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Is Maddow in Milwaukee? No, That’s an LED Screen on MSNBC.
A production technique gave the impression that Rachel Maddow and other star anchors were reporting in Milwaukee, not from 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
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Vance Honed Populist Views in the Senate, Auditioning for Trump
The Ohio Republican has used his brief tenure in the Senate to showcase his willingness to buck party orthodoxy and articulate the MAGA case.
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What Would Persuade Biden to Step Aside? Here’s What He’s Said.
The president has insisted he is committed to running, but his list of scenarios in which he might reconsider has grown.
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Trump’s Proposed Tax Cuts and Increased Tariffs Could Hurt Poorer Households
Some Republicans want to use revenue collected from higher duties on foreign goods to finance tax cuts. Economists say such a shift could widen the gap between the rich and the poor.
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How to (gently) talk to aging parents about downsizing and decluttering
It can feel insensitive — and even morbid — but there are tactful ways to start the process.
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Meet Babydog, the 60-pound bulldog who stole the show at RNC convention
Babydog, the chunky English bulldog belonging to Gov. Jim Justice and fixture in West Virginia politics, was a sensation at the Republican National Convention.
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Other parents get upset with how my 11-year-old interacts with their kids
A letter writer is upset other parents have little grace available for their 11-year-old son.
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Miss Manners: Remote worker deals with envy from in-office crew
Remote worker feels the in-office crew has some resentment for not getting remote work, too.
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Asking Eric: Dad hid son’s affair with stepsister from mom
She’s angry at her ex for keeping their son’s affair with his stepsister a secret from her.
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Big tech firms have reportedly used thousands of YouTube videos to train AI
Proof News has published a new audit showing that major tech companies such as Apple, Nvidia, Anthropic, and Salesforce used subtitle data from 173,536 YouTube videos to train their artificial intelligence (AI) tools. The companies plan to use the “Youtube Subtitles” data collection, created by EleutherAI; it contains transcripts from news channels such as Khan Academy, MIT,…