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The US has been cutting cyber defenses as AI boosts attacksNov 29, 2025 3:29 pm - The federal government’s ability to counter cyberespionage, destructive hacks and organized criminal scams is declining under the Trump administration just as artificial intelligence supercharges those threats, according to interviews with current and former officials as well as outside cybersecurity experts.
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Trump wants a bigger White House ballroom. His architect disagrees.Nov 29, 2025 3:12 pm - President Donald Trump has argued with the architect he handpicked to design a White House ballroom over the size of the project, reflecting a conflict between architectural norms and Trump’s grandiose aesthetic, according to four people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe internal conversations.
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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them allNov 28, 2025 9:49 pm - The longer the U.S. surveillance aircraft followed the boat, the more confident intelligence analysts watching from command centers became that the 11 people on board were ferrying drugs.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a verbal directive, according to two people with direct knowledge of the operation. “The order was to kill everybody,” one of them said.
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DC police to begin patrolling with National Guard after fatal attackNov 28, 2025 4:39 pm - National Guard troops patrolling in Washington, D.C., will be paired with local law enforcement personnel, at least temporarily, in the wake of the Wednesday attack that killed one Guard member and critically injured another, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post and two D.C. police officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss planning that is still in progress.
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National Guard shooting suspect was in one of CIA’s ‘Zero Units’Nov 28, 2025 4:35 pm - The man suspected of shooting two National Guard members near the White House this week — one of them fatally — is an Afghan national who came to the United States in September 2021 because of his work with the U.S. government, including the CIA, according to authorities.
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Americans can’t quit buying cheap Chinese stuffNov 28, 2025 3:44 pm - This spring, the popular shopping apps Temu and Shein were walloped by new Trump administration tariffs and its gutting of the companies’ widely used delivery method from China. Temu and Shein’s American sales dried up as shoppers were hit with higher prices and baffling import bills.
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Chicago train attack prompts Trump criticism of Illinois no-cash bailNov 28, 2025 3:35 pm - A horrific attack on a woman riding a commuter train this month is reviving President Donald Trump’s strong opposition to cashless bail, once again pitting the White House against liberal-leaning states and cities that have embraced criminal justice reform.
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In ‘Left-Handed Girl,’ surrender to one of the world’s cutest child actorsNov 28, 2025 9:58 am - This weekend, a stunner of a Taiwanese movie, “Left-Handed Girl,” is dropping on Netflix, offering escape to a world of neon lights and night markets, moped rides and drunken romance.
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‘Stranger Things’ goes high-concept in its grisly final seasonNov 28, 2025 9:01 am - “Stranger Things,” which unveiled Volume 1 of its final season this week, did not scream “high-concept” when it debuted in 2016. Having seen four of the final season’s nine episodes, I can attest that there’s a lot of gratifying new material, particularly for fellow fans of author Madeleine L’Engle and Noah Schnapp, and one very weird subplot.
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Senators push Rubio to investigate Israel’s alleged violations in GazaNov 26, 2025 4:24 pm - Several Democratic senators are urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to quickly investigate what a classified government watchdog report has described as “hundreds” of potential human rights violations allegedly committed by the Israeli military in Gaza.