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NASA’s SPHEREx Space Telescope Will Seek Life’s Ingredients
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:27:48 +0000
Where is all the water that may form oceans on distant planets and moons? The SPHEREx astrophysics mission will search the galaxy and take stock. Every living organism on Earth needs water to survive, so scientists searching for life outside our solar system, are often guided by the phrase “follow the water.” Scheduled to launch […]
Match ID: 0 Score: 30.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 climate change, 15.00 carbon

World’s largely unprotected peatlands are ticking ‘carbon bomb’, warns study
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 06:00:48 GMT

Bogs and swamps are a colossal carbon store but their continued destruction would blow climate change targets

The world’s peatlands are “dangerously underprotected” despite the colossal amount of climate-heating carbon dioxide already being emitted due to their destruction, a study has warned.

Peatlands occupy just 3% of all land, but contain more carbon than all of the world’s forests. However, farmers and miners are draining the peatlands, releasing so much CO₂ that if they were a country, they would be the fourth biggest polluter in the world after China, the US and India.

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Match ID: 1 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 climate change, 15.00 carbon

NASA Readies Moon Rocket for the Future with Manufacturing Innovation
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:29:43 +0000
NASA’s Artemis campaign will send astronauts, payloads, and science experiments into deep space on NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) super heavy-lift Moon rocket. Starting with Artemis IV, the Orion spacecraft and its astronauts will be joined by other payloads atop an upgraded version of the SLS, called Block 1B. SLS Block 1B will deliver initial […]
Match ID: 2 Score: 15.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 carbon

Webb Maps Full Picture of How Phoenix Galaxy Cluster Forms Stars
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:00:00 +0000
Discovery proves decades-old theory of galaxy feeding cycle. Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have finally solved the mystery of how a massive galaxy cluster is forming stars at such a high rate. The confirmation from Webb builds on more than a decade of studies using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope, […]
Match ID: 3 Score: 15.00 source: science.nasa.gov age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 carbon

Heart Health
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:00:00 +0000
Science in Space: February 2025 February was first proclaimed as American Heart Month in 1964. Since then, its 28 (or 29) days have served as an opportunity to encourage people to focus on their cardiovascular health. The International Space Station serves as a platform for a variety of ongoing research on human health, including how […]
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Lunar Space Station Module Will Journey to US ahead of NASA’s Artemis IV Moon Mission
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 13:50:37 +0000
A key element of the Gateway lunar space station has entered the cleanroom for final installations after completing environmental stress tests.
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qualifiers: 15.00 carbon

When Fires Rage, Millions Turn to Watch Duty. Meet the Guy Who Made It
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Watch Duty proved indispensable during the recent LA wildfires. John Mills, the app’s creator, wants it to be the one place to go for tracking disasters. He just needs all the data to do it.
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qualifiers: 15.00 climate change

‘Even the sound of the water has changed’: can Bogotá bring its wetlands back from the brink?
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 06:00:48 GMT

The marshes in Colombia’s capital are sacred to Indigenous peoples, provide vital wildlife habitats and could help the city adapt to climate change. But after centuries of development they are close to collapse

• Photographs by Antonio Cascio

Early last year, Bogotá faced a prolonged drought, leading to historically low water levels in reservoirs and forcing Colombia’s authorities to impose water rationing. Then, in November, heavy rains triggered widespread flooding, submerging streets, stranding vehicles and disrupting traffic.

People living in neighbourhoods built over wetlands, such as Suba Rincón, suffered a double impact from these extreme events, that served to underscore the city’s vulnerability to deforestation, El Niño and the climate crisis. In these districts people have been left counting the cost of repeated floods.

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25 Years Ago: STS-99, the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:02:22 +0000
On Feb. 11, 2000, space shuttle Endeavour took to the skies on its 14th trip into space on the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). The international STS-99 crew included Commander Kevin Kregel, Pilot Dominic Gorie, and Mission Specialists Gerhard Thiele of Germany representing the European Space Agency, Janet Kavandi, Janice Voss, who served as payload […]
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Ukraine war raised flight emissions by 1% as planes rerouted, study says
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:30:18 +0000
Some 1,100 flights were rerouted daily in 2023 to avoid Russian and Ukrainian airspace, a study found, releasing an estimated 8.2 million more metric tons of carbon.
Match ID: 9 Score: 15.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
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Philippines storm survivors join climate protest outside Shell HQ in London
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:49:15 GMT

Greenpeace protest draws attention to worsening typhoons and demands accountability from major polluters

For two days and two nights, Ronalyn Carbonel and her four children clung to the roof of their home as a huge storm raged around them. With the wind battering her village of Rizal, about 10 miles east of Manila in the Philippines, and water swirling through the rooms below them, they had no choice but to wait, hoping that someone would come to rescue them and hundreds of their neighbours.

“We did not have shelter, we did not have food … we just had to wait for the government for two days,” Carbonel said. “It is not easy, no electricity, no light, we just wait for the sun to rise. The children were scared, we had never experienced anything like this.”

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“The Last of the Nightingales” Tells the Story of How Soundscapes Change After a Fire
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Masha Karpoukhina’s documentary follows a soundscape ecologist who lost everything in a California wildfire.
Match ID: 11 Score: 15.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 15.00 climate change

NASA’s X-59 Turns Up Power, Throttles Through Engine Tests
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 20:36:14 +0000
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took another successful step toward flight with the conclusion of a series of engine performance tests. In preparation for the X-59’s planned first flight this year, NASA and Lockheed Martin successfully completed the aircraft’s engine run tests in January. The engine, a modified F414-GE-100 that powers the aircraft’s flight […]
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NASA Supports GoAERO University Awardees for Emergency Aircraft Prototyping
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 14:54:43 +0000
With support from NASA, the international GoAERO Prize competition recently announced funding for 14 U.S. university teams to build innovative new compact emergency response aircraft.  The teams will develop prototype versions of Emergency Response Flyers, aircraft intended to perform rescue and response missions after disasters and in crisis situations. The flyers must be designed to […]
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The Second Trump Administration Takes Aim at the Climate
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
More than thirty actions and executive orders either boost fossil-fuel production or cripple programs that might reduce fossil-fuel use.
Match ID: 14 Score: 15.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 2 days
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£22bn for 'unproven' green tech could raise bills, MPs warn
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 08:43:23 GMT
The Public Accounts Committee warns the government of gambling public money on carbon capture.
Match ID: 15 Score: 6.43 source: www.bbc.com age: 6 days
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Wind Over Its Wing: NASA’s X-66 Model Tests Airflow
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 21:00:00 +0000
NASA’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator (SFD) project recently concluded wind tunnel tests of its X-66 semi-span model in partnership with Boeing. The model, designed to represent half the aircraft, allows the research team to generate high-quality data about the aerodynamic forces that would affect the actual X-66. Test results will help researchers identify areas where they […]
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NASA Kicks off Testing Campaign for Remotely Piloted Cargo Flights
Tue, 07 Jan 2025 17:21:00 +0000
NASA recently began a series of flight tests with partners to answer an important aviation question: What will it take to integrate remotely piloted or autonomous planes carrying large packages and cargo safely into the U.S. airspace? Researchers tested new technologies in Hollister, California, that are helping to investigate what tools and capabilities are needed […]
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No targets for aviation or farming in UK climate plan
Thu, 30 Jan 2025 20:02:23 GMT
The UK has set an ambitious goal to radically reduce carbon emissions by 2035.
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Climate change made LA fires worse, scientists say
Tue, 28 Jan 2025 22:11:56 GMT
Scientists say the fires that engulfed Los Angeles were made 35% more likely due to climate warming.
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NASA Tests Air Traffic Surveillance Technology Using Its Pilatus PC-12 Aircraft
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 15:58:48 +0000
As air taxis, drones, and other innovative aircraft enter U.S. airspace, systems that communicate an aircraft’s location will be critical to ensure air traffic safety. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires aircraft to communicate their locations to other aircraft and air traffic control in real time using an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system. NASA is […]
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The Arctic: climate change’s great economic opportunity
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:41:08 +0000
An enormous prize is on offer. When might it be grasped?
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NASA Scientists, Engineers Receive Presidential Early Career Awards
Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:25:23 +0000
President Biden has named 19 researchers who contribute to NASA’s mission as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). These recipients are among nearly 400 federally funded researchers receiving the honor.   Established in 1996 by the National Science and Technology Council, the PECASE Award is the highest honor given by […]
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ARMD Solicitations
Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:00:00 +0000
This ARMD solicitations page compiles the opportunities to collaborate with NASA’s aeronautical innovators and/or contribute to their research to enable new and improved air transportation systems. A summary of available opportunities with key dates requiring action are listed first. More information about each opportunity is detailed lower on this page. University Student Research ChallengeProposals for […]
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NASA Small Business Funding Enables Aircraft Inspection by Drone
Mon, 13 Jan 2025 15:50:52 +0000
A small business called Near Earth Autonomy developed a time-saving solution using drones for pre-flight checks of commercial airliners through a NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and a partnership with The Boeing Company. Before commercial airliners are deemed safe to fly before each trip, a pre-flight inspection must be completed. This process can […]
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/23/2024
Tue, 23 Jul 2024 16:00:01 +0000
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): The CFT crew assisted the ISS crew by performing payload activities. They completed the ArgUS 1-1 sub-payloads installation and several Thor-Davis sessions. Payloads: ArgUS 1-1: The ArgUS 1-1 sub-payloads were installed onto the ArgUS Multi Payload Platform and stowed in the NanoRacks Airlock (NRAL). More information about this investigation …
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/15/2024
Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:00:09 +0000
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): Today, the CFT crew assisted the ISS crew by performing a USOS food audit and continuing to complete different payload activities. Payloads: Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR): Fuel Oxidizer Management Assembly (FOMA) Calibration was performed. The upper rack doors were opened, the bottle valves were closed, the pressure in the …
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Greener Is Getting Going
Wed, 19 Jun 2024 15:00:00 +0000
We’ve reached a tipping point where we’ve got a cleaner alternative for most transport. Now we have to commit.
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Why any estimate of the cost of climate change will be flawed
Thu, 30 May 2024 09:51:10 +0000
Temperature fluctuations are unpredictable. Humans are even more so
Match ID: 28 Score: 2.14 source: www.economist.com age: 259 days
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A New Way to See Your Climate Anxiety
Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
The climate crisis has become a mental health crisis. But eco-anxiety isn’t necessarily a pathology.
Match ID: 29 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 388 days
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Global Emissions Could Peak Sooner Than You Think
Wed, 17 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Global deployment of solar and wind power, plus a surge in EV sales, means emissions from fossil-fuel-derived energy will finally hit the downward slope.
Match ID: 30 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 393 days
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Ahrefs vs SEMrush: Which SEO Tool Should You Use?
Tue, 01 Mar 2022 12:16:00 +0000

SEMrush and Ahrefs are among the most popular tools in the SEO industry. Both companies have been in business for years and have thousands of customers per month.

If you're a professional SEO or trying to do digital marketing on your own, at some point you'll likely consider using a tool to help with your efforts. Ahrefs and SEMrush are two names that will likely appear on your shortlist.

In this guide, I'm going to help you learn more about these SEO tools and how to choose the one that's best for your purposes.

What is SEMrush?

SEMrush is a popular SEO tool with a wide range of features—it's the leading competitor research service for online marketers. SEMrush's SEO Keyword Magic tool offers over 20 billion Google-approved keywords, which are constantly updated and it's the largest keyword database.

The program was developed in 2007 as SeoQuake is a small Firefox extension

Features

• Most accurate keyword data: Accurate keyword search volume data is crucial for SEO and PPC campaigns by allowing you to identify what keywords are most likely to bring in big sales from ad clicks. SEMrush constantly updates its databases and provides the most accurate data.
• Largest Keyword database: SEMrush's Keyword Magic Tool now features 20-billion keywords, providing marketers and SEO professionals the largest database of keywords.


• All SEMrush users receive daily ranking data, mobile volume information, and the option to buy additional keywords by default with no additional payment or add-ons needed
• Most accurate position tracking tool: This tool provides all subscribers with basic tracking capabilities, making it suitable for SEO professionals. Plus, the Position Tracking tool provides local-level data to everyone who uses the tool.
• SEO Data Management: SEMrush makes managing your online data easy by allowing you to create visually appealing custom PDF reports, including Branded and White Label reports, report scheduling, and integration with GA, GMB, and GSC.
• Toxic link monitoring and penalty recovery: With SEMrush, you can make a detailed analysis of toxic backlinks, toxic scores, toxic markers, and outreach to those sites.
• Content Optimization and Creation Tools: SEMrush offers content optimization and creation tools that let you create SEO-friendly content. Some features include the SEO Writing Assistant, On-Page SEO Check, er/SEO Content Template, Content Audit, Post Tracking, Brand Monitoring.

Ahrefs

Ahrefs is a leading SEO platform that offers a set of tools to grow your search traffic, research your competitors, and monitor your niche. The company was founded in 2010, and it has become a popular choice among SEO tools. Ahrefs has a keyword index of over 10.3 billion keywords and offers accurate and extensive backlink data updated every 15-30 minutes and it is the world's most extensive backlink index database.

Features

• Backlink alerts data and new keywords: Get an alert when your site is linked to or discussed in blogs, forums, comments, or when new keywords are added to a blog posting about you.
• Intuitive interface: The intuitive design of the widget helps you see the overall health of your website and search engine ranking at a glance.
• Site Explorer: The Site Explorer will give you an in-depth look at your site's search traffic.
• Domain Comparison
• Reports with charts and graphs
• JavaScript rendering and a site audit can identify SEO issues.
• A question explorer that provides well-crafted topic suggestions

Direct Comparisons: Ahrefs vs SEMrush

Now that you know a little more about each tool, let's take a look at how they compare. I'll analyze each tool to see how they differ in interfaces, keyword research resources, rank tracking, and competitor analysis.

User Interface

Ahrefs and SEMrush both offer comprehensive information and quick metrics regarding your website's SEO performance. However, Ahrefs takes a bit more of a hands-on approach to getting your account fully set up, whereas SEMrush's simpler dashboard can give you access to the data you need quickly.

In this section, we provide a brief overview of the elements found on each dashboard and highlight the ease with which you can complete tasks.

AHREFS

The Ahrefs dashboard is less cluttered than that of SEMrush, and its primary menu is at the very top of the page, with a search bar designed only for entering URLs.

Additional features of the Ahrefs platform include:

• You can see analytics from the dashboard, including search engine rankings to domain ratings, referring domains, and backlink
• Jumping from one tool to another is easy. You can use the Keyword Explorer to find a keyword to target and then directly track your ranking with one click.
• The website offers a tooltip helper tool that allows you to hover your mouse over something that isn't clear and get an in-depth explanation.

SEMRUSH

When you log into the SEMrush Tool, you will find four main modules. These include information about your domains, organic keyword analysis, ad keyword, and site traffic.

You'll also find some other options like

• A search bar allows you to enter a domain, keyword, or anything else you wish to explore.
• A menu on the left side of the page provides quick links to relevant information, including marketing insights, projects, keyword analytics, and more.
• The customer support resources located directly within the dashboard can be used to communicate with the support team or to learn about other resources such as webinars and blogs.
• Detailed descriptions of every resource offered. This detail is beneficial for new marketers, who are just starting.

