Karoline Leavitt passes Jen Psaki’s entire PolitiFact’s ‘fact-check’ number in two months

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has already surpassed one of her Biden predecessors in total number of PolitiFact fact-checks after just two months in office. On Thursday, PolitiFact issued Leavitt her latest fact-check over her statement, “Tariffs are a tax cut for the American people.” PolitiFact rated it “False” with chief correspondent Louis Jacobson…

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How Trump and Musk built their own reality

The putative president of the United States, Donald Trump, stood on the White House lawn. In his hand, he held a sales pitch for Tesla cars. The most powerful man in America, Elon Musk, attired for a very casual funeral and looking miserable, stood next to Trump. As Trump spoke, promising to buy a Tesla,…

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Google acquires cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion

Wiz is the latest acquisition made to bolster Google’s cloud security provisions — provided the deal gets regulatory approval. | Illustration: The Verge Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has announced its largest-ever acquisition, entering into a deal to buy New York-based cybersecurity firm Wiz, making it a part of its Google Cloud division. This is the…

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Bumble is getting ID verification

Bumble is rolling out optional ID verification, adding badges to the profiles of users who’ve confirmed their identity using government-issued ID cards. It arrives as part of a series of safety updates that include a new Share Date feature intended to let you quickly share your date plans with friends and family. ID verification is…

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‘Bring it on’: Sheriff pushes back after blue state leaders sue to stop immigration enforcement

Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer is calling out the “lunacy” of Democratic leadership in deep blue Washington after state Attorney General Nick Brown launched a lawsuit against one of his colleagues for helping enforce immigration law.   “They honestly feel that they can just run over everybody,” he said, adding, “Bring it on, I’ll fight them.”…

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Why US must assert industrial dominance in light of China-Europe ties

As President Donald Trump has argued, America’s economic security is our national security, whether it’s reshoring jobs in critical industries or promoting robust commerce to create the jobs and technologies that will drive the world economy during this new Golden Age and into the future.  America is already the leader in AI, finance, healthcare, manufacturing,…

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