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Data Brokers are Selling Your Flight Information to CBP and ICE

For many years, data brokers have existed in the shadows, exploiting gaps in privacy laws to harvest our information—all for their own profit. They sell our precise movements without our knowledge or meaningful consent to a variety of private and state actors, including law

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Daytime Emmys Reveal 2025 Nominations (UPDATING LIVE)

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is slowly rolling out its list of nominations for the 52nd annual Daytime Emmy Awards, which will take place this year in October (moving from the show’s longtime June berth). Kicking things off Wednesday afternoon, NATAS was

Tillis calls out Trump advisers as 'amateurs'

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) took a swing Wednesday at President Trump's advisers, calling them amateurs in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper. “I don't have a problem [with] President Trump. I got a — I got a problem with some of the people I consider to be amateurs, advising

NOAA nominee: Weather service staffing will be 'top priority'

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story NWS staffing will be priority, nominee tells Senate As lawmakers from both parties raised concerns about staffing at the National Weather Service (NWS), President Trump’s pick to lead the National Oceanic and

Student loan interest comes back

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Student borrowers face interest accrual again The Education Department announced Wednesday interest accrual for student loan borrowers on the Saving on Valuable

Musk faces mess with antisemitic AI posts

{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Musk's AI firm deletes antisemitic chatbot posts Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) company xAI deleted posts from its chatbot, Grok, after it began producing antisemitic responses — which the tech mogul blamed on the model

Every Marvel Cinematic Universe TV show, ranked

These days, every Marvel TV show is Marvel Cinematic Universe canon, sorta-kinda more or less: Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has implied that technically, the rise of the Marvel multiverse makes everything canon somewhere. And with the recent return of Charlie Cox as

US sees record number of measles case

Presented by Express Scripts Pharmacy Benefit Services {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story U.S. measles cases reach highest level in 33 years With nearly 1,300 measles cases confirmed in 2025 alone, the U.S. has officially recorded the highest number of infections

Cool Anatomical Sculptures of Lego People

Artist Jason Freeny is making these neat anatomical sculptures of Lego people. You can see more of his work in progress on his Facebook page . Reminds me of Michael Paulus’ work . (via colossal ) [This is a vintage post originally from Jun 2012.] Tags: art · Jason Freeny ·