ and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation. The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
3 Jul 2025, 9:12 pm
Posted by Michael Thomas via NANOG on Jul 03Good thing nobody thought that it's a substitute. Making incremental improvements don't have to be viewed as, uh, cure-alls. That would be, uh, foolish. Mike…
3 Jul 2025, 9:10 pm
Thurtell/Getty ImagesAustralia’s lung cancer screening program launched on July 1, and marks real progress and opportunity. It aims to reduce the number of people dying from lung cancer by offering regular low-dose CT scans to people who smoke, and those who have quit. The aim is to detect and treat cancer early before it has spread. But the program’s design may further disadvantage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who are disproportionately aff…
3 Jul 2025, 9:08 pm
An illegal alien on the "Top 10 Most Wanted" list in Honduras has been arrested in New York after evading a 44-year prison sentence in his home country.U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said Olivin Martinez Coto was arrested on Long Island on Tuesday, where he was reportedly in hiding.Coto had been sentenced in Honduras for aggravated femicide, which ICE said is when someone kills a woman because she is a woman. He was also convicted of attempted homici…
3 Jul 2025, 9:06 pm
The United Parcel Service (UPS) said on Thursday that it is offering buyouts to full-time U.S. delivery drivers as part of the company’s “largest network reconfiguration” ever. “As we navigate an unprecedented business landscape, we are executing the largest network reconfiguration in UPS history,” the Atlanta-based company said in a statement. “For the first time……
3 Jul 2025, 9:04 pm
Jabari Walker has 188 NBA games under his belt in three years with the Portland Trail Blazers.
3 Jul 2025, 9:03 pm
Posted by Alex Buie via NANOG on Jul 03I'm not saying to get rid of any of these things. I'm just saying expecting them to replace user training in critical thinking is foolish, and overall, the point Rich made makes sense. If you tell people "as long as you check these things you can trust it" they are way more likely to believe something unbelievable if it has all those "you can trust me" flags.
3 Jul 2025, 9:03 pm
Ethan Guo, 19, had flown his plane across the six other continents before he was arrested, according to his social media.
3 Jul 2025, 8:57 pm
to shepherd goats.
3 Jul 2025, 8:52 pm
A group of Democratic state lawmakers from Florida were turned away from “Alligator Alcatraz” by authorities Thursday, after seeking to exercise “oversight” over the facility. Democratic State Senators Shevrin Jones and Carlos Guillermo Smith of Florida and Democratic State Representatives Anna Eskamani, Angie Nixon and Michele Rayner were turned away from the facility used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after a back and forth with authori…
3 Jul 2025, 8:50 pm
Ripple Labs is applying for a U.S. national bank charter and a Federal Reserve master account, "following a similar move by stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Group as crypto firms look to be regulated to deepen ties with traditional finance," reports CoinTelegraph. From the report: Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse confirmed on X on Wednesday that the company is applying for a license with the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), following an earlier repor…
3 Jul 2025, 8:45 pm
About 200 U.S. Marines are deploying to assist with Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Florida, U.S. Northern Command said Thursday.The Marines would deploy from Marine Corps Air Station New River in North Carolina to assist with "critical administrative and logistical capabilities at locations as directed by ICE."The soldiers would not perform law-enforcement tasks, NORTHCOM said, and would be "specifically prohibited from direct contact with individ…
3 Jul 2025, 8:43 pm
Posted by Michael Thomas via NANOG on Jul 03So by all means, let's get rid of TLS as well. ::eyeroll:: Mike…
3 Jul 2025, 8:40 pm
North Korea Sending Up To 30,000 Troops To Bolster Russia's Forces: Reports North Korea is reportedly preparing to triple the number of its troops fighting for Russia along the front lines with Ukraine, sending an additional 25,000 to 30,000 soldiers to assist Russian forces. This is based on an intelligence assessment from Ukrainian officials. According to CNN, "The troops may arrive in Russia in the coming months, according to the assessment seen…
3 Jul 2025, 8:34 pm
Posted by Alex Buie via NANOG on Jul 03"the more you try to outsource critical thinking to a machine that cannot critically think, the more and more you will get duped by scammers" SPF/DKIM/DMARC are all automated ways to try and outsource truthiness checks to machines. they make people feel comfortable with their result. so much so they stop actually using their brains to protect themselves.
