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As the Senate weighs possible changes to the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap as part of the tax portion of the "big, beautiful bill,"
House Republicans from blue states are already threatening to derail the bill's prospects.
"Let's be clear — no SALT, no deal," New York Republican Mike Lawler said Wednesday in a post on X

Trump admin live updates: Trump signs proclamation banning travel from 12 countries
The president cited national security concerns for enacting the ban.

China issues warrants for alleged Taiwanese hackers and bans a business for pro-independence links
https://apnews.com/article/chian-taiwan-hacking-wanted-kuma-f937096e3163470b21597b4ec809d799

China issues warrants for alleged Taiwanese hackers and bans a business for pro-independence links
China has issued warrants Thursday for 20 Taiwanese people it said carried out hacking missions in the Chinese mainland on behalf of Taiwan’s ruling party, while separately banning dealings with a Taiwanese company whose owners mainland authorities called “hardcore Taiwan independence supporters.” Police in the southern manufacturing hub of Guangzhou said they were led by a man named Ning Enwei on behalf of Taiwan’s independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party but did not identify …

Statistical Insights into Flux and Photon Index Distributions of VHE FSRQs from Fermi-LAT Observations
Zahoor Malik, Sikandar Akbar, Zahir Shah, Ranjeev Misra, Athar A. Dar, Aaqib Manzoor, Sajad Ahanger, Zeeshan Nazir, Naseer Iqbal, Seemin Rubab, Javaid Tantry
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.23338

Statistical Insights into Flux and Photon Index Distributions of VHE FSRQs from Fermi-LAT Observations
This study examines the flux and photon index distributions of 11 Very High Energy (VHE) Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars (FSRQs) using over 16 years of Fermi-LAT $γ$-ray data. The distributions reveal double lognormal profiles in both flux and index, primarily in the 3-day and 7-day binnings, supporting the ``two-flux-state hypothesis" for blazars. These profiles, which become insignificant at 30-day binning, suggest that shorter timescales are better at capturing distinct states, while longer tim…

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Monte Carlo evaluations of gamma-ray and radio pulsar populations
Based on well-grounded Galactic neutron star populations formed from radio pulsar population syntheses of canonical pulsars (CPs) and millisecond pulsars (MSPs), we use the latest Fermi-LAT catalog (4FGL-DR4) to investigate the implications of proposed $γ-$ray luminosity models. Using Monte Carlo techniques, we calculate the number of CPs and MSPs that would comprise the sample of pulsar-like unidentified sources (PLUIDs) in 4FGL-DR4. While radio beaming fractions were used to scale the sizes …

Comprehensive Variability Analysis of Blazars Using Fermi Light Curves Across Multiple Timescales
Zahir Shah, Athar A. Dar, Sikandar Akbar, Anjum Peer, Zahoor Malik, Aaqib Manzoor, Sajad Ahanger, Javaid Tantry, Zeeshan Nazir, Debanjan Bose, Mushtaq Magray
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.23645…

Comprehensive Variability Analysis of Blazars Using Fermi Light Curves Across Multiple Timescales
In this study, we conducted a systematic analysis of long-term Fermi-LAT γ-ray data for a sample of blazars, including FSRQs, BL\,Lacs, and BCUs, to investigate their $γ$-ray variability. We focused on light curves binned in 3-, 7-, and 30-day intervals to assess the impact of binning, using data with TS >4 as a detection threshold. We calculated fractional variability ($F_{\rm var}$) for each category and found that FSRQs exhibit higher mean variability compared to BL\,Lacs and BCUs, with BC…