Politics
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Congressional Budget Office confirms it was hacked
The U.S. Congressional Budget Office has confirmed it was hacked. Caitlin Emma, a spokesperson for CBO, told TechCrunch on Friday…
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Boeing won’t face criminal charge over 737 Max crashes that killed hundreds of people
Boeing will not face a criminal conspiracy charge over two 737 Max jetliner crashes that killed 346 people, after a…
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Supreme Court temporarily blocks full SNAP benefits even as they’d started to go out
The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily granted the Trump administration’s request to block full SNAP food benefits during the government shutdown,…
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Effort to pay at least some federal workers fails in Senate
The Senate has failed to advance a pair of competing measures to pay at least some federal employees during the…
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‘Uncharted territory’: Ongoing shutdown threatens food aid for 42 million people
In just over a week, nearly 42 million people in the U.S. who get federal food assistance are in danger…
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DOJ hires immigration judges after months of layoffs
The Justice Department has hired 36 immigration judges, including 25 temporary ones, for its Executive Office for Immigration Review, marking…
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Wikipedia says traffic is falling due to AI search summaries and social video
Wikipedia is often described as the last good website on an internet increasingly filled with toxic social media and AI…
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OpenAI blocks MLK Jr. videos on Sora after ‘disrespectful depictions’
OpenAI has blocked users from making videos of Martin Luther King Jr. on its Sora app after the estate of…
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Trump directs Pentagon to use ‘available funds’ to pay military during shutdown
President Trump says he has “identified funds” to ensure the active military gets paid next week, as Congress stalls over…
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U.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the country
Nearly two months after a deadly, massive measles outbreak in Texas was declared over, the highly contagious disease continues to…
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