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Where Congress stands in the DHS funding battle

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🔥 Explore this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: congress,Donald Trump news,immigration 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: For more political coverage and analysis, subscribe to Here's the Deal, our weekly political newsletter, here. And throughout the political zeitgeist, a big, thick bubble of question is forming: Is this a turning point in Trump 2.0? The killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretty in Minneapolis while pinned down and shot by federal officers has sparked outrage and dominated political thought since it occurred on Saturday. He watches: Minneapolis residents remain skeptical after immigration enforcement leadership change The idea of…

No. 1 for nuns! Niall McLaughlin is one of architecture’s daredevils – and deserving of its highest award Build

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🚀 Discover this trending post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Architecture,The RIBA,Art and design,Culture ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WWhen Niall McLaughlin was shortlisted for the Stirling Prize in 2013, for his design of a stunning jewel-like chapel for a theological college near Oxford, he brought his client with him to the awards ceremony. This was the first (and perhaps the last) time that a group of Anglican nuns had graced such a spectacle.Despite having God on his side, he lost out that year, but was eventually awarded the Stirling Prize in 2022, for the New Library at…

Meta spent $19 billion on VR last year, and 2026 won’t be any better

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💥 Check out this trending post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: Social,Mark Zuckerberg,Meta,metaverse,reality labs,VR 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Earlier this month, Meta laid off 10% of the staff at Reality Labs, its virtual reality unit, laying off up to 1,000 employees. Now, in a development that appears directly related, the company has revealed that the unit lost several billion dollars last year. On Wednesday, Meta's earnings report showed that its beleaguered VR business lost about $19.1 billion in 2025, slightly more than it lost in 2024 (that year, losses hovered around $17.7 billion). The report showed that the unit recorded…

Liverpool 6-0 Qarabag: Can the Champions League save Liverpool’s troubled season?

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🚀 Discover this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Arne Slott fell into the welcoming embrace of the Champions League while Mohamed Salah felt the affection of Anfield Liverpool Enjoy a rare night of rest and joy this season.The Reds' Premier League title defense had chaotic elements, adding to the scrutiny and pressure on Slott after winning the title in his first season.Salah's incendiary outburst at Elland Road in December, when he claimed after his fall that he had been "thrown under the bus" by Slott and Liverpool, added to the atmosphere of unrest…

Sophie Molyneux: Australia have named the all-rounder as Alyssa Healy’s replacement as captain

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🚀 Explore this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Australia has appointed Sophie Molyneux as captain of its women's national team across all formats, replacing the retiring Alyssa Healy.Wicketkeeper Healy announced earlier this month that she will retire from all forms of cricket after the upcoming multi-format series against India.Healy, 35, is not part of the T20 international squad that starts the series, so Molyneux, 28, will coach Australia for the first time in the opening match on February 15.She would then be Healy's deputy for the following one-day internationals and the one-off Test…

Southwest Airlines (LUV) Q4 2025 earnings

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✨ Explore this must-read post from Business News 📖 📂 **Category**: 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: A Southwest Airlines plane stands at gate B33 as its tail catches the sun at Boston Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 22, 2025. Austin Desisto | norphoto | Getty ImagesSouthwest Airlines The airline on Wednesday forecast a 2026 profit increase well above analysts' expectations, as the company overhauls its half-century-old business model to include new money makers like bag fees and seat assignment.The airline expects to earn at least $4 adjusted per share this year, exceeding the $3.19 that analysts expected, according…

In six violent encounters, evidence contradicts Trump immigration officials’ narratives

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🔥 Read this insightful post from Hacker News 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: DHS narratives often contradicted by videos, other evidenceCourt challenges reveal inaccuracies in official statementsDHS remarks after deaths of two U.S. citizens in focusWASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s top immigration officials have repeatedly made statements after violent encounters involving federal agents - including two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens in Minneapolis this month - that were later contradicted by evidence, a Reuters review found.Trump officials quickly painted the two recently shot dead - Renee Good and Alex Pretti - as aggressors and…

Minneapolis sees little change on the streets despite Trump’s suggestion of easing tensions

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🚀 Read this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,immigration enforcement,minneapolis,minnesota,Pam Bondi 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Donald Trump appeared to signal a willingness to ease tensions in Minneapolis after a second deadly shooting by federal immigration agents, but there was little evidence Wednesday of any significant changes after weeks of harsh rhetoric and clashes with protesters. The tension was evident when Trump changed his leadership by sending his top border adviser to Minnesota to take charge of the immigration crackdown. This was followed by seemingly conciliatory statements about the Democratic…

Review of The Puma by Danielle Wells – A profound story of cyclical violence | books

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🔥 Discover this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Books,Fiction,Culture 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WWhen the protagonist of Daniel Wiles's debut novel, Mercia's Take, set in a mining community during the Industrial Revolution, leaves a bag of gold in the basement unprotected and then goes to bed, I actually close the book, trying to stop the unfolding disaster. After finding this stitch of gold, miner Michael dreams that his son can go to school, instead of joining the other children who work in the mine, like "blind, hairless rodents digging themselves for scraps of candlelight." In…

Zuckerberg teases proxy trading tools and major AI rollout in 2026

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🚀 Explore this awesome post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: AI,agentic commerce,earnings,Mark Zuckerberg,Meta ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Mark Zuckerberg says Meta users will start seeing new AI models and products from the company within months. “In 2025, we rebuilt the foundations of our AI program,” Zuckerberg said on a call with investors on Wednesday, referring to the recently restructured AI lab. “Over the coming months, we will begin shipping our new models and products... and I expect us to steadily push the boundaries throughout the new year.” But although Zuckerberg did not provide timelines or specific products, he did highlight…