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Trump Pushes Out AI Experts Hired By Biden
Time: “The Biden Administration moved aggressively in its final 18 months to convince more than 200 AI technology experts to forgo the private sector for the federal workforce… The new…
More Americans Think Vietnam War Was a Mistake
Fifty years after it ended, a new Emerson College poll finds a plurality of Americans — 44% — think the war in Vietnam was not justified, while 29% think the…
Trump Says Pollsters Are ‘Criminals’
President Trump is fuming after a series of bad polls marking his 100th day in office and wrote on Truth Social that these pollsters are “criminals” and “should be investigated…
Trump Is Pooling Data on Americans
The Atlantic: “Not only are individual agencies being breached, but the information they hold is being pooled together. The question is Why? And what does the administration intend to do…
Sam Altman Is Said to Have Pondered a Presidential Run
A forthcoming book, The Optimist, “reveals the extent of the OpenAI CEO’s political ambitions, including his solicitation of advice from friends and prominent political operators about running for office,” Vanity…
Trump Tells Americans What Putin Wants Them to Hear
“Bloomberg used a Large Language Model to scan more than 300 of Trump’s public comments between August 2024 and mid-March as well as more than 3,000 social media posts from…
North Korea Confirms Troop Deployment to Russia
“North Korea confirmed for the first time on Monday that it had sent troops to fight for Russia in the war in Ukraine under orders from leader Kim Jong Un…
Bessent Says ‘It’s Up to China to De-Escalate’
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said “all aspects” of the U.S. government are in contact with China but that it’s up to Beijing to take the first step in de-escalating the…
Trump to Target Sanctuary Cities
“President Donald Trump will sign a pair of executive orders the White House says will help law enforcement implement his sweeping deportation agenda by cracking down on places that restrict…
Bonus Quote of the Day
“We, myself included, missed a lot of this story. And some people trust us less because of it. We bear some responsibility for faith in the media at such lows.”…
Israel to Make Trade Concession
“Israel plans to make a major regulatory concession to Washington in a bid to get a better deal from President Donald Trump over tariffs,” Bloomberg reports. “Israel told the US,…
How Low Can Trump’s Approval Go?
William Kristol: “The numbers are pretty striking. And what’s also striking is that support for Trump’s performance on a wide range of issues has declined across the board. Obviously, he’s…
Most Americans Skeptical About Tariffs
Gallup: “Americans are widely skeptical about the benefits of the recent tariffs the Trump administration has imposed on the United States’ trading partners, with majorities believing they will ultimately cost…
How Trump’s Blunders Are Undermining His Own Power
It’s well understood that the Nazi rise to power was enabled by Germany’s economic collapse between 1929 and 1933 — a collapse deepened by Chancellor Heinrich Brüning’s stubborn commitment to…
Rough Night for GOP Lawmaker at a Town Hall
“No one was expecting a love fest when Representative Mike Lawler, Republican of New York, faced constituents in his suburban swing district on Sunday night. Still, even he seemed surprised…
Conclave to Replace Pope to Begin Next Week
“The papal conclave to replace Pope Francis will begin Wednesday, May 7,” ABC News reports. “Cardinals will convene at the Vatican to begin a process of choosing a new pope,…
Putin Announces Unilateral Three-Day Ceasefire
“Russian President Vladimir Putin has unilaterally declared a three-day ceasefire in Ukraine from May 8-11 to coincide with World War II commemorations and called on Kyiv to do the same,”…
Some Takeaways from Trump’s Interview with The Atlantic
President Trump is granting a series of interviews to mark his 100th day in office, hoping to convince America that his first three months back in the White House have…
Quote of the Day
“I’m having a lot of fun, considering what I do. You know, what I do is such serious stuff.” — President Trump, in an interview with The Atlantic. Save to…
Kamala Harris to Speak as Trump Marks 100th Day
“Former Vice President Kamala Harris will make a rare public appearance this week in California, addressing an annual gathering of one of the nation’s largest networks of Democratic women elected…
