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Saturday, May 09, 2026

Ukrainian battlefield struggles are exposing the Kremlin's rigid commitment to war. read more


Donald Trump is not much of a reader. But there's a book in the White House that " if he cracked it open " could change the course of his presidency and of America itself. Three years ago, in the pages of Vanity Fair, I wrote about a manual that almost no one in America has ever seen. Inside the White House complex, in a secure location known to only a handful of people, sits an instruction book informally called the "Doomsday Book". Its contents are formally known by an anodyne acronym " PEADs, or Presidential Emergency Action Documents. read more


World Health Organization officials have assured that the hantavirus outbreak is not the start of a pandemic. But as more headlines emerge about the potentially deadly infection, many are reminded of the COVID pandemic ... read more


One woman was recently told to pay up if she wanted clandestine footage removed from social media. read more


Americans believe President Donald Trump would win in a fight against an 8-year-old boy -- but only by a slim margin. read more


Four protesters are suing to stop the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from seizing DNA samples from Americans arrested while peacefully protesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity. read more


He wants out, but Iran could likely keep going for months. read more


"Orbán's associates and the elite have a long way to go until they are confronted with what they have done," [Hungary's newly sworn-in Prime Minister Peter Magya], said, vowing that his government would seek justice against those who, even in the last hours, were trying to "steal everything". read more


Trump Media and Technology Group, operator of social-media platform Truth Social, reported a massive net loss for the first three months of 2026 and less than $1 million in total sales. read more


The US Postal Service could soon allow handguns to be mailed for the first time in nearly a century ... read more


Yet another embarrassing recall exposes that the electric pickup could see wheels come off certain models due to the use of the wrong grease. read more


Quantum weirdness may be quietly blurring time itself--offering a tantalizing clue to the universe's deepest laws. read more


You did remember to opt out of AI, didn't you? read more


Conservative columnist David French discovers racism read more


Golden Ten Data reported on May 8 that France's solar power generation reached a record high on Friday, surpassing grid operator forecasts and pushing electricity prices into negative territory. read more


Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency "blatantly used" race, gender and other protected characteristics to execute the largest mass termination of federal grants in the history ... read more


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