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Trump shifts explanation of why DNI Gabbard was at FBI Georgia election office raid  ABC NewsTulsi Gabbard went down to Georgia — and no one in the Trump administration wants to take credit  cnn.comTrump says Bondi directed Gabbard to attend Georgia raid  AxiosFulton County challenges FBI’s seizure of its 2020 ballots in court  PoliticoWhite House doubles down on Tulsi Gabbard’s presence at FBI raid of election center – as it happened  The Guardian

NFL Honors 2026: Photos from the red carpet  Democrat and Chronicle2026 NFL Honors: Who won the league’s biggest awards?  ESPNList of ‘NFL Honors’ award winners from 2025 NFL season  NFL.com2026 NFL Honors: Matthew Stafford wins AP NFL Most Valuable Player award  AP News5 Cowboys finalists to watch at NFL Honors  Dallas Cowboys | Official Site of the Dallas Cowboys

New Jersey House Primary Special Election 2026 Live Results  NBC NewsNew Jersey House Primary Remains Too Close to Call  The New York TimesAnalilia Mejia and Tom Malinowski locked in a tight Democratic primary for US House from New Jersey  cnn.comWhat a crowded congressional primary in N.J. says about the state of Democrats  NPRAIPAC Donors Flood Last-Minute New Jersey House Pick With Cash  The Intercept

Democrats erupt in fury over Trump demanding Schumer help rename Dulles, Penn Station  AxiosTrump wanted Dulles Airport and Penn Station named after him as condition of releasing rail tunnel funds  PoliticoOne of America’s biggest construction jobs halts as Trump defunds Hudson River tunnels  GothamistTrump wanted Dulles Airport, Penn Station named after him — in exchange for releasing federal funds  NBC NewsTrump wants Dulles and Penn Station renamed for him  punchbowl.news

Travis Kelce Says He Broke Taylor Swift’s Chair with Weight He’s Gained from Her Sourdough  Yahoo News CanadaView Full Coverage on Google News

US military kills two people in latest attack on vessel in the Pacific  Al JazeeraUS strikes another boat in the eastern Pacific, killing 2  cnn.comUS forces kill two suspected narco-terrorists in Eastern Pacific lethal strike operation  foxnews.comUS military says two killed in strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific  The GuardianU.S. forces strike alleged drug boat in Pacific, second since Maduro’s capture  cbsnews.com

Virginia Democrats Propose New Congressional Maps Ahead of Midterms  The New York TimesVirginia Democrats propose congressional map that could boost their party in the midterms  NBC NewsVirginia Democrats release long-awaited 10–1 congressional map  Virginia MercuryVirginia Democrats show map to counter Trump redistricting but its future is unclear  NPRVirginia Supreme Court will hear redistricting challenge  Politico

Mike White Gives ‘The White Lotus’ Season 4 Update During ‘Survivor 50’ Return: “I Can’t Pass This Up”  DeadlineMike White explains how he is handling Survivor 50 castmates angling for The White Lotus cameos  Entertainment WeeklyWhite Lotus Creator Mike White Explains Why He Couldn’t Pass Up Survivor 50, Wants To Present As ‘Avuncular, Early Alzheimer’s Guy’  TVLineMike White Reveals His Hopes for a White Lotus Alliance on Survivor 50 with His Former Castmates (Exclusive)  People.comThe White Lotus’ Mike White Reveals How He’s Avoiding ‘Survivor’ Players Asking for Cameos on the HBO Hit  Just Jared

Judge, Ohtani, Soto highlight World Baseball Classic rosters  ESPNWorld Baseball Classic Power Rankings: Who Joins USA, Japan As Favorites?  FOX SportsTeam USA World Baseball Classic roster revealed, 2026 WBC schedule  USA TodayNine Guardians players, three coaches appear on World Baseball Classic 2026 rosters  Cleveland.comEvery Mets player participating in 2026 World Baseball Classic  SNY