WHO WINS?

Both Ahrefs and SEMrush have user-friendly dashboards, but Ahrefs is less cluttered and easier to navigate. On the other hand, SEMrush offers dozens of extra tools, including access to customer support resources.

When deciding on which dashboard to use, consider what you value in the user interface, and test out both.

Rank Tracking

If you're looking to track your website's search engine ranking, rank tracking features can help. You can also use them to monitor your competitors.

Let's take a look at Ahrefs vs. SEMrush to see which tool does a better job.

Ahrefs

The Ahrefs Rank Tracker is simpler to use. Just type in the domain name and keywords you want to analyze, and it spits out a report showing you the search engine results page (SERP) ranking for each keyword you enter.

Rank Tracker looks at the ranking performance of keywords and compares them with the top rankings for those keywords. Ahrefs also offers:

You'll see metrics that help you understand your visibility, traffic, average position, and keyword difficulty.

It gives you an idea of whether a keyword would be profitable to target or not.

SEMRUSH

SEMRush offers a tool called Position Tracking. This tool is a project tool—you must set it up as a new project. Below are a few of the most popular features of the SEMrush Position Tracking tool:

All subscribers are given regular data updates and mobile search rankings upon subscribing

The platform provides opportunities to track several SERP features, including Local tracking.

Intuitive reports allow you to track statistics for the pages on your website, as well as the keywords used in those pages.

Identify pages that may be competing with each other using the Cannibalization report.

WHO WINS?

Ahrefs is a more user-friendly option. It takes seconds to enter a domain name and keywords. From there, you can quickly decide whether to proceed with that keyword or figure out how to rank better for other keywords.

SEMrush allows you to check your mobile rankings and ranking updates daily, which is something Ahrefs does not offer. SEMrush also offers social media rankings, a tool you won't find within the Ahrefs platform. Both are good which one do you like let me know in the comment.

Keyword Research

Keyword research is closely related to rank tracking, but it's used for deciding which keywords you plan on using for future content rather than those you use now.

When it comes to SEO, keyword research is the most important thing to consider when comparing the two platforms.

AHREFS

The Ahrefs Keyword Explorer provides you with thousands of keyword ideas and filters search results based on the chosen search engine.

Ahrefs supports several features, including:

• It can search multiple keywords in a single search and analyze them together. At SEMrush, you also have this feature in Keyword Overview.
• Ahrefs has a variety of keywords for different search engines, including Google, YouTube, Amazon, Bing, Yahoo, Yandex, and other search engines.
• When you click on a keyword, you can see its search volume and keyword difficulty, but also other keywords related to it, which you didn't use.

SEMRUSH

SEMrush's Keyword Magic Tool has over 20 billion keywords for Google. You can type in any keyword you want, and a list of suggested keywords will appear.

The Keyword Magic Tool also lets you to:

• Show performance metrics by keyword
• Search results are based on both broad and exact keyword matches.
• Show data like search volume, trends, keyword difficulty, and CPC.
• Show the first 100 Google search results for any keyword.
• Identify SERP Features and Questions related to each keyword
• SEMrush has released a new Keyword Gap Tool that uncovers potentially useful keyword opportunities for you, including both paid and organic keywords.

WHO WINS?

Both of these tools offer keyword research features and allow users to break down complicated tasks into something that can be understood by beginners and advanced users alike.

If you're interested in keyword suggestions, SEMrush appears to have more keyword suggestions than Ahrefs does. It also continues to add new features, like the Keyword Gap tool and SERP Questions recommendations.

Competitor Analysis

Both platforms offer competitor analysis tools, eliminating the need to come up with keywords off the top of your head. Each tool is useful for finding keywords that will be useful for your competition so you know they will be valuable to you.

AHREFS

Ahrefs' domain comparison tool lets you compare up to five websites (your website and four competitors) side-by-side.it also shows you how your site is ranked against others with metrics such as backlinks, domain ratings, and more.

Use the Competing Domains section to see a list of your most direct competitors, and explore how many keywords matches your competitors have.

To find more information about your competitor, you can look at the Site Explorer and Content Explorer tools and type in their URL instead of yours.

SEMRUSH

SEMrush provides a variety of insights into your competitors' marketing tactics. The platform enables you to research your competitors effectively. It also offers several resources for competitor analysis including:

Traffic Analytics helps you identify where your audience comes from, how they engage with your site, what devices visitors use to view your site, and how your audiences overlap with other websites.

SEMrush's Organic Research examines your website's major competitors and shows their organic search rankings, keywords they are ranking for, and even if they are ranking for any (SERP) features and more.

The Market Explorer search field allows you to type in a domain and lists websites or articles similar to what you entered. Market Explorer also allows users to perform in-depth data analytics on These companies and markets.

WHO WINS?

SEMrush wins here because it has more tools dedicated to competitor analysis than Ahrefs. However, Ahrefs offers a lot of functionality in this area, too. It takes a combination of both tools to gain an advantage over your competition.

Pricing

Ahrefs

• Lite Monthly: $99/month
• Standard Monthly: $179/month
• Annually Lite: $990/year
• Annually Standard: $1790/year

SEMRUSH

• Pro Plan: $119.95/month
• Guru Plan:$229.95/month
• Business Plan: $449.95/month

Which SEO tool should you choose for digital marketing?

When it comes to keyword data research, you will become confused about which one to choose.

Consider choosing Ahrefs if you

• Like friendly and clean interface
• Searching for simple keyword suggestions

• Want to get more keywords for different search engines like Amazon, Bing, Yahoo, Yandex, Baidu, and more

 

Consider SEMrush if you:

• Want more marketing and SEO features
• Need competitor analysis tool
• Need to keep your backlinks profile clean
• Looking for more keyword suggestions for Google

Both tools are great. Choose the one which meets your requirements and if you have any experience using either Ahrefs or SEMrush let me know in the comment section which works well for you.

 

 

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Private Prison CEO on Trump Deportation Surge: “One of the Most Exciting Periods in My Career”
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 19:09:38 +0000

CoreCivic CEO Damon Hininger could barely contain his excitement about the Laken Riley Act and Trump’s anti-immigration executive orders.

The post Private Prison CEO on Trump Deportation Surge: “One of the Most Exciting Periods in My Career” appeared first on The Intercept.

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DOGE as a National Cyberattack
2025-02-13T12:03:26Z

In the span of just weeks, the US government has experienced what may be the most consequential security breach in its history—not through a sophisticated cyberattack or an act of foreign espionage, but through official orders by a billionaire with a poorly defined government role. And the implications for national security are profound.

First, it was reported that people associated with the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had accessed the US Treasury computer system, giving them the ability to collect data on and potentially control the department’s roughly ...

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Judge blocks Trump from firing head of US agency that investigates corruption
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:55:28 GMT

Ruling reinstates Hampton Dellinger to Office of Special Counsel as president targets bureaucrats with mass layoffs

A judge blocked Donald Trump’s attempt to fire the head of a body that protects whistleblowers and investigates corruption.

Late on Wednesday Judge Amy Berman Jackson reversed the White House order sacking Hampton Dellinger as head of the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), and reinstated him in his post pending a court hearing set for 26 February.

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White House says rulings against Trump come from ‘liberal’ and ‘activist’ judges
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 01:11:17 +0000
The latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.
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What Happens if Trump Defies the Courts
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 23:48:05 +0000
Do judges have the power to enforce their rulings if the executive branch refuses to comply?
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Federal Workers Launch New Lawsuit to Fight DOGE’s Data Access
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 22:13:10 +0000
The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed the complaint on behalf of US federal workers, arguing that DOGE’s data access is illegal and should be cut off.
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Buckingham Palace crash man told by judge he was 'lucky he wasn't shot'
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:01:22 GMT
Johnny Scott drove his VW Polo into the palace's South Centre Gate last March.
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Trump and Musk’s attack on USAid is causing global chaos. Millions of lives are now at risk | Devi Sridhar
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:12:50 GMT

On top of the human cost, the US’s soft power and influence is disappearing. Russia and China will fill the void

Amid the daily troubling news coming from the United States are the ongoing and increasingly damaging efforts by President Donald Trump, supported by secretary of state Marco Rubio and Elon Musk, to shut down the US Agency for International Development (USAid). Musk has called it a “criminal organization” and said that it was “time for it to die”. The agency website is down, so little official information is available. But in the week since funding to the agency was frozen, and the majority of staff placed on leave, thousands of public health and development programmes worldwide have been thrown into turmoil, and now face an uncertain future.

USAid is the main federal agency that works to provide foreign aid assistance to the poorest countries and people in the world. On Friday, a US judge prevented around 2,000 USAid employees from being placed on leave, and ordered the reinstatement of about 500 more. But Trump and Musk appear to want to move forward with a plan that would see its global workforce reduced from about 10,000 staff and contractors, to just over 600.

Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

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Trump’s illegitimate power grab brings US closer to dictatorship
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:00:05 GMT

Experts warn president’s blatant violations of law could upend US government’s system of checks and balances

The deceptively legalistic camouflage rendered the words almost banal – while still clearly communicating their ominous undercurrent.

“Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power,” wrote Vice-President JD Vance, a graduate of Yale law school, on X as he waded into an escalating tug-of-war between his boss, Donald Trump, and the US federal courts.

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Is the assisted dying bill doomed? – Politics Weekly UK
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 05:00:47 GMT

The spotlight was back on the assisted dying bill this week after it was revealed that the requirement for a high court judge to decide on cases was to be scrapped. Those in favour of assisted dying say the change will make it safer, but does it undermine trust in the bill? Gaby Hinsliff, in for John Harris, talks to our deputy political editor, Jessica Elgot, about the changes, and asks Kit Malthouse and Jess Asato – MPs on different sides of the debate – what happens next

• Send your questions and feedback to politicsweeklyuk@theguardian.com

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Musk attacks judge who ruled against Trump
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:11:15 +0000

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Justice Sotomayor says she expects leaders will follow court rulings
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:45:57 +0000
The Supreme Court justice did not mention President Donald Trump, whose top advisers have recently questioned the power of judges to block Trump’s initiatives.
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Judge orders Trump admin to restore CDC and FDA webpages by midnight | Removed pages include guidance and data on HIV, contraceptives, and teen health.
2025-02-12T12:14:05+00:00

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ICE Wants to Know If You’re Posting Negative Things About It Online
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000

ICE wants to hire contractors to monitor social media for threats. Those who criticize the agency could be pulled into the dragnet.

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Share a tip on a break in Spain
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 13:03:28 GMT

Tell us about a lesser known corner of Spain – the best tip wins £200 towards a Coolstays break

Spain is one of the most enduringly popular tourist destinations in Europe, but sometimes that popularity comes at a price – a fact that has been highlighted by recent protests against overtourism in Barcelona and the Balearic islands. But if you’re willing to go a little off the beaten track, there is still much to discover in this fascinating country. We’d love to hear about your favourite finds in Spain, whether it’s a beach cafe serving fresh seafood, a mountain walk or an unsung museum or heritage attraction.

If you have a relevant photo, do send it in – but it’s your words that will be judged for the competition.

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Live updates: Trump teases reciprocal tariffs, to hold news conference with India’s Modi
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:42:21 +0000
The latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.
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McMahon agrees closing Education Department would require Congress to act
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:17:53 +0000

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Pentagon Official: Hegseth’s Campaign to Scrub DEI History Is a “Dumb” Distraction
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 21:18:57 +0000

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is trying to eliminate all Defense Department DEI efforts. It hasn’t been entirely successful.

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How every senator voted on Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:20:17 +0000
The Senate confirmed Tulsi Gabbard, a veteran and former Democratic congresswoman, as director of national intelligence in a 52-48 vote.
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Canada and Mexico tariffs risk inflating US housing crisis, Trump is warned
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:00:25 GMT

Exclusive: Dozens of congressional Democrats urge president to reconsider threatened import duties on US’s two largest trading partners

Pressing ahead with steep tariffs on Canada and Mexico risks exacerbating the US housing crisis and threatening the broader economy, dozens of congressional Democrats have warned Donald Trump.

The US president, after threatening to hit imports from the US’s two biggest trading partners with a 25% tax, is weighing how to proceed after approving a one-month delay.

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Trump Is Bullying Jordan and Egypt to Help in Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza. It Isn’t Working.
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 23:14:46 +0000

Even with Jordan and Egypt refusing to take in expelled Palestinians, Trump is charging on with his real estate development plan.

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Top Republican condemns Elon Musk for ‘supplication’ to China in new book
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 12:23:50 GMT

Exclusive: Tom Cotton, Senate intelligence chair, risks angering key Trump ally with harsh words for ‘tech titans’

In a new book, the Arkansas senator Tom Cotton condemns Elon Musk for “chasing Chinese dollars” and having “shamefully supplicated China’s Communist rulers”, in order to advance his own interests as chief executive of companies including Tesla and SpaceX.

It’s an explosive charge from the Republican chair of the powerful Senate intelligence committee, given that Musk, the world’s richest person, is a major donor and close adviser to Donald Trump, now working at the heart of the president’s administration to slash costs and reshape the federal government.

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UK Is Ordering Apple to Break Its Own Encryption
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The Washington Post is reporting that the UK government has served Apple with a “technical capability notice” as defined by the 2016 Investigatory Powers Act, requiring it to break the Advanced Data Protection encryption in iCloud for the benefit of law enforcement.

This is a big deal, and something we in the security community have worried was coming for a while now.

The law, known by critics as the Snoopers’ Charter, makes it a criminal offense to reveal that the government has even made such a demand. An Apple spokesman declined to comment...

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ACLU Warns DOGE’s ‘Unchecked’ Access Could Violate Federal Law
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 21:43:33 +0000
The ACLU says it stands ready to sue for access to government records that detail DOGE’s access to sensitive personnel data.
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The Capitol Rioters Are Free — But Ed Martin’s Crusade Against Jan. 6 Prosecutors Is Just Getting Started
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 18:59:45 +0000

The Trump minion has said Jan. 6 defendants should get cash reparations and those responsible for the charges should get jail time.

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Global HIV Care Thrown Into Chaos by Trump: “I Will Be Sick and Maybe Die”
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:56:06 +0000

In South Africa, a 36-year-old living with HIV since childhood fears she will lose access to treatment due to Trump’s policy.

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Trump’s Attacks on USAID Spark Fear That Lifesaving Care Will Become “Transactional”
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 21:54:46 +0000

If the State Department takes over USAID, experts fear foreign assistance will stop unless it has a perceived benefit for Trump.

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The Far-Right Group Building a List of Pro-Palestine Activists to Deport
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:22:53 +0000

Betar U.S. said it has shared with the Trump administration a list of the “names of hundreds of terror supporters.”

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US Privacy Snags a Win as Judge Limits Warrantless FBI Searches
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 11:30:00 +0000
Plus: A hacker finds an issue with Cloudflare’s systems that could reveal app users’ rough locations, and the Trump administration puts a wrench in a key cybersecurity investigation.
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Twelve Days in Kobane, Where Syrian Kurds Are Under Attack by Turkey
Mon, 03 Feb 2025 18:26:50 +0000

Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Turkey and its militias have cut off the Kurdish city of Kobane from the rest of Syria.

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The Democratic National Committee Is Undemocratic. That’s by Design.
Sat, 01 Feb 2025 14:43:52 +0000

With the Democratic Party reeling from its losses, the DNC is voting on a new chair. Will it choose to reform its top-down model?

