President Donald Trump's new acting attorney general insists that the Department of Justice has to move on from the Epstein files -- while denying that the issue cost his former boss her job.
Leading AI models will lie to preserve their own kind, according to researchers behind a study from the Berkeley Center for Responsible Decentralized Intelligence (RDI). Prior studies have already shown that AI models will engage in deception for their own preservation. So the researchers set out to test how AI models respond when asked to make decisions that affect the fate of other AI models, of peers, so to speak.
U.S. job openings fell more than expected in February and hiring dropped to the lowest level in nearly six years, government data showed on Tuesday. read more
Last year, just before the Fourth of July holiday, the US Space Force officially took ownership of a new operating system for the GPS navigation network ... read more
Israel will destroy all homes in Lebanese villages near the border and 600,000 people who fled the south will not be allowed home until northern Israel is secure, the defence minister said on Tuesday, vowing to inflict Gaza-like destruction in the area. read more
Trump floats reopening Alcatraz -- here's how much revenue the notorious prison generates (May 2025)
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... The federal prison at Alcatraz closed in 1963 because it was several times more expensive to operate than other prisons.
President Donald Trump on Sunday announced that he's directing federal agencies to reopen the prison at Alcatraz after rebuilding and expanding the prison that was shuttered over 60 years ago and currently serves as a museum and tourist destination in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The maximum-security federal penitentiary at Alcatraz Island opened in 1934, located 1.25 miles from the coast, where it was thought to be escape-proof because of the San Francisco Bay's strong currents and shark-infested waters. The federal prison housed notorious criminals like Al Capone, and saw a high-profile escape that inspired the 1979 Hollywood film "Escape from Alcatraz."
The prison at Alcatraz closed in 1963 because it was no longer cost-effective compared to other prisons. Ahead of its closure, the Bureau of Prisons said Alcatraz's operating costs were over three times that of any other federal prison in 1959 " $10.10 daily per capita cost compared with $3 in Atlanta. ...
Trump weighs more Cabinet changes after Bondi ouster
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... President Donald Trump has expressed frustration and disappointment with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer -- and is pondering making additional changes to his Cabinet.
"He's very angry and he's going to be moving people," an administration official familiar with the dynamics told POLITICO. That official and three other people with knowledge of Trump's thinking around his Cabinet were granted anonymity to discuss the unresolved personnel issues.
The additional potential moves follow the ouster of Attorney General Pam Bondi Thursday and former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem last month. ...
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Trump wants the world to buy more US oil. He might regret it.
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... President Donald Trump wants the world to buy more U.S. oil, but he might regret the offer if it raises gasoline prices.
Trump in his speech Wednesday night specifically called on countries dealing with fuel supply shocks brought by the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran to purchase more from America: "Buy oil from the United States of America. We have plenty." ...
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Blog: How much oil does the United States import (and why)? (January 2025)
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... About 60% of the crude oil that runs through U.S. refineries is extracted right here at home. However, our refineries run on many different types of crude oil, some of which we don't produce here or can't economically transport. In those cases, we use imports. ...
Does the Trump admin even care about online security?
Remember this from a year ago?
The Atlantic releases the Signal chat showing Hegseth's detailed attack plans against the Houthis (March 2025)
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... The disclosure follows two intense days during which leaders of President Donald Trump's intelligence and defense agencies have struggled to explain how details " that current and former U.S. officials have said would have been classified -- wound up on an unclassified Signal chat that included Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg, ...
Bondi's 4-word text message that hid her real pain after brutal Trump betrayal
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... The awkward conversation occurred on Wednesday, as Attorney General Bondi boarded "The Beast" with the president for a short, two-mile ride to the Supreme Court, where the two would listen to oral arguments on the high-profile case on birthright citizenship.
"I think it's time," Trump told Bondi, signaling that her time at the Justice Department was nearing its end.
Asked for comment on Thursday about her next role, Bondi replied with a short text: "It's ALL so positive."
The 24 hours before the president officially announced her departure, were reportedly chaotic. At one point, Bondi even begged Trump to keep her job until the summer, but it was too late, as the president had already made his final decision earlier in the week. ...
Susie Wiles reportedly expressed concerns aides are giving Trump a rose-colored view' of the Iran war and its impacts
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... White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles has expressed concerns that aides are giving President Donald Trump "a rose-colored view" of the Iran war and its domestic impacts, according to a new report. ...
On Thursday, Time reported, citing two White House sources, that Wiles has expressed concern the president is getting "a rose-colored view" of how Americans perceive the Iran war. Wiles has reportedly told staffers to be "more forthright with the boss" about the political and economic risks associated with conflict. ...
@#11 ... I don't know what Nixon was polling at that time though but I cannot imagine it was good. ...
Richard Nixon's Job Approval Ratings Trend
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Looks like 24% approval in August 1974, down from 67% just after his 2nd term inauguration in January 1973. ...
imo, Pres Trump probably just wants to cut off a part of California's tourist revenue...