Topics

• The Trump administration has reportedly given authorization to the Central Intelligence Agency to conduct covert operations in Venezuela
• OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow 'erotica' for adult users
• The Justice Department asked Meta to take down a Facebook group where members shared information about ICE agents in Chicago.
• Health officials are weighing whether to remove aluminum salts from vaccines

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• Columbus/Indigenous Peoples Day
• RIP Diane Keaton
• Support for I.C.E. is Melting
• Gaza Aftermath

Culture

- Sean Combs sentenced

- Consumer news about Costco

Tech

- Elon Musk's xAI is building massive AI data centers in Memphis

- AI Caste system

Foreign Policy

- The Gaza peace deal

National

- Federal authorities arrested a man suspected of starting the Palisades fire in Los Angeles in January

- Government Shutdown still in effect.

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International

- Man kills 2 and wounds 4 in car ramming and stabbing at English synagogue on Jewish holy day.

- The terror group Hamas publicly agreed on Friday to Trump’s proposed ceasefire and complete hostage release plan, with certain conditions

National

- President Donald Trump has declared drug cartels operating in the Caribbean are unlawful combatants and says the United States is now in a “non-international armed conflict”

Vigilante Justice

- A federal district judge on Friday sentenced the would-be assassin of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to more than eight years in jail, followed by supervised release for life.

- A Free Press investigation reveals how dozens of Catholic dioceses are subverting the Child Victim Act, stopping lawsuits in their tracks and pressuring victims to accept pennies on the dollar.

Topics

- Government Shutdown

- New study shows more Americans feeling disconnected

- US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia

- Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.

Culture

- Researchers analyze shifts in Taylor Swift’s dialect

- NYC rat czar officially resigns

Tech

- Meta has released “Vibes,” a short-form vertical video feed exclusively of AI-generated content. Those interested can download the Meta AI app

Vigilante Justice News

- man admits to killing parents on live television (AP news)

- Michigan church shooting and North Carolina shooting hours apart

- Sara Jane Moore, who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975, dies at 95

- Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist sought by the US since 1979, dies in Cuba

Nation

- Trump says he will send troops to Portland

- The number of people charged with breaking US federal drug laws dropped to the lowest level in decades this year after the Trump administration ordered enforcement agencies to focus on deporting immigrants, a Reuters review of nearly 2 million court records found.

- RFK impeachment introduced by House Democrat Stevens citing health care chaos under secretary

Foreign

- China remains No. 1 threat in space: Space Force general

Topics

- Jimmy Kimmel

- Google

- American’s Math and Reading Scores

- Latest in vigilante justice

- United Nations General Assembly

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• Sam Altman and Tucker Carlson interview
• Charlie Kirk Memorial and Erika Kirk's speech
• Obama's commentary on the Kirk assasination
• Kimmel Show Back on Air