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Hegseth defended his Signal leak. Others lost clearances for similar lapses.  The Washington Post ‘He gets him what he needs’: Hegseth’s new favorite adviser helped set up Signal on one of secretary’s computers at Pentagon  CNN Hegseth set up Signal on Pentagon

‘Vladimir, STOP!’ Trump says to Putin after deadliest Russian strike on Kyiv in months  ABC News Trump Live Updates: Latest News on Russia-Ukraine, Transgender Troops Ban and More  The New York Times Trump: Russia not taking over Ukraine is a concession  The Hill

Events in Ukraine over the last 24 hours have been utterly barbaric. Bad even by the standards of this horrendous war.  

In our news wrap Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said both the U.S. and China see high tariffs as unsustainable but dismissed reports U.S. would bring them down unilaterally, a dozen states have sued the Trump administration over its tariff

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has now grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history.

“We’ll soon be left with just a dusty rubble pile.”

After more than a decade of mapping billions of stars across the Milky Way and beyond, a groundbreaking spacecraft is retiring. The European Space Agency’s space-based observatory known as Gaia is leaving behind a legacy of stunning discoveries that changed

For years, Black women have used synthetic braids to help style their hair. But a recent study by Consumer Reports found that these fake hair strands can contain dangerous chemicals that pose a health threat. Ali Rogin reports on the

Trump’s approval rating stands at 40%, and Americans mostly disapprove of his tariffs and government cuts. The post Trump’s Job Rating Drops, Key Policies Draw Majority Disapproval as He Nears 100 Days appeared first on Pew Research Center.

AI is reshaping countless aspects of life. But so far, its applications have focused mostly on our singular species, Homo sapiens. What if humans used AI to better understand the nonhuman beings with whom we share the planet?   We are