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A New Google-Funded Data Center Will Be Powered by a Massive Gas Plant

A new data center being built with investments from Google will be partly powered by a natural gas project that emits the yearly emissions equivalent of putting more than 970,000 additional gas-powered cars on the road. According to a Texas state air permit application, the Goodnight data center campus in Armstrong County, Texas will be partly powered by private natural gas turbines that will emit more than 4.5 million tons of greenhouse gases each year. This is more than ten times higher the y ...

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WTF, Anthropic's Claude Code keeps track of every time you swear

On March 31 artificial intelligence company Anthropic accidentally leaked roughly 512,000 lines of code, and within hours, developers were poring over it. Among the surprises was code inside Claude Code, Anthropic’s AI coding assistant, that appears to scan user prompts for signs of frustration. It flags profanity, insults and phrases such as “so frustrating” and “this sucks,” and it appears to log that the user expressed negativity. Developers also discovered code designed to scrub references ...

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Hegseth ousts Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George

Updated on: April 2, 2026 / 4:40 PM EDT / CBS News Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George to step down and take immediate retirement, sources familiar with the decision told CBS News. One of the sources said Hegseth wants someone in the role who will implement President Trump and Hegseth's vision for the Army. A senior Defense Department official told CBS News, "We are grateful for his service, but it was time for a leadership change in the Army ...

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White House deletes video footage from Easter event where Trump was compared to Jesus

Thursday 02 April 2026 11:38 EDT The White House appeared to delete video footage online from an Easter event where President Donald Trump mused about being king, insulted European leaders, encouraged Charlie Kirk’s widow to sue her critics and was compared to Jesus by his spiritual adviser. A video of the event was initially posted on the official White House website and YouTube channel, but it has since been removed from public view. A thumbnail of the video remained on the site as of Thurs ...

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Drugmakers face 100% tariff unless they cut prices or produce drugs in US

The Trump administration said on Thursday it will impose 100% tariffs on branded pharmaceuticals imported into the United ‌States unless manufacturers agree to government drug pricing deals or commit to ‌making their products domestically. The move is intended to push drugmakers to onshore production and cut U.S. prescription drug prices. It offers exemptions and reduced rates through trade agreements, manufacturing commitments and most‑favored‑nation pricing pact ...

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Pam Bondi, a Trump loyalist who oversaw Justice Department upheaval, is out as his attorney general

(AP) President Donald Trump said Thursday that Pam Bondi is out as his attorney general, ending the contentious tenure of a loyalist who upended the Justice Department’s culture of independence from the White House, oversaw large-scale firings of career employees and moved aggressively to investigate the Republican president’s perceived enemies.

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Despite Trump's claims, there's no indication Iran's regime has lost power, Western officials and experts say

(NBC News) President Donald Trump said in his address to the nation on Wednesday night that regime change has occurred in Iran because all of the country's original leaders are dead. But there is no indication that the authoritarian government has lost its grip on power or that successors to assassinated leaders have made a break with the Islamic Republic’s ideology, according to multiple Western officials, U.S. intelligence assessments and regional analysts.The regime shows no sign of unraveling, and the people who have replaced senior leaders are known as equally hard-line or arguably even more militant than their predecessors, according to Western officials and experts on Iran.

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Fact Focus: False claims Trump made as he addressed the nation about Iran

(AP) President Donald Trump mischaracterized core elements of the U.S. economy and stretched the facts in claiming to have toppled Iran’s government as he addressed the nation Wednesday night in a time of soaring gas prices and persistent inflation. Here’s a look at some of his statements.

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Trump Sparks Outrage by Claiming Federal Government Can't Fund Daycare, Medicare, or Medicaid, Saying War Comes First

(IBT) US President Donald Trump has sparked criticism after saying the federal government cannot fund daycare, Medicare, or Medicaid, claiming the United States must focus on military protection. Speaking at an Easter Lunch reception at the White House on Wednesday, the president told guests that social programmes should be managed by individual states rather than the federal government. He said that states would need to raise their own taxes to cover such programmes, adding that the federal government's priority must be national defence.

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Trump: Government will have to 'force ourselves' on LA for World Cup

(USA Today) U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday told reporters the government will have to "force ourselves" on Los Angeles when the World Cup happens, saying he did not want any crime or problems. "We're gonna have to do something when it comes World Cup time, and we're gonna have to force ourselves upon them, which we have the right to do, because we don't want to have any crime, we don't want to have any problems," Trump told reporters at the Oval Office.

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Treasury moves to gut financial research office

2 min ago - 04/02/2026 05:38 PM EDT The Treasury Department is moving forward with plans to dramatically shrink the Office of Financial Research, a data hub established to monitor risks to financial stability in the wake of the 2008 crisis. According to internal ... (Politico)

US moves troops to hotels in Middle East - seemingly in violation of its own rules of war: report

35 min ago - Wednesday 01 April 2026 17:37 EDT The Pentagon may have violated its own rules of war by moving troops from U.S. bases, targeted by Iran, to hotels and other civilian locations in the Middle East region, the New York Times reported. Since the start o ... (The Independent)

Judge says lawyer could be sanctioned and client could face charges over 'cut-and-paste lawyering'

59 min ago - Apr 2nd, 2026, 4:48 pm A judge in New York City harshly upbraided an immigration lawyer over the quality of their legal services in an atypical ruling on Wednesday. The three-page order makes exceedingly short work of an ill-fated effort to obtain h ... (Law & Crime)

Trump administration sues three states over attempts to regulate prediction markets