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NASA Kicks off Testing Campaign for Remotely Piloted Cargo Flights
Tue, 07 Jan 2025 17:21:00 +0000
NASA recently began a series of flight tests with partners to answer an important aviation question: What will it take to integrate remotely piloted or autonomous planes carrying large packages and cargo safely into the U.S. airspace? Researchers tested new technologies in Hollister, California, that are helping to investigate what tools and capabilities are needed […]
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Film in Europe is booming, but the gongs and glamour only tell one side of the story | Moritz Pfeifer
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:00:03 GMT

The Berlinale opens today to an industry thriving on EU funds. But where is the money going – and are audiences benefiting too?

European film is booming. Really. In spite of the disruption caused by the pandemic to production and release schedules, film productions on the continent have increased by more than 50% over the past decade. Some of these new films will premiere at the Berlin film festival, which opens today, or Cannes and Venice later in the year. Those who don’t manage to get a slot at the “big three” can still hope for red-carpet treatment: the submission platform FilmFreeway records more than 600 new European film festivals for this year alone.

There is a less shiny flipside to the golden decade of European film, however. Since 2011, the growth in film productions has not been matched by a similar growth in audiences, meaning fewer moviegoers per film. In economics, increasing choices through product differentiation – offering more options to cater to diverse tastes – usually boosts demand. But for European cinema, the increase in production has not translated into more ticket sales. The French director Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez feels like a symptomatic film in this regard, irrespective of the recent controversy around its star’s social media comments. It was a jury-prize winner at Cannes, hyped as an arthouse-to-mainstream crossover hit with a triumphant night at the European film awards – and has mostly left cinemagoers cold.

Moritz Pfeifer is a film critic and research fellow at Leipzig University’s Institute of Economic Policy

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Apple now lets you move purchases between your 25 years of accounts
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:50:52 +0000
Now we can all bring that mandatory U2 album back into our main libraries.
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The whole Icelandic nation in one face: Ragnar Axelsson’s best photograph
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:28:22 GMT

‘Guðjón was kind of angry that day. He was looking for a mink that had been killing his eider ducks. This image opened doors for him, leading to advert and movie work’

I first met Guðjón Þorsteinsson through my work as a photographer for the Icelandic daily newspaper Morgunblaðið. He and his older brother, Óskar, ran a farm above the peninsula of Dyrhólaey, a couple of hours’ drive from Reykjavík. A raging storm had broken lots of power lines so the farm had no electricity. I’d heard the brothers were having to milk their cows by hand and thought I might be able to get a good picture for the paper.

When Guðjón opened the door, he just said: “What do you want?” He wasn’t very friendly, though I sensed this was an act. He invited me in for coffee and I ended up getting the shots I wanted, but after they ran in the paper, someone complained that the cows looked dirty and they were taken away. Feeling it was my fault, I went back to the farm to apologise. Guðjón said: “I’m glad – I didn’t want to milk them anyway.”

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Miss Manners: How do I discuss art with my friends who have bad taste?
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 05:00:00 +0000
Letter writer wants to talk about movies without offending friends with different tastes.
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A Glow of Discovery in the Chill of Sundance
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Three new films stand out at a festival in search of a new home.
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The Art of Film Criticism
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
The New Yorker writers Richard Brody and Justin Chang talk with the senior editor Leo Carey about how they became film critics and what goes into a movie review.
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Most Frequently Asked Questions About NFTs(Non-Fungible Tokens)
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 10:04:00 +0000

 

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are the most popular digital assets today, capturing the attention of cryptocurrency investors, whales and people from around the world. People find it amazing that some users spend thousands or millions of dollars on a single NFT-based image of a monkey or other token, but you can simply take a screenshot for free. So here we share some freuently asked question about NFTs.

1) What is an NFT?

NFT stands for non-fungible  token, which is a cryptographic token on a blockchain with unique identification codes that distinguish it from other tokens. NFTs are unique and not interchangeable, which means no two NFTs are the same. NFTs can be a unique artwork, GIF, Images, videos, Audio album. in-game items, collectibles etc.

2) What is Blockchain?

A blockchain is a distributed digital ledger that allows for the secure storage of data. By recording any kind of information—such as bank account transactions, the ownership of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), or Decentralized Finance (DeFi) smart contracts—in one place, and distributing it to many different computers, blockchains ensure that data can’t be manipulated without everyone in the system being aware.

3) What makes an NFT valuable?

The value of an NFT comes from its ability to be traded freely and securely on the blockchain, which is not possible with other current digital ownership solutionsThe NFT points to its location on the blockchain, but doesn’t necessarily contain the digital property. For example, if you replace one bitcoin with another, you will still have the same thing. If you buy a non-fungible item, such as a movie ticket, it is impossible to replace it with any other movie ticket because each ticket is unique to a specific time and place.

4) How do NFTs work?

One of the unique characteristics of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) is that they can be tokenised to create a digital certificate of ownership that can be bought, sold and traded on the blockchain. 

As with crypto-currency, records of who owns what are stored on a ledger that is maintained by thousands of computers around the world. These records can’t be forged because the whole system operates on an open-source network. 

NFTs also contain smart contracts—small computer programs that run on the blockchain—that give the artist, for example, a cut of any future sale of the token.

5) What’s the connection between NFTs and cryptocurrency?

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) aren't cryptocurrencies, but they do use blockchain technology. Many NFTs are based on Ethereum, where the blockchain serves as a ledger for all the transactions related to said NFT and the properties it represents.5) How to make an NFT?

Anyone can create an NFT. All you need is a digital wallet, some ethereum tokens and a connection to an NFT marketplace where you’ll be able to upload and sell your creations

6) How to validate the authencity of an NFT?

When you purchase a stock in NFT, that purchase is recorded on the blockchain—the bitcoin ledger of transactions—and that entry acts as your proof of ownership.

7) How is an NFT valued? What are the most expensive NFTs?

The value of an NFT varies a lot based on the digital asset up for grabs. People use NFTs to trade and sell digital art, so when creating an NFT, you should consider the popularity of your digital artwork along with historical statistics.

In the year 2021, a digital artist called Pak created an artwork called The Merge. It was sold on the Nifty Gateway NFT market for $91.8 million.

8) Can NFTs be used as an investment?

Non-fungible tokens can be used in investment opportunities. One can purchase an NFT and resell it at a profit. Certain NFT marketplaces let sellers of NFTs keep a percentage of the profits from sales of the assets they create.

9) Will NFTs be the future of art and collectibles?

Many people want to buy NFTs because it lets them support the arts and own something cool from their favorite musicians, brands, and celebrities. NFTs also give artists an opportunity to program in continual royalties if someone buys their work. Galleries see this as a way to reach new buyers interested in art.

10) How do we buy an NFTs?

There are many places to buy digital assets, like opensea and their policies vary. On top shot, for instance, you sign up for a waitlist that can be thousands of people long. When a digital asset goes on sale, you are occasionally chosen to purchase it.

11) Can i mint NFT for free?

To mint an NFT token, you must pay some amount of gas fee to process the transaction on the Etherum blockchain, but you can mint your NFT on a different blockchain called Polygon to avoid paying gas fees. This option is available on OpenSea and this simply denotes that your NFT will only be able to trade using Polygon's blockchain and not Etherum's blockchain. Mintable allows you to mint NFTs for free without paying any gas fees.

12) Do i own an NFT if i screenshot it?

The answer is no. Non-Fungible Tokens are minted on the blockchain using cryptocurrencies such as Etherum, Solana, Polygon, and so on. Once a Non-Fungible Token is minted, the transaction is recorded on the blockchain and the contract or license is awarded to whoever has that Non-Fungible Token in their wallet.

12) Why are people investing so much in NFT?

 Non-fungible tokens have gained the hearts of people around the world, and they have given digital creators the recognition they deserve. One of the remarkable things about non-fungible tokens is that you can take a screenshot of one, but you don’t own it. This is because when a non-fungible token is created, then the transaction is stored on the blockchain, and the license or contract to hold such a token is awarded to the person owning the token in their digital wallet.

You can sell your work and creations by attaching a license to it on the blockchain, where its ownership can be transferred. This lets you get exposure without losing full ownership of your work. Some of the most successful projects include Cryptopunks, Bored Ape Yatch Club NFTs, SandBox, World of Women and so on. These NFT projects have gained popularity globally and are owned by celebrities and other successful entrepreneurs. Owning one of these NFTs gives you an automatic ticket to exclusive business meetings and life-changing connections.

Final Saying

That’s a wrap. Hope you guys found this article enlightening. I just answer some question with my limited knowledge about NFTs. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop them in the comment section below. Also I have a question for you, Is bitcoin an NFTs? let me know in The comment section below

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Here’s What the FDA Label on Your Personal Care Products Means (2025)
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 14:02:00 +0000
FDA-approved, cleared, or just regulated? We break down the jargon on your lotions, potions, and gizmos.
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Best Running Shoes (2025): Asics, Hoka, Nike, On Running
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:03:00 +0000
We clocked thousands of test miles to bring you the best running shoes for every pace, ability, and running goal.
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Top 10 Best PLR(Private Label Rights) Websites | Which One You Should Join in 2022?
Sat, 26 Feb 2022 13:36:00 +0000

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You wanted a hit? LCD Soundsystem’s 20 best songs – ranked!
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:10:22 GMT

With Daft Punk Is Playing at My House turning 20 and a new album being worked on, we select the dance-rock musos’ finest tracks

The most recent LCD Soundsystem single sounded remarkably like a callback to their earliest releases: a minimal backing of rhythm track and synth – playing a riff that recalls their debut single, Losing My Edge – plus a spoken-word vocal that’s alternately creepily stalker-ish and drily funny.

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Suspension Bridge

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Rotary Tool

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Private Prison CEO on Trump Deportation Surge: “One of the Most Exciting Periods in My Career”
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 19:09:38 +0000

CoreCivic CEO Damon Hininger could barely contain his excitement about the Laken Riley Act and Trump’s anti-immigration executive orders.

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Top Republican condemns Elon Musk for ‘supplication’ to China in new book
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 12:23:50 GMT

Exclusive: Tom Cotton, Senate intelligence chair, risks angering key Trump ally with harsh words for ‘tech titans’

In a new book, the Arkansas senator Tom Cotton condemns Elon Musk for “chasing Chinese dollars” and having “shamefully supplicated China’s Communist rulers”, in order to advance his own interests as chief executive of companies including Tesla and SpaceX.

It’s an explosive charge from the Republican chair of the powerful Senate intelligence committee, given that Musk, the world’s richest person, is a major donor and close adviser to Donald Trump, now working at the heart of the president’s administration to slash costs and reshape the federal government.

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How Many Trump Officials Have Taken Money From Qatar?
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 12:02:00 +0000

Oversight laws about foreign influence were already limited. Now the Trump administration is shredding them.

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Pentagon Official: Hegseth’s Campaign to Scrub DEI History Is a “Dumb” Distraction
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 21:18:57 +0000

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is trying to eliminate all Defense Department DEI efforts. It hasn’t been entirely successful.

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Pentagon schools suspend library books for ‘compliance review’ under Trump orders
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 14:00:00 GMT

Revealed: defense department sends memo that it’s reviewing for books ‘related to gender … or discriminatory equity ideology topics’

Tens of thousands of American children studying in Pentagon schools serving US military families have had all access to library books suspended for a week while officials conduct a “compliance review” under Donald Trump’s crackdown on DEI and gender equality.

The Department of Defense circulated a memo to parents on Monday that said that it was examining library books “potentially related to gender ideology or discriminatory equity ideology topics”. The memo, which has been obtained by the Guardian, said that a “small number of items” had been identified and were being kept for “further review”.

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The #Resistance is no more. But a quieter fightback to Trump 2.0 is growing | Jon Allsop
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 13:00:02 GMT

There’s no sign of the mass protests of his first term – but Democrats are building a less flashy politics of opposition

In January 2017, the day after Donald Trump was first inaugurated as US president, hundreds of thousands of protesters descended on Washington for a “Women’s March” that was actually a broader-based vessel for popular rage. Not that the atmosphere was uniformly angry: I covered the march for a US radio network and found pockets of joy among the crowd. “It’s really exciting,” a teenager from New York told me. “It’s democracy in action.”

The march, and parallel events around the country, was emblematic of what came to be known as the #Resistance, a loud liberal movement in opposition to Trump that took the form not only of mass protests, but court fights, adversarial media coverage (and increased consumption thereof) and grassroots organising. The movement made cult figures (not to mention merchandise) of figures seen as standing up for institutions, from the Trump-probing special counsel Robert Mueller to the supreme court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Jon Allsop is a freelance journalist. He writes CJR’s newsletter The Media Today

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Democrats demand answers on Trump administration disbanding election security team
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:30:03 +0000

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Minnesota Democratic Sen. Tina Smith will not run for reelection
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:38:42 +0000

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Canada and Mexico tariffs risk inflating US housing crisis, Trump is warned
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:00:25 GMT

Exclusive: Dozens of congressional Democrats urge president to reconsider threatened import duties on US’s two largest trading partners

Pressing ahead with steep tariffs on Canada and Mexico risks exacerbating the US housing crisis and threatening the broader economy, dozens of congressional Democrats have warned Donald Trump.

The US president, after threatening to hit imports from the US’s two biggest trading partners with a 25% tax, is weighing how to proceed after approving a one-month delay.

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Robert F Kennedy Jr confirmed as US health secretary despite concerns over anti-vaccine views – live
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:38:42 GMT

Vaccine sceptic confirmed after tense debates; Senate judiciary committee advances Kash Patel for FBI director, despite concerns from Democrats

• Robert F Kennedy Jr confirmed as health secretary by Senate

Donald Trump said he plans to unveil reciprocal tariffs on Thursday but gave no other details, Reuters reports.

“Today is the big one: reciprocal tariffs,” Trump wrote on his social media platform.

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Polio survivor Mitch McConnell says he opposed RFK Jr over vaccine views – US politics live
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:38:42 GMT

Vaccine sceptic confirmed after tense debates; Senate judiciary committee advances Kash Patel for FBI director, despite concerns from Democrats

• Robert F Kennedy Jr confirmed as health secretary by Senate

Donald Trump said he plans to unveil reciprocal tariffs on Thursday but gave no other details, Reuters reports.

“Today is the big one: reciprocal tariffs,” Trump wrote on his social media platform.

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How every senator voted on Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:20:17 +0000
The Senate confirmed Tulsi Gabbard, a veteran and former Democratic congresswoman, as director of national intelligence in a 52-48 vote.
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Welcome to the resistance? Mitch McConnell bucks Trump with ‘no’ votes.
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:53:50 +0000
Mitch McConnell is pushing back against President Trump’s most controversial nominees, becoming an unlikely — and sometimes lonely — face of Republican resistance.
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Robert F Kennedy Jr confirmed as health secretary by Senate
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:32:30 GMT

The vaccine skeptic will now lead the US’s vast healthcare system after gaining backing of key Republican senators

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Robert F Kennedy Jr will take control of America’s vast healthcare apparatus, as the Senate voted on Thursday to confirm the controversial anti-vaccine campaigner’s nomination as health secretary.

