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32 briefings — news-trends wire, research packs, plus Follow the Money.
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World
Israel's Deadlocked Vote: Record Turnout, Rival Claims to Lead
Israelis voted in their highest numbers in over two decades in a tense national election to decide whether to stick with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right coalition.
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World
What to Know About Brazil's Election, and What Comes Next
President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva’s victory ended a string of presidential election wins by right-wing candidates in Latin America. His opponent has refused to accept defeat.
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Politics & Media
Blanche Defends DOJ Lawsuit Over Alaska Senate Results
Attorney General Todd Blanche defended the Justice Department's suit over Alaska's Senate race in an interview on CNN.
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Science & Ideas
DOJ Inquiring About Nvidia's Purchase of Hugging Face, Sources Say
Reuters exclusive: U.S. Department of Justice is inquiring about Nvidia's purchase of Hugging Face, according to sources.
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Science & Ideas
HHS Allows Temporary Sale of Some Unapproved Peptides
Reuters: the U.S. health department will allow temporary sale of some unapproved peptides under enforcement discretion.
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Science & Ideas
U.S. Measles Cases More Than Double as Outbreak Spreads
Pennsylvania is the worst hit state, with at least 1,338 cases of measles confirmed in 44 counties so far this year, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
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World
Venezuela's María Corina Machado Returns After Months in Exile
Machado announced her arrival on social media, writing "I am here. With you."
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World
Aleksandar Vučić Concedes Defeat in Serbian Election
“It is clear that we have lost these elections,” Aleksandar Vucic said in a surprisingly early speech congratulating his opponents.
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Politics & Media
Media Consolidation Timeline: Disney, Fox Assets, and Related Transactions
Independent reporting based on publicly disclosed corporate filings, earnings releases, and contemporaneous news coverage of ownership changes involving The Walt Disney Company, 21st Century Fox, Fox Corporation, News Corp, and Comcast.
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Politics & Media
Legislating Uncertainty: Election Policies and the Amplification of Misinformation
We find that, relative to states with restrictions, states that allowed ballots to be processed in advance of the election were subjected to fewer misinformation stories.
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World
The Latest Cycle of Saudi-Houthi Escalation Is Different—and More Dangerous
Hence, one of the best contributions Washington could make is to help Saudi Arabia and the UAE mend fences while urging them to work with their Yemeni allies on a realistic strategy for deterring the Houthis and…
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Sport
World Cup viewers exposed to junk food, alcohol and gambling branding every seven seconds, study finds
More than 93,000 visible appearances of brands promoting unhealthy food and drink, alcohol, gambling and speculative products were recorded during coverage of the largest FIFA World Cup in history, new research has…
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World
California’s public safety strategy works: Governor Newsom’s commitment helps lower crime as new study shows violence prevention saves lives
Researchers found Richmond’s community violence intervention program was responsible for an estimated 61% reduction in firearm homicides and injury shootings over 14 years.
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Economy
Report: Most homebuyers are overpaying on their mortgage
The report found that 87% of borrowers are overpaying, costing the average homeowner more than $3,300 a year.
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Science & Ideas
Strong evidence for quantum entanglement between Z bosons found by ATLAS and CMS
In recent studies, ATLAS and CMS analysed decays of the Higgs boson and found the first evidence of quantum entanglement between two Z bosons.
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Science & Ideas
The mystery is missing
A study by UNC-Chapel Hill computer scientists found that artificial intelligence struggles to create complex characters when tasked with writing fiction.
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Arts & Culture
Woody Guthrie: An Intimate Life
Featuring an insert with personal photos of Guthrie’s family and previously unknown paintings, *Woody Guthrie: An Intimate Life* is a fresh and contemporary analysis of the overlapping influences of sexuality,…
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Arts & Culture
“They’re Scared of Becoming Creatively Impotent”: Rock Musicians’ Perspectives on Music Theory in Creative and Other Work Processes
This article examines the role of music theory in rock musicians’ discourses about creative and other work processes.
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Environment
Did the Northern Lights Play a Role in the Sinking of the Titanic? A New Paper Says It’s Possible
As *Smithsonian* reports, the same solar storm that produced an aurora over the North Atlantic waters where the *Titanic* sank may have caused equipment malfunctions that led to its demise.
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Environment
‘Snooping’ on Dolphins: Hotspots for Food and Friends
Whistles were concentrated in nearshore areas, suggesting hotspots for social activity, while echolocation was more prevalent where sound-producing fish were abundant.
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Politics & Media
Perceived class positions and opinion-based polarisation: experimental evidence from the UK
Working class respondents feel significantly closer to opinion-based groups when they believe the working class is the majority within those groups, whether pro- or anti-immigration and pro- or anti-environment.
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Science & Ideas
Generalizing the central dogma as a cross-hierarchical principle of biology
Here, we propose a generalization of the central dogma as a division of labour between the transmission and expression of information: the transmitter (nucleic acids) perpetuates information across generations,…
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Sport
Why ‘slow jogging’ is the perfect fitness trend for people who want to get into exercise
Researchers found taking regular hot baths increased runners’ aerobic fitness without requiring additional mileage or harder workouts.
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Travel & Life
How Parents Can Help Their Kids Build a Faith That Lasts
2. Higher parent–child relationship quality in childhood is associated with stronger retention of religious belief and practice in adulthood.
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Travel & Life
The 30 Best Donut Flavors, Ranked by a Nation of Donut Lovers
We analyzed menus from hundreds of donut shops, polled thousands of donut lovers, and debated fiercely among ourselves to produce this definitive ranking of the 30 best donut flavors in America.
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Travel & Life
UH study: Domestic visitors want to engage, pay more for sustainable experiences
The researchers discovered that U.S. tourists felt a strong desire to engage in sustainable tourism when visiting the Hawaiian Islands; when choosing a vacation, they felt a high level of importance that the tourism…
Follow the Money
Public FEC, OCPF, and VoteView patterns for Massachusetts officials. Correlation is not corruption.
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Follow the Money
Federal Money Patterns: Neal, Warren, Markey, and McGovern
Public FEC weball and OpenFEC aggregates show four Massachusetts Democrats raising in very different shapes—PAC-heavy on MA-01, small-dollar on Warren, and a Markey 2026 surge—without implying motive or misconduct.
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Follow the Money
Party-Line Voting Near 99%: What the Roll Calls Show
On party-split roll calls in the 118th and 119th Congresses, Markey, McGovern, Neal, and Warren voted with the Democratic majority 99.0–99.8% of the time—a cohesion statistic, not an accusation.
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Follow the Money
MA OCPF Snapshot: Sabadosa, Comerford, and Healey
State campaign receipts from Massachusetts OCPF show local legislators raising mostly in-state dollars beside the governor’s larger statewide war chest—public totals, not a charge of impropriety.
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