Measles outbreak in Mexico prompts health alert in World Cup host Jalisco  ABC NewsRegional health organization issues alert as measles cases surge across the Americas  AP NewsPAHO issues epidemiological alert amid continued measles transmission in the Americas and urges strengthened vaccination and surveillance  Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)PAHO calls for increased surveillance amid rising measles cases in the Americas  ReutersUN agency warns of ‘sharp increase’ in measles cases in the Americas  Al Jazeera

Donors give over $3 million to boost tech-friendly California governor candidate  PoliticoA Democratic Critic of Newsom Will Run to Succeed Him  The New York TimesAre too many Democrats running for governor in California? Republicans see an opportunity  ABC NewsWith primary election four months away, race to replace Newsom still lacks a front-runner  latimes.comSparks fly as San Jose mayor fends off rivals from left and right in first gubernatorial debate  The Mercury News

Uber Found Liable in Rape by Driver, Setting Stage for Thousands of Cases  The New York TimesUber found liable for sexual assault by driver and ordered to pay victim $8.5m  The GuardianUber ordered to pay $8.5 million in trial over driver sex assault claims  ReutersFederal jury orders Uber to pay $8.5 million in sexual assault case  AZ FamilyUber Loses First Passenger Sex Assault Trial in Federal Court  bloomberg.com

Exclusive: The sale of xAI comes with tax, financial and legal benefits for xAI and SpaceX investors  ReutersExclusive | Inside Elon Musk’s $1.25 Trillion AI and Space Megamerger  The Wall Street JournalTesla Stock Falls. Play the Odds of Musk Merging It With SpaceX.  Barron’sMusk’s xAI Merger Poses Bigger Threat to OpenAI, Anthropic  bloomberg.comElon Musk Just Became The First Person Ever Worth $800 Billion After SpaceX Acquired xAI  Forbes

L.A. mayor’s race is in major flux, days before deadline  latimes.comL.A. mayoral candidate Austin Beutner exits race after daughter’s death  KTLAAustin Beutner drops out of Los Angeles mayor race  ABC7 Los AngelesAustin Beutner drops out of mayoral campaign in wake of his daughter’s death  Los Angeles Daily NewsAustin Beutner drops out of LA mayoral race after daughter’s death  LAist

Six Nations: Farrell’s Ireland must ‘stop rot’ after Paris humbling  BBCBielle-Biarrey stars as France outplay Ireland to lay down a Six Nations marker  The GuardianRatings: Irish struggle in chastening Paris defeat  RTE.ieSix Nations: France player ratings from statement win over Ireland  ESPNBrilliant France too strong for Ireland in Six Nations opener  Reuters

At least 3 dead, 6 injured after car crashes into 99 Ranch Market in Westwood  ABC7 Los Angeles3 killed, 6 injured after elderly driver crashes into Westwood grocery store  KTLADeadly crash in Westwood  LAist3 Killed as Vehicle Crashes Into Grocery Store in Los Angeles  The New York Times3 dead, several injured after car crashes into 99 Ranch Market in Westwood  latimes.com

Bezalel Zini, brother of Israel’s security chief, arrested in bust of alleged Gaza smuggling ring  cnn.comIsraeli intelligence chief’s brother charged with smuggling cigarettes into Gaza  BBCIsrael charges troops with smuggling iPhones and cigarettes into Gaza  Financial TimesShin Bet chief’s brother charged with ‘assisting enemy’ over cigarette smuggling in Gaza  The GuardianA dozen people, including Israeli soldiers, are charged with smuggling goods into Gaza  AP News

Bitter truth of Warriors’ Jonathan Kuminga era? This was an abject failure  San Francisco ChronicleSources: Warriors trading Jonathan Kuminga, Buddy Hield to Hawks for Kristaps Porzingis  ESPNKendrick Perkins slams Warriors’ Kristaps Porzingis trade: ‘Does nothing for me’  NBC Sports Bay Area & CaliforniaSteve Kerr explains why Jonathan Kuminga was ‘a tough fit’ with Warriors: ‘He needed the runway to make more mistakes’  Yahoo SportsAtlanta Hawks Acquire Buddy Hield and Jonathan Kuminga from Golden State  NBA

