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Shutdown at D.H.S. Extends to Cyber Agency, Adding to Setbacks
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has navigated staffing cuts without a Senate-confirmed leader. Employees have become demoralized and concerned about the agency’s ability to ward off threats.
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How Streaming is Changing the Way We Experience Movies
Remember when going to the movies was an event? You’d gather a group of friends, buy overpriced popcorn, and whisper during the previews. But now, with the rise of streaming services, that experience is changing—and not necessarily for the worse. Streaming has transformed how we consume movies, and dare I say, it’s for the better.…
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European Commission Proposes Major Cybersecurity Package to Strengthen EU Cyber Resilience
On 20 January 2026, the European Commission proposed a comprehensive new cybersecurity package with the aim of strengthening the European Union’s cybersecurity resilience and capabilities, in response to growing cyber and hybrid threats affecting essential services and democratic institutions across Europe. The package includes a proposal for a revised Cybersecurity Act and targeted amendments to…
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Updated Medicare Advantage Guidance: Playbook for the Modern Era
Our Health Care Team outlines the HHS Office of Inspector General’s first update to its Medicare Advantage compliance guidance since 1999 and the key risk areas that Medicare Advantage organizations and their partners should address….By: Alston & Bird
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New Jersey Slip and Fall Update – The Ongoing Storm Rule/Defense
When the weather outside is frightful, certain property owners can now enjoy their fireplaces and hot cocoa a little longer before running for the salt and snow shovels….By: Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires &
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The Queen Stuck by Prince Andrew. King Charles Is Pulling Away
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former prince, is getting no help from the throne as the crisis over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein intensifies.
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Iran’s Students Hold Anti-Regime Protests as Universities Reopen
Students helped grow initial protests into a national movement crushed by the government. As the new semester began, they chanted and marched again.
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Gisèle Pelicot Survived Mass Rape. Now She’s Looking to the Future.
Gisèle Pelicot stayed silent after dozens of men were convicted of raping her. Now, Ms. Pelicot is finding peace by publicizing her ordeal and explaining how she survived it.
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Uncertainty in Europe After Trump’s Supreme Court Tariff Loss
The decision could distract from other challenges facing the continent, like issues with China and the war in Ukraine.
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At Least 10 Killed in Lebanon, Officials Say, After Israel Strikes Hezbollah
The Lebanese militant group said eight of its members were among those killed late Friday. The attacks threaten to further destabilize an already tenuous cease-fire.