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Cancer-stricken former Republican Sen. Ben Sasse vows to avoid being a ‘pansy a**’ as life slips away
Despite being diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, former Republican Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse has not given up on living, telling the host of a New York Times podcast Thursday that he intends to face the unknown awaiting him with hope and clarity. The 54-year-old...
Would-be Columbine copycat stopped cold by 60-year-old principal with guts of steel
One Oklahoma principal did what too many so-called leaders wouldn’t dare — he ran toward the gunfire. Kirk Moore, a 60-year-old high school principal with more than three decades in education, didn’t wait for a memo, a task force, or a “trauma-informed response.” When...
Evers vetoes bills to exempt overtime, cash tips from income tax
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a pair of bills Friday that would have exempted overtime pay and cash tips from state income taxes. Assembly Bill 461 would have matched a temporary federal income tax exemption on overtime that would apply...
McConnell teams up with Democrats, rebukes Trump’s NATO exit talk
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell teamed up with Democrat Chris Coons to deliver a full-throated defense of NATO—just as President Donald Trump ramps up pressure on the alliance. The unusual bipartisan display dropped Wednesday, with McConnell—on his way out of...
Top Trump official sheds light on ‘mess’ lying under hood of illegal trucker crisis
Derek Barrs knew cleaning up the trucking industry would be a big job when President Donald Trump gave him the task, having spent years cracking down on commercial drivers for the Florida Highway Patrol. Yet, even Barrs was surprised when he took the reins of the...
BS political cartoons of the week: Great with a driver, yet can’t drive
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Exclusive: The Pentagon wants more AI. One CEO says that could go very wrong
Relying too heavily on internet-connected commercial AI could introduce dangerous new vulnerabilities into warfare, a top executive told the Daily Caller News Foundation in an exclusive interview. Artificial intelligence will inevitably become deeply embedded in...
Data center party dared critics to ‘come and take it.’ A few tried and failed
WASHINGTON — A celebration of data centers kept humming Saturday night despite protesters’ best attempts to take over the stage. Four protesters took the stage during the toasts and remarks at Data After Dark, a pro-data center party at the Washington, D.C. bar...
Nvidia just smashed stock-buyback record
Nvidia authorized a record $150 billion increase to its share repurchase program Monday as the artificial intelligence boom continued to generate cash for the chip giant. The new authorization eclipses Apple’s $110 billion buyback approval in 2024 and marks the...
Kash Patel’s right-hand man leaves FBI
FBI Co-Deputy Director Andrew Bailey announced Monday that he is stepping down from his role after one year on the job. Bailey, who served as Missouri’s Republican attorney general from Jan. 2023 to Sept. 2025 — before joining the Bureau — said in an X post that he is...
Democrat AG says ‘California is gonna be California’ as he readies Supreme Court climate fight
California’s top lawyer is preparing for a likely Supreme Court fight over the Trump administration’s repeal of the finding behind federal climate rules. Democratic California Attorney General Rob Bonta said on the Politico Energy podcast that he cannot guarantee a...
Hospitals used AI to inflate medical bills by nearly $1,000,000,000, report finds
Hospitals’ use of artificial intelligence tools hiked healthcare spending by nearly $1 billion over a two-year period, per a Blue Cross Blue Shield Association analysis released Thursday. BCBSA’s new study shows that a major rise in patients being documented as having...