The Senate voted 52 to 48, with all Republicans other than Kentucky senator Mitch McConnell backing the former environmental lawyer who abandoned his independent presidential bid last year to endorse Donald Trump.

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Reform MP installed solar to cut bills but party calls renewables ‘massive con’
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 14:40:15 GMT

Exclusive: Rupert Lowe recently fitted panels on his farm, it emerges, as Reform claims renewables are more expensive

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The Reform MP Rupert Lowe installed solar panels on his farm to save money on energy bills, despite his party pledging to tax solar energy and claiming renewables are more expensive.

The Nigel Farage-led party has been accused of hypocrisy as Lowe also runs a company that installs batteries for renewables projects, which has described solar energy as a good way to reduce electricity bills.

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Trump’s illegitimate power grab brings US closer to dictatorship
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:00:05 GMT

Experts warn president’s blatant violations of law could upend US government’s system of checks and balances

The deceptively legalistic camouflage rendered the words almost banal – while still clearly communicating their ominous undercurrent.

“Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power,” wrote Vice-President JD Vance, a graduate of Yale law school, on X as he waded into an escalating tug-of-war between his boss, Donald Trump, and the US federal courts.

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Some House Republicans remain skeptical of GOP budget — for now
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 23:05:09 +0000

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Tulsi Gabbard sworn in as Trump’s director of national intelligence
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 21:35:05 +0000
Gabbard, among President Donald Trump’s most controversial nominees, overcame the initial objections of a handful of Republicans skeptical about her qualifications.
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House Democrats call for investigation of Justice Department officials
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:36:34 +0000

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House Democrats target Musk in first DOGE subcommittee hearing
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:55:19 +0000

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House Republicans have introduced their budget proposal. It would, among other things, increase the debt ceiling...
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:01:49 +0000

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), one of the last potential Republican votes of opposition, supported Tulsi Gabbard...
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:50:37 +0000

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Why Are Dems Surprised?
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Democrats struggle to counter Trump’s renewed agenda.

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Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minnesota), who announced Thursday that she won’t seek reelection, said Minnesota Gov. Tim...
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:52:22 +0000

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Ministers stay silent on pledge to ban foie gras as EU talks approach
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:07:05 GMT

Exclusive: Animal rights groups fear veterinary deal aimed at reducing border checks will prevent promised import ban

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Ministers have declined to restate their election pledge to ban the importation of foie gras in response to claims that a proposed “reset” with the EU will make it impossible.

Negotiations with Brussels over a veterinary agreement to reduce the need for border checks on agricultural products are due to start in May with the aim of boosting economic growth.

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DOGE as a National Cyberattack
2025-02-13T12:03:26Z

In the span of just weeks, the US government has experienced what may be the most consequential security breach in its history—not through a sophisticated cyberattack or an act of foreign espionage, but through official orders by a billionaire with a poorly defined government role. And the implications for national security are profound.

First, it was reported that people associated with the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had accessed the US Treasury computer system, giving them the ability to collect data on and potentially control the department’s roughly ...

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The GSA Plans to Sell Hundreds of Its Federal Government Buildings
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 20:56:15 +0000
The General Services Administration, staffed at its upper levels by Elon Musk associates, plans to sell 500-plus buildings—some of which house government agencies and the offices of US senators.
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The Guardian view on spending cuts: behold the grim return of slash-and-burn government | Editorial
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 19:14:02 GMT

Spending public money carefully is a virtue in itself, but running down the public sector can cause huge problems later on

Slash-and-burn government is back in vogue. Whether it is Elon Musk and his engineers taking the axe to US agency spending, the Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, wishing she had her own mini-Musk, or Sir Keir Starmer complaining about the “tepid bath of managed decline”, the complaint is that bureaucracy is bloated and needs to be cut down to size.
We’ve heard such charges before. For some it is ideologically driven: they believe that the state is inherently inefficient and that only businesspeople know how to make money count. For others it is prompted by the expansion of government in response to crises ultimately caused by state undercapacity, not overreach. They were wheeled out in the 2010s, after rich states stepped in to save the banks and prop up the economies. Then came the Covid pandemic, in which rich states stepped in to save employees (through such measures as furlough) and support businesses.

Last time, it was David Cameron’s team who styled themselves as “disruptors” and brought in the businessman Philip Green as an “efficiency guru”. This time it’s Donald Trump. Yet, measured as a proportion of all US workers, the US federal government workforce is smaller than it was just after the second world war, when Mr Trump was born. And shifting its work to costlier private-sector operations has not been a boon.
One of the great parables of the consequences of an outsider hacking away at a complex organisation is contained in a history of Britain’s trashy cable channel, Live TV. The authors, Chris Horrie and Adam Nathan, give a picture of what happened when the lifelong print journalist Kelvin MacKenzie suddenly got to be boss. Not understanding many of the technicalities of television, he would apparently charge into the studio gallery while programmes were going out live and demand staff answer his questions. “Who are you? What do you do? … If you can’t tell me in 20 seconds … you’re out.” If the programme fell off air after they’d been given the boot, he would plead with them to come back.
Even Live TV’s viewers are unlikely to have been gravely distressed by its inadequacies. But government touches everyone’s lives, and in the most serious manner.

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UK should have ‘robust but constructive’ talks with Beijing, says David Lammy – UK politics live
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:30:29 GMT

Foreign secretary says ‘we will discuss issues where the UK and China do not always see eye to eye’ as he meets Wang Yi, Beijing’s foreign affairs minister

Keir Starmer has been forced to cut short a visit to a housing development after a protest by farmers, PA Media reports. PA says:

A group of tractor-driving protesters staged a noisy demonstration as Keir Starmer visited a housing development in Buckinghamshire.

The vehicles could be heard sounding musical horns while the prime minister spoke to workers at the site.

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Referendum needed for Dutton’s call to toughen citizenship-stripping laws, expert says
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 14:00:05 GMT

Constitutional law expert Helen Irving says such a change appears to be a distraction from serious nature of anti-Israeli comments from NSW nurses

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Peter Dutton’s proposal to toughen citizenship-stripping laws in response to comments made by two NSW nurses would probably require a referendum, a constitutional lawyer says.

Both major party leaders have been accused of a “bidding war” on who can look tougher on the issue, with Abul Rizvi, a former senior immigration official, urging politicians not to throw more petrol on the fire amid social tensions.

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Competition watchdog to speed up decisions after UK government pressure
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 13:48:01 GMT

Shake-up to ‘drive growth and investment’ follows ministers’ calls for a more business-friendly regime

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The UK’s competition regulator has pledged to “drive growth and investment” and speed up its decisions after pressure from the government to be more pragmatic and less risk averse in its investigations.

Setting out how she planned to overhaul the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the regulator’s chief executive, Sarah Cardell, said a change of strategic direction was needed after the “operating environment” had changed.

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What Does It Mean to Resist Trump in 2025?
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
“I think the Democrats have worked themselves into a bit of a corner,” the writer Brady Brickner-Wood says. “They’re going to need to soul search in a way that’s not just performative and is consistent with their values.”
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Call it Thatcher’s timebomb: the great council housing selloff, a crisis hidden in plain sight | Aditya Chakrabortty
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 08:00:01 GMT

Her right to buy policy enriched the private sector at taxpayers’ expense. Last year, it sparked another gold rush – and looming calamity for local authorities

Perhaps only England could make its politician of the moment a woman who died more than a decade ago. Yet turn on Channel 4 and watch Margaret Thatcher: the drama. Radio 4 offers Margaret Thatcher: the play, while soon you can enjoy Thatcher: the opera. For those who can’t wait, there’s Thatcher: the news story, as the British media celebrates 50 years this week since she was crowned Tory leader.

Such pieces are reliably more fascinated by how she looked (Shoulder pads! Handbag! Blond halo!) than what she did. So let me tell you a story about one of Thatcher’s deeds that shapes how we live today. Rather than some dusty tale dug out of the archive, it’s unfolding right now. And you won’t have seen it in any other newspaper.

Brent saw a more than 7,000% rise in right-to-buy (RTB) applications in November over the month before; in Lambeth and Camden, it was more than 2,000%, for Southwark, 1,500%.

November’s flood of applications means Lewisham is dealing with more bids this financial year than it received in the previous four years put together, while Hackney is managing the equivalent of more than three years’ worth of would-be buyers.

Islington got 922 RTB applications in November alone, where it would normally expect closer to 200 over an entire year.

With months still left of this financial year, London authorities have together already received 3.5 times the RTB applications they got last year.

Aditya Chakrabortty is a Guardian columnist

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Is the assisted dying bill doomed? – Politics Weekly UK
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 05:00:47 GMT

The spotlight was back on the assisted dying bill this week after it was revealed that the requirement for a high court judge to decide on cases was to be scrapped. Those in favour of assisted dying say the change will make it safer, but does it undermine trust in the bill? Gaby Hinsliff, in for John Harris, talks to our deputy political editor, Jessica Elgot, about the changes, and asks Kit Malthouse and Jess Asato – MPs on different sides of the debate – what happens next

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The Guardian view on Labour and asylum: in retreat from decency | Editorial
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 19:14:20 GMT

Dread of losing voters to Reform UK is driving the government into a familiar political trap

One of Sir Keir Starmer’s first actions on becoming prime minister was to cancel the previous government’s scheme for deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda. It was the right decision for practical and ethical reasons. The Rwanda scheme was an expensive failure that put Britain in breach of international treaty obligations and promised to prolong the trauma of refugees.

Labour’s alternative policy is contained in the border security, asylum and immigration bill that passed its second reading in the Commons this week. The proposed law creates new police powers to disrupt the traffic of small boats smuggling people across the Channel. A new border security command will have powers like those deployed in counter-terrorism operations.

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Former Palantir and Elon Musk Associates Are Taking Over Key Government IT Roles
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:36:09 +0000
The chief information officers of at least three major government agencies have been replaced by Silicon Valley executives, including from Palantir and Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
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The Far-Right Group Building a List of Pro-Palestine Activists to Deport
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:22:53 +0000

Betar U.S. said it has shared with the Trump administration a list of the “names of hundreds of terror supporters.”

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Marco Rubio’s USAID “Humanitarian Waiver” Isn’t Helping Restart Lifesaving Programs
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 18:51:23 +0000

After plunging USAID and its network of contractors into chaos, communications breakdowns and bureaucratic snafus leave projects stalled.

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Live updates: Trump teases reciprocal tariffs, to hold news conference with India’s Modi
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:42:21 +0000
The latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.
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Judge blocks Trump from firing head of US agency that investigates corruption
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:55:28 GMT

Ruling reinstates Hampton Dellinger to Office of Special Counsel as president targets bureaucrats with mass layoffs

A judge blocked Donald Trump’s attempt to fire the head of a body that protects whistleblowers and investigates corruption.

Late on Wednesday Judge Amy Berman Jackson reversed the White House order sacking Hampton Dellinger as head of the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), and reinstated him in his post pending a court hearing set for 26 February.

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McMahon agrees closing Education Department would require Congress to act
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:17:53 +0000

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White House says rulings against Trump come from ‘liberal’ and ‘activist’ judges
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 01:11:17 +0000
The latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.
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Trump Is Bullying Jordan and Egypt to Help in Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza. It Isn’t Working.
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 23:14:46 +0000

Even with Jordan and Egypt refusing to take in expelled Palestinians, Trump is charging on with his real estate development plan.

The post Trump Is Bullying Jordan and Egypt to Help in Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza. It Isn’t Working. appeared first on The Intercept.

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There’s a new player in the PGA Tour-Saudi negotiations: Donald Trump
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:42:21 +0000

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How We’re Keeping Tabs on DOGE
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:21:26 +0000
On this special episode of Uncanny Valley, WIRED’s politics editor and global editorial director catch us up on Elon Musk’s involvement in the Trump administration.
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McMahon says she’s not sure if a Black history class would be allowed
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:20:10 +0000

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Senate confirms Brooke Rollins to be agriculture secretary
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:19:39 +0000

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How arms dealing has compromised Britain’s foreign policy | Letters
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:16:53 GMT

Dr Sam Perlo-Freeman, Paul Bennett, Helen Jones and Laura Harling respond to an article by a former diplomat on the UK’s complicity in war crimes

The testimony of the former Foreign Office policy adviser Mark Smith confirms exactly what the Campaign Against Arms Trade has been arguing for decades – the UK’s arms-export control system is rotten to its core (I saw illegality and complicity with war crimes. That’s why I quit the UK Foreign Office, 9 February). When we successfully took the government to court to stop arming Saudi Arabia, the key legal and moral questions were essentially the same. How could the UK government continue supplying arms in the face of overwhelming evidence of the most horrific crimes being committed against civilians?

What Smith’s evidence shows is that the only way for the Foreign Office to keep doing this is to bully civil servants and diplomats into changing their reports, warning them not to leave any written evidence, or even asking them to “delete correspondence”. There has been a systematic effort to manipulate and suppress the truth.

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Thirteen more oil and gas licences could be cancelled after Rosebank court ruling
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:15:53 GMT

Exclusive: Future of further projects uncertain after Rosebank and Jackdaw licences were found to have been unlawfully granted

Thirteen more oil and gas licences could be cancelled as ministers decide new guidance for fossil fuel extraction after a landmark court case, the Guardian has learned.

The admission that many more licences may ultimately be unlawful comes on the back of cabinet tensions over the future of two major oil and gas fields – Rosebank and Jackdaw – whose licences were last month found to have been unlawfully granted.

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RFK Jr. confirmed, elevating anti-vaccine activist to nation’s top health post
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:13:01 +0000
The Senate held a final vote on whether to approve Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services secretary after a three-month confirmation fight.
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DOGE's Race to the Bottom
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:11:08 +0000
Elon Musk's takeover of US government agencies has happened at remarkable speeds. That's the point.
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Trump and Modi to aim for ‘fair’ U.S.-India trade deal this year
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:04:37 +0000

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Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) survived polio as a child — a bout with the once-deadly disease...
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:01:43 +0000

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State department removes word ‘Tesla’ from $400m US armoured vehicles list
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:57:13 GMT

Earlier procurement forecast had suggested Elon Musk’s company would be a beneficiary of planned purchases

The US Department of State has removed the name of Tesla from a list of planned purchases, after an earlier version of the list said it would spend $400m buying new electric armoured vehicles, even as the carmaker’s boss, Elon Musk, leads efforts to slash government spending under Donald Trump.

A procurement forecast produced by the department showed the $400m (£320m) proposed spending on “armoured Tesla (production units)” in December. The most likely Tesla model was the Cybertruck, the company’s electric pickup, given Musk’s claims that the vehicle is bulletproof.

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Denver schools sue Trump administration over allowing in ICE
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:52:40 +0000

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Trump and Musk launch mass layoffs at several US federal agencies
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:51:27 GMT

Termination notices sent to Department of Education and CFPB as Musk pushes to ‘delete entire agencies’

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Mass layoffs have begun at several US agencies as Donald Trump and Elon Musk launch an unprecedented, large-scale plan to slash the federal workforce with the stated goal of cutting costs and boosting efficiency.

Termination notices were sent to employees at the Department of Education, the Small Business Administration (SBA), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and the General Services Administration (GSA), Reuters first reported on Thursday.

