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RFK Jr., Who Is Definitely Not Checked Out Of His Job, To Host A Cooking Show

Techdirt7w7 weeks ago3 min read

Economic News Release; Consumer Price Index Summary, Exclusive: RFK Jr. hosting a new cooking show with celebrity chefs, and more ›

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What Ukraine’s Battlefield Openness Can Teach Washington About AI Access

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Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security

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Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Zuck Starts Throwing His Weights Around

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The U.S. Is About to Design an AI Regulator. Here’s How to Get It Right., Elon Musk’s xAI sues Minnesota over law banning ‘nudification’ technology

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Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department For “Unlawful,” “Unethical” And “Unseemly” Conduct

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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days., Judge Denounces I.R.S. Suit as Improper Exercise in Self-Dealing, and more ›

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Daily Deal: The Lifetime Learner Bundle

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Grand Jury Witness: Reflecting Pool Was Already Damaged Before Arrested Man Touched It

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How and why algae clouded Trump's vision for an 'American flag blue' Reflecting Pool, Cost of Reflecting Pool Repairs Nearly Doubles, Trump Administration Says, and more ›

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Trump FCC Hilariously Bungles Chinese ‘Drone Ban’

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Company backed by Trump sons looks to sell drone interceptors to Gulf states being attacked by Iran, Whack-a-drone

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John Oliver Dares Buc-ee’s To Sue Him Over Trademark Infringement

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What 20 Million Bans Reveal About The Stress On Wikipedia’s Volunteers

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The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok, What 20 million bans reveal about the strain on Wikipedia’s volunteers, and more ›

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Axon Insists Its AI Makes Police Reports Easier. Nothing Suggests It Makes Them Any Better

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The Worst Person You Know Just Filed A Good First Amendment Lawsuit Against A Very Badly Drafted Nudify App Ban

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HF 1606 2nd Engrossment - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026), 2026.07.26 Draft Complaint xAI v. Ellison (FINAL)(247309411.1)

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Reason Magazine, Above the Law, and more ›

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Daily Deal: Build A Weather App With Ruby On Rails

Techdirt7w7 weeks ago

In The Middle Of A War, The Trump Administration Has Cut National Security Staffing In Half

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Trump Republicans Are Destroying Decades Of Policy Progress On Affordable Broadband

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U.S. Measles Cases Eclipse 2025’s Record Case Count

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Measles Is Becoming So Common That Treatments May Soon Be Needed

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Trump Admin’s Campaign Against ‘Radical Left Terrorism’ Is Built On A National Security Memo With No Congressional Approval

Techdirt7w7 weeks ago9 min read

Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence, Leader of Antifa Cell Members in North Texas Sentenced to 100 Years in Prison for Terrorist Attack on ICE Facility, and more ›

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Expansion Of Flock Camera Systems Is Leading To Even More False Positives

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How Flock Cameras Wrongly Tracked Me For Days over ‘Stolen’ Plates and Sent Police After Me

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Anthropic Says It’s Against A Ban On Open Weight Models. It Just Wants To Ban Everything That Makes Them Good.

Techdirt7w7 weeks agoHN10 min read

Our position on open-weights models, The secret Trump administration battle to fight Chinese AI, and more ›

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