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Justice Department says Biden DOJ weaponized law to go after anti-abortion activists

The Trump administration has said that enforcement of the FACE Act by the Biden DOJ represents "the prototypical example" of the weaponization of the law against conservatives.

New accuser says Eric Swalwell sexually assaulted her in 2018 | California | The Guardian

Lonna Drewes alleges Democratic congressman drugged and raped her at hotel

Live Updates: Iran war continues with U.S. blockade of ports; Lebanon and Israel hold direct talks

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Claude, Copilot, Codex

Model selection for Claude and Codex agents on github.com - GitHub Changelog

Model selection is now available for the Claude and Codex third-party coding agents on github.com. Just like Copilot cloud agent, you can now select a model when kicking off a…

Anthropic tests Claude Code upgrade to rival Codex Superapp

Anthropic is overhauling Claude Code’s desktop app with project Epitaxy, introducing new panels, multi-repo support, and Coordinator Mode.

Caveman Skill for LLMs: 45% Fewer Tokens, Sharper Output | Engr Mejba Ahmed

Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini ... — Claude Code uses SessionStart hooks (configured automatically via plugin install), Codex ships with .codex/hooks.json, and Gemini CLI picks it up through its GEMINI.md context file. For Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, and Copilot, npx skills ...

Democracy (wtf)

Headlines for April 14, 2026 | Democracy Now!

“The Strait of Hormuz Is Open to Us”: China Warns U.S. Against Blockading Iranian Ports; Hezbollah Rejects “Futile” U.S.-Brokered Talks Between Israel and Lebanon; Israeli Soldiers Tear-Gas Palestinian Children After Settlers Block Access to School; Another Whistleblower Describes ...

Stop saying democracy is eroding. It's evolving, and Randi McCray explains why the future of American democracy depends on our willingness to shape its change.

I fell in love with democracy before I fully understood it.In high school civics classes in the 1990s, I learned about a system that was imperfect in its origins but evolving toward something better. I believed in that evolution. I believed that democracy, if nurtured, could become more inclusive ...

🔒 ‘We Finally Have Democracy’: Hungarians Erupt in Joy and Relief - The New York Times

Many Hungarians, exhausted by a struggling economy and worried about a move away from the European Union, were jubilant after Prime Minister Viktor Orban conceded. Some had wondered if he would.

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The Battle of Lepanto in 1571 was a decisive naval engagement in which the Holy League defeated the Ottoman fleet, ending Ottoman naval expansion.

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