Zuck's birthday t-shirt is a tribute to ancient Rome, Facebook's history, and going hard

"Carthago delenda est" means "Carthage must be destroyed," a popular idea from Rome in 150 BC. For Mark Zuckerberg, it has a personal significance.

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Lawrence O’Donnell Gives Vicious Recap Of ‘Old Man’ Trump’s Day ‘Asleep’ In Court

The MSNBC host said it looked like “a trial at a nursing home” and was “wildly beyond what we’ve seen before.”

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2020 presidential candidate's spouse wins primary for David Trone's Maryland House seat

April McClain-Delaney, wife of ex-2020 presidential candidate John Delaney, has won the Democratic nomination for Maryland's 6th Congressional District.

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This year's biggest air battles are showing the US what it could need most in a missile war with China

In Ukraine, the Red Sea, and the Middle East, highly advanced air-defense systems have proven their worth over the past few months.

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House Republican demands Garland appoint special counsel to investigate Biden over stalled Israel aid

Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., asked the Justice Department to appoint a special counsel to investigate and possible prosecute President Biden over delayed military aid to Israel.

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Game on as Republicans aim to flip heavily blue state Senate seat in push to regain majority

Former two-term Republican Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland wins the state's 2024 GOP Senate primary. His party aims to flip a longtime Democratic-held seat in the blue state.

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Victims of Think Finance loan repayment scam to get $384 million

Regulators say the online lender deceived consumers into thinking they owed money on loans and withdrew funds from their bank accounts.

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Trump’s hush money trial is serving as audition for VP contenders

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Trump trial live: Michael Cohen gives testimony in hush money trial

Former president face to face with estranged ‘fixer’ in Judge Merchan’s Manhattan courtroom as details of Stormy Daniels story suppression scheme laid out for jury

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Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker rails against Pride month, abortion and "diabolic lies" told women in commencement speech

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Jeff Bezos appears worried that Amazon is falling behind in the AI race

Jeff Bezos emailed Amazon execs to ask why more AI firms aren't using its cloud services, CNBC reported.

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Russia makes key gains around Kharkiv and Sage the miniature poodle wins best in show: Morning Rundown

Plus, meme stock mania is back — and the share prices of GameStop, AMC, Blackberry and others are soaring.

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Joe Biden has done more than arm Israel. He’s complicit in Gaza’s devastating famine

An investigation by The Independent uncovers the missteps, missed opportunities and political choices made by the Biden administration that allowed a famine to take hold in northern Gaza. With access to leaked documents, testimony from current and former officials and voices from Gaza, it paints a damning picture of an entirely preventable catastrophe. By Richard Hall, Bel Trew and Andrew Feinberg.

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Crisis

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Biden aides fear president may be too worried to do his job after Hunter Biden trial begins: report

President Biden worries about Hunter Biden every day, and he could become majorly distracted by the issue when his son's trial begins in June, aides say.

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Culture wars upended this school district. Then came the recall

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Trump’s playboy past is in the spotlight. His allies are readying a new fight against pornography

For the past several weeks, witnesses in Donald Trump’s hush money trial have evoked a chapter of his past when the adult entertainment industry helped him brandish an image as a Manhattan playboy.

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Mortgage demand from homebuyers drops even as interest rates pull back to April lows

Total mortgage application volume increased just 0.5% from one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's seasonally adjusted index.

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A lawyer who wrote a book about sleepwalking is cleared of misconduct after she dozed off for 2 hours during an inquest

A British barrister was representing a nurse witness but nodded off and missed her client giving evidence during a coroner's inquest.

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GameStop, AMC extend gains but broader meme stock rally shows signs of fizzling

The meme stock trading frenzy showed signs of divergence early on its third day, as GameStop and AMC saw smaller gains in pre-trading, while Koss shares fell.

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Missouri GOP Candidate Says 'Don't Be Weak And Gay' In Bonkers Campaign Video

Valentina Gomez, the homophobic Missouri secretary of state candidate, drew mockery for her "trainwreck" of an ad.

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People are raiding their savings and racking up debt, paving the way for economic pain, expert warns

Soaring prices and borrowing costs mean people are spending nearly every dollar they have just to stay afloat, top economist Stephanie Pomboy said.

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Daily Briefing: $1 billion in weapons for Israel

Biden paves the way for more arms to Israel and more news to know on Wednesday.

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Biden Administration Advances $1 Billion Arms Sale to Israel

The notification of the deal to Congress as the president holds up the delivery of other weapons shows the fine line the administration is trying to walk with its longtime ally.

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Requiem for a tea party, &c.

On today’s American Right; the Gaza war; WFB and Henry George; the myth about Mama Cass; and more.

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Biden’s Nonsensical China Tariffs

His claims to be protecting American workers and businesses in general with such actions are hard to take seriously.

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I Saw the TV Glow Holds TV Culture Accountable

A new hybrid genre: the transgender weepie-horror.

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AI models like GPT-4o could give some blue-collar jobs a leg-up and force white-collar workers to adapt

OpenAI's new multimodal model could help plumbers and electricians do their jobs more effectively, AI analyst says.

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Utah judge to decide if author of children’s book on grief will face trial in her husband’s death

Kouri Richins, 33, faces several felony charges for allegedly killing her husband with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022.

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11 people die in mass shootings in cartel-plagued part of Mexico amid wave of mass killings

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I moved to NYC from Ukraine for a tech job. Here are 3 main differences in America's work culture.

Yaroslav Zubko moved to New York from Ukraine in 2017 for a tech job. He said in the US, people overwork and place more emphasis on idea generation.

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Boeing broke an agreement over the 737 Max crashes that killed 346 people, and could now be prosecuted, the Justice Department says

The DoJ says Boeing violated the terms of a 2021 agreement reached after two crashes involving the 737 Max, one in Ethiopia, and one in Indonesia.

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The Future of Enterprise is Autonomous

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Three dead in New Caledonia as riots rage after Paris approves voting rules change

Rioting broke out this week before lawmakers in Paris voted on a bill to allow French residents who have lived in New Caledonia for 10 years to vote in provincial elections.

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Farage: 'Low Turnout' in UK Election with 'Boring' Sunak and Starmer

The UK general election will see a "very, very low turnout" with Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer being so "boring", Nigel Farage predicted.

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Pioneering a new wellness system designed by the honeybee

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Peloton's demise is another in a long line of failed fitness fads

The at-home cycling company was riding high during the pandemic. What went wrong?

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Voice-cloning technology bringing a key Supreme Court moment to 'life'

The use of a voice-cloning technology marrying old audio clips to an actor's narration is bringing an historic U.S. Supreme Court decision to life.

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House Dems launch investigation into Trump’s meet with oil executives

His alleged $1 billion ask raises "significant potential ethical, campaign finance, and legal issues."

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Labor laws largely exclude nannies. Some are banding together to protect themselves

Nannies, housekeepers, and home care workers are excluded from many federal workplace protections in the United States, and the private, home-based nature of the work means abuse tends to happen behind closed doors

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Embattled Georgia DA Fani Willis and Trump trial judge hit the campaign trail

In the high-stakes criminal case against former President Donald Trump in Georgia, the defendant isn’t the only one campaigning.

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It’s a Climate Election Now

Trump’s reported billion-dollar offer to fossil-fuel executives shows that this is the key year to save the planet.

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What is ChatGPT? Here's everything you need to know about ChatGPT, the chatbot everyone's still talking about

OpenAI's AI-powered chatbot took the world by storm when it first launched. Now, it's getting a new futuristic update.

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15 cities where retirees are moving — most are in the South

Retirees are moving to warmer cities in Arizona, Texas, and Tennessee, many for lower living costs, while plenty are fleeing New York and Los Angeles.

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Russia is Preparing to Launch 'Physical Attacks' Against West, Says UK

Russia grooming groups for terror-like attacks, chief of UK eavesdropping office said, after several arrests across Europe for such activity.

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Jamie Dimon urges the U.S. to deal with its deficit sooner rather than later

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Wednesday urged the U.S. government to reduce its fiscal deficit sooner rather than later.

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Rachel Maddow Can't Get Over What Trump's Sycophants Wore To Court

Maddow's MSNBC colleague Nicolle Wallace called it "clownish."

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Trump’s Take on Kristi Noem’s Dog-Killing Controversy: ‘She Had a Bad Week’

“Until this week, she was doing incredibly well,” he said.

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Trump’s attacks on Judge Juan Merchan trigger Truth Social calls for violence

Trump's broadsides have unleashed a torrent of violent comments from his fans on Truth Social and other sites, experts say.

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Small Changes Make A Big Difference: How A Simple Label Connects The Physical and Digital Worlds

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