1 hr ago - April 2, 2026 3:54 PM ET The Trump administration on Thursday filed lawsuits against three states, arguing that the controversial prediction market industry should be solely regulated by the federal government, not by state gambling commissions. The ... (NPR)

Hegseth has intervened in military promotions for more than a dozen senior officers

1 hr ago - National Security Hegseth has intervened in military promotions for more than a dozen senior officers The defense secretary's efforts to block or delay promotions to general or admiral for some officers has raised concerns that he may be targeting th ... (NBC News)

'Donald Trump's Vendetta Factory': Top Dem Torches Pam Bondi for Using DOJ to Settle Scores

1 hr ago - Apr 2nd, 2026, 3:51 pm Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, told CNN’s Boris Sanchez Thursday that former Attorney General Pam Bondi’s tenure was “plainly a disaster.”. “You know, peop ... (MEDIAite)

Trump cuts US duty rates on steel, aluminum and copper derivative products

2 hrs ago - April 2, 2026 3:28 PM EDT Updated 10 hours ago WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump adjusted his national security tariffs on steel, aluminum and copper imports on Thursday to cut duty rates on derivative products ‌ ... (Reuters)

Hegseth says he will allow troops to take personal weapons onto military bases

3 hrs ago - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday that he will allow service members to carry personal weapons onto military installations, citing the Second Amendment and recent shootings at bases across the country. In a video posted to X, Hegseth said ... (AP News)

U.S. oil has its biggest one-day price increase in six years, driving the cost of gas even higher

3 hrs ago - Stocks swung sharply as investors wrestled with mixed headlines. The nationwide average price of unleaded gas hit $4.08, while diesel fuel jumped to $5.51. Updated April 2, 2026, 4:06 PM CDT By Steve Kopack Oil prices surged Thursday, threatening ... (nbc news)

Fact check: Conservative PAC ties Democratic candidate in Nebraska's CD2 race to Trump

4 hrs ago - Josh Reyes Apr 2, 2026 Updated 3 hrs ago With less than six weeks until the May primary elections, Nebraskans might see more and more political advertising on TV and online. In the past couple of days, some have seen an ad featuring an unlikely pai ... (Omaha World Herald)

Amazon Teamsters Become First Union to Win Bargaining Order Against E-Commerce Giant

5 hrs ago - Ruling from National Labor Relations Board Orders Company to Recognize Teamsters (WASHINGTON) – In a historic decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled that Amazon illegally refused to recognize the Staten Island-based Amazon ... (Teamsters)

Doctors, nurses arrested in SoCal health care fraud investigation

6 hrs ago - LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday announced what they called a major health care fraud takedown throughout Southern California, which included the arrest of doctors and nurses. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli ... (ABC7)

OpenAI acquires TBPN, the buzzy founder-led business talk show

7 hrs ago - OpenAI has acquired popular tech industry talk show TBPN — Technology Business Programming Network — making this the AI giant’s first acquisition of a media company. The show will report to OpenAI’s chief political operative, Chri ... (TechCrunch)

Epstein Survivors Plead With Newly Ousted Pam Bondi: 'Do Right By Survivors'

7 hrs ago - Paige Skinner Thu, April 2, 2026 at 5:39 PM CDT The firing of Attorney General Pam Bondi, who received widespread criticism for her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, was celebrated Thursday by the ****** predator’s surviving victims, who ... (yahoo.com)

Senator Known for Wild Tweets From 'Based' Account Reportedly in Contention to Be Trump's Next AG

9 hrs ago - Apr 2nd, 2026, 3:27 pm Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) reportedly has the backing of some of his Republican Senate colleagues to replace Pam Bondi as attorney general. NOTUS political reporter Reese Gorman reported in the aftermath of Bondi’s firing, ... (MEDIAite)

DOJ tells Trump he doesn't have to follow law requiring him to turn over all presidential records

9 hrs ago - President Donald Trump does not have to turn over all his presidential records to the government after leaving office, the Department of Justice has concluded, after finding a landmark transparency law to be unconstitutional. "Congress does not have ... (Independent)

US Scientists Sequence 1,000 Genomes From Measles, a Disease Long Eliminated With Vaccines

9 hrs ago - {snip picture} Katelyn Messer is among the researchers at the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who have sequenced 1,000 whole genomes of measles viruses that spread in the U.S. between Jan. 20, 2025, and Jan. 20, 2026. The data will help ... (KFF Health News)

Border officials violated warrantless arrests order: Judge

9 hrs ago - 04/02/26 4:06 PM ET A federal judge in California ruled Wednesday that federal agents violated a previous court order restricting them from making immigration arrests without a warrant during an enforcement operation in Sacramento last summer. Judge ... (The Hill)

With U.S. Absent, 40 Countries Meet To Figure Out Strait Of Hormuz Reopening

10 hrs ago - Thu, April 2, 2026 at 10:29 AM EDT After President Donald Trump effectively washed his hands of the choked-up Strait of Hormuz, leaders of around 40 countries met on Thursday to figure out a way to get the vital shipping channel reopened. The U.K.-le ... (Yahoo! News/Huff Post)

Trump admin fails to derail First Amendment lawsuit challenging attacks on Big Law firms, judge finds ABA has standing

10 hrs ago - Apr 2nd, 2026, 7:42 am The White House has failed to beat back a First Amendment lawsuit challenging a series of executive orders targeting Big Law firms. In a 21-page memorandum opinion and order, U.S. District Judge Amir H. Ali, a Joe Biden appoin ... (Law & Crime)