3 Jul 2025, 8:30 pm
'Here I Am', Craig Wasson. (slyt) Wasson relates a story about John Houseman while filming the movie 'Ghost Story'. "John Houseman would ask me to walk with him from the set back to the hotel. Every day he would say to me [does a flawless John Houseman imitation]:I need to take my constitution. Will you please walk with me? And I would walk with him." From: 'A Less Then Perfect Guy'…
3 Jul 2025, 8:28 pm
Posted by Tom Beecher via NANOG on Jul 03Sir, this is a Wendy's.
3 Jul 2025, 8:28 pm
David’s viewWith the passage of Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” the GOP won a generational victory. It did so by co-opting key Democratic messages and building a MAGA-based story of America and what ails it.Democrats are getting used to that. Most of them consider Trump as a sui generis political figure who voters don’t associate with the GOP’s least popular ideas.Ironically, Trump built that reputation in 2020, before he lost the presidency. He ha…
3 Jul 2025, 8:26 pm
Rachel Morton’s The Sun was Electric Light is a novel about figuring, becoming, belonging and grieving. We follow 30-something narrator Ruth as she relocates to the Guatemalan lakeside town Panajachel, struggling with the question of how to live and what it might mean to live with purpose. Ruth has left New York and arrives at Lake Atitlán a loner-searcher. Quickly, though – in spite of herself, perhaps – Ruth befriends fellow traveller Emilie. Emilie is so…
3 Jul 2025, 8:25 pm
Most of Friday's front pages feature the death of Liverpool forward Diogo Jota.
3 Jul 2025, 8:25 pm
Most of Friday's front pages feature the death of Liverpool forward Diogo Jota.
3 Jul 2025, 8:19 pm
July 5 2024, 1pm: I remember the moment so clearly.
3 Jul 2025, 8:15 pm
Harvard University may soon face a budget squeeze as President Donald Trump's administration pursues changes to federal research funding, student visa policies and tax regulations that impact higher education. The Wall Street Journal outlined a worst-case scenario in which Harvard could lose billions in federal support, putting pressure on one of the wealthiest universities in the country and raising concerns of a potential budget shortfall. Endowment tax could…
3 Jul 2025, 8:10 pm
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Tom's Hardware: Samsung is reportedly delaying the launch of its Taylor, Texas, fab, citing difficulties in securing customers for its output. Sources told Nikkei Asia that even if the South Korean chipmaker brings in the necessary equipment to produce chips at the new plant, the company cannot do anything with them due to the lack of demand. Aside from that, the original planned process node for the Taylor plant is no longer…
3 Jul 2025, 8:09 pm
Immigration authorities have arrested Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. for allegedly lying on an application to become a permanent U.S. resident. Authorities are processing him for expedited removal proceedings, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. DHS officials also accuse the 39-year-old son of legendary boxing icon Julio César Chávez Sr. of being involved with the Sinaloa Cartel. The agency says the boxer has an active arrest warrant…
3 Jul 2025, 8:08 pm
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said the Thursday passage of the GOP’s spending bill symbolizes a “dark day for rural America,” citing cuts to federal funding for medical centers and hospitals in rural and more remote areas. “While Republicans celebrate the passage of the largest Medicaid cut in history, the Curtis Medical Center in Nebraska announced……
3 Jul 2025, 8:05 pm
Choice Tax Breaks: The GOP's Federal Plan To Transform Education Authored by Vince Bielski via RealClearEducation, Buried in the 940-page “big, beautiful” budget blueprint is an unprecedented tax credit that, if approved, will be a long-sought victory for the private school choice movement in its drive to expand and break into Democratic states that for decades have blocked its path. The tax credit program, which would provide scholarships to K-…
3 Jul 2025, 8:00 pm
We are independent of London, but are we independent of Washington? Is there more freedom when governed by one tyrant 3,000 miles away or by 3,000 tyrants a few miles away? Does government today remotely resemble the values articulated on July 4th 1776? When the President of the United States bombs the lawful facilities of […]…
3 Jul 2025, 8:00 pm
The Israeli genocide in Gaza, along with the escalating regional wars it has ignited, has brought two chilling truths into our focus: first, Israel is deliberately and aggressively undermining the security and stability of the entire Middle East and, second, Israel is utterly incapable of surviving on its own. These two assertions, though seemingly distinct, […]…
3 Jul 2025, 8:00 pm
