THEFEDERALIST (M.D. Kittle) - MIA Mitch McConnell Must Explain His Absence Or Retire
The rules are clear: senators must disclose to the Senate reasons for an extended absence. Has Mitch McConnell done that? Is he even alive?
REDSTATE (Rusty Weiss) - Katie Porter’s Raging Karen Yelp Meltdowns Are Exactly What You’d Expect: ‘Horrible Experience’
ABCNEWS - WATCH: Humanoid robots perform surgery
For the first time, surgeons at UC San Diego have operated using humanoid robots, removing gallbladders in two procedures on pigs, a key step before any human trials.
NPR (Brittney Melton) - U.S.-Iran fighting appears to pause. And, life inside Gaza's expanding military zones
Fighting between the U.S. and Iran appears to have paused after two days of clashing amid a shaky ceasefire. And, a look at what life is like inside Israel's expanding zone of control in Gaza.
NYTIMES (Trish Bendix) - Ronny Chieng Tackles Trump's Two Air Force Ones
“Is that why there’s no gas in the world anymore? Because the president flies with an extra emotional support plane?” Chieng said on “The Daily Show.”
NYTIMES (Sam Sifton) - The Housing Crisis
Happy Friday. I want to tell you about a rare instance of bipartisan cooperation in Congress.
THEFEDERALIST (Brooke Brandtjen) - Revolutionary America Helps Today’s Americans Understand Our Great Inheritance
Revolutionary America gives viewers a chance to learn about American exceptionalism from the men who fought, bled, and died so that our nation might exist.
AMERICANGREATNESS (Bryan Hyde) - Federal Court Blocks Florida Ban On Critical Race Theory Indoctrination In Colleges
A federal appeals court struck down the higher education restrictions of Florida’s “Stop WOKE Act” that restricts critical race theory (CRT) indoctrination in the state’s […] Source
NEWSCATS (MeighTimbol) - State Department Halts Planned NYC-Iran Meeting, Igniting New Political Firestorm Around Mayor Zohran Mamdani
A planned meeting between a senior New York City official and Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations was canceled after intervention by the U.S. State Department, fueling a fresh political controversy surrounding Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s [...]
NPR (Fatima Faizi) - Taliban declares war on smartphones
A newly announced ban on smartphones for government workers, police and military personnel is spilling over into healthcare and educational facilities. Ordinary citizens worry they'll be next.