Arjun Malaviya set out to travel the world on his 17th birthday in July 2023. Over 13 months, the California teenager traveled through some of the world's most populated cities and most remote villages. n.pr/48qi2FG

COLUMN: Once the model for modern conservatism, Britain’s Tories are now flailing for relevance — and embracing Trump-style populism as a lifeline. The Tory implosion offers a warning for both parties in America, writes our politics bureau chief Jonathan Martin.

With 90% of SEC staff furloughed, the agency announced on Thursday that it won't penalize companies for omitting pricing details during the shutdown.

KILMEADE: Would you do a standalone military vote to get them paid during the shutdown? MIKE JOHNSON: Well, the thing is, Brian, remember this -- three weeks ago today, we voted to pay the troops (That's a no)

Close cooperation in flight between vertically stacked multirotor drones is widely regarded as dangerous – now research in Nature proposes a solution. go.nature.com/4oeGVIV

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Kristina Douglass wanted to find out the truth about how past communities adapted to environmental change. Her revelatory work has earned her a MacArthur award. n.pr/4of1xku

IRS is pulling back on its promise of back pay for idled workers. It’s another sign federal employees may not receive compensation once the government reopens.

Imposter Sora apps saw hundreds of thousands of downloads before Apple pulled them from the App Store.

When it comes to Trump’s immigration policy, cruelty has always been the point. But now anti-immigrant animus is being paired with unprecedented funding, manpower, and technology.

9th Circuit Judge Ryan Nelson argued so vehemently Thursday that President Trump has the power to deploy the National Guard into unwilling states on very little pretext that one suspects the arguments were doubling as his Supreme Court audition. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/9th-cir...

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Rollins: "Farmers just want to sell their product. They don't want checks from the government ... we will get there, but until then we will be announcing a program as soon as the shutdown ends on what we're gonna do in the short term for these row croppers, including our soybean farmers."

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Of the 202 Nobel laureates who have been awarded prizes in physics, chemistry and medicine this century, less than 70% hail from the country in which they were awarded their prize. go.nature.com/4ocbFu6

Apparently the $20 billion for Argentina was just the beginning of the US bailout according to Bessent today, since so many American oligarchs have big investments there that they can’t afford to lose.

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Still waiting on that health care plan, Donald.

World Cafe is kicking off its latest Sense of Place series with a playlist that offers a glimpse of Montreal's lively music scene. n.pr/4h5urRB

EXCLUSIVE: Katie Porter, frontrunner in the race for Calif. governor, is seen blasting a staffer who interrupted a call between her and a Biden official, a video exclusively shared with us shows “Get out of my f--king shot!” the Democrat said. Read more 👇 ow.ly/lG0V50X8Uu9

By some estimates, OpenAI has this year inked $1 trillion dollars worth of infrastructure deals. Altman says to expect even more.

Network television is the perfect target for Trump. He knows it matters because it made him rich and famous, and also because TV news still carries information to a lot of people who aren’t news junkies.

A grand jury Tuesday night declined to indict two protesters in the Chicago area accused of assaulting law enforcement, the latest in a shocking string of failures by the Trump Department of Justice. talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

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"While ICE is invading immigrant neighborhoods and kidnapping people by the thousands, the fact that a hugely popular artist would sing in Spanish at the Super Bowl is a sign that America is still a polyglot nation. And that is unacceptable." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square. Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files. Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

It’s such a relief to know this admin is always working so hard to lower prices, create jobs, reduce the cost of healthcare, and make home ownership affordable.

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Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families — and we’re making that crystal clear by giving you the data. We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district. Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

Trump is not talking to Democrats as the government shutdown continues into its second workweek. “His position is very clear,” said press secretary Karoline Leavitt. “There's nothing to negotiate.”

The new deal covers output from four different solar projects. Microsoft has said it will spend $2.9 billion to expand its infrastructure in Japan.

Researchers across the US and the world who raced to protect climate data, public reports and other information from the Trump administration’s attacks are launching their own climate information portals.

Josh Marshall writes that Trump is operating in a manner fairly close to warlordism, holding on to power — if not legitimacy — by hoarding state resources for loyalists and depriving opponents of any of them.

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Trump on Chicago: "It's probably worse than almost any city in the world. You could go to Afghanistan, you could go to a lot of different places."

Can AI and robotics help us in many ways? I am not a Luddite — I believe they can. But we must make sure these new technologies benefit all of us, not just a handful of billionaires. I hope you'll take a few minutes to read my op-ed in Fox News. Let’s start the debate.

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They still haven’t found all the missing children from the floods. Why are they more worried about Illinois than about the children in Texas?

At this time of year, the flor de izote blooms in Los Angeles. The Salvadoran-American chef Karla Tatiana Vasquez says the flowers are both a delicacy and a connection to her identity.

Josh Shapiro is dominating the race for governor of New Jersey, even though he's Pennsylvania's governor. Candidates Mikie Sherrill (D) and Jack Ciattarelli (R) have been pointing to their keystone neighbor as an example of good governance.

Heidi Health raised a $65 million Series B led by Steven Cohen’s Point72.

Next month, Sam Bankman-Fried will appeal his conviction. We interviewed him in prison about the rise and ruin of FTX and what has become one the biggest bankruptcies in US history.

BREAKING: A federal judge handed down a ruling from the bench Sunday night to shield Portland from additional National Guard deployments, which she said was the move of an administration "circumventing" her earlier order.

It is no coincidence that Trump, Hegseth, Miller, Noem and other members of the admin continue to make inflammatory partisan political speeches to military and law enforcement. They are conditioning them now to embrace the planned war to come - their war against other Americans.

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South Dakota Public Broadcasting says there's an ironic result to President Trump's successful attack on public media: It will have to rely more on NPR programs.