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What Happens when AI Makes Things Up?

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Businesses are increasingly employing artificial intelligence (AI) to replace human employees. This has had some unintended consequences as AI bots have been found to make things up. These creations are called “hallucinations” or “confabulations.” At WIRED, Benj Edwards explains how this affected the code-editing company Cursor, writing: On Monday, a developer using the popular AI-powered […]

Could Catholics Get an African Pope?

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Conservative Catholics are pushing for Cardinal Robert Sarah for the next pope. Sarah wouldn’t be the first African pope, but he’d be the first in 1500 years, according to A.R. Hoffman at The New York Sun. Hoffman explains: There has not been a pope from Africa in some 1,500 years. The first of three African […]

Billions Cut at DoD in Just Weeks

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In a message from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, he outlined the billions of dollars in cuts the Trump administration’s DOGE effort has been able to make at the Pentagon in just weeks. Watch: New @DOGE findings, this time it’s $5.1 billion. pic.twitter.com/vHRnDHZSUS — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (@SecDef) April 10, 2025

Delivery Delays Hamper Taiwan’s Defense Buildup

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Kevin Ting-Chen Sun and Howard Shen of War on the Rocks report that Taiwan’s reliance on U.S. arms sales, mandated by the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979, has led to significant delays in its defense modernization. Despite increasing its defense budget, Taiwan struggles with outdated equipment due to chronic delays in U.S. arms deliveries, such […]

JUDGE TO NYC: No, Non-Citizens Can’t Vote

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New York City’s law to allow legal non-citizens to vote in municipal elections went into effect on January 9, 2022, but today, the New York Court of Appeals has ruled that the law is invalid. Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis celebrated the win in a post on X.com, writing: I’m pleased that we prevailed in our final […]

What’s Taking So Long with the 62 Year Old JFK Files?

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Jacob G. Hornburger of the Future of Freedom Foundation wonders why the JFK files haven’t yet been released. He writes: It has now been two months since Donald Trump assumed the presidency. The question naturally arises: Where are those long-secret JFK Records that he repeatedly promised to release to the American people? Or to be […]

Will the Germans Go Nuclear?

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In Foreign Policy, Thorsten Benner explains incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s plan to cover his country in its own nuclear umbrella as the United States leaves the business of protecting Europeans. Benner writes: Scholz’s likely successor, Merz, strikes a very different tone. Before official results had been announced on the night of the Feb. 23 […]

Could Trump Tax University Endowments?

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University endowments currently exist tax-free, but federal budget authors in Congress could change that. Stephen Moore explains in Newsmax, writing: Republicans are searching for ways to “pay for” their tax cuts. Democrats want the rich to pay more tax. Here’s a solution that should make everyone happy. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith […]

MCMAHON: The Dismantling Has Begun

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Secretary of Education Linda McMahon has informed Newsmax that job cuts aimed at 50% of the department’s workforce have already begun. Michael Katz reports: Education Secretary Linda McMahon told Newsmax on Tuesday night that the planned cuts to about 50% of her agency’s workforce began earlier the day with email notices sent to affected employees. […]