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The Golden Age of Mexican Food Is Here. And It’s Complicated.
Even at a time of anti-immigration politics, there has never been a richer variety of Mexican restaurants in the United States.
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Homeland Security Paid $464 Million for Airplanes. Then It Parked Them.
The agency used a no-bid contract to buy 10 used jets, saying they were urgently needed for deportation flights. But the fleet has largely sat idle for months.
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Trump Administration Lets Parts of the National Firearms Act Lapse
The retreat by the Justice Department effectively allowed a pillar of the Prohibition-era National Firearms Act to lapse.
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Hong’s Defeat in Wisconsin Sparks New Disagreements Within Democratic Party
Some Democrats said the outcome showed that the moderate wing of the party carried more electoral weight, while Ms. Hong’s strong showing gave some progressives hope.
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ICE Agent Who Pushed Activist to the Ground Near Chicago Pleads Guilty
The agent, Adam Saracco, was charged with misdemeanor after the altercation at a gas station near Chicago last year during the Trump administration’s crackdown there.
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Uncharted Journeys: Rediscovering the Art of Slow Travel
In a world where speed is often equated with success, the concept of slow travel feels almost revolutionary. Imagine allowing yourself to linger in a place just a little longer than planned, not because you have to, but because you want to. This is the essence of slow travel, and it’s a journey worth taking.…
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Meta’s AI Layoff Lawsuit: A Warning Shot for Companies Nationwide
Companies across industries are rapidly adopting artificial intelligence (“AI”) for hiring, performance evaluation, and workforce decisions. At the same time, the legal risks of using these tools are mounting. Last month, Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”) became the highest-profile company yet to face a federal lawsuit alleging its AI systems produced discriminatory employment outcomes….By: Hinckley Allen
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When AI Agents Go Rogue, the Logs Become Evidence
The OpenAI-Hugging Face incident was a watershed moment for automated cyber offense. It was also a warning about the records security teams will need to preserve, understand, and defend. At Black Hat USA 2026, OpenAI researchers Eric Wallace and Michael Dalton described an incident that sounds like science fiction, except it happened….By: EDRM – Electronic…
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Third Circuit Revives Algorithmic Price-Fixing Suit Against Atlantic City Hotels
Our Antitrust Team explains the implications of the Third Circuit’s decision in Cornish-Adebiyi v. Caesars Entertainment, which revives a class action against defendants that used a common algorithmic-pricing platform….By: Alston & Bird
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Recent AI Evaluation Incidents Expose Gaps in Containment, Configuration and Evidence
The evaluation is supposed to be the safe place to learn what a model can do before it ever touches a customer’s systems or data. Yet public disclosures issued over less than three weeks in late July and early August implicated models developed by OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and Moonshot AI in unauthorized or out-of-scope activity…