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Lawsuit: Meta used AI for discriminatory layoffs
1+ hour, 28+ min ago (455+ words) The layoffs were part of Meta’s plan to cut 10 percent of staff in an effort to prioritize AI initiatives.Tom Williams/Zuma A group of 26 current and former Meta employees filed a lawsuit Monday evening accusing the tech company of…...
Polio made Mitch McConnell MAHA's enemy
23+ hour, 48+ min ago (698+ words) On Sunday, after four weeks of absence from Congress caused by a medical emergency—which led to extensive speculation about his health—Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) released a letter to his constituents saying that his hospitalization was the consequence of…...
Colombian immigrant in Maine reportedly killed by ICE agents
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (789+ words) An FBI official places an evidence card on Pool Street in Biddeford where a man was reportedly killed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Monday, July 13, 2026.Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald On Monday morning, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents…...
Trump's energy policies are “fattening the wallets of his cronies” at public expense
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (1006+ words) Jon Cherry via Getty The Trump administration has directly spent $2.7 billion of taxpayer money on its crusade against wind power while pouring $1.1 billion into boosting coal, which critics say is pushing up Americans’ bills. They say the moves are evidence…...
How Lindsey Graham, eager to serve Trump, became a useful idiot for Putin
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (361+ words) Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., left, gestures as President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while in flight on Air Force One, Jan. 4, 2026, as they were returning to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.Alex Brandon/AP Graham lavished praise on Trump, exclaiming, “Mr....
A World Cup Star Can Be “Babygirl.” But For Now, He’s Mostly AI.
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (512+ words) Norway's Erling Haaland looks amused during a news conference on July 9, 2026, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, ahead of the team's quarterfinal World Cup soccer match against England.Marta Lavandier/AP As someone who watches too much soccer and knows Erling Haaland…...
DOJ subpoenas New York Times reporters after Air Force One story
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (461+ words) President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in flight on Air Force One on July 8, 2026.Alex Brandon/AP The New York Times said that at least four of its journalists received subpoenas on Friday from the Justice Department following their report…...
Sam Bankman-Fried recounts FTX’s collapse and why he feels he was wrongly convicted of fraud
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (443+ words) FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrives at the federal court in New York in February 2023.Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Sam Bankman-Fried was once called the “crypto king.” But in November 2022, his company, FTX, imploded within a matter of days. All around…...
Graham Platner says he's out. Now what?
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (480+ words) Graham Platner announced Wednesday night that he intends to suspend his campaign.CJ Gunther/Getty Graham Platner, the scandal-ridden populist Senate candidate from Maine, suspended his campaign Wednesday night. His announcement came two days after a rape allegation against him…...
Cuba may be in shambles, but Miami’s new museum keeps the Bay of Pigs alive
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (427+ words) Eduardo Zayas-Bazán was a 24-year-old lawyer when he left Cuba for the United States and joined about 1,400 other Cuban exiles, who were known as Brigade 2506, to participate in the Bay of Pigs invasion, the botched 1961 mission to overthrow Fidel Castro’s…...