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How every senator voted on RFK Jr. for health secretary
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:48:10 +0000
The Senate voted to confirm Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., former environmental lawyer and anti-vaccine activist, as secretary of health and human services in a 52-48 vote.
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Senate committee advances Kash Patel’s nomination as FBI director
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:35:57 +0000

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“A sicker America”: Senate confirms Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:31:04 +0000
In Senate hearings, Kennedy continued to express anti-vaccine views.
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How senators are voting on Trump’s Cabinet picks
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:30:31 +0000
The Senate is holding hearings and voting on President Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks. Here’s which earned the most bipartisan support.
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Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) just voted against confirming Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the...
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:19:53 +0000

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English dentists ‘walking away’ from NHS work as fees fail to cover costs
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:19:00 GMT

Exclusive: Surgeries having to ‘operate like a charity’ and subsidise NHS work by £332m a year, says BDA

A growing “exodus” of dentists willing to provide care on the NHS threatens to exacerbate the crisis in patients’ access to treatment, the profession’s leaders have said.

Dentists are increasingly stopping doing NHS-funded work because their fees for many procedures do not even cover the costs involved, according to the British Dental Association (BDA).

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Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro sues Trump over federal funding freeze
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:05:20 +0000

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Trump has put security clearances in the spotlight. Here’s what to know.
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:52:10 +0000

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The Senate is scheduled to vote soon on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination as health and...
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:38:26 +0000

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About that mine that DOGE discovered
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:36:58 +0000

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U.S. plan to award $400M vehicle contract removes reference to Musk’s Tesla
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:28:56 +0000
The State Department said it planned to embark on a giant purchase of armored vehicles from Tesla, before the listing was edited to omit any reference to Elon Musk’s company.
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Deposed Kennedy Center chair makes no mention of Trump in statement
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:18:48 +0000

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McMahon, appearing before Senate, backs a divisive Trump schools agenda
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:13:31 +0000

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More than 200 former U.S. officials condemn Trump’s efforts targeting foreign aid
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:02:49 +0000

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Premier League to delay introduction of rules limiting spending on players
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:00:41 GMT

• PSR set to stay in place for clubs next season
• League intends to adopt new squad cost ratio approach

The Premier League is to delay the introduction of financial rules that would limit the amount clubs can spend on players, with profitability and sustainability rules (PSR) set to stay in place for next season.

The league intends to adopt a new squad cost ratio (SCR) approach to spending controls, which would limit clubs to spending a set percentage of their income on player-related costs. SCR rules are operating in shadow form and the league had said it hoped to approve the measures before the end of this season.

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Reeves has ‘dealt with any issues that arise’ from career in retail banking, Starmer says
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 14:46:47 GMT

PM responds to new report claiming chancellor misused expenses and included inaccuracies on her CV

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Rachel Reeves has “dealt with any issues that arise” from her career in retail banking, Keir Starmer has said, after claims the chancellor misused expenses and made inaccuracies on her CV.

Reeves’s career history has been called into question after a BBC investigation revealed the amount of time she worked at the Bank of England was nine months less than she claimed and that her use of expenses while working at Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) was subject to an internal investigation.

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Angela Rayner reportedly told about offensive WhatsApp joke in 2022
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 14:45:40 GMT

Deputy prime minister reportedly told separately by two councillors about lewd messages about her on group

Angela Rayner was told nearly three years ago that the sacked minister Andrew Gwynne had made a “derogatory” joke about her on an offensive WhatsApp group, the Guardian has been told.

The deputy prime minister was told separately by two local councillors about the lewd message about her by Gwynne, her neighbouring MP in Greater Manchester.

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Tracking who Trump is appointing to fill key administration roles
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 14:44:11 +0000
Follow President-elect Trump’s progress filling over 800 positions, among about 1,300 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service.
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Under pressure, Trump exempts military spouses from federal return to office
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 14:43:03 +0000

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President Donald Trump wrote in a Truth Social post that he will hold a news conference...
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 14:21:00 +0000

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Ben Folds, Renée Fleming, Shonda Rhimes step down as Kennedy Center advisers
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 14:02:31 +0000

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Trump takes aim at agencies that police wrongdoing, protect federal workers
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 13:26:23 +0000

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Drivers on Elizabeth line to strike for four days over coming weeks
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 13:14:31 GMT

Members of Aslef union plan action beginning on 27 February in dispute over pay

Train drivers on the Elizabeth line are to strike on four separate days over the coming weeks in a dispute over pay.

Members of the union Aslef will take industrial action on Thursday 27 February, Saturday 1 March, Saturday 8 March and Monday 10 March.

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Senate set to vote on nomination of Brooke Rollins for agriculture secretary
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 13:12:43 +0000

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Trump picks replacement for official who favored putting ‘white men ... in charge’
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 13:00:48 +0000

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Key moments in Trump and Putin’s unpredictable relationship
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:43:43 +0000

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Senate panel holding hearing on Linda McMahon’s nomination as education secretary
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:32:44 +0000

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Dining across the divide: ‘She objected to people coming to the UK who haven’t been invited’
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:30:01 GMT

They disagreed on immigration and the climate crisis – would they be more aligned on sentencing and the death penalty?

Benjamin, 39, Watford

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Analysis: Trump and Musk can’t seem to locate much evidence of fraud
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:20:37 +0000

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Trump and Musk’s attack on USAid is causing global chaos. Millions of lives are now at risk | Devi Sridhar
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:12:50 GMT

On top of the human cost, the US’s soft power and influence is disappearing. Russia and China will fill the void

Amid the daily troubling news coming from the United States are the ongoing and increasingly damaging efforts by President Donald Trump, supported by secretary of state Marco Rubio and Elon Musk, to shut down the US Agency for International Development (USAid). Musk has called it a “criminal organization” and said that it was “time for it to die”. The agency website is down, so little official information is available. But in the week since funding to the agency was frozen, and the majority of staff placed on leave, thousands of public health and development programmes worldwide have been thrown into turmoil, and now face an uncertain future.

USAid is the main federal agency that works to provide foreign aid assistance to the poorest countries and people in the world. On Friday, a US judge prevented around 2,000 USAid employees from being placed on leave, and ordered the reinstatement of about 500 more. But Trump and Musk appear to want to move forward with a plan that would see its global workforce reduced from about 10,000 staff and contractors, to just over 600.

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Controversial deportation flight to India hangs over Modi-Trump meeting
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:59:57 +0000

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House moves forward on reconciliation, while full GOP support remains in doubt
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:47:50 +0000

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Analysis: Trump’s inflation problem
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:30:32 +0000

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RFK Jr. faces confirmation for health and human services Cabinet post
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:15:17 +0000

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Why did Keir Starmer have his voice ‘fixed’? He sounded much better before | Adrian Chiles
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:00:04 GMT

Seven or eight years ago, Starmer was as close as most politicians get to sounding natural and sincere. It’s a shame he messed with that

Our prime minister, it turns out, has had many years of voice coaching. Some of this work apparently happened during lockdown and may or may not have been in breach of the rules then in place. This has been the main talking point, which is a shame, because a far more interesting topic is voice coaching itself.

I’ve had a fair amount of stick about the way I speak, so I don’t feel good about disparaging anyone’s voice. I’ll put it like this: Starmer’s voice isn’t his greatest asset. I wonder what response his voice coach could have got upon telling someone that the way he spoke was down to her. Embarrassed silence? It prompts the question: how bad can his voice have been before?

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Trump and Musk can’t seem to locate much evidence of fraud
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:00:41 +0000
They keep justifying their bold moves as combating fraud, but they have been unable so far to point to much of anything that’s actually fraudulent.
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Musk team kicks off federal layoffs as White House eyes big cuts
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000

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‘No to ethnic cleansing’: over 350 rabbis sign US ad assailing Trump’s Gaza plan
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 10:00:04 GMT

Jewish creatives and activists also sign New York Times ad after US president’s proposal to ‘take over Gaza’

More than 350 rabbis, alongside additional signatories including Jewish creatives and activists, have signed an ad in the New York Times in which they condemn Donald Trump’s proposal for the effective ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza.

The ad, which was signed by rabbis including Sharon Brous, Roly Matalon and Alissa Wise, as well as Jewish creatives and activists including Tony Kushner, Ilana Glazer, Naomi Klein and Joaquin Phoenix, says: “Trump has called for the removal of all Palestinians from Gaza. Jewish people say no to ethnic cleansing!”

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‘Going to be a big one’: category five Tropical Cyclone Zelia and 320km/h winds headed for Western Australia coast
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 09:26:47 GMT

‘Top of the scale’ winds strong enough to take out complete houses, destroy power lines and cause widespread damage and disruption

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Schools, ports and roads have been closed as northern Australia braces for a tropical cyclone that has developed into a destructive category five system bringing ferocious wind gusts up to 320km/h.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia has rapidly intensified since developing off the Western Australian coast and is forecast to be at its most dangerous and powerful when it hits land.

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UK economy grows by 0.1% in unexpected boost for Rachel Reeves
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 08:03:38 GMT

ONS data showing British national output rose in final quarter of 2024 confounds forecasts of 0.1% decline

Britain has avoided a recession after the economy unexpectedly picked up in the final three months of 2024, easing some of the pressure on Rachel Reeves after flatlining during the summer.

Figures from the Office for National Statistics show gross domestic product rose by 0.1% in the fourth quarter of 2024 – after zero growth in the previous three months – to beat the forecasts of City economists and the Bank of England for a decline of 0.1%.

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USAid cuts sow feeling of betrayal among Yazidis, 10 years after IS genocide
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 08:00:02 GMT

Figures who backed rights of religious minorities in first Trump term fall silent as vital work halted on the ground

During the first Trump administration, Mike Pence, the vice-president, pledged hundreds of millions of dollars, mostly through USAid and the state department, to help Christians and other religious minorities who were persecuted by Islamic State and – in the case of the Yazidis – suffered a genocide.

But under the second Trump administration, the same figures who championed the rights of religious minorities have fallen silent or actively participated in the destruction of USAid, cutting crucial aid to support the same communities they once helped – who now feel abandoned by the US.

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Chinese navy accused of ‘unsafe’ manoeuvre after fighter jet allegedly releases flares near RAAF aircraft
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 06:14:06 GMT

Australian defence department also says it has been monitoring three Chinese ships in the Coral Sea

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The defence department has accused the Chinese navy of another “unsafe and unprofessional” incident where flares were allegedly dropped near an Australian aircraft on routine operations in the South China Sea on Tuesday.

Defence also released information about three Chinese ships it has been monitoring in the Coral Sea, to Australia’s north, for several days.

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‘Deeply unfair’: how attorney general became lightning rod for criticism of Starmer
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 06:00:50 GMT

Insiders baffled by attacks on Richard Hermer, which some believe are a proxy for criticism of government’s direction

If, at the end of last year, you had asked Labour insiders to choose Keir Starmer’s defining decision as prime minister, they might have said means testing winter fuel payments or announcing billions in tax rises on business.

Now, however, many believe Starmer’s most consequential move – and the one that will determine the direction of his government – is making his friend and former colleague Richard Hermer attorney general.

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American Airlines CEO meets with Trump, Duffy at the White House
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 01:11:17 +0000

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European powers call for ‘strong security guarantees’ for Ukraine
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 01:09:45 +0000

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Trump has call with Putin, kick-starting bid to end Russia’s war in Ukraine
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:13:41 +0000
President Donald Trump spoke by phone to Russian President Vladimir Putin, breaking a years-long silence between the Oval Office and the Kremlin.
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Musk attacks judge who ruled against Trump
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:11:15 +0000

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DOGE Has Started Gutting a Key US Technology Agency
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 23:52:39 +0000
At least dozens of workers at the Technology Transformation Service were fired on Wednesday, a day after similar sudden cuts at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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President Donald Trump said Ukraine was unlikely to join NATO as part of a peace deal,...
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:28:26 +0000

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At the swearing-in of Tulsi Gabbard as the director of national intelligence, President Donald Trump told...
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 21:59:46 +0000

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Trump praises Jordan’s king as anger builds over U.S. Gaza plan
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 21:58:21 +0000

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he wanted the Department of Education to be “closed immediately.”
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 21:57:46 +0000

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Fact Checker: Trump says DOGE found ‘tens of billions’ in savings. Not even close.
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 21:53:33 +0000

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President Donald Trump said Wednesday that it’s unlikely Ukraine will return to its 2014 borders, appearing...
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The battle over USAID
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 21:32:06 +0000
Today on “Post Reports,” how USAID entered President Donald Trump’s crosshairs. And, how his freeze on foreign aid has affected vulnerable people around the world.
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Trump appoints loyalists to Kennedy Center board
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 21:28:33 +0000

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Vance boosts AI industry in France as Trump embraces the ‘broligarchy’
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 21:26:35 +0000
The White House’s recent pro-tech agenda highlights the gap between Trump’s populist rhetoric on the campaign trail and the policies he’s pursuing in office.
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ACLU sues over access to detained immigrants at Guantánamo Bay
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 21:23:22 +0000

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Revenge of the Covid Conspiracy Theorists
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 21:16:09 +0000
After years of GOP attacks on US health agencies, Trump appointees are poised to bring Covid-19 conspiracies to their leadership of US agencies. Federal workers are scared of what comes next.
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Trump’s Cabinet nomination process so far
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 21:10:15 +0000

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Gabbard sworn in as Trump’s director of national intelligence
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 21:09:14 +0000

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Trump says DOGE found ‘tens of billions’ in savings. Not even close.
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 20:55:35 +0000
The DOGE social media account claims only about $2 billion, with another $4 billion from cutting medical research funds.
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Trump names oil and gas advocate to lead agency that manages federal lands
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 20:46:56 GMT

Kathleen Sgamma to oversee Bureau of Land Management, agency that manages quarter-billion acres of public land

Donald Trump has nominated a longtime oil and gas industry representative to oversee an agency that manages a quarter-billion acres of public land concentrated in western states.

Kathleen Sgamma, president of the Colorado-based oil industry trade group Western Energy Alliance, was named Bureau of Land Management director, a position with wide influence over lands used for energy production, grazing, recreation and other purposes. An MIT graduate, Sgamma has been a leading voice for the fossil fuel industry, calling for fewer drilling restrictions on public lands that produce about 10% of US oil and gas.

