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Who Gets Paid? Border Guards Starve For A Ballroom #

Todd Blanche, the acting Attorney General, sat with Senate Republicans on Thursday to finalize the text of a new $70 billion immigration bill. The meeting turned into a standoff over a $1.8 trillion settlement fund designed to compensate political allies. While this massive pile of cash is being earmarked for loyalists, 240,000 employees of the Department of Homeland Security are entering their second week without a paycheck. The Los Angeles Times reports that progress stalled because the administration is also…

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Queen Bypassed Security To Let Epstein See State Secrets #

David Wright, the former chief executive of British Trade International, wrote a memo in 2001 that changed the course of British history. The document, released this week by the UK government, reveals that the Queen personally requested her son Andrew succeed the Duke of Kent as a global trade envoy.…

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Tech Giants Bought The White House AI Safety Veto #

A draft executive order sat on the Resolute Desk on Thursday morning. It was designed to force a 90-day government safety review of all new artificial intelligence models before they could be released to the public. By Thursday afternoon, the President abruptly backed out of signing it. The reversal is…

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Bitcoin Barons Build Armored Bunkers As Systems Fail #

Fred Thiel, the CEO of MARA Holdings, now moves through the world inside a mobile fortress. His company recently spent $430,000 on a one-time vehicle bulletproofing service as part of…

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Sci-Fi Worm Wipes Servers Across Global Software Registries #

A developer at a computer in a quiet office watches a terminal screen as a "disk wiper" command executes itself. The "Mini Shai-Hulud" worm has resurfaced, infecting over 320 software…

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In Brief #

DOJ Scrubs Jan 6 Truth From Website

The Department of Justice has removed hundreds of news releases documenting criminal cases from the January 6 Capitol attack, labeling the factual records as 'partisan propaganda.' The purge is part of a systemic effort to rewrite the history of the insurrection as the administration prepares to pay out billions in settlements to political allies.

Google Launches Gemini Omni World Model

Google unveiled Gemini Omni at I/O 2026, a world model capable of generating interactive video environments from text and audio prompts. The technology allows users to create and edit high-fidelity visuals through simple conversation, further automating the creative process and threatening the 'biological velvet rope' of human artistry.

Iranian Proxy Targeted Ivanka Trump In Plot

Federal prosecutors charged Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, a commander in an Iranian-backed militia, for plotting to assassinate Ivanka Trump in retaliation for the 2020 killing of Qassem Soleimani. Al-Saadi is accused of coordinating attacks on Jewish targets across Europe and North America under the name Harakat Ashab al-Yamin.

Indian Truck Driver Arrested In Fatal Crash

Manvir Singh, an illegal immigrant commercial driver from India, was arrested following a deadly hit-and-run in Lodi, California. Federal officials highlighted the arrest as part of a growing trend of illegal immigrant drivers entering through Arizona and being released into the interior by prior administrative policies.