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"The vast majority, about 90%, of the more than 260,000 DHS employees are continuing to work without pay throughout the funding lapse, which began Feb. 14. Employees earlier this month received partial paychecks, compensated only for work hours they completed prior to the start of the shutdown."

Many DHS employees miss first full paychecks as shutdown continues
As the DHS shutdown drags on, federal employees who are continuing to work across the department, without pay, are feeling the financial strain firsthand.

Heute vor 60 Jahren: Am 14. April 1966 zündeten die USA im Rahmen von Operation #Flintlock die 32. #Atombombe "Duryea". Flintlock war eine Serie von Tests zwischen 65/66 bei der insgesamt 47 #Kernwaffentests

Filing: San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, set to run for California governor to succeed Newsom, gets donations from Sergey Brin, Roblox CEO David Baszucki, and others (Bloomberg)

"The sooner David Ellison takes over that network the better,"
Pete Hegseth said during a morning briefing.
Hegseth's invoking the name of the Paramount Skydance chief executive
— whose company will take control of CNN once its deal to merge with Warner Bros. Discovery is finalized
— amplified the fear many have that the cable news channel will seek to appease the Trump administration
Hegseth made the remarks after blasting CNN's reporting on t…

Following federal cuts to history-focused organizations, the president of the Canadian Historical Association, Colin Coates, sent this letter to Marc Miller, the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture.
One thing might not be obvious: Coates's reference to Carney's recent Quebec City speech suggests Canadians' need for historical context right now. He doesn't agree with Carney's claims. In fact, most Canadian historians would dispute them.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders:
Behind the failing MAGA governor who wants to be Trump's heir - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/huckabee-sanders-president/

Missing a trick here.
Not a word on Labour's trashing of environmental protection and building boom. That boom won't deliver affordable rent housing.
Greens to launch local elections campaign with promise on affordable housing which ‘failing Labour councils’ haven’t delivered - Green Party

"Mexico moves to combat pollution following Guardian investigations"
#Mexico #Pollution

EpsteinWiki is a collaborative research archive dedicated to documenting the evidence surrounding the Jeffrey Epsteintrafficking network.
Critical records remain scattered across court filings, depositions,
FOIA releases, investigative reporting, and government archives.
Our goal is to bring this material together in one organized, searchable knowledge base.
Every page is built on verifiable sources such as court records,
law-enforcement documents, and establishe…

Anthropic debuts Anthropic Institute, an internal think tank led by co-founder Jack Clark combining its societal impacts, red team, and economic research teams (Hayden Field/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-int

Anthropic is launching a new think tank amid Pentagon blacklist fight
Anthropic is shaking up its C-suite just after filing a lawsuit against the government. Its new think tank, the Anthropic Institute, will be led by Jack Clark.