Year: 2026

Maine shooting and officer’s background raise new questions about ICE’s rapid hiring

Maine shooting and officer’s background raise new questions about ICE’s rapid hiring

๐Ÿ’ฅ Check out this must-read post from PBS News Hour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: ice,ice shooting,immigration and customs enforcement,immigration enforcement,maine ๐Ÿ“Œ **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) โ€” Immigration and Customs Enforcement is rapidly expanding its workforce, hiring thousands of new officers as part of the Trump administration's attempt to ramp up immigrant arrests and deportations. ICE's expanding size โ€” fueled by an infusion of billions of dollars granted by Congress โ€” has raised concerns about the agency's hiring practices and whether officers who are hired receive proper scrutiny. The Department of Homeland Security dismissed these concerns. Relatives of the…
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vercel-labs/deepsec: Deepsec is a security harness for finding vulnerabilities in your codebase powered by coding agents ยท GitHub

vercel-labs/deepsec: Deepsec is a security harness for finding vulnerabilities in your codebase powered by coding agents ยท GitHub

๐Ÿ”ฅ Discover this must-read post from Hacker News ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: ๐Ÿ’ก **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: deepsec an agent-powered vulnerability scanner that you can run in your own infrastructure, optimized to perform on-demand review of all code in existing large-scale repos. deepsec is designed to surface hard-to-find issues that have been lurking in applications for a long time. It is configured to use the best models at maximum thinking levels (tunable via --thinking-level, see docs/models.md), meaning scans can cost thousands or even tens-of-thousands of dollars for large codebases. Our customers have found the cost worth it for how quickly they were…
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WATCH: Mullen holds press conference on election security after Trump’s address to the nation

WATCH: Mullen holds press conference on election security after Trump’s address to the nation

๐Ÿ’ฅ Discover this awesome post from PBS News Hour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: Donald Trump news,Markwayne Mullin,U.S. Department of Homeland Security ๐Ÿ“Œ **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullen discussed election security at the White House complex. Friday's briefing comes on the heels of President Donald Trump's prime-time speech Thursday night, in which he revived lies about voter fraud ahead of the November midterm elections. Watch in the video player above. Trump used a prime-time address to the nation to highlight his years-long campaign to cast doubt on the legitimacy of US elections and dispute his loss in…
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FDA Approves First Oral PCSK9 Inhibitor to Lower LDL Cholesterol in Adults with High Cholesterol

FDA Approves First Oral PCSK9 Inhibitor to Lower LDL Cholesterol in Adults with High Cholesterol

๐Ÿš€ Discover this trending post from Hacker News ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: ๐Ÿ“Œ **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: For Immediate Release: July 17, 2026 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Lipfendra (enlicitide), the first oral inhibitor of proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9), as an adjunct to diet and exercise to reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), or โ€œbadโ€ cholesterol, in adults with hypercholesterolemia, including those with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH).PCSK9 inhibitors have previously been available only as injectable therapies. Lipfendra is administered as a once-daily oral tablet and provides an additional treatment option for adults who require further LDL-C reduction despite existing…
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Lawmakers demand answers after ‘bombshell’ report of shooting of ICE officer in Maine

Lawmakers demand answers after ‘bombshell’ report of shooting of ICE officer in Maine

๐Ÿ”ฅ Read this must-read post from PBS News Hour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: ice shooting,immigration and customs enforcement,maine ๐Ÿ“Œ **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) โ€” Democratic members of Congress are demanding answers about Homeland Security vetting and training for immigration enforcement agents after it was revealed that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer involved in a fatal shooting this week in Maine had a history of mental health issues and violent behavior. David Brouillette, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine, is an Army veteran who has suffered from serious mental health issues…
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AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making โ€” Ludicity

๐Ÿš€ Discover this trending post from Hacker News ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: ๐Ÿ’ก **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: Note: This has been cross-posted to my company's blog, in case you think there is some use in sharing with someone in a format that looks more authoritative. Link here. I strongly believe there are entire companies right now under heavy AI psychosis and itโ€™s impossible to have rational conversations with them about it. I canโ€™t name any specific people because they include personal friends I deeply respect, but I worry about how this plays out. โ€“ Mitchell Hashimoto, of HashiCorp and Ghostty fame Over…
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China warns of tit-for-tat measures after US shortens visas for foreign journalists

China warns of tit-for-tat measures after US shortens visas for foreign journalists

โœจ Discover this awesome post from PBS News Hour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: Chinese journalists,Donald Trump news,immigration โœ… **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) โ€” The Trump administration announced Thursday that it will dramatically reduce visas for foreign journalists in the United States to 240 days, down from years, and cut visas for Chinese journalists to just 90 days, raising concerns about press freedom in the United States and prompting China to warn of possible countermeasures. The rule announced by the Department of Homeland Security will eliminate the โ€œlength of stayโ€ system that allows foreign journalists to stay and work…
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GitHub – stupside/castor ยท GitHub

GitHub – stupside/castor ยท GitHub

โœจ Discover this awesome post from Hacker News ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: โœ… **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: Imagine buying a very nice TV and figuring out it doesn't allow casting from random websites... Then you switch to the longest HDMI cable you can find. Then you start doing screen mirroring: your computer lags, resolution tanks, nothing feels right. Castor is a CLI that extracts video streams from websites, handles format compatibility, and casts to your TV in real time, with optional auto-generated subtitles burned directly into the video. Run castor cast to browse trending titles, search TMDB, inspect posters and metadata, then…
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Trump cites national security to halt offshore wind development. Here’s what you should know

Trump cites national security to halt offshore wind development. Here’s what you should know

๐Ÿš€ Read this insightful post from PBS News Hour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: dough burgum,offshore wind,pete hegseth,secretary of the defense,Secretary of the Interior ๐Ÿ’ก **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: The administration of President Donald Trump has worked to halt the development of offshore wind energy on the grounds that it poses a threat to national security since late last year. It halted work on major projects and bought back leases, citing national security concerns. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said a classified report from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth proves offshore wind poses a threat to national security. This comes against the backdrop…
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Project – transcribe.cpp

๐Ÿš€ Explore this trending post from Hacker News ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: ๐Ÿ’ก **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: I'm super excited to share transcribe.cpp today. transcribe.cpp is a ggml based transcription library which supports all the latest transcription models. Every model published under the handy-computer HF org has been numerically validated and WER tested to match the reference implementation. It's accelerated everywhere. I'm the author and maintainer of Handy. This library grew from the pains of distributing a cross-platform speech-to-text application to many people. This is a v0.1.0 library which means that there are some rough edges which I cannot discover alone! Please…
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