Israel’s President, Putting Off Decision on Pardon for Netanyahu, Will Push for Plea Deal

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Trans equality gets 2 major wins in court while the EU strikes down Hungary's anti-LGBTQ+ law - LGBTQ Nation

Here are the top stories of the week that you might have missed.

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Legendary musician and megawatt star Prince dies at 57 | April 21, 2016 | HISTORY

Prince, the Grammy Award-winning musician who created more than 30 albums over a 40-year career, is found dead in Pai...

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Mamdani and Obama Lead Preschool Singalong to Promote Free Child Care

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Government Workers Say They’re Getting Inundated With Religion — WIRED

“This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.”

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Judge Again Halts Aboveground Construction on Trump’s Ballroom

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Trump’s ‘Triumphal Arch’ Draws Backlash, Even From an Expert Who Proposed It

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Opinion | Trump Is No Longer the Most Important American

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CIA employees will get AI 'coworkers'—and eventually run teams of AI agents, deputy says

Deputy Director Michael Ellis said the spy agency recently used AI to generate an intelligence report for the first time.

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Put nuclear reactors in space within a few years, White House tells Pentagon

The push follows other Trump-administration efforts to expand nuclear power.

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Sid Krofft, 'H.R. Pufnstuf' creator and children's TV visionary, dies at 96

Sid Krofft has died at age 96. The Canadian-born entertainment wizard teamed with his brother Marty to create 1960s cult favorites like children's TV show “H.R.

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Trump Gives Himself Two Weeks to Invent New Distraction from Epstein Files

“Threatening to annihilate a nation of 90 million people worked for about a day, but now I need to come up with something else,” Trump said.

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RESIST | FIGHT (@resistfight)

REMOVE HIM. 🚨 Rep. Melanie Stansbury is calling for Donald Trump’s removal from the presidency. Period. Human lives are on the line. The real crisis is not that one Democrat finally said it plainly...

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Jeffrey Epstein's New Mexico Ranch Sought Private Military-Grade Communications Network — With Help From a Neighbor

Federal documents, FCC records, and property filings reveal an unusual technical relationship between Zorro Ranch and the adjacent San Cristobal Ranch, established as federal investigators closed in

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Iran War Live Updates: Trump Calls to Wipe Out a ‘Whole Civilization’ as Iranians Reject Threats

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BREAKING: THE PENTAGON'S EXPLANATION OF THE IRAN RESCUE ISN’T ADDING UP. AT ALL.

Competing Narratives, Missing Explanations, and the Questions Washington Doesn’t Want You to Ask: Was the rescue a cover-up for one of the biggest secret military failures in US history?

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Elon Musk's Trillion Dollar Payday: What If Tesla Isn’t Really About Cars?

A speculative look at trillion-dollar incentives, robot soldiers, and the strangest email I ever received

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Trump’s White House ballroom is expected to get approved days after judge's ruling halting work

President Donald Trump's new White House ballroom is expected to get final approval from a key commission.

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BREAKING NEWS: Potential Conflict Emerges in New Mexico Epstein Truth Commission Procurement

The New Mexico official overseeing the Truth Commission’s legal hire has ties to the Texas office sought by the ranch’s current owner.

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Supreme Court could strip citizenship of Florida baby, born to a ‘dreamer’

The justices will hear arguments Wednesday in a case that could determine whether children born in the U.S. to noncitizens have a country to call home.

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Judge halts construction on Trump’s White House ballroom

The planned $400 million project has been a priority for the president.

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Judge rules Trump order eliminating NPR, PBS funding is unconstitutional

A federal judge struck down part of Trump’s order cutting NPR and PBS funding, calling it viewpoint discrimination and a First Amendment violation.

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Former VA EHR executive charged with accepting gifts from government contractors | Federal News Network

VA’s EHR modernization project is one of the largest IT contracts in the federal government. The project has stalled under multiple administrations.

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Jan. 6th Pardoned Patriot To Serve Four Years For Child Pornography

This sure seems to happen a lot.

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Army ‘rebalancing’ effort forces civilians to accept reassignments to avoid layoffs | Federal News Network

Surplus" civilians who decline a "management-directed" reassignment will be terminated.

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Trump administration expands push to hire early-career federal employees | Federal News Network

A new early-career hiring initiative follows a year of sweeping reductions across the federal workforce, which disproportionately affected younger employees.

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Trump administration lawsuit says women’s retreat discriminates against men

The lawsuit signals a historic shift for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, whose chair issued an appeal asking White men to report discrimination.

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ICE Will Be Waiting To Grab Family Members At Marine Corps Graduation

This is just plain cruel.

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