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Party Dozen – “Special Unit”

Australian sax-and-drums duo Party Dozen make freaked-out, fired-up rock ‘n’ roll. Their 2022 debut album The Real Work wound up in our Album Of The Week column, and they followed it up with 2024’s Crime In Australia. After dropping the one-off single “Mad Rooter” last year,

Google’s AI future demands trust — and your personal data

Google has big promises for its AI-powered future - and a lot of it depends on your trust. At I/O 2026, Google described a bunch of new tools that it claims will make your life easier. Gemini Spark, Google's always-on AI agent, can help organize an upcoming event, while Daily

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MAGA Voter Demolishes Trump’s Major Iran Claim on Live TV

MAGA voters are becoming more and more disillusioned with the president’s performance. “Matt from Las Vegas” tore into Donald Trump during a call-in segment on Real America’s Voice Tuesday, furious with the White House about how it has handled the Iran War—and the narrative the

Greenland Gives Trump Envoy the Literal Middle Finger

Call it a Nordic hello. When Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry—who is, for some reason, President Donald Trump’s new special envoy to Greenland—touched down in the capital city of Nuuk on Sunday, he got a frosty reception, including a middle finger from one resident, The New York

Here are our favorite Memorial Day tech deals so far

Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer, and the holiday’s sales include plenty of deals on gadgets that can help you make the most of the season. If your plans involve beach days, pool parties, or backyard barbecues, now’s a great time to pick up a portable Bluetooth

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IRS barred from auditing Trump's old tax returns

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is “forever barred” from examining President Trump’s old tax returns, according to an addendum to the Justice Department's settlement of President Trump's lawsuit against the IRS, which was made public Tuesday. Signed by Acting Attorney

New Biopic Will Depict The Adventures Of Young Billy Joel

Before he became famous as a solo artist, Billy Joel was one half of Attila, a psychedelic rock duo from Long Island. Joel's bandmate in Attila (and, before that, the Hassles) was drummer Jon Small, the other guy in the photo above. Small was married to a woman named Elizabeth

New Turkish ICBM signals nuclear deterrence ambitions beyond NATO

Turkey’s flashy unveiling of the Yildirimhan intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) revealed less about the missile itself than about the country’s accelerating drive toward strategic autonomy in an increasingly unstable Middle East. Reports this month on Yildirimhan’s debut

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US sanctions Iran currency exchange house, 19 vessels

The U.S. is imposing new sanctions on an Iranian currency exchange and 19 vessels accused of helping financially prop up the regime, the latest move in the Trump administration’s campaign to exert enough economic pressure on Tehran that it capitulates to U.S. conditions for