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Trump issued layoff notices for >4,000 employees

A federal judge has blocked some of them

Trump commuted George Santos’ sentence

At least one Venezuelan boat is maybe a fishing boat

Now he’s authorized some kind of CIA covert op

Rubio is on record that his strategy is to force Maduro out

US admiral in charge of the region retiring suddenly

US Senate votes down restricting president’s war powers against drug cartels

South America News

Noble peace prize awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader, but winner leaked to PolyMarket 12 hours beforehand

Winner dedicates peace prize to Trump

WaPo: Trump made a deal with Bukele to deport several FBI informants

Argentina continues to make huge strides under Milei

US bails out Argentina, buying $20B of pesos with dollars

Trade war with China

Trump said he’s doing 100% tariffs

US & Australia made a deal to supply some rare Earths

Press hand over badges and leave Pentagon after refusing to sign new press requirements

Trump reportedly trying to extort $230 million from the Justice Department

Big “No Kings” protests happened on Saturday

California passed SB 53. Zvi summary

Sam Altman announced ChatGPT erotica is coming soon

That Mad Olympiad

The Future Will Be Hyper-Local

Claude can tell when it’s being evaluated and scores much higher when this is the case.

Louvre heist! Smash-and-grab in 7 minutes in broad daylight, men make off with $100M in Napoleonic jewels!

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Waymos in London next year!

Niger eliminates “river disease” after 4 decades of Ivermectin treatment

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