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A federal grand jury has once again refused to indict someone arrested as part of President Donald Trump’s crime crackdown, dealing another blow to his handpicked prosecutor Jeanine Pirro. Days after federal prosecutors were unable to secure a felony indictment against Subway sandwich hurler Sean Dunn, a grand jury has declined to indict another D.C. resident whom Pirro’s office had …

An exterior view of the steps and columns of the Rotunda, designed by Thomas Jefferson, at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Trump administration has proposed a new rule to limit international students to fixed periods of entry, making enrolling at U.S. universities more precarious. (Photo Buddy Mays/Getty Images). Getty Images The Trump administration has proposed a new …

India hit by US doubling of tariffs, plans to cushion blow  Reuters India Reels at Trump’s Highest Tariffs Yet  The New York Times Trump makes good on threat to impose 50% tariffs on India imports  CNN How hard will Trump’s 50% tariff hit India, and what is Delhi doing about it?  The Guardian U.S. tariffs take effect on India, threatening $48.2B in exports  NPR Source …

Trump Halts Orsted Wind Project in Another Blow to Industry  Bloomberg.com Trump Administration Orders Work Halted on Wind Farm That Is Nearly Built  The New York Times US orders Orsted to halt offshore wind project, deepening industry woes  Reuters Trump administration orders Revolution Wind to halt work on offshore wind project  WJAR Trump administration halts construction of Revolution Wind project off RI  The Providence Journal …

The ongoing slugfest between tech players racing to get the most intuitive and powerful AI may have just gotten a brief knockout punch. The slammer that landed? A new version of DeepSeek’s increasingly impressive V3.1, which has a whopping 685-billion-parameter system and can deliver about $1.01 per complete coding task, compared to a beginning price of $70 for traditional systems. …

“It’s just very sad, and it’s kind of pointless,” Rader says. “And I think they’re going to look back at it in a couple of years, maybe less, and go, ‘Oh my gosh, what did we do?’” No one I spoke to for this piece thinks NASA is literally going away. For one thing, Congress is pushing back on the …

Jason Momoa made an appearance on the SmartLess podcast, piping in from London to promote his new Apple TV+ series Chief of War. (He is currently in Budapest shooting Dune: Part Three, and was supposed to be in New York, but bad weather put him down in the U.K. for the night.) He regaled the show’s hosts Will Arnett, Jason …

China’s factory output, retail sales growth slump in blow to economy  Reuters China’s growth stumbles in July as retail sales, industrial output miss forecasts  CNBC China’s Economy Slows Broadly Even as Exports Keep Rising  The New York Times China’s Economy Slows Sharply in Ominous Sign for Outlook  Bloomberg.com China’s Economy Shows Signs Of Slowing, Raising Pressure on Beijing  The Wall Street Journal Source link

The Taylor Swift effect has hit Lions training camp after the international superstar mentioned the Detroit quarterback on Jason Kelce’s podcast. Swift and her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, appeared on Jason’s podcast last night. Early on, Swift told a story about how she asked a naive question about football, not realizing Travis and Jason both played offense and did not go …

ANAHEIM, Calif. — In the wake of another bullpen implosion and the midst of the worst extended stretch by these regular-season goliaths in recent memory, the Los Angeles Dodgers officially relinquished their National League West division lead at 9:39 p.m. (PT) Wednesday. Will Smith lined out to center field to end the latest gut punch, a 6-5 loss to the …