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President Trump pauses aid to Ukraine

Price hikes due to President Donald Trump’s newly-imposed tariffs are likely to impact the grocery store and beyond for Americans. Tonight, the president will address a joint session of Congress (but it’s not the State of the Union). A misidentified dog sparked controversy in the case of a famous actor’s death. 🙋🏼‍♀️ I’m Nicole Fallert, … Read more

SAVE Act would make voting harder for spouses who changed names The SAVE Act aims to keep non-citizens from voting, but also could make it more difficult for married people to cast their vote. At a recent town hall in the exurbs of Atlanta, Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Ga., faced a torrent of criticism from a … Read more

David Lawder and Andrea Shalal  |  Reuters Wall Street closes lower as Trump sets 25% tariffs U.S. stocks tumbled on Monday after President Trump announced sweeping 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, with the Dow dropping almost 1.5%, the S&P 500 shedding more than one-and-three-quarters percent and the Nasdaq spiraling more than 2.6%. WASHINGTON – … Read more

David Lawder and Andrea Shalal  |  Reuters Wall Street closes lower as Trump sets 25% tariffs U.S. stocks tumbled on Monday after President Trump announced sweeping 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, with the Dow dropping almost 1.5%, the S&P 500 shedding more than one-and-three-quarters percent and the Nasdaq spiraling more than 2.6%. WASHINGTON – … Read more

I am not a coder. I can’t write a single line of Python, JavaScript or C++. Except for a brief period in my teenage years when I built websites and tinkered with Flash animations, I’ve never been a software engineer, nor do I harbor ambitions of giving up journalism for a career in the tech … Read more

Amazon’s Alexa is undergoing its biggest overhaul since debuting more than a decade ago. On Wednesday, Amazon said it was giving Alexa a new brain powered by generative artificial intelligence. The update, called Alexa+, is set to make the virtual assistant more conversational and helpful in booking concert tickets, coordinating calendars and suggesting food to … Read more

A picture is worth a thousand words, but you don’t need to type any of them to search the internet these days. Boosted by artificial intelligence, software on your phone can automatically analyze objects live in your camera view or in a photo (or video) to immediately round up a list of search results. And … Read more

  After an hour or so of scrolling through Bluesky the other night, I felt something I haven’t felt on social media in a long time: free. Free from Elon Musk, and his tedious quest to turn X into a right-wing echo chamber where he and his friends are the permanent, inescapable main characters. Free … Read more