Press review · Wednesday, 21 May 2025
21 May 2025
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whitehouse.gov Top stories ·
Another Activist Judge is Protecting Criminal Illegal Immigrant Monsters
It’s another attempt by a far-left activist judge to dictate the foreign policy of the United States — and protect the violent criminal illegal immigrants
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nytimes.com Top stories ·
Trump Administration Wrongly Impounded Infrastructure Aid, Watchdog Finds
The findings appeared to inch the government closer to a constitutional showdown, as President Trump increasingly claims expansive powers over the nation’s purse strings.
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anthropic.com Top stories ·
New capabilities for building agents on the Anthropic API
Today, we're announcing four new capabilities on the Anthropic API that enable developers to build more powerful AI agents: the code execution tool, MCP connector, Files API, and the ability to cache prompts for up to one hour.
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dw.com Top stories ·
Is Trump's new Golden Dome defense system realistic? – DW – 05/22/2025
The "Golden Dome" US missile defense resembles Israel's interceptive Iron Dome system. However, the US plans go much further and seek to include threats from outer space.
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gamespot.com Tech ·
More New Game Pass Titles For May 2025 Include 2024's Best And Day-One Releases
Metaphor ReFantazio, Stalker 2, and To a T lead the second wave of titles coming to Game Pass this month.
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gamespot.com Tech ·
Call Of Duty Season 4 - All The New Black Ops 6 Multiplayer Maps, Including Fan-Favorite Remaster
The next Call of Duty season kicks off very soon, featuring all these new maps.
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fstoppers.com Tech ·
ASUS Unveils the Power-Packed ProArt P16: The Ultimate Laptop for Creative Professionals
ASUS has announced its latest laptop designed for creative professionals, the ProArt P16 (H7606), featuring high-end specifications tailored to the demands of digital artists, video editors, and content creators. The ProArt P16 is powered by the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor with up to 12 cores and 24 threads, paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 GPU. It offers advanced AI capabilities, with an NPU capable of up to 50 TOPS (trillion operations per second), enabling efficient AI workflows such as generative AI tasks and real-time visualizations.
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Bill Would Give Newborns $1,000 in ‘Trump Accounts’
The money would be invested on children’s behalf in the financial markets for them to use once they had grown up.
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Kim Jong-un Vents Fury After Botched Launch of North Korean Destroyer
He vows to punish as criminals those responsible for the failure, in which the ship had its hull torn open and ended up on its side in the water.
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Kennedy and Trump Paint Bleak Picture of U.S. Children as ‘Sickest Generation’
A highly anticipated White House report blames a crisis of chronic illness on ultraprocessed foods, chemical exposures, lifestyle factors and excessive use of prescription drugs, including antidepressants.
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blog.google Tech ·
How well do you know our I/O 2025 announcements?
Take this quiz about Google I/O 2025 to see how well you know what we announced this year at I/O.
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espn.com Top stories ·
Knicks acknowledge they 'let off the gas' late
The Knicks led the Pacers by 14 points with under three minutes to play Wednesday night, but through an array of defensive mistakes and costly turnovers, they lost in overtime to open the Eastern Conference finals.
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NOAA Announces 2025 Hurricane Season Prediction
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is forecasting a range of 13 to 19 total named storms during the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 through November.
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nhl.com Top stories ·
RELEASE: Jeff Blashill Named 42nd Head Coach in Blackhawks History | Chicago Blackhawks
Detroit native joins organization following three seasons as assistant coach for Tampa Bay Lightning
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ft.com Top stories ·
Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ budget is spooking investors
Market unease at the US’s fiscal position is growing
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Bruce Springsteen Releases EP Including Remarks That Angered Trump
After Bruce Springsteen criticized the Trump administration on tour, the president said he should “KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT.” Instead, Mr. Springsteen included his comments on a new release.
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independent.co.uk Top stories ·
Musk, and his money, leaving politics is upsetting both Democrats and Republicans
Billionaire says he has ‘done enough’ but will be missed in Washington by politicians on both sides of the aisle
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npr.org Top stories ·
A Newark air traffic controller on how it felt when systems went dark
An air traffic controller who works the airspace around Newark, N.J. speaks out about what it was like to lose radar and communication systems during a shift, and how the situation got to be so bad.
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bbc.com Top stories ·
It Was Just an Accident review: Jafar Panahi's 'taut revenge thriller' becomes frontrunner to take Cannes' top prize
After years of imprisonment and travel bans in his native Iran, Jafar Panahi returns to Cannes with a furious but funny revenge thriller that could scoop the Palme d'Or.
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newsweek.com Top stories ·
Markets drop after Trump's newly passed bill shakes US bonds: Live updates
Wall Street remained jittery on Thursday after Trump's newly-passed "big, beautiful bill" shook the U.S. bonds market. Follow Newsweek's live blog.
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Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky Were Israeli Embassy Workers Killed in D.C. Shooting
Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky met while working at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, her father said. Mr. Lischinsky had just bought an engagement ring, an official said.
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cordcuttersnews.com Tech ·
Netflix Will Stop Working on Some Amazon Fire TV Devices in June 2025 | Cord Cutters News
Starting June 3, 2025, Netflix will discontinue support for first-generation Amazon Fire TV devices, marking the end of an era for users still relying on these older streaming gadgets. The affected devices include the original Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, and Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote, all of which debuted in 2014 according […]
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ussoccer.com Top stories ·
Pochettino Names 27-Player Roster for Training Camp ahead of June Matches Against Turkey and Switzerland
USA Hosts Turkey in East Hartford on June 7 Nearly One Year Before World Cup Comes to North America; Send-Off for Gold Cup on June 10 in Nashville for USA-Switzerland, presented by Coca Cola
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kuow.org Top stories ·
ICE agents at Seattle courthouse arrest people whose deportation hearings are dismissed
People showing up for hearings at the Seattle Immigration Court this week are facing something new. Federal immigration agents wait in the courthouse hallways to arrest people if their deportation proceedings are dismissed by a judge.
