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A low-angle, high-contrast black-and-white photo of a heavy brass gavel hitting a wooden bench in a stark, dimly lit courtroom. Blown-out highlights on the gavel head. Professional documentary photography. 4K HDR. wide-angle lens.

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Judge Blocks Trump Slush Fund Payout #

Leonie Brinkema, a federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, issued an order on Friday that froze the transfer of $1.8 billion into a new government payout fund. The "Anti-Weaponization Fund" was designed by acting attorney general Todd Blanche to compensate what the administration calls "victims of lawfare." However, thirty-five former federal judges have filed a lawsuit in Florida calling the project a "slush fund" to reward political allies with taxpayer cash. The money was originally drawn from the Treasury’s Judgment Fund…

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DHS Buys Iris Scanners While Guards Starve #

Norelly Mejías stood in her hallway as federal agents pointed guns at her chest and ordered her to open her eyes for a digital scan. According to reports from the University of Chicago Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, Mejías is one of many targets in a new biometric sweep. The Department of…

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Two Thousand Dollar AI Film Hits Tribeca #

Ash and Pooya Koosha produced a 75-minute feature film titled "Dreams of Violets" for just $2,000 using only artificial intelligence tools. The movie, which depicts the mass killing of civilians during protests in Iran, has been accepted into the Tribeca Film Festival. Every visual and performance in the film was…

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Bondi Defends Hiding Half Of Epstein Files #

Pam Bondi, the former Attorney General, arrived at Capitol Hill on Friday for a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee. Bondi defended the administration’s release of investigative files on…

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Massachusetts Drivers Win First Gig Worker Union #

Jean Fredo, a driver for Uber for seven years, joined a rally in Boston on Tuesday to celebrate the certification of the first officially recognized ride-share union in the United…

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In Brief #

Terror Indictment Hits Iranian Operative

Mohammad Al-Saadi, a dual Iranian-Iraqi national, was indicted for directing attacks on Jewish targets in the U.S. and Europe. The Justice Department alleges he used the front group Harakat Ashab al-Yamin to target a synagogue in New York.

Greek National Charged In Spy Plot

British police charged a Greek man for assisting Iranian intelligence in targeting a journalist at the London-based outlet Iran International. The move follows an attempted arson attack on the network's studios in April.

Vibe Coding Breaches Hit Sixty Percent

New data shows that 63 percent of 'vibe coding' users have no software background, leading to a surge in security breaches. Amateur prompts are being blamed for leaking sensitive corporate assets to public repositories.