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How RFK Jr., once a long shot, arrived at the precipice of Trump’s Cabinet
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 20:37:51 +0000
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. forged an alliance last year with then-candidate Donald Trump and then benefited from the GOP Senate’s acquiescence to President Trump’s demands.
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At daily threats meeting for Justice and FBI, veteran staff are absent
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 20:36:29 +0000

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House budget resolution could add over $3 trillion to national debt
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 20:32:46 +0000

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Trump says call with Ukrainian President Zelensky ‘went very well’
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 20:14:19 +0000

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New Kennedy Center board elects Trump as chair. Rutter departs as president.
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 19:47:51 +0000

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Leavitt defends White House decision to ban AP reporter over use of Gulf of Mexico
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 19:46:18 +0000

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Hegseth calls Ukraine’s peace goals ‘unrealistic’ in meeting with allies
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 19:30:54 +0000
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said any deal must come with international oversight between Russian and Ukrainian forces, and no NATO membership for Ukraine.
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The many foes Trump and Co. have targeted — and friends they’ve rewarded
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 19:29:22 +0000
The self-serving pattern of Trump’s norm-shattering early actions is unmistakable.
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White House: Trump has ‘tasked’ Arab countries with a peace plan
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 19:23:05 +0000

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White House confirms ‘safe release’ of American and two others from Belarus
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 19:18:13 +0000

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said during Wednesday’s news briefing that the United States views...
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 19:15:35 +0000

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Leavitt defends Musk: ‘He takes directive directly from the president’
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 19:15:37 +0000

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Case tracker: See Trump’s wins and losses in court
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 19:12:22 +0000

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Trump’s ex-lawyer won’t commit to recusing from matters tied to the president’s past cases
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:57:31 +0000

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Leavitt says Trump will decide if Musk has conflict of interest
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:57:08 +0000

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt wouldn’t say whether President Donald Trump believes Ukraine should become...
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:55:41 +0000

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt pinned the rise of consumer prices and worsening inflation on...
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:37:34 +0000

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Trump’s former lawyer bristles at questions over his ability to say no to the president
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:33:39 +0000

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt address said that President Donald Trump spoke with Ukraine President...
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:29:45 +0000

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Tulsi Gabbard was confirmed as director of national intelligence Wednesday in a narrow 52-48 Senate vote,...
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:52:51 +0000

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RFK Jr. moves closer to top health post after clearing key Senate vote
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:36:26 +0000

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Trump says he, Putin agreed to visit each other’s nations during call
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:26:58 +0000

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Tulsi Gabbard confirmed as Trump’s director of national intelligence
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:56:09 +0000

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McConnell sets a pattern with vote against Gabbard
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:55:58 +0000

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NIH deputy director Lawrence Tabak retires
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:48:07 +0000

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Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) voted no on Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination to serve as President Donald Trump’s...
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:46:36 +0000

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Schumer takes aim an Trump on inflation during floor speech
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:45:59 +0000

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Justice Sotomayor says she expects leaders will follow court rulings
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:45:57 +0000
The Supreme Court justice did not mention President Donald Trump, whose top advisers have recently questioned the power of judges to block Trump’s initiatives.
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Uline turned to Mexico to staff warehouses, but paid them a fraction of US workers, sources say
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:00:24 GMT

At company owned by a Trump mega-donor, workers brought from Mexico earned per day about the same as their US counterparts were paid by the hour

Uline, a Wisconsin-based office supply company owned by one of Donald Trump’s biggest financial backers, paid workers it brought from Mexico to work at its US warehouses just a fraction of what their US counterparts were paid, according to four sources who spoke to the Guardian.

The workers from Mexico earned per day about the same as their US counterparts were paid by the hour, according to the American and Mexican sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of nervousness about speaking out publicly against the company. One pay stub, which was seen by the Guardian, showed that a Mexican worker was paid about $38 per day, plus a weekly bonus of about $225 before taxes. Separately, they were also paid daily food expenses.

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Dozens of CFPB Workers Fired in After-Hours Blitz
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 03:41:25 +0000
Some affected employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were notified with an email that addressed them as [EmployeeFirstName][EmployeeLastName], [Job Title], [Division].
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Federal Workers Launch New Lawsuit to Fight DOGE’s Data Access
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 22:13:10 +0000
The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed the complaint on behalf of US federal workers, arguing that DOGE’s data access is illegal and should be cut off.
Match ID: 149 Score: 30.00 source: www.wired.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 30.00 politics

ICE Wants to Know If You’re Posting Negative Things About It Online
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000

ICE wants to hire contractors to monitor social media for threats. Those who criticize the agency could be pulled into the dragnet.

The post ICE Wants to Know If You’re Posting Negative Things About It Online appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 150 Score: 30.00 source: theintercept.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive, 15.00 constitution

Gaza Protester Who Interrupted Kendrick Lamar Super Bowl Halftime Show Speaks Out
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 19:16:22 +0000

“Are you going to be a coward?” Zül-Qarnain Nantambu asked himself before taking the field for Kendrick Lamar’s show. “Are you going to take a stand?”

The post Gaza Protester Who Interrupted Kendrick Lamar Super Bowl Halftime Show Speaks Out appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 151 Score: 30.00 source: theintercept.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 30.00 politics

US Funding Cuts Are Helping Criminals Get Away With Child Abuse and Human Trafficking
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 17:47:24 +0000
Services supporting victims of online child exploitation and trafficking around the world have faced USAID and State Department cuts—and children are suffering as a result, sources tell WIRED.
Match ID: 152 Score: 25.71 source: www.wired.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 25.71 politics

Driver who hit union rally in ‘suspected attack’ in Munich is Afghan asylum seeker, police say
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:32:42 GMT

Children among at least 28 hurt as incident expected to inflame tensions ahead of this month’s election

A 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker has driven a car into a trade union demonstration in Munich, injuring at least 28 people, German police have said, in a suspected attack that is expected to inflame tensions before this month’s election.

The car, a Mini Cooper, accelerated and ploughed into people at the back of a rally by the Verdi union at about 10.30am during a strike by public sector workers. Employees of daycare centres, hospitals, sanitation facilities and public swimming pools had joined the work stoppage calling for higher pay and longer holidays. More than 1,000 people were reportedly at the scene.

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Match ID: 153 Score: 25.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 25.00 election

Khaled Sabsabi dropped as Australia’s representative to Venice Biennale
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 14:15:07 GMT

Amid political pressure, Creative Australia says deselecting the Lebanese-born artist will avoid ‘divisive debate’

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Khaled Sabsabi, the western Sydney artist who fled Lebanon’s civil war as a child, has been dropped from representing Australia at the 61st Venice Biennale – just five days after being selected to do so.

Sabsabi selection for the 2026 showcase had caused controversy due to some of the artist’s previous works, including a 2007 depiction of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was assassinated last year, and a 2006 video rendering of the 9/11 attacks called Thank You Very Much. Shortly after the announcement, Sabsabi admitted to being shocked at being chosen, telling the Guardian: “I felt that, in this time and in this space, this wouldn’t happen because of who I am.”

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Match ID: 154 Score: 25.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 25.00 election

‘There is fear of what lies ahead’: Germans divided as snap election looms
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 05:00:46 GMT

Voters share which party they are backing on key issues from immigration to economic stagnation amid a fractured political landscape

“I live in Germany’s oldest city, founded by the Romans over 2,000 years ago,” said Gregor, 59, from Trier, a town of about 110,000 inhabitants in the country’s affluent south-west and part of the world-renowned Moselle valley wine region. A short driving distance away from the borders of Luxembourg, Belgium, France and the Netherlands, Trier is often described as being “in the heart of Europe”.

“When I walk the dog,” Gregor said, “I see old people looking for food in rubbish bins. It hurts me. Twenty years ago, I never saw anything like this.”

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Match ID: 155 Score: 25.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 25.00 election

Wife of Valor
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Liana Finck illustrates a selection from the Old Testament, which she sang as a child.
Match ID: 156 Score: 25.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 25.00 election

Vitamix Promo Codes and Deals: $150 Off Select Blenders
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 06:00:00 +0000
Score discounts on blenders, food processors, immersion blenders, and more with our selection of Vitamix coupons and deals.
Match ID: 157 Score: 25.00 source: www.wired.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 25.00 election

What Happens if Trump Defies the Courts
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 23:48:05 +0000
Do judges have the power to enforce their rulings if the executive branch refuses to comply?
Match ID: 158 Score: 25.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 15.00 executive, 10.00 congress

12 wines under $25 to enjoy all winter long
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 18:00:47 +0000
A curated selection of 12 wines worth stocking up on this winter, and beyond.
Match ID: 159 Score: 25.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 25.00 election

Global HIV Care Thrown Into Chaos by Trump: “I Will Be Sick and Maybe Die”
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:56:06 +0000

In South Africa, a 36-year-old living with HIV since childhood fears she will lose access to treatment due to Trump’s policy.

The post Global HIV Care Thrown Into Chaos by Trump: “I Will Be Sick and Maybe Die” appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 160 Score: 23.57 source: theintercept.com age: 6 days
qualifiers: 12.86 republican, 6.43 executive, 4.29 congress

Trump’s Attacks on USAID Spark Fear That Lifesaving Care Will Become “Transactional”
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 21:54:46 +0000

If the State Department takes over USAID, experts fear foreign assistance will stop unless it has a perceived benefit for Trump.

The post Trump’s Attacks on USAID Spark Fear That Lifesaving Care Will Become “Transactional” appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 161 Score: 23.57 source: theintercept.com age: 6 days
qualifiers: 12.86 politics, 6.43 executive, 4.29 congress

ACLU Warns DOGE’s ‘Unchecked’ Access Could Violate Federal Law
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 21:43:33 +0000
The ACLU says it stands ready to sue for access to government records that detail DOGE’s access to sensitive personnel data.
Match ID: 162 Score: 22.86 source: www.wired.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 17.14 politics, 5.71 congress

The Democratic National Committee Is Undemocratic. That’s by Design.
Sat, 01 Feb 2025 14:43:52 +0000

With the Democratic Party reeling from its losses, the DNC is voting on a new chair. Will it choose to reform its top-down model?

The post The Democratic National Committee Is Undemocratic. That’s by Design. appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 163 Score: 22.14 source: theintercept.com age: 12 days
qualifiers: 4.29 republican, 4.29 politics, 4.29 democrat, 3.57 election, 2.14 executive, 2.14 elections, 1.43 congress

Scientific breakthroughs are hard without money for research infrastructure
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:45:47 +0000
America may not maintain its position as a global leader in biomedical research.
Match ID: 164 Score: 20.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 20.00 federal government

Elon Musk’s A.I.-Fuelled War on Human Agency
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Musk seeks not only to dismantle the federal government but to install his own technological vision of the future at its heart—techno-fascism by chatbot.
Match ID: 165 Score: 20.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 20.00 federal government

“You Don’t Own Gaza, Donald Trump”: Palestinians Vow to Remain and Rebuild
Sat, 08 Feb 2025 11:20:00 +0000

Palestinians from Gaza responded with outrage to Trump’s proposal to expel them from their homes.

The post “You Don’t Own Gaza, Donald Trump”: Palestinians Vow to Remain and Rebuild appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 166 Score: 17.14 source: theintercept.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 17.14 politics

The Capitol Rioters Are Free — But Ed Martin’s Crusade Against Jan. 6 Prosecutors Is Just Getting Started
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 18:59:45 +0000

The Trump minion has said Jan. 6 defendants should get cash reparations and those responsible for the charges should get jail time.

The post The Capitol Rioters Are Free — But Ed Martin’s Crusade Against Jan. 6 Prosecutors Is Just Getting Started appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 167 Score: 17.14 source: theintercept.com age: 8 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 4.29 democrat, 3.57 election, 2.86 federal government, 2.14 executive

Citing too much “bureaucracy,” Blue Origin to cut 10 percent of its workforce
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:41:21 +0000
"We grew and hired incredibly fast in the last few years."
Match ID: 168 Score: 15.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

Pay of Barclays CEO more than doubles to £10.5m as profits soar
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:24:08 GMT

Other top performers at group share £1.9bn bonus pool while 90,000 employees awarded £500 each in shares

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The pay of Barclays’ chief executive has more than doubled to £10.5m, as a rebound in investment banking and steady interest rates helped push the UK bank’s annual profits up by almost a quarter.

CS Venkatakrishnan’s payout rose from £4.6m a year earlier in 2023 and is the highest package paid to a Barclays CEO in a single year since Bob Diamond’s controversial £17m pay package in 2011.

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Match ID: 169 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

Escaped Alone and What If If Only review – Caryl Churchill’s double whammy of dazzling dread
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 13:27:58 GMT

Royal Exchange theatre, Manchester
Hiding behind the fluttering dialogue and domestic chatter lies a dark poetry in a pair of plays that address terrifying futures head on

Last month, wildfires ravaged southern California, President Trump issued executive orders on gender diversity and Storm Éowyn brought 100mph winds to the UK. Could any play be more timely than Caryl Churchill’s Escaped Alone, with its apocalyptic visions of raging fires, a God who punishes gender dysphoria and a wind that “turned heads inside out”?

First seen in 2016, this startling chamber piece juxtaposes the inconsequential chitchat of four retired women with alarming descriptions of planetary destruction. Structured like a string quartet in which fluttering exchanges alternate with soulful solos, it is sometimes a leisurely free association, ranging from antiques to cats, soap opera to superpowers, and sometimes a terrifying catalogue of rising waters, miscarriages and societal collapse.

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Match ID: 170 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

Tarkowski cracker unleashes Merseyside derby chaos: Football Weekly Extra - podcast
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:35:32 GMT

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, John Brewin, Archie Rhind-Tutt and Ewan Murray as Everton earn a dramatic point against Liverpool at Goodison Park

Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.

On the podcast today: Goodison Park’s final Merseyside derby is a classic. What a moment for Everton fans as James Tarkowski wallops home an equalising screamer in the 98th minute. Then the scenes afterwards, with Curtis Jones, Abdoulaye Doucouré and Arne Slot among those sent off.

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Match ID: 171 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

Rogue states could use AI to do ‘real harm’, warns ex-Google CEO
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:02:50 GMT

Eric Schmidt fears terrorist groups or countries such as North Korea, Iran or Russia may use AI to develop weapons

Google’s former chief executive has warned that artificial intelligence could be used by rogue states such as North Korea, Iran and Russia to “harm innocent people”.

Eric Schmidt, who held senior posts at Google from 2001 to 2017, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that those countries and terrorists could adopt and misuse the technology to develop weapons to create “a bad biological attack from some evil person”.

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Match ID: 172 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

‘A fight for our lives’: Trump’s USAid freeze is harming millions of women and girls
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 10:00:03 GMT

A 90-day stop-work order means many clinics around the world will shut and vital care will be withheld

International health organizations have warned that Donald Trump’s push to dismantle US foreign aid and orders barring diversity, equity and inclusion are destroying programs that once provided healthcare to millions of women and girls worldwide.

Providers said a 90-day stop-work order imposed by the Department of State to “review” contracts for compliance with the new administration’s orders means many clinics, which operate on shoestring budgets, will never reopen – pausing services for everything from cervical cancer screenings to HIV treatment to the removal of intrauterine contraceptive devices.

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Match ID: 173 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

What is ‘mirror life’ and why are scientists sounding the alarm? – podcast
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 05:00:47 GMT

Recently, a group of world-leading scientists called for a halt on research to create ‘mirror life’ microbes amid concerns that the synthetic organisms would present an ‘unprecedented risk’ to life on Earth. Ian Sample tells Madeleine Finlay about why this work initially seemed exciting for scientists and what the risks of it continuing could be. And Kate Adamala, assistant professor of genetics, cell biology and development at the University of Minnesota, describes what made her change her mind about pursuing her own research on mirror cells

‘Unprecedented risk’ to life on Earth: Scientists call for halt on ‘mirror life’ microbe research

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Match ID: 174 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

What Trump’s assault on USAid means for the world – podcast
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 03:00:44 GMT

What will the world look like without US foreign assistance? Nesrine Malik reports

“My community, living here in the refugee camp, is already vulnerable,” Sahat Zia tells Lucy Hough. “I’m very concerned, especially for the children and the women.”

Sahat is a Rohingya activist and photographer based in Kutupalong refugee camp, Bangladesh. Hearing Donald Trump’s decision to cut USAid came as a shock to Sahat. US foreign assistance is a lifeline for the many thousands of people in the camp, providing access to food, education and healthcare.

