Murkowski slams White House pocket rescission proposal Politico Trump moves to unilaterally withhold funds, drawing bipartisan calls of illegality Government Executive The White House’s latest spending power grab slammed as ‘a clear violation of the law’ MSNBC News Trump cancels $4.9B foreign aid, pushes DC death penalty, touts Kim ties Fox News Trump tosses grenade into GOP-Dem shutdown battle with pocket rescissions The Hill Source …
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Trump Bid to Block $4.9 Billion With ‘Pocket Rescission’ Blasted as ‘Authoritarianism 101’
Democracy defenders and members of Congress are condemning US President Donald Trump’s effort to use a “pocket rescission” process to block $4.9 billion in foreign aid as authoritarian and illegal. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Friday shared on social media Trump’s letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) about the move. According to a White House fact …
Read More »What's a pocket rescission, the tool Trump used to cancel $5 billion in foreign aid? – Axios
What’s a pocket rescission, the tool Trump used to cancel $5 billion in foreign aid? Axios Defying Congress, Trump Moves to Cut $4.9 Billion in Foreign Aid The New York Times Trump tries to wrest spending power from Congress as government shutdown looms The Washington Post Collins condemns Trump’s bid to cut foreign aid using ‘pocket rescission’ The Hill White House plans to use …
Read More »Kobo ereaders are swapping out Pocket for Instapaper
Rakuten and Instapaper have announced a new integration that lets you access saved articles on Kobo ereaders. The new feature replaces a similar one Rakuten used to offer for Pocket users, which it was forced to replace after Mozilla decided to shut down the read-it-later service in May 2025. Instapaper on Kobo devices works nearly identically to the way Pocket …
Read More »Kobo replaces Pocket with Instapaper on its e-readers in a free update
A big draw of Kobo e-readers has always been Pocket integration. But, when Mozilla announced in late May that it was shutting down the read-it-later app in July, the Kobo community was left in a bit of a lurch. To the company’s credit, in late July, it announced that it would be replacing Pocket with another stalwart of the scene, …
Read More »Lawyers for parents who claim ChatGPT encouraged their son to kill himself say they will prove OpenAI rushed its chatbot to market to pocket billions
The family of 16-year-old Adam Raine is suing OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, for wrongful death, alleging the company’s popular AI chatbot ChatGPT was responsible for their son’s suicide in April. The lawsuit says over the course of their months-long exchange that began in September 2024, ChatGPT would provide Raine “a step-by-step playbook for ending his life ‘in 5-10 …
Read More »Venture into the Secluded Springs in Pokémon TCG Pocket
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Read More »Pocket pancakes? Brewers selling ballpark flapjacks after Pat Murphy’s viral moment
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers are bringing manager Pat Murphy’s strange eating habits to fans. Murphy went viral in a recent interview for pulling a pancake out of his uniform pocket and taking a bite — sharing the flapjack with the reporter — as he detailed different ways he shoves food into his pockets to snack on in the …
Read More »Plagiarism claims hit Pokémon TCG Pocket as fans say Ho-Oh art was copied
Pokémon fans are accusing the creators of Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket of plagiarism after artwork created by a fan in 2021 was seemingly used for a card in new expansion Wisdom of Sea and Sky. That expansion pack, officially due out Wednesday, allegedly includes a new Immersive Card featuring Legendary Pokémon Ho-Oh which appears to use traced fan art. …
Read More »Plagiarism Concerns Hit Pokémon TCG Pocket Over Ho-Oh Card Art
A Chinese Pokémon fan has noticed that a piece of fan art of Ho-Oh that they say they created appears to have—based on leaks—been mirrored and included in the forthcoming Wisdom of Sea and Sky set, coming to mobile app Pokémon TCG Pocket tomorrow. What’s Coming Out Beyond Pokémon: The Indigo Disk | The Week In Games Obviously no one …
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