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Menaced by Trump, Canada Prepares to Join E.U. Military Industry Efforts

Canada’s draft deal to participate in Europe’s defense industry will bring contracts to Canadian manufacturers and help lessen dependence on the United States.

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Alan Feuer

Judge Grants the Government Another Day to Share Details on Deportation Flights

Judge James Boasberg has asked the government to tell him what time two planes took off from U.S. soil and from where, what time they left U.S. airspace and what time they landed in El Salvador.

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Jess Bidgood

Tim Walz Attacks Musk With Language From the Trump Playbook

The Minnesota governor derided Elon Musk, a naturalized United States citizen, as a “South African nepo baby.”

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White House Expected to Pause $175 Million for Penn Over Transgender Policy

The decision is the latest clash between a university and the administration as it pushes schools to end diversity programming and adopt stricter discipline, among other things.

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Maggie Haberman, Theodore Schleifer and Annie Karni

Musk Donates to G.O.P. Members of Congress Who Support Impeaching Judges

Amid a controversy over whether President Trump will abide by court rulings, Elon Musk gave the maximum to the campaigns of Republicans who back ousting judges who impede the administration.

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Judges Fear for Their Safety Amid a Wave of Threats

Federal judges are worried that online threats against judges who oversee high-profile cases challenging Trump administration policies may lead to real-world violence.

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Elio trailer introduces an adorable new Pixar alien

Pixar is no stranger to aliens. Toy Story's green, claw-worshipping alien toys are among the animation giant's most iconic creations, while Lightyear featured hostile alien lifeforms aplenty. But Pixar's upcoming film Elio promises the most Pixar aliens yet.

SEE ALSO: A complete ranking of every Pixar movie ever

Directed by Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, and Adrian Molina, the film centers on a young boy named Elio (voiced by Yonas Kibreab), who...

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Sarah Bregel

FDA to increase testing for heavy metals in infant formula

The FDA will review the safety and nutritional value of infant formula after alarming test results from consumer advocacy groups.

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is honing in on infant formula in his food safety review.

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Fed holds interest rates steady, forseeing less growth and higher inflation ahead

Fed policymakers said risks had increased, with a near unanimous sentiment in saying the outlook for the year was muddled.

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, as expected, but U.S. central bank policymakers indicated they still anticipate reducing borrowing costs by half a percentage point by the end of this year in the context of slowing economic growth and, eventually, a downturn in inflation.

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Lily McDonald

EU Big Tech crackdown: Commission calls out Google and Apple for antitrust violations

The European Commission has accused Alphabet of favoring its own services in Google Search and flagged Apple for limiting digital interoperability.

Following continuous trade tensions between the European Union and the United States, the European Commission moved forward with the enforcement of its digital antitrust rules on Alphabet’s Google and Apple.

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James Wagner and Sarah Kerr

Humiliation as Propaganda: Videos of Shackled Detainees Have History in El Salvador

A video showing rough treatment of deportees over the weekend was an extraordinary depiction by U.S. standards, but not by El Salvador’s.

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LeBron James song edits are taking over TikTok

LeBron James — the most famous basketball player in the world — has become one of TikTok's latest genres of music. Yes, genre.

People are editing popular songs to be about the NBA star, and those remixes are everywhere on TikTok. And they are so. Freaking. Catchy. The songs are endless, with remixes of "I Kissed a Girl" ("I Kissed LeBron"), "Talking to the Moon" ("Thinking 'bout LeBron"), and "Somebody That I Used to Know" ("The LeBron That I Used to Know"), among so many others.

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Disneys Snow White review: Better than it has any right to be

Screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson had an unenviable task ahead of her when she signed on to adapt 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs into a live-action re-imaging that'd appeal to contemporary audiences. After all, the eponymous heroine has little in common with the more modern, spirited Disney princesses who have fought for love, legs, freedom, or the whole of China. Snow White was less a self-rescuing princess and more a pretty damsel in distress who ran away from home, died by a...

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Jack Milko

Scottie Scheffler commends Jon Rahm while dropping LIV Golf truth bomb golf fans can relate to

Jon Rahm puts the Green Jacket on Scottie Scheffler after the 2024 Masters. | Photo by Ben Jared/PGA Tour via Getty Images

Scottie Scheffler talked about Jon Rahm and LIV Golf, making remarks that many can resonate with.

Ahed of last year’s Masters, one of the biggest discussion points revolved around the defending champion and how he had made an Earth-shattering move just a few months before.

Jon Rahm went to LIV Golf, a decision he felt was best for himself and his family. He has...

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These 11 Old School Kitchen Products Are Still The Best Around

These blasts from the past should last you long into the future.

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How DOGE cuts are hurting fishermen’s decarbonization efforts

The full extent of the cuts is unclear, and fishermen affected by them described the situation as chaotic and confusing.

Commercial fishermen and seafood processors and distributors looking to switch to new, lower-carbon-emission systems say the federal funding they relied on for this work is either frozen or unavailable due to significant budget cuts promoted by President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency.

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Amtrak CEO abruptly steps down

The White House and Transportation Department did not immediately comment on whether the administration had asked Gardner to step down.

Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner said Wednesday he will step down immediately after more than four years as head of the U.S. passenger railroad, citing concerns about maintaining the carrier’s support from President Donald Trump‘s administration.

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