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Match ID: 175 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

The Second Trump Administration Takes Aim at the Climate
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
More than thirty actions and executive orders either boost fossil-fuel production or cripple programs that might reduce fossil-fuel use.
Match ID: 176 Score: 15.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 15.00 executive

Modi’s BJP poised to win Delhi state elections for first time in 27 years, exit polls show
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 03:09:37 GMT

‘Poll of polls’ gives prime minister’s Bharatiya Janata party a majority in the Delhi assembly, which would oust the reformist Aam Aadmi party (AAP)

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s party appears poised to win Delhi state elections, a victory that would end a 27-year drought, according to voter exit polls.

If the projections hold, the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) is set to end the reformist Aam Aadmi party’s (AAP) nearly decade-long rule in the national capital region and reclaim the Delhi assembly.

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Match ID: 177 Score: 11.43 source: www.theguardian.com age: 7 days
qualifiers: 7.14 election, 4.29 elections

Azerbaijan escalates rare standoff with Russia over downing of passenger plane
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:00:53 GMT

Baku reportedly preparing to appeal to ‘an international court’ unless Moscow takes responsibility for crash

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Azerbaijan is escalating its rare standoff with the Kremlin as the fallout from the downing of an Azerbaijani passenger jet continues, highlighting Russia’s diminishing influence across the former Soviet Union.

Thirty-eight people were killed when an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed on 25 December near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan after rerouting across the Caspian Sea from southern Russia.

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Match ID: 178 Score: 10.71 source: www.theguardian.com age: 6 days
qualifiers: 10.71 election

Forensics Experts Challenged the FBI. So the FBI Tried to Censor Their Conference.
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:28:27 +0000

An FBI official urged the American Academy of Forensic Sciences to cancel a conference presentation titled “Taking on the FBI.”

The post Forensics Experts Challenged the FBI. So the FBI Tried to Censor Their Conference. appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 179 Score: 10.00 source: theintercept.com age: 7 days
qualifiers: 5.71 federal government, 4.29 executive

AI-Generated Fake News Is Coming to an Election Near You
Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Targeted, AI-generated political misinformation is already out there—and humans are falling for it.
Match ID: 180 Score: 10.00 source: www.wired.com age: 388 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 3.57 election, 2.14 elections

DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 07:30:20 +0000
Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.
Match ID: 181 Score: 8.57 source: www.wired.com age: 7 days
qualifiers: 8.57 politics

Latino Voters Have Grown More Politically Divided. That’s Not Surprising.
2024-10-28T00:00:00Z
Demographics are not destiny in politics. Richard Calvo, Vincent Pons, and Jesse Shapiro explain how their latest research is playing out in the final stretch of the US presidential race.
Match ID: 182 Score: 8.57 source: hbswk.hbs.edu age: 108 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 4.29 democrat

Twelve Days in Kobane, Where Syrian Kurds Are Under Attack by Turkey
Mon, 03 Feb 2025 18:26:50 +0000

Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Turkey and its militias have cut off the Kurdish city of Kobane from the rest of Syria.

The post Twelve Days in Kobane, Where Syrian Kurds Are Under Attack by Turkey appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 183 Score: 7.86 source: theintercept.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 4.29 democrat, 2.14 libertarian, 1.43 congress

Do Trump's politics connect in these English towns? - video
Tue, 28 Jan 2025 10:20:37 GMT

As the second Trump presidency begins, John Harris and John Domokos go to a Staffordshire town whose economy went from coal to Amazon warehousing to find out if 21st century populism is cutting through. At a byelection down the road, meanwhile, there's a big question facing voters: Labour or Reform UK?

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Match ID: 184 Score: 7.86 source: www.theguardian.com age: 16 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 3.57 election

A Forensics Company Tells Cops It Can Use DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face. Scientists Worry the Tool Will Deepen Racial Bias.
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 11:03:00 +0000

Parabon NanoLabs sells police composite images of suspects built on DNA. Critics say the product is snake-oil science fiction that can exacerbate problems in the criminal legal system.

The post A Forensics Company Tells Cops It Can Use DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face. Scientists Worry the Tool Will Deepen Racial Bias. appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 185 Score: 6.43 source: theintercept.com age: 11 days
qualifiers: 4.29 republican, 2.14 libertarian

Deepfakes and the 2024 US Election
2025-02-04T12:01:36Z

Interesting analysis:

We analyzed every instance of AI use in elections collected by the WIRED AI Elections Project (source for our analysis), which tracked known uses of AI for creating political content during elections taking place in 2024 worldwide. In each case, we identified what AI was used for and estimated the cost of creating similar content without AI.

We find that (1) half of AI use isn’t deceptive, (2) deceptive content produced using AI is nevertheless cheap to replicate without AI, and (3) focusing on the demand for misinformation rather than the supply is a much more effective way to diagnose problems and identify interventions...

Match ID: 186 Score: 5.71 source: www.schneier.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election, 2.14 elections

Economists need new indicators of economic misery
Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:40:55 +0000
Existing measures of discomfort are failing to predict elections
Match ID: 187 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 91 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election, 2.14 elections

Why investors are unwise to bet on elections
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 09:55:47 +0000
Turning a profit from political news is a lot harder than it looks
Match ID: 188 Score: 5.71 source: www.economist.com age: 203 days
qualifiers: 3.57 election, 2.14 elections

The Collapse of USAID Is Already Fueling Human Trafficking and Slavery at Scammer Compounds
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:33:53 +0000
The dismantling of USAID by Elon Musk's DOGE and a State Department funding freeze have severely disrupted efforts to help people escape forced labor camps run by criminal scammers.
Match ID: 189 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 8 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Trump: “The U.S. Will Take Over the Gaza Strip”
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 02:02:32 +0000

Trump told reporters that he wants to expel “all” Palestinians from Gaza — not just during a period of reconstruction, but permanently.

The post Trump: “The U.S. Will Take Over the Gaza Strip” appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 190 Score: 4.29 source: theintercept.com age: 8 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

The Trial at the Tip of the Terrorgram Iceberg
Wed, 29 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000
Atomwaffen Division cofounder and alleged Terrorgram Collective member Brandon Russell is facing a potential 20-year sentence for an alleged plot on a Baltimore electrical station. His case is only the beginning.
Match ID: 191 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 15 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Hong Kong’s property slump may be terminal
Thu, 28 Nov 2024 11:05:20 +0000
Demographics and geopolitics will make a recovery harder
Match ID: 192 Score: 4.29 source: www.economist.com age: 77 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Betting markets are useful when politics is chaotic
Thu, 11 Jul 2024 09:36:12 +0000
Why, then, are they largely outlawed in America?
Match ID: 193 Score: 4.29 source: www.economist.com age: 217 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

How American politics has infected investing
Sun, 21 Apr 2024 15:41:46 +0000
Beware: taking a stand can be expensive
Match ID: 194 Score: 4.29 source: www.economist.com age: 298 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

A Dangerous New Home for Online Extremism
Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, or DAOs, offer independently-minded internet users a safe haven—but it’s also a boon to those with a darker purpose.
Match ID: 195 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 386 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

Regulators Are Finally Catching Up With Big Tech
Fri, 12 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
The lawless, Wild West era of AI and technology is almost at an end, as data protection authorities use new and existing legislation to get tough.
Match ID: 196 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 398 days
qualifiers: 4.29 politics

LimeWire AI Studio Review 2023: Details, Pricing & Features
Tue, 12 Dec 2023 16:10:00 +0000

 

In the rapidly advancing landscape of AI technology and innovation, LimeWire emerges as a unique platform in the realm of generative AI tools. This platform not only stands out from the multitude of existing AI tools but also brings a fresh approach to content generation. LimeWire not only empowers users to create AI content but also provides creators with creative ways to share and monetize their creations.

As we explore LimeWire, our aim is to uncover its features, benefits for creators, and the exciting possibilities it offers for AI content generation. This platform presents an opportunity for users to harness the power of AI in image creation, all while enjoying the advantages of a free and accessible service.

Let's unravel the distinctive features that set LimeWire apart in the dynamic landscape of AI-powered tools, understanding how creators can leverage its capabilities to craft unique and engaging AI-generated images.

Introduction

This revamped LimeWire invites users to register and unleash their creativity by crafting original AI content, which can then be shared and showcased on the LimeWire Studio. Notably, even acclaimed artists and musicians, such as Deadmau5, Soulja Boy, and Sean Kingston, have embraced this platform to publish their content in the form of NFT music, videos, and images.

Beyond providing a space for content creation and sharing, LimeWire introduces monetization models to empower users to earn revenue from their creations. This includes avenues such as earning ad revenue and participating in the burgeoning market of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). As we delve further, we'll explore these monetization strategies in more detail to provide a comprehensive understanding of LimeWire's innovative approach to content creation and distribution.

LimeWire Studio welcomes content creators into its fold, providing a space to craft personalized AI-focused content for sharing with fans and followers. Within this creative hub, every piece of content generated becomes not just a creation but a unique asset—ownable and tradable. Fans have the opportunity to subscribe to creators' pages, immersing themselves in the creative journey and gaining ownership of digital collectibles that hold tradeable value within the LimeWire community. Notably, creators earn a 2.5% royalty each time their content is traded, adding a rewarding element to the creative process.

The platform's flexibility is evident in its content publication options. Creators can choose to share their work freely with the public or opt for a premium subscription model, granting exclusive access to specialized content for subscribers.

LimeWire AI Studio

As of the present moment, LimeWire focuses on AI Image Generation, offering a spectrum of creative possibilities to its user base. The platform, however, has ambitious plans on the horizon, aiming to broaden its offerings by introducing AI music and video generation tools in the near future. This strategic expansion promises creators even more avenues for expression and engagement with their audience, positioning LimeWire Studio as a dynamic and evolving platform within the realm of AI-powered content creation.

AI Image Generation Tools

The LimeWire AI image generation tool presents a versatile platform for both the creation and editing of images. Supporting advanced models such as Stable Diffusion 2.1, Stable Diffusion XL, and DALL-E 2, LimeWire offers a sophisticated toolkit for users to delve into the realm of generative AI art.

Much like other tools in the generative AI landscape, LimeWire provides a range of options catering to various levels of complexity in image creation. Users can initiate the creative process with prompts as simple as a few words or opt for more intricate instructions, tailoring the output to their artistic vision.

What sets LimeWire apart is its seamless integration of different AI models and design styles. Users have the flexibility to effortlessly switch between various AI models, exploring diverse design styles such as cinematic, digital art, pixel art, anime, analog film, and more. Each style imparts a distinctive visual identity to the generated AI art, enabling users to explore a broad spectrum of creative possibilities.

The platform also offers additional features, including samplers, allowing users to fine-tune the quality and detail levels of their creations. Customization options and prompt guidance further enhance the user experience, providing a user-friendly interface for both novice and experienced creators.

Excitingly, LimeWire is actively developing its proprietary AI model, signaling ongoing innovation and enhancements to its image generation capabilities. This upcoming addition holds the promise of further expanding the creative horizons for LimeWire users, making it an evolving and dynamic platform within the landscape of AI-driven art and image creation.

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Automatically Mint Your Content As NFTs

Upon completing your creative endeavor on LimeWire, the platform allows you the option to publish your content. An intriguing feature follows this step: LimeWire automates the process of minting your creation as a Non-Fungible Token (NFT), utilizing either the Polygon or Algorand blockchain. This transformative step imbues your artwork with a unique digital signature, securing its authenticity and ownership in the decentralized realm.

Creators on LimeWire hold the power to decide the accessibility of their NFT creations. By opting for a public release, the content becomes discoverable by anyone, fostering a space for engagement and interaction. Furthermore, this choice opens the avenue for enthusiasts to trade the NFTs, adding a layer of community involvement to the artistic journey.

Alternatively, LimeWire acknowledges the importance of exclusivity. Creators can choose to share their posts exclusively with their premium subscribers. In doing so, the content remains a special offering solely for dedicated fans, creating an intimate and personalized experience within the LimeWire community. This flexibility in sharing options emphasizes LimeWire's commitment to empowering creators with choices in how they connect with their audience and distribute their digital creations.

After creating your content, you can choose to publish the content. It will automatically mint your creation as an NFT on the Polygon or Algorand blockchain. You can also choose whether to make it public or subscriber-only.

If you make it public, anyone can discover your content and even trade the NFTs. If you choose to share the post only with your premium subscribers, it will be exclusive only to your fans.

Earn Revenue From Your Content

Additionally, you can earn ad revenue from your content creations as well.

When you publish content on LimeWire, you will receive 70% of all ad revenue from other users who view your images, music, and videos on the platform.

This revenue model will be much more beneficial to designers. You can experiment with the AI image and content generation tools and share your creations while earning a small income on the side.

LMWR Tokens

The revenue you earn from your creations will come in the form of LMWR tokens, LimeWire’s own cryptocurrency.

Your earnings will be paid every month in LMWR, which you can then trade on many popular crypto exchange platforms like Kraken, ByBit, and UniSwap.

You can also use your LMWR tokens to pay for prompts when using LimeWire generative AI tools.

Pricing Plans

You can sign up to LimeWire to use its AI tools for free. You will receive 10 credits to use and generate up to 20 AI images per day. You will also receive 50% of the ad revenue share. However, you will get more benefits with premium plans.

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For $99 per month, you will get 11,250 credits per month, up to 2 2,500 image generations, early access to new AI models, and 70% ad revenue share

With all premium plans, you will receive a Pro profile badge, full creation history, faster image generation, and no ads.

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In conclusion, LimeWire emerges as a democratizing force in the creative landscape, providing an inclusive platform where anyone can unleash their artistic potential and effortlessly share their work. With the integration of AI, LimeWire eliminates traditional barriers, empowering designers, musicians, and artists to publish their creations and earn revenue with just a few clicks.

The ongoing commitment of LimeWire to innovation is evident in its plans to enhance generative AI tools with new features and models. The upcoming expansion to include music and video generation tools holds the promise of unlocking even more possibilities for creators. It sparks anticipation about the diverse and innovative ways in which artists will leverage these tools to produce and publish their own unique creations.

For those eager to explore, LimeWire's AI tools are readily accessible for free, providing an opportunity to experiment and delve into the world of generative art. As LimeWire continues to evolve, creators are encouraged to stay tuned for the launch of its forthcoming AI music and video generation tools, promising a future brimming with creative potential and endless artistic exploration

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Why everyone wants to lend to weak companies
Thu, 28 Nov 2024 10:58:45 +0000
An unanticipated side-effect of Donald Trump’s election victory
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America’s glorious economy should help Kamala Harris
Sun, 27 Oct 2024 15:11:58 +0000
Voters are starting to notice the good news just in time for the election
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Canva Review 2022: Details, Pricing & Features
Sun, 20 Feb 2022 12:02:00 +0000

Are you looking for a new graphic design tool? Would you like to read a detailed review of Canva? As it's one of the tools I love using. I am also writing my first ebook using canva and publish it soon on my site you can download it is free.  Let's start the review.

Canva has a web version and also a mobile app

What is Canva?

Canva is a free graphic design web application that allows you to create invitations, business cards, flyers, lesson plans, banners, and more using professionally designed templates. You can upload your own photos from your computer or from Google Drive, and add them to Canva's templates using a simple drag-and-drop interface. It's like having a basic version of Photoshop that doesn't require Graphic designing knowledge to use. It’s best for nongraphic designers.