Carney Increases E.V. Investments as Trump’s Trade Policy Disrupts Canada’s Auto Industry  The New York TimesIn another climate retreat, Canada scraps EV sales mandate  ReutersCanada to Scrap Electric Vehicle Rules in Win for Automakers  bloomberg.comCanada’s EV rebates returning, sales mandate ending  CTV NewsCanada unveils auto industry plan in latest pivot away from US  BBC

NASA Selects Two Earth System Explorers Missions  NASA (.gov)View Full Coverage on Google News

Tim Cook Teases Plans for Apple’s Upcoming 50th Anniversary  MacRumorsTim Cook talks succession, executive departures during all-hands meeting  9to5MacApple CEO Tim Cook Prepares Long-Term Succession  조선일보Tim Cook reflects on Apple’s 50 years and retirement coming for us all  AppleInsiderTim Cook Reveals Apple Succession Plans in Meeting  Gadget Hacks

Bessent refuses to say the administration will not sue the next Fed chair  PoliticoTrump would decide whether to investigate Fed pick Warsh over refusal to cut rates: Bessent  CNBCUS Treasury secretary declines to rule out future Federal Reserve lawsuits  Al JazeeraBessent spars with Warren in second day of contentious Capitol Hill hearings  ABC NewsWarren and Bessent erupt into shouting match over Trump’s Warsh joke  foxnews.com

‘Melania’ Attains Biggest Critic-Audience Disparity in Rotten Tomatoes History  Rolling Stone‘Melania’: Watching a First Lady Vanish in Plain Sight  The New York TimesMelania Trump documentary shocks at the box office  USA TodayStephen Colbert Says ‘Melania’ Numbers Impressive ‘Until You Realize It’s Less Than 10 Percent of Budget’  Rolling StoneMelania review – Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest  The Guardian

WDH reports flu-related death of Fremont County child  County 10First pediatric flu death of the season reported in NE  KHGIWyoming child dies due to influenza  Oil City NewsFirst pediatric flu-related death reported in Nebraska  KOLN | Nebraska Local News, Weather, Sports | Lincoln, NEDouglas County sees continued high flu activity as Nebraska health officials confirm pediactric death  WOWT

Scientists Tried Drilling Into Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ But the Ice Had Other Plans  GizmodoResearchers face serious obstacles to measuring Antarctica’s fastest-melting glacier  PBSDeep Inside an Antarctic Glacier, a Mission Collapses at Its Final Step  The New York TimesThe ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Could Flood the Earth. Can a 50-Mile Wall Stop It?  The AtlanticThe Melting Continent  The New York Times

Preparing for your second Expedition  ARC RaidersArc Raiders Dev Outlines Expedition Changes After Players Criticized Steep Reward Requirements  IGNEmbark heard your feedback, so finishing Arc Raiders’ second Expedition will be cheaper by the millions  PC GamerARC Raiders’ second character wipe is incoming, and with even greater rewards  NeowinEmbark Studios announces second Expedition for ARC Raiders  GamesBeat

Kyiv’s great freeze  Financial TimesThe Take: How the US left Ukraine exposed to Russia’s winter war  Al JazeeraGreetings from Kyiv, where candles are the last option during wartime blackouts  NPRUkrainians Defy Russia’s Attempts to Freeze Them Into Submission  bloomberg.comRussia’s War by Fire and Ice  Tablet Magazine

Trump officials propose testing a citizenship question amid a push to alter the census  NPRTrump officials push citizenship question in test survey for 2030 census  AxiosCensus Bureau plans to use survey with a citizenship question in its test for 2030, alarming experts  AP NewsAlabama city one of 6 in the country tapped for new Census test  AL.comCensus Bureau plans to use survey with a citizenship question in its test for 2030  livingstonenterprise.net