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komonews.com Top stories ·
Washington state budget adds $9B in taxes, raising affordability concerns
With $9 billion in new taxes now part of the new state budget, people in Washington will be paying more for many essentials.
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foxnews.com Top stories ·
Aunt urges convicted murderer to surrender as Orleans Parish jail manhunt continues
Derrick Groves, one of five Orleans Parish jail escapees, urged by his aunt to surrender. Sheriff Hutson suspends re-election campaign amid security concerns.
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npr.org Top stories ·
Senate overrules parliamentarian and votes to undo California EV rule
The Senate parliamentarian advised lawmakers that they couldn't use the Congressional Review Act to revoke California's right to set vehicle standards. But they did it anyway. Expect a legal fight.
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noaa.gov Top stories ·
NOAA predicts above-normal 2025 Atlantic hurricane season
Above-average Atlantic Ocean temperatures set the stage
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npr.org Top stories ·
Judge blocks Trump administration from closing the Education Department
The federal judge also told the administration to reinstate department employees who lost their jobs during the reduction-in-force announced in March.
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A Conversation With Vice President Vance
JD Vance sat down with the Times Opinion columnist Ross Douthat to discuss faith, immigration and the law.
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foxbusiness.com Top stories ·
Walmart to cut about 1,500 corporate jobs
Walmart, the nation's largest private employer, is cutting about 1,500 jobs as it tries to cut overhead costs and streamline operations as economic pressures weigh.
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npr.org Top stories ·
No more pennies: In big change, Treasury will stop minting them
In a cost-cutting move, the Treasury Department will soon stop minting new pennies. The one-cent coins will still be legal tender. There are more than 100 billion pennies in circulation but many are gathering dust in change jars and forgotten pockets.
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venturebeat.com Tech ·
Time Magazine appears to accidentally publish embargoed story confirming new Anthropic model
Someone also appears to have published a full scrape of the Time article online on the news aggregator app Newsbreak.
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abc7.com Top stories ·
2 women arrested for assisting fugitives wanted in New Orleans mass jailbreak
Embattled Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson announced on Wednesday that she is suspending her reelection campaign in the wake of a mass jailbreak.
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Government to press ahead with shorter prison sentence plans
But the justice secretary says she rejects recommendations for earlier releases of the most serious offenders.
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cbsnews.com Top stories ·
Treasury Department set to phase out the penny
The Treasury Department said it placed its final order for penny blanks this month as the U.S. moves to end production of the 1-cent coin.
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droid-life.com Tech ·
Android Auto is Finally Getting Video Streaming Apps and Browsers
We first learned that Gemini would come to cars a week before yesterday’s I/O keynote, but to no one’s surprise, Google had some other news to share this week for its car platforms. For Android Auto users, the biggest news is related to the apps you’ll soon be able to launch... #AndroidAuto #Apps
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techcrunch.com Tech ·
Signal's new Windows update prevents the system from capturing screenshots of chats | TechCrunch
Signal said today that it is updating its Windows app to prevent the system from capturing screenshots, thereby protecting the content that is on display.
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San Diego plane crash live updates: At least one dead and several homes destroyed after small plane crash
Authorities in California say no-one was seriously injured in the residential area but there is "more than one fatality" among the plane passengers.
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Divided Supreme Court Rejects Bid for Religious Charter School in Oklahoma
In a 4-to-4 decision, the court upheld a ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court that blocked the school.
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9to5google.com Tech ·
What are the Gemini app’s free, AI Pro, and AI Ultra limits
Google AI Pro and AI Ultra were announced yesterday, and the company has a table comparing what the limits for the Gemini app are by tier.
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Honor 400 series will get six years of Android updates
The Honor 400 is soon to be announced, but before that, Honor says that it will get a full six years of Android updates.
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Winners of an ‘Exclusive Invitation’ to Dine With Trump Will Gather Tonight
The sale of access to the president to investors in his memecoin has been assailed by Democrats and even some Republicans as unethical.
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cnbc.com Top stories ·
U.S. Treasury yield spike has investors rethinking the rest of the world
Some investors are looking to diversify their fixed income allocation to other parts of the world.
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npr.org Top stories ·
Supreme Court blocks creation of religious charter school in Oklahoma
The court was deadlocked 4-4, which meant a state Supreme Court ruling that declared the school violated the constitutional separation of church and state remained in place.
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abcnews.go.com Top stories ·
Satellite imagery appears to show construction of new aid distribution sites in Gaza
Satellite imagery appears to show construction of new aid distribution sites in Gaza.
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Shop with AI Mode, use AI to buy and try clothes on yourself virtually
Learn more about Google’s new shopping features in AI Mode as well as a new virtual try-on tool that works with personal photos.
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denverpost.com Top stories ·
AT&T acquiring Quantum Fiber from CenturyLink’s owner for $5.75 billion
Lumen has been actively expanding its high-speed fiber network to more homes in metro Denver.
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usatoday.com Top stories ·
Trump's crypto dinner: Black ties, a Chinese billionaire and ethics questions
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economist.com Top stories ·
America is in danger of experiencing an academic brain drain
Other countries may benefit. Science will suffer