Last updated 7/3/25 at 8:00pm ET This page will update with the latest actions by the Trump administration and its Elon Musk-led advisory group, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), to scale back federal government spending and programs. Which departments have been cut? Where are the biggest rollbacks taking place? In which cases has a judge stepped in to block the Trump administration's moves? Find the latest updates below. As of July 3, the cuts ha…
3 Jul 2025, 8:00 pm
Both Donald Trump and his legions of critics in Europe are celebrating the outcome of the latest NATO summit. The centerpiece of NATO’s renewed image of solidarity was an agreement among all Alliance members (except Spain) to boost their annual defense outlays to at least 5 percent of their yearly gross domestic product (GDP). Although […]…
3 Jul 2025, 8:00 pm
Clearo is a web app that organizes your thoughts, ideas, tasks, notes, and more. It acts as a central place to dump any piece of info you want to remember or act upon. Clearo's AI processes your input and automatically categorizes and structures it for you, reducing the need for manual organization. This system allows you to easily capture information without worrying about where it should go, and then view and manage it in various ways, such as through a calendar…
3 Jul 2025, 8:00 pm
If your running shoes are caked with dirt, sweat, and grime after your last run, it’s a great time to freshen them up. Cleaning your running shoes helps them stay in good condition and increase their lifespan, and it only takes a few minutes with supplies you have at home. Keep reading to learn how to wash your running shoes by hand or in your washing machine so they’re ready for their next outing. Things You Should Know Check the care label on your running sho…
3 Jul 2025, 7:59 pm
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3 Jul 2025, 7:52 pm
President Donald Trump hinted at a major announcement regarding his plans to restore safety in Washington, D.C., following the recent shooting incident in the city. A shooter fatally shot Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, an intern for Republican Kansas Rep. Ron Estes, in Washington, D.C., Monday night, his congressional office confirmed. Trump revealed his plans for cleaning up D.C. to Daily Caller White House correspondent Reagan Reese, responding to questions about Congress…
3 Jul 2025, 7:51 pm
The rap star is facing more prison time but was cleared of the most serious charges, and still has loyal fans.
3 Jul 2025, 7:47 pm
U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, a Republican whose district includes all of Bucks County and part of Montgomery County, talks to reporters in 2023. (Jennifer Shutt/ States Newsroom)After weeks of debate, Republicans in Congress managed to pass a massive spending bill containing many of President Donald Trump’s domestic policy priorities. Broadly, the bill includes a slew of tax cuts and increases to defense and immigration enforcement spending, which is partially pai…
3 Jul 2025, 7:45 pm
{beacon} Welcome to The Hill’s Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story House sends megabill to Trump’s desk with $150B in military spending The “big, beautiful bill” is heading to President Trump’s desk and it includes $150 billion for the Defense Department. © Greg Nash House Republicans passed the core……
3 Jul 2025, 7:40 pm
An ongoing heatwave has broken records and sparked alarm across Europe, as temperatures reach above 40 degrees Celsius in parts of the continent.
3 Jul 2025, 7:38 pm
If you're an avid docket watcher, you may have noticed that we filed a motion for summary judgement in Chris Hadnagy's defamation suit against DEF CON . Summary judgement was granted with prejudice May 11, seemingly closing the case. To our surprise, Hadnagy filed an appeal in June. Then, less than 2 weeks later, he filed for a dismissal of that appeal. We accepted it. It's time for an update! The complete dismissal of his defamation case was yet anothe…
3 Jul 2025, 7:38 pm
1/ House Republicans passed Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax-and-spending bill by a 218-214 vote after overcoming weeks of internal disputes and late-night negotiations to flip holdouts, which ultimately required direct pressure from Trump, who called the legislation “the biggest bill ever signed of its kind.” He said that flipping skeptics was “very easy.” All Democrats and two Republicans opposed a bill, while some Republicans criticized the process and policy,…
3 Jul 2025, 7:36 pm
Job cuts aren’t big, symbolism of quitting the world’s fifth-most-populous nation might be Exclusive Microsoft has decided to close its presence in Pakistan.……
3 Jul 2025, 7:35 pm
Who's speaking on the main stages at DEF CON? What DEF CON Workshops are going to be available? Inquiring minds want to know! Lucky day for you, curious netizens. The listings for both are live now on the #dc33 website. Familiarize yourself with the lineup, and make your plans accordingly. Final stretch people. DEF CON positively LOOMS on the horizon!
3 Jul 2025, 7:34 pm
The cross-party committee says the government has failed to gather "basic information".
3 Jul 2025, 7:32 pm
Republicans passed President Donald Trump’s "Big Beautiful Bill" on Thursday, July 3, and it includes significant reforms to Medicaid and the SNAP food assistance program. Ask a Republican, and they’ll tell you the reforms will reduce waste, fraud and abuse. Democrats say it’s cruel and people will die because they can’t get coverage. So, what do the work requirements really say? The SNAP and Medicaid work requirements are nearly identical. To…
3 Jul 2025, 7:30 pm
Social Media Especially Harms Girls' Sleep & Mental Health June 30 was World Social Media Day. In a survey conducted between September and October 2025, 50 percent of 13- to 17-year-old girls said that social media has hurt their sleep, versus 40 percent of boys the same age. As Statista' Anna Fleck reports, teenage girls are more likely than boys to report negative impacts from social media on their sleep, self confidence, levels of productivity a…
3 Jul 2025, 7:30 pm
Robert Caruso once again pitted an AI chatbot against Atari 2600 Video Chess -- this time using Microsoft's Copilot instead of ChatGPT. Despite confident claims of chess mastery, Copilot fell just as hard. The Register reports: By now, anybody with experience of today's generative AI systems will know what happened. Copilot's hubris was misplaced. Its moves were... interesting, and it managed to lose two pawns, a knight, and a bishop while the mighty Atari 2600 Vide…
3 Jul 2025, 7:27 pm
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested former middleweight world champion boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on Wednesday in Studio City, Calif., due to alleged cartel ties.
3 Jul 2025, 7:23 pm
The Department of Agriculture has announced that it will host the Great American Farmers Market on the National Mall Aug. 3 to Aug 8., inviting local producers and growers around the country to attend.
3 Jul 2025, 7:21 pm
President Trump’s tariffs have increased the price of beer, beef and grilling ahead of holiday celebrations for Independence Day, according to analysis from Democrats on the Joint Economic Committee. A Thursday report from the minority party says the new price for a six-pack of bottles of Miller Lite American Lite Lager Beer has increased by……
3 Jul 2025, 7:21 pm
The Trump administration is sending some 200 Marines to Florida to aid Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in its deportation raids in the state, the U.S. military announced Thursday. The Marines, which will come from Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 based in New River, N.C., will support ICE in its “interior immigration enforcement mission” via……
3 Jul 2025, 7:11 pm
The band will play the first of 41 highly anticipated dates in Cardiff, after a break of 16 years.
3 Jul 2025, 7:06 pm
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) will be in South Carolina next week, where he will meet with voters and visit some of the state’s more rural counties, as speculation continues about a potential presidential run in 2028. Newsom, during the two-day trip announced by the South Carolina Democratic Party, will visit Florence, Marion, Chesterfield, Kershaw,……
3 Jul 2025, 7:05 pm
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3 Jul 2025, 7:04 pm
The Bank of England wants views on themes for its next series of banknotes, and BBC readers are full of ideas.
3 Jul 2025, 7:04 pm
The Bank of England wants views on themes for its next series of banknotes, and BBC readers are full of ideas.
3 Jul 2025, 7:04 pm
In June 2025, spyware maker Catwatchful suffered a data breach that exposed over 60k customer records. The breach was due to a SQL injection vulnerability that enabled email addresses and plain text passwords to be extracted from the system.