Trump’s latest border barrier plans to slice through Big Bend national park: ‘Our lives are being upended’
The rural Texas region, long spared, is being fast-tracked for the border wall amid bipartisan oppositionTractors suddenly appeared at the entrance to Chispa Road near the US-Mexico border in rural Big Bend, Texas, in late March. Contractors informed Yolanda Alvarado, a cattle rancher, that they were starting work to upgrade the rough county dirt road…
Read MoreOpenAI-Anthropic enterprise rivalry heats up
OpenAI is mobilizing consulting partners and touting its compute edge to claw back enterprise customers from Anthropic, as both labs barrel toward potential IPOs.Why it matters: The outcome of this fight could determine which company hits the public markets with momentum, and which has to explain to investors why it’s losing ground.Driving the news: OpenAI…
Read MoreICE Is Looking For Parking in New York City — For a 150-Vehicle Deportation Fleet
With its last contract expiring, activists say garage owners should spurn ICE to avoid becoming complicit in Trump’s deportation blitz.
Read MoreThe Strongman Era Has Peaked
Why a global era of authoritarian governance may be coming to an end.
Read More‘Every parent’s nightmare’ – What we learned from the charges against D4vd
BBC’s Shaimaa Khalil reports from Los Angeles as singer David Burke pleads not guilty to the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.
Read MoreWatch: Skydiver crashes into jumbotron at US football game
A skydiver crashed into the massive scoreboard at Virginia Tech University’s stadium, dangling from a parachute before first responders carried out a rescue without injury.
Read MoreFirst Thing: Vance to lead US delegation in Pakistan if Iran agrees to talks
Vice-president would travel with Witkoff and Kushner as ceasefire deadline looms. Plus, how to avoid an AI job scamGood morning.JD Vance is expected to fly to Islamabad to lead the US delegation on Tuesday if Iran agrees to further talks, as the deadline for the current ceasefire looms.What effect is the war having on developing…
Read MoreHere is the biggest problem Washington faces: Iran sees no need to compromise | Sina Toossi
The US has failed to bomb Iran into submission. Now, from the strait of Hormuz to nuclear concessions, Tehran senses its position strengtheningIran’s delegation to the first round of post-ceasefire talks with the US in Islamabad arrived on a plane named Minab 168 after the people – mostly young schoolgirls – killed in a US…
Read MoreTrump and other top Republicans will read passages in a marathon Bible event
President Donald Trump and many of his conservative Christian supporters are participating in a marathon Bible reading event
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