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NYTIMES (Karoun Demirjian, Kate Kelly, Eric Schmitt and Chris Cameron) - Pentagon Fires Another Laser at Drone, Prompting New Air Closure

After the downing of a Customs and Border Protection drone, the F.A.A. closed the airspace above Fort Hancock, Texas.

AXIOS (Christine Wang) - Netflix says it won't raise bid for Warner Bros.

Netflix said Thursday that it won't raise its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery's streaming and studio assets, allowing Paramount Skydance to emerge as the winning bidder. Why it matters: The statement came shortly after WBD's board announced that Paramount's revised bid of $31 per share was superior to its deal with Netflix. What they're saying: Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters said in a statement that their deal "would have created shareholder value with a clear path to regulatory approval." - "However, we've always been disciplined, and at the price required to match Paramount Skydance's latest offer, the deal is no longer financially attractive, so we are declining to match the Paramount Skydance bid." - They thanked WBD…

NPR (The Associated Press) - Lawmakers say US military used laser to take down Border Protection drone

The U.S. military used a laser to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone, members of Congress said Thursday, and the Federal Aviation Administration responded by closing more airspace near El Paso, Texas.

BITCHUTE - Ep 3849a - EU Economy Failing,New Economic System Coming Online, Fed Days Are Numbered

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STRIPES (John Vandiver) - New York National Guard soldiers honored with French medals for 2023 rescue in Iraq | Stars and Stripes

Six New York National Guard soldiers received top French honors for a 2023 Iraq mission that rescued pinned‑down French commandos under fire.

NYTIMES (Stanley Reed and Maximilian Mann) - Germany’s Oil and Gas Output Is Dwindling as Prices Rise

Natural gas production in Germany has fallen about 80 percent in the past two decades even as the country seeks to replace flows from Russia.

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Benjamin R. Young) - Cuba and the U.S. Are Bogged Down in History

Heavy-handed efforts to coerce change in Cuba are liable to backfire. The post Cuba and the U.S. Are Bogged Down in History appeared first on The American Conservative .

Foreign Affairs Cuba and the U.S. Are Bogged Down in History Heavy-handed efforts to coerce change in Cuba are liable to backfire. Murals of Che Guevara and posters of Fidel Castro proclaiming the Cuban Revolution’s success remain a common sight on the streets of Havana. The Cuban regime’s commitment to anti-colonial internationalism is equally visible, evident for instance in schools named after the Angolan liberation movement and memorials dedicated to Fidel’s anti-apartheid friend, Nelson Mandela. It is a country frozen in its revolutionary past and nostalgic for the Cold War days when the small island nation punched far above its geopolitical weight.   The streets of Cuba reflect this stasis. Havana is eerily barren, and the…Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Mason Letteau Stallings) - Walmart to Pay $100 Million in Driver Pay Settlement

State of the Union: The FTC’s case accused Walmart of misleading workers about pay. The post Walmart to Pay $100 Million in Driver Pay Settlement appeared first on The American Conservative .

Walmart has agreed to pay $100 million in a settlement surrounding allegations that it deceived delivery drivers about pay, per a Thursday Federal Trade Commission  press release. The case was brought by the FTC and 11 states against Walmart. The FTC alleges that Walmart, since 2021, made false claims to workers in its Spark delivery network. According to the FTC, the company misled drivers about how much they could make in base pay and tips. “Labor markets cannot function efficiently without truthful and non-misleading information about earnings and other material terms,” stated the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection director, Christopher Mufarrige. Walmart has stated that it will pay drivers affected by the allegedly deceptive…Open