62 m. ago Taiwan's president pushes to increase defense budget amid rising threat from China

Taiwan's military is seeking funds to retain more service people with higher pay and to lengthen compulsory national service from four months to one year as it faces a rising threat from China.

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5 h. ago Democratic state senators push $17B dollar tax package to balance Washington budget

Democratic state senators push $17B dollar tax package to balance Washington budget  Washington State Standard

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6 h. ago Alert: Washington's Alex Ovechkin scored his 888th goal to move seven back of breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL career record

Alert: Washington's Alex Ovechkin scored his 888th goal to move seven back of breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL career record  Midland Daily News

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6 h. ago Freed Israeli hostage tells UN, 'No more excuses,' says aid is feeding terrorists

Eli Sharabi, who was held hostage by Hamas for 491 days, spoke to the United Nations Security Council about his experience and demanded the remaining hostages be released.

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7 h. ago This week in science: origins of life, birds speech, and how TikTok gets ADHD wrong

In this week's Short Wave roundup, Berly McCoy and Regina Barber talk about the origins of life on Earth, what bird brains illuminate about human speech and how ADHD is mischaracterized on TikTok.

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8 h. ago Fox News Poll: Approval of Zelenskyy down 20 points since start of war in Ukraine

Voters discuses whether they sport the movie going to Ukraine and Israel under the Trump administration.

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8 h. ago Musk lashes out at judges and gives to Republicans pushing impeachment

Musk lashes out at judges and gives to Republicans pushing impeachment  The Washington Post

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10 h. ago Trump Official Pushes Congestion Pricing Deadline Back a Month

New York was defiant in the face of the Trump administration’s demand that the tolling program end by Friday. Now, Washington is willing to wait a month.

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10 h. ago House GOP leaders privately wary of push to impeach federal judges blocking Trump agenda

House Republican leaders have pledged to take on federal judges blocking President Trump's agenda, but sources say they are skeptical impeachment is the best route.

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10 h. ago U.S. Trucking Advocate: Foreign Drivers Causing Fatal Accidents, 'Slashing Truckers' Income, Pushing Companies out of Business'

A highway disaster in Texas has exposed the growing number of dangerous foreign truck drivers on U.S. roads, and advocates are hoping a legislative debate in Arkansas will jump-start federal changes to loopholed trucking regulations. The post U.S. Trucking Advocate: Foreign Drivers Causing Fatal Accidents, ‘Slashing Truckers’ Income, Pushing Companies out of Business’ appeared first on Breitbart.

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11 h. ago Zelensky pushes back on Trump proposal to take over nuclear plant

Zelensky pushes back on Trump proposal to take over nuclear plant  The Washington Post

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12 h. ago DOJ, pressured by Trump supporters, pushes FBI to release more Epstein files: Sources

The DOJ is urgently reviewing materials from the FBI investigation into Jeffrey Epstein as Attorney General Pam Bondi pushes for the release of more files, sources say.

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12 h. ago How the G.O.P. Went From Championing Campus Free Speech to Fighting It

President Trump and state politicians are pushing new laws and policies that crack down on curriculum, protests and speakers.

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13 h. ago Threads adds new features to highlight topics and limit replies

Meta’s social network Threads, an X competitor with more than 320 million monthly active users, is now rolling out new features related to topics, reply controls, and video playback in the app, among other things. It’s also making political content suggestions more personalized to the user, the company says. Combined, the features aim to make […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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14 h. ago Balancing various uncertainties in cyber threat intelligence

In 2020, cybersecurity company Mandiant's computer system was compromised by an intruder exploiting an innocuous crack: routine software updates pushed out by another company, SolarWinds. Mandiant was one of nearly 18,000 organizations compromised.

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14 h. ago Republicans Once Championed Free Speech on Campus. Now, Not So Much.

President Trump and state politicians are pushing new laws and policies that crack down on curriculum, protests and speakers.

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15 h. ago Europe Delays Tariffs on U.S. Whiskey to Make Time to Negotiate

The European trade commissioner said U.S. officials wanted to start negotiating only after a fresh set of Trump administration tariffs would take effect on April 2.

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16 h. ago User's manual to Trump's effort to dismantle the Education Department

The Trump administration is seeking to eliminate the Department of Education, sparking protests and backlash from people around the country.

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17 h. ago Deft handling of Trump and Zelensky helps Starmer overcome rocky start

Deft handling of Trump and Zelensky helps Starmer overcome rocky start  The Washington Post

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17 h. ago TikTok to start pushing Amber Alerts to users’ For You feeds

TikTok is partnering with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) to bring real-time Amber Alerts directly to users’ For You feeds in the United States, the company announced on Thursday. With this new feature, if an Amber Alert is activated by law enforcement and you are in the designated search area, the […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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