Famine is threatening more of war-torn Sudan’s Darfur region as an attack in the south kills 22  AP NewsFamine spreads to more towns in Sudan’s Darfur region, hunger experts warn as war rages on  NBC NewsFamine conditions spread to more towns in Sudan’s Darfur, experts warn  Al JazeeraMalnutrition reaches famine levels in two more areas of Sudan’s North Darfur, monitor says  ReutersFamine spreading in Sudan’s Darfur, UN-backed experts warn  The Mountaineer

Qualcomm Rumored To Address Any Overheating Problems With Its Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 This Year, And It Won’t Be Because Of TSMC’s Advanced 2nm Process  WccftechSamsung’s 2027 Powerhouse: Everything We Know About the Galaxy S27 Ultra  Geeky GadgetsQualcomm to Use Samsung’s HPB Tech to Push Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Beyond 5GHz  Android HeadlinesSnapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 launch month could coincide with Apple’s iPhone 18  MSNCustom Qualcomm chip might keep the Galaxy S27 Ultra Exynos-free  SamMobile

How Paris Hilton Invented the Influencer Economy. “I Was Just Living My Life and the Paparazzi Followed My Every Move”  The Hollywood ReporterParis Hilton Jokes That ‘Mother Is Mothering’ as She Struts in Chic Ballgown with Kids Phoenix, 3, and London, 2  People.comParis Hilton Reveals Whether She or Carter Reum Is the Stricter Parent  E! NewsExclusive: Paris Hilton opens up about husband Carter Reum and ‘taking back’ her voice after surviving abuse — ‘I finally feel safe’  HELLO! MagazineMy BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of Paris Hilton’s INFINITE ICON: A VISUAL MEMOIR!  DVDfever.co.uk

Did astronomers see a black hole explode: An ‘impossible’ particle that hit Earth in 2023 may tell us  SpaceDid we just see a black hole explode? Physicists think so—and it could explain (almost) everything  Phys.orgIs There A Link Between Primordial Black Holes, Neutrinos, and Dark Matter?  Universe Today’Impossible’ Particle That Crashed into Earth With 100,000 Times the Energy of the LHC May Actually Be from an Exploding Black Hole  ZME ScienceExploding Black Holes Catalog the Subatomic Universe  AZoQuantum

US man shares clever AirTag trick that Apple never explains when you buy it  supercarblondie.comApple AirTag 2 vs. AirTag: How much better is Apple’s new tracker?  cnn.comApple AirTag (2026) review: Simply better  EngadgetiFixit Shares AirTag 2 Teardown, Here’s What’s New  MacRumorsiFixIt tears down new AirTag, finds 50% louder speaker still 100% easy to disable  9to5Mac

Measles exposure in Milbank, Brookings  KELOLAND.comGrant Co. Man Visits Public Places While Infectious With Measles  yankton.netDepartment of Health warns of potential measles exposure at Brookings wrestling tournament  Madison Daily LeaderControlling the spread of measles: Health experts explain when to test  Dakota News NowPossible measles exposure reported at school district buildings  Yahoo

New map shows weird magnetic anomaly lurking beneath Australia’s Northern Territory  Live ScienceView Full Coverage on Google News

Vladimir Putin to visit China, Kremlin says, as Xi calls for ‘grand plan’ to strengthen ties  NBC NewsXi, Putin hail ties in video call as Ukraine war nears anniversary  ReutersXi calls on China, Russia to grow ties, work for global strategic stability  XinhuaVideoconference with President of China Xi Jinping  en.kremlin.ruPutin and Xi Tout Trade and Political Ties in Video Call  bloomberg.com

The Silent Signs Of Heart Disease All Women Need To Know About  MindBodyGreenMaria College illuminates campus for ‘Go Red’ day  WRGBAsk Dr. Nandi: What are the heart disease warning signs women should look for?  WXYZ Channel 7Join Michelle Mackonochie to make an impact on women’s heart health  WRALWear red, get cake Friday at Tammy’s Diner  State-Journal