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As the AI boom continues to escalate, states have rushed to entice data centers with juicy tax breaks. Data centers not only provide cloud based storage, but also power the training of increasingly powerful AI models. Lawmakers in more than

Pete Hegseth reportedly had unsecured office internet line to connect to Signal  The Guardian Hegseth’s Personal Phone Use Created Vulnerabilities, Analysts Say  The New York Times Pete Hegseth reportedly had unsecured office internet line to connect to Signal | First Thing  The Guardian

White House torches Tim Walz’s speech about Trump’s ‘gulags,’ ‘chaos’: ‘His largest city burned to the ground’  Fox News

Exclusive | White House Considers Slashing China Tariffs to De-Escalate Trade War  WSJ

Jalen Hurts Dodges Question on Trump White House Visit  Newsweek

Russia launched a deadly strike on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Trump says he wants peace quickly. And, NPR looks inside Sudan’s capital city of Khartoum after two years of war. (Image credit: Anton Shtuka for NPR)

White House ousts trade official over alleged ties to ‘Anonymous’ author  The Washington Post

Immigration is Trump’s strongest issue, but many say he’s gone too far, a new AP-NORC poll finds  AP News Trump’s immigration ratings turn negative, Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds  The Washington Post Americans’ Pro-Deportation Fervor Won’t Age Well  Bloomberg.com Trump’s polling plunge continues over deportation

On April 11th, we were made aware that our National Endowment for the Humanities grant, “‘Boundless Love’: Changing Understandings of the Sacred in Americana Music,” had been terminated—only one year into its two-year plan. Our grant of nearly $150,000 was

Trump envoy meets Putin hours after Moscow killing of Russian general  The Guardian Trump’s presidency: US special envoy meets Putin for Ukraine talks  CNN Kremlin sees progress as Trump’s envoy Witkoff meets Putin for 4th time  Reuters Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin welcomes Trump