April 17, 2026 This morning, after a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon took effect Thursday, Iran announced the Strait of Hormuz was open to commercial ships.

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Texas Medical Board Sanctions Three Doctors for Delayed Care That Led to the Deaths of Two Pregnant Women The two women died during miscarriages. The state’s medical board has ruled that substandard care led to their deaths.

NEW: Porsha Ngumezi and Nevaeh Crain died during miscarriages in Texas after doctors delayed treatment.

The state’s medical board has ruled that substandard care led to the deaths, but the doctors were given minimal punishment.

By Kavitha Surana and Lizzie Presser

Straight up milking the market

April 16, 2026 Congress is back in session, and there is a frantic feel in the air.

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April 15, 2026 On the evening of April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln and First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln went to Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C., to see a production of the comedy Our American Cousin. The Linc...

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April 14, 2026 There are signs the political game has changed in the United States since Hungarian voters rejected Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s leadership on Sunday, April 12.

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April 13, 2026 On April 12, the day of Hungary’s parliamentary elections, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) posted on social media that it was closely watching the election and stood firmly behind ...

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April 12, 2026 By the end of 2024, inflation in the U.S., which had soared in the aftermath of the Covid-19 lockdowns, was almost back to the Federal Reserve’s goal of 2%.

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April 11, 2026 At 4:30 a.m.

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I know it’s crazy, but as an alternative, White House staffers could simply choose not to commit any crimes.

April 10, 2026 It feels like something shifted in the United States this week after President Donald J.

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April 9, 2026 The ceasefire President Donald J.

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April 8, 2026 On April 8, 1865, General Ulysses S.

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So $44 Billion and thousands dead (including 🇺🇸 soldiers) later Iran will get a better deal than the one that was being negotiated initially?

(After pulling out of the JCPOA with Obama that kept Iran from getting nukes)

April 7, 2026 At 5:06 this morning, President Donald J.

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It’s probably nothing. 🤡

@dkthomp.bsky.social

April 5, 2026 At 8:03 this morning, Easter Sunday, President Donald J.

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Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration Budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing.

Trump’s proposed swingeing budget cuts for every branch of science has been described as an “extinction level event for science”.

Looks like he’s taking the US back to the Stone Age too, only without the bombing,

April 4, 2026 On Thursday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired the U.S.

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April 3, 2026 On April 4, 1949, representatives from twelve countries in Europe and North America—Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom,...

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Amazon, which saved $4B in taxes under Trump's Big Ugly Bill, has cut 30,000 jobs since last October.

Verizon, which saved $2B, plans to cut 15,000 jobs this year.

Meta, which saved $3B, plans to lay off 20% or more of its workforce.

Trickle-down economics is a cruel joke.

Though many Americans can’t afford to pay rent, health insurance or even groceries, Trump proposes a record $1.5 trillion defense budget

This would increase last year’s budget-$892.6 billion-by about 50%

Plus he wants to cut non military spending by 10%

America Military Industrial Complex First

Essentially. Prediction over metaphysics or ontology. My advisor felt that way for sure

The Rebel Realists: Bohm, Bell, and the Fight for Ontology Part 2 of "What Is Real?" — a series on quantum mechanics, interpretation, and the nature of reality

Bohm spent decades in exile for insisting that understanding matters more than prediction.

The AI field would do well to learn from his example.

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April 1, 2026 Today, for the first time in U.S.

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BREAKING: President Trump has issued an unlawful executive order attempting to severely restrict mail-in voting.

The Constitution is clear: Only the states or Congress can change election laws.

March 31, 2026 At 4:11 this morning, President Donald J.

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The call is coming from inside the house.

March 30, 2026 Showing reporters on Air Force One a series of posterboard images of his new ballroom last night, Trump told them: “I thought I’d do this now because it’s easier.

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