Florida Man Enters the Encryption Wars from Wired Lily Hay Newman
Plus: A US judge rules against police cell phone “tower dumps,” China names alleged NSA agents it says were involved in cyberattacks, and Customs and…
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Trump’s Next Budget Cuts Take Ai’T … from Crooks & Liars Heather
A leaked draft of the Trump administration’s budget proposal for the Department of Health and Human services shows they want to slash overall spending by…
Trump’s Next Budget Cuts Take Ai’T ‘s Next Budget Cuts Take Aim At Head Start’ … from Crooks & Liars Alix Breeden
Donald Trump’s lapdog in the State Department made a call to action earlier this week, asking employees there to report anyone who seemed to give…
Scientists Think They’ve Found the Region of the Brain That Regulates Conscious Perception from Wired Jorge Garay
A new experiment suggests that the thalamus plays a key role in humans becoming consciously aware of stimuli their brain receives.A new experiment suggests that…
Canadian Comedy Spoofs Trump … from Crooks & Liars Frances Langum
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“He’s So Scared”: More Venezuelans Face Imminent Deportation Under the Alien Enemies Act … from Mother Jones Noah Lanard and Isabela Dias
On Friday, Omar Cárdenas Martínez called a relative from the Bluebonnet detention center in Texas to say that he had just been given a notice….
Lana Del Rey Says ‘Bluebird’ Was Inspired by a Real-Life Moment: ‘A Bird Hit My Window’ … from Rolling Stone Tomás Mier
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Best Sports Bras for Women, Tested and Reviewed (2025) from Wired Boutayna Chokrane
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Post Malone’s Ex-Fiancée Files for Custody of Their Daughter … from Rolling Stone Tomás Mier
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Noem to Ban Harvard International Students if Trump’s Demands Not Met … from Mother Jones Sophie Hurwitz
On April 11, the Trump administration sent Harvard University a sweeping set of demands—among them that the university report international students to the federal government…
Becky G Announces ‘Rebbeca’ Documentary: A ‘Journey of Healing’ … from Rolling Stone Tomás Mier
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Pandemic Truthers Take Over HHS Covid Site … from Mother Jones Artis Curiskis
As of Friday, Covid.gov, the Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 resource launched in 2022, is no longer providing information and resources about Covid—and…
Trump’s DOJ Claims Academic Journals Hold “Partisan” Stance in Scientific Debates … from Mother Jones Jackie Flynn Mogensen
The publisher of CHEST, a prestigious, peer-reviewed medical journal focused on respiratory health, received a letter from the Trump administration seeking information about how its…
DOGE Is Building a Master Database to Surveil and Track Immigrants from Wired Makena Kelly, Vittoria Elliott
DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.DOGE…