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Top White House aide Stephen Miller joined Vice President JD Vance to launch the White House anti-fraud task force Friday, pledging to "demolish" the kind of corruption that unfairly burdens taxpayers and gives a free ride to bad actors. Earlier this month, President Donald Trump launched the task force via executive order, saying the administration will "use all available resources and authorities to fight fraud, close loopholes, enforce eligibility rules, and protect benefits for eligible Americans, while ensuring States administering Federal benefits programs do the same." Vance serves as its chairman and kicked off the White House event Friday, while...

**Yes, Grok games are coming.** xAI (through Elon Musk's announcements) is actively working on AI-generated games powered by Grok. Plans include a dedicated game studio and releasing a "great" AI-generated video game by the end of 2026. Key details from recent updates: - xAI is hiring for roles like "Video Games Tutor" to train Grok on creating engaging, fun, and innovative games. - The vision involves AI that can generate adaptive, prompt-driven playable worlds, blending real-time generation with interactive entertainment. - Earlier teasers (like in 2025) showed Grok 4 prototypes already coding simple games (e.g., action RPGs with enemies and...

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Artificial intelligence is changing the workplace faster than almost anyone expected just a few years ago, but despite all those scary headlines about AI replacing most jobs, the reality is more nuanced. Sure, AI may be replacing certain tasks, but it isn’t replacing careers. This is an important distinction, especially for students and early-career professionals trying to choose fields that will remain valuable long into the future. Here are some careers (and skills) that are resilient in 2026. AI Isn’t Eliminating Jobs OvernightOne of the most important developments since last year is what hasn’t happened. Despite rapid advances in generative...

“For Americans who came of age before the Iranian revolution, the defining event regarding Iran was the hostage crisis of 1979-1981, in which 52 of their countrymen were held prisoner for over a year at the captured U.S. Embassy in Tehran...” “That crisis dominated news in the United States for an extended period. It even spawned a nightly television program (which became ABC Nightline)..." American children who came of age in as late as the 1970s and early 80s will likely recall the Iran of their childhood as an infamous adversary, much in the same vein as the Soviet Union,...

The SpaceX initial public offering (“IPO”) is expected to be the largest IPO of all time, with the company targeting a market capitalization of $1.75 trillion, according to the Financial Times. Despite the massive valuation and huge anticipation for the company’s public debut, there are a few under-the-radar details about the IPO that should chill investors looking to participate in the Elon Musk-helmed company.The Financial Times reported that SpaceX is looking to raise $75 billion from the offering, up recently from a target of $50 billion, as executives look to haul in more cash at the company’s highest valuation of...

It was a hairy-tale ending. Guests at a Disney theme park in Tokyo were aghast after a pair of crows treated a Rapunzel robot to an impromptu haircut, forcing staff to remove the princess from her tower. A video of the birds tearing her hair out scared up nearly 7 million views on TikTok and has since gone viral on X and other platforms.

The Department of Education announced Thursday that it has saved American taxpayers more than $1 billion by aggressively eliminating fraud, waste, and abuse within federal student aid programs. The department’s new report takes aim at previous policies, claiming that while citizens must present identification to board a flight or rent a car, the Biden administration had required identity verification for less than 1% of students applying for federal financial aid. "That ill-informed decision created a prime opportunity for fraudsters to exploit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) form and steal taxpayer funds," the department stated in a press...

Former Vice President Kamala Harris drew a sharp rebuke from conservatives on social media Wednesday where she previewed President Donald Trump’s address to the nation on Iran. "He brought America into a war that people don’t want, he has put American troops in harm’s way, costs are rising by the day, and meanwhile he has done nothing to address the needs of the people of America," Harris posted on X before Trump’s Wednesday night speech to the nation, a speech Harris says in the video she "won’t be able" to watch. Harris predicted Trump would attempt to "claim victory" in...

According to the Greek Reporter, an international team of researchers has conducted a survey of the seafloor off the northern coast of the Greek island of Karpathos. The team members identified archaeological sites dating from the later seventh century B.C. through the mid-nineteenth century A.D. The sites include four ancient shipwrecks and one modern one; traces of an ancient port, shipwreck cargo packed in amphoras; and more than 20 anchors dated to the Byzantine period. To read about a famous monument on a neighboring Greek island, go to "Secrets of the Seven Wonders: Colossus of Rhodes."

Hima-liars. Mount Everest guides have allegedly been secretly lacing tourists’ food to trigger costly helicopter rescues as part of a $20 million insurance scam, according to a new investigation. Police in Nepal have charged 32 individuals with organized crime and fraud charges related to the plot, which involves trekking company owners, helicopter operators, and hospital executives, the Kathmandu Post reported. Guides with the trekking agencies allegedly poisoned tourists by putting baking soda in their food to trigger severe gastrointestinal distress that mimicked altitude sickness or food poisoning, investigators said. Once ill, the visitors were allegedly pressured into agreeing to costly...

The Dutch police have recovered the Helmet of Cotofenesti, a Romanian treasure stolen from the Drents Museum in Assen in January last year, art detective Arthur Brand announced on X. Sources also told Dagblad van het Noorden and RTL Nieuws that the stolen treasures have been recovered.The Dutch authorities have not confirmed this, but the Public Prosecution Service (OM) has announced a press conference at 2:00 p.m. to announce "new developments" in the case. The Drents Museum's website states that the museum is closed today due to "unforeseen circumstances."During the early hours of January 25, 2025, thieves set off an...

Catholic vs Protestant (w/Nick Fuentes) - EP6

Liz Churchill@liz_churchill10·2hEU SCAM EXPOSED: Croatian MEP Mislav Kolakusic NUKES Ursula von der LIAR stating BILLIONS are sent to Ukraine while Europe drowns in inflation...and it all ends up in BLACKROCK’S pockets.Europeans freeze and starve so Globalist Vampires get richer. April 2, 2026

Even the Reds are seeing red. Mayor Zohran Mamdani has succeeded in at least one thing during his fresh-faced administration — infuriating everyone, including his typically ride-or-die lefty buds, over his bald-faced lie that the City Council’s budget plan cuts services. Peeved City Council members roundly ripped Mamdani after he used one of his slick social-media videos Wednesday to call out Speaker Julie Menin by name and wrongly portray her budget proposal — an alternative to his doomsday version — as slashing billions of dollars from city agencies. “This is deeply misleading and potentially harmful! I thought these four years...

Gucci Mane was allegedly kidnapped and robbed during a “coordinated armed takeover” of a Dallas music studio where fellow rapper Pooh Shiesty allegedly brandished an AK-style pistol and forced the rap mogul to sign a document releasing Shiesty from his recording contract, federal prosecutors said Thursday. In a criminal complaint filed in Dallas federal court and obtained by Rolling Stone, prosecutors allege Sheisty, born Lontrell Williams Jr., “was upset with the terms of his [recording] contract” and set up a meeting with Mane, whose legal name is Radric Davis, to discuss the matter. The complaint identifies Mane by his initials,...

In Germany, a teenager who shot dead a police officer after firing at him multiple times has been acquitted of murder and will avoid prison — after telling a court he was often in a “bad mood” due to a lack of prospects. The Saarbrücken Regional Court ruled that the 19-year-old gunman, Ahmet Gürsel, bore diminished responsibility at the time of the killing of Police Chief Inspector Simon Bohr, 34, and instead convicted him only of aggravated robbery, ordering his placement in a secure psychiatric facility. The shooting took place in August 2025 in Völklingen, Saarland, after the defendant carried...

Today, there are nearly 70,000 women serving in the Ukrainian Armed Forces. More than 10,000 are fighting directly on the frontlines. They are not there because of a quota. They are there because they wanted to serve, and serve they are… The drone revolution: where women excel The character of the fight has altered. No longer is strength the limiting factor. Now it’s precision, focus, and problem-solving. Women fly the latest FPV drones, command unmanned systems units, and conduct intelligence missions in Ukraine. The Khartiia Corps claims a 20 percent increase in female recruits for combat technology positions. Why? Because...

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) on Wednesday discussed his knowledge surrounding aliens, telling a Newsmax host he would be “up at night” if “the things that I’ve seen” were released. “I’ve been briefed by just about every alphabet agency there is, and I’ll just tell you this, if they would release the things that I’ve seen, you would stay up at — you’d be up at night worrying about or — thinking about this stuff,” Burchett told Newsmax host Rob Finnerty on his show. “We just need to disclose it all. I’m sick of it, you’re — ah, well, — I...

..."Let's talk about your future, your post-November future," Carville said, anticipating widespread defeat of Trump and the GOP. "The Democrats are going to investigate you to no end." "They're going to start going after you. Then they're going to start figuring out where all the money stolen is. Then they're going to go after your stupid jacka– kids and their spouses and all the other bulls— that you see, and they're going to investigate the s— out of you."