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The next tech revolution wants to sit on your face
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon says the next major leap in technology will come from AI-powered glasses that don’t just sit on your face — they actively understand the world around you. His prediction is both exciting and a little unsettling, which is usually how the...
Angry Trump cuts off Spain completely after NATO clash: ‘I want no business with them’
President Donald Trump escalated his long-running feud with Spain on Wednesday, publicly directing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to halt trade with the European nation and blasting Madrid as a NATO ally that refuses to pull its weight. Speaking alongside NATO...
Justice Jackson all but calls Thomas a racist in heated birthright citizenship clash
A major Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship produced one of the most pointed exchanges of the term, with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson accusing Justice Clarence Thomas of advancing an interpretation that echoes a central premise of the Court's infamous 1857...
Poll: 96% want Senate candidates to address Social Security cuts
(The Center Square) – Ninety-six percent of voters want Senate candidates to explain how they'll prevent an automatic 22% Social Security benefit cut for 70 million Americans, a new poll finds, as the program's trust fund moves toward a 2032 deadline. A poll by...
NY Times picks ‘trans dad’ story for Father’s Day and walks into a firestorm
There was a time when Father's Day was pretty simple. You called Dad. You burned a few burgers on the grill. Maybe you bought him a tie he didn't want, a coffee mug he didn't need, or a power tool he'd pretend to be excited about. The point was to celebrate fathers....
Trump defies severe storms to deliver late-night ‘America 250’ speech
(The Center Square) - President Donald Trump delivered a weather-delayed speech Saturday highlighting American exceptionalism while warning of the rising threat of rising democratic socialism and communism as America celebrated 250 years since the signing of...
Trump admin tells Congress‘ no reliable evidence’ exists showing gun microstamping works
The Trump administration told a senior member of Congress it had not conducted a study showing that a “microstamping” mandate would make firearms more traceable. Republican Rep. Brian Babin of Texas, who chairs the House Science Committee, asked the National Institute...
Jackson unloads on Supreme Court colleagues after Trump victory: ‘Serious legal error’
BS BULLETIN: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says the Supreme Court committed a “serious legal error” and fell for government “gamesmanship.” USPS is ready with new mail-ballot rules as the court fight continues. North Carolina starts sending military and overseas...
Huckleberry Finn and the New York Times’ censor’s logic
The New York Times recently posed a question that should never have needed asking in a free country: “Should We Read ‘Huck Finn’?” Their answer, wrapped in the usual hand-wringing about “slurs,” “job-endangering conversations” and the delicate feelings of students,...
Class Dismissed: School Named After Obama Shuts Doors Indefinitely
Barack Obama Elementary School in Richmond, Virginia, will remain closed indefinitely due to concerns over noticeable levels of mold in the building, WRIC ABC 8News reported Monday. Richmond Public Schools (RPS) Chief Operations Officer Patrick Herrel directed people...
Trump floats renaming Lake Ontario as trade war escalates
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump said he's giving "serious consideration" to renaming Lake Ontario "Lake America" amid trade tensions with Canada that could test a 1989 agreement on naming features the two countries share. Trump made the comment...
Election 2026: Cooper laments energy costs that rose during his governorship
(The Center Square) – Fulfilling the executive order of first-term Democratic Gov. Josh Stein, his Energy Policy Task Force presented a report showing energy prices in North Carolina rose faster than any state from 2017-24. Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Roy...