Who is Canva best suited for?

Canva is a great tool for small business owners, online entrepreneurs, and marketers who don’t have the time and want to edit quickly.

To create sophisticated graphics, a tool such as Photoshop can is ideal. To use it, you’ll need to learn its hundreds of features, get familiar with the software, and it’s best to have a good background in design, too.

Also running the latest version of Photoshop you need a high-end computer.

So here  Canva takes place, with Canva you can do all that with drag-and-drop feature. It’s also easier to use and free. Also an even-more-affordable paid version is available for $12.95 per month.

Free vs Pro vs Enterprise Pricing plan

The product is available in three plans: Free, Pro ($12.99/month per user or  $119.99/year for up to 5 people), and Enterprise ($30 per user per month, minimum 25 people).

Free plan Features

• 250,000+ free templates
• 100+ design types (social media posts, presentations, letters, and more)
• Hundreds of thousands of free photos and graphics
• Invite members to your team
• Collaborate and comment in real-time
• 5GB of cloud storage
• Try Canva Pro for free for 30 days

Pro Plan Features 

• Everything Free, has plus:
• 100+ million premium and  stock photos, videos, audio, and graphics
• 610,000+ premium and free templates with new designs daily
• Access to Background Remover and Magic Resize
•  Create a library of your brand or campaign's colors, logos, and fonts with up to 100 Brand Kits
• Remove image backgrounds instantly with background remover
• Resize designs infinitely with Magic Resize
• Save designs as templates for your team to use
• 100GB of cloud storage
• Schedule social media content to 8 platforms

Enterprise Plan Features

• Everything Pro has plus:
• Establish your brand's visual identity with logos, colors and fonts across multiple Brand Kits
• Control your team's access to apps, graphics, logos, colors and fonts with brand controls
• Built-in workflows to get approval on your designs
• Set which elements your team can edit and stay on brand with template locking
• Unlimited Storage
• Log in with single-sign on (SSO) and have access to 24/7 Enterprise-level support.

How to Use Canva?

To get started on Canva, you will need to create an account by providing your email address, Google, Facebook or Apple credentials. You will then choose your account type between student, teacher, small business, large company, non-profit, or personal. Based on your choice of account type, templates will be recommended to you.

You can sign up for a free trial of Canva Pro, or you can start with the free version to get a sense of whether it’s the right graphic design tool for your needs.

Canva Sign Up

Designing with Canva

When you sign up for an account, Canva will suggest different post types to choose from. Based on the type of account you set up  you'll be able to see templates categorized by the following categories: social media posts, documents, presentations, marketing, events, ads, launch your business, build your online brand, etc.

 Start by choosing a template for your post or searching for something more specific. Search by social network name to see a list of post types on each network.

Templates

Next, you can choose a template. Choose from hundreds of templates that are ready to go, with customizable photos, text, and other elements.

You can start your design by choosing from a variety of ready-made templates, searching for a template matching your needs, or working with a blank template.

 Canva has a lot to choose from, so start with a specific search.if you want to create business card just search for it and you will see alot of templates to choose from

Elements

Inside the Canva designer, the Elements tab gives you access to lines and shapes, graphics, photos, videos, audio, charts, photo frames, and photo grids.The search box on the Elements tab lets you search everything on Canva.

To begin with, Canva has a large library of elements to choose from. To find them, be specific in your search query. You may also want to search in the following tabs to see various elements separately:

Photos

The Photos tab lets you search for and choose from millions of professional stock photos for your templates.

You can replace the photos in our templates to create a new look. This can also make the template more suited to your industry.

You can find photos on other stock photography sites like pexel, pixabay and many more or simply upload your own photos.

When you choose an image, Canva’s photo editing features let you adjust the photo’s settings (brightness, contrast, saturation, etc.), crop, or animate it.

 When you subscribe to Canva Pro, you get access to a number of premium features, including the Background Remover. This feature allows you to remove the background from any stock photo in  library or any image you upload.

Text

The Text tab lets you add headings, normal text, and graphical text to your design.

When you click on  text, you'll see options to adjust the font, font size, color, format, spacing, and text effects (like shadows). 

Canva Pro subscribers can choose from a large library of fonts on the Brand Kit or the Styles tab. Enterprise-level controls ensure that visual content remains on-brand, no matter how many people are working on it.

Audio

Create an animated image or video by adding audio to capture user’s attention in social news feeds.

If you want to use audio from another stock site or your own audio tracks, you can upload them in the Uploads tab or from the more option.

Video

Want to create your own videos? Choose from thousands of stock video clips. You’ll find videos that range upto 2 minutes

You can upload your own videos as well as videos from other stock sites in the Uploads tab. 

Once you have chosen a video, you can use the editing features in Canva to trim the video, flip it, and adjust its transparency.

Backgrounds

On the Background tab, you’ll find free stock photos to serve as backgrounds on your designs. Change out the background on a template to give it a more personal touch.

Styles

The Styles tab lets you quickly change the look and feel of your template with just a click. And if you have a Canva Pro subscription, you can upload your brand’s custom colors and fonts to ensure designs stay on brand.

Logos

If you have a Canva Pro subscription, you’ll have a Logos tab. Here, you can upload variations of your brand logo to use throughout your designs.

With Canva, you can also create your own logos. Note that you cannot trademark a logo with stock content in it.

Publishing with Canva

With Canva, free users can download and share designs to multiple platforms including Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Slack and Tumblr.

Canva Pro subscribers can create multiple post formats from one design. For example, you can start by designing an Instagram post, and Canva's Magic Resizer can resize it for other networks, Stories, Reels, and other formats.

Canva Pro subscribers can also use Canva’s Content Planner to post content on eight different accounts on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Slack, and Tumblr.

Canva Team

Canva Pro allows you to work with your team on visual content. Designs can be created inside Canva, and then sent to your team members for approval. Everyone can make comments, edits, revisions, and keep track via the version history.

Canva Print

When it comes to printing your designs, Canva has you covered. With an extensive selection of printing options, they can turn your designs into anything from banners and wall art to mugs and t-shirts. 

Canva Print is perfect for any business seeking to make a lasting impression. Create inspiring designs people will want to wear, keep, and share. Hand out custom business cards that leave a lasting impression on customers' minds.

Canva Apps

The Canva app is available on the Apple App Store and Google Play. The Canva app has earned a 4.9 out of five star rating from over 946.3K Apple users and a 4.5 out of five star rating from over 6,996,708 Google users.

In addition to mobile apps, you can use Canva’s integration with other Internet services to add images and text from sources like Google Maps, Emojis, photos from Google Drive and Dropbox, YouTube videos, Flickr photos, Bitmojis, and other popular visual content elements.

Canva Pros and Cons

Pros:

• A user-friendly interface
• Canva is a great tool for people who want to create professional graphics but don’t have graphic design skills.
• Hundreds of templates, so you'll never have to start from scratch.
• Wide variety of templates to fit multiple uses
• Branding kits to keep your team consistent with the brand colors and fonts
• Creating visual content on the go
• You can find royalty free images, audio, and video without having to subscribe to another service.

Cons:

• Some professional templates are available for Pro user only
• Advanced photo editing features like blurring or erasing a specific area are missing.
• Some elements that fall outside of a design are tricky to retrieve.
• Features (like Canva presentations) could use some improvement.
• If you are a regular user of Adobe products, you might find Canva's features limited.
• Prefers to work with vectors. Especially logos.
• Expensive enterprise pricing

Conclusion

In general, Canva is an excellent tool for those who need simple images for projects. If you are a graphic designer with experience, you will find Canva’s platform lacking in customization and advanced features – particularly vectors. But if you have little design experience, you will find Canva easier to use than advanced graphic design tools like Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator for most projects. If you have any queries let me know in the comments section.

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Trump the “Peacemaker” Ramps Up America’s Forever War in Somalia
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 13:49:44 +0000

The American tradition of airstrikes against Somalia is continuing into Trump’s second term.

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US Privacy Snags a Win as Judge Limits Warrantless FBI Searches
Sat, 25 Jan 2025 11:30:00 +0000
Plus: A hacker finds an issue with Cloudflare’s systems that could reveal app users’ rough locations, and the Trump administration puts a wrench in a key cybersecurity investigation.
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What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders
2024-11-08T00:00:00Z
What can corporate leaders learn from executives who served their country during wartime conflicts? Drawing on a series of case studies, Robert Simons shares important lessons from the experiences of Walt Disney, Dwight Eisenhower, and Robert McNamara.
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NASA Kicks off Testing Campaign for Remotely Piloted Cargo Flights
Tue, 07 Jan 2025 17:21:00 +0000
NASA recently began a series of flight tests with partners to answer an important aviation question: What will it take to integrate remotely piloted or autonomous planes carrying large packages and cargo safely into the U.S. airspace? Researchers tested new technologies in Hollister, California, that are helping to investigate what tools and capabilities are needed […]
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The Far-Right Group Building a List of Pro-Palestine Activists to Deport
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:22:53 +0000

Betar U.S. said it has shared with the Trump administration a list of the “names of hundreds of terror supporters.”

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In the Starlight: Tristan McKnight Brings NASA’s Historic Moments to Life
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:52:15 +0000
For more than a decade, Tristan McKnight has been a driving force behind some of NASA’s most iconic events, orchestrating the behind-the-scenes magic that brings each historic moment to life while sharing the agency’s advancements with the public.  As a multimedia producer on the audiovisual team at Johnson Space Center in Houston, McKnight produces and […]
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13 Best MagSafe Wireless Chargers (2025): Power Banks, Stands, Pads, and Travel Chargers
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:30:00 +0000
Keep your iPhone battery topped up with a magnetic MagSafe wireless charger.
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Where tourists seldom tread, part 15: three more UK towns with unsung stories
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 07:00:49 GMT

Our tour of unheralded towns continues with Black Country legends in Dudley, Renaissance-style architecture in Enniskillen and Middlesbrough, birthplace of the Sydney Harbour Bridge

• Where tourists seldom tread, parts 1-14

Duncan Edwards’s right leg swings back, ready to kick the ball into the rain, down the hill. Paragon of Black Country respectability, a “real-life Roy of the Rovers” (so said Terry Venables), the late Manchester United midfielder’s myth is as surely set as his bronze quiff. In Best and Edwards, his remarkable book about footballing fame and tragedy, Gordon Burn quotes the Austrian philosopher Robert Musil: “There is nothing as invisible as a monument.” Despite the statue’s prominent site on the edge of Dudley’s market square, only ageing Man United pilgrims and curious travellers pause to admire it.

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25 Years Ago: STS-99, the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:02:22 +0000
On Feb. 11, 2000, space shuttle Endeavour took to the skies on its 14th trip into space on the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). The international STS-99 crew included Commander Kevin Kregel, Pilot Dominic Gorie, and Mission Specialists Gerhard Thiele of Germany representing the European Space Agency, Janet Kavandi, Janice Voss, who served as payload […]
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9 Best Travel Adapters (2025), Tested and Reviewed
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:30:00 +0000
When going abroad, the right plugs are essential to keeping your gadgets charged. These are our favorites.
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‘Wild west’ UK holiday park industry facing legal action over mis-sold caravans
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 06:00:20 GMT

Group claims compensation after allegedly losing thousands from over-inflated caravan prices and pitch fees

Campaigners have called on the UK government to take action on the “wild west” holiday park industry, as nearly 2,000 people join a group legal action alleging they have lost thousands of pounds on mis-sold static caravans and unfair pitch fees.

Holiday Park Action Group, which is leading the legal action, says the number of claimants is growing by the day, with people reporting losing their life savings and being forced to sell their homes after losing large sums of money.

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Share a tip on a break in Spain
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 13:03:28 GMT

Tell us about a lesser known corner of Spain – the best tip wins £200 towards a Coolstays break

Spain is one of the most enduringly popular tourist destinations in Europe, but sometimes that popularity comes at a price – a fact that has been highlighted by recent protests against overtourism in Barcelona and the Balearic islands. But if you’re willing to go a little off the beaten track, there is still much to discover in this fascinating country. We’d love to hear about your favourite finds in Spain, whether it’s a beach cafe serving fresh seafood, a mountain walk or an unsung museum or heritage attraction.

If you have a relevant photo, do send it in – but it’s your words that will be judged for the competition.

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Can the Human Body Endure a Voyage to Mars?
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 11:00:00 +0000
In the coming years, an unprecedented number of people will leave planet Earth—but it’s becoming increasingly clear that deep space will make us sick.
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“You Don’t Own Gaza, Donald Trump”: Palestinians Vow to Remain and Rebuild
Sat, 08 Feb 2025 11:20:00 +0000

Palestinians from Gaza responded with outrage to Trump’s proposal to expel them from their homes.

The post “You Don’t Own Gaza, Donald Trump”: Palestinians Vow to Remain and Rebuild appeared first on The Intercept.

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Global HIV Care Thrown Into Chaos by Trump: “I Will Be Sick and Maybe Die”
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:56:06 +0000

In South Africa, a 36-year-old living with HIV since childhood fears she will lose access to treatment due to Trump’s policy.

The post Global HIV Care Thrown Into Chaos by Trump: “I Will Be Sick and Maybe Die” appeared first on The Intercept.

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Twelve Days in Kobane, Where Syrian Kurds Are Under Attack by Turkey
Mon, 03 Feb 2025 18:26:50 +0000

Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Turkey and its militias have cut off the Kurdish city of Kobane from the rest of Syria.

The post Twelve Days in Kobane, Where Syrian Kurds Are Under Attack by Turkey appeared first on The Intercept.

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60 days in bed for science
Mon, 03 Feb 2025 16:30:00 +0100
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A group of volunteers is spending two months lying in bed—with their feet up and one shoulder always touching the mattress—even while eating, showering, and using the toilet. But why? This extreme bedrest study is helping scientists understand how space travel affects the human body and how to keep astronauts healthy on long missions.

Microgravity causes muscle and bone loss, fluid shifts, and other physiological changes similar to those experienced by bedridden patients on Earth. By studying volunteers here on Earth, researchers can develop better countermeasures for astronauts and even improve treatments for medical conditions like osteoporosis.

In this study, participants are divided into three groups: one stays in bed with no exercise, another cycles in bed to mimic astronaut workouts, and a third cycles while being spun in a centrifuge to simulate artificial gravity. Scientists hope artificial gravity could become a key tool in protecting astronauts during deep-space missions.

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Endangered frog dads travel 7,000 miles to 'give birth'
Mon, 03 Feb 2025 00:51:00 GMT
Male frogs carrying tadpoles made an incredible journey to the UK by boat, plane, and car.
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Future of space travel: Could robots really replace human astronauts?
Tue, 31 Dec 2024 01:46:51 GMT
Advances in technology raise questions about the need to send people to space - and the risks and cost
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Guardian Traveller newsletter: Sign up for our free holidays email
Wed, 12 Oct 2022 14:21:58 GMT

From biking adventures to city breaks, get inspiration for your next break – whether in the UK or further afield – with twice-weekly emails from the Guardian’s travel editors. You’ll also receive handpicked offers from Guardian Holidays.

From biking adventures to city breaks, get inspiration for your next break – whether in the UK or further afield – with twice-weekly emails from the Guardian’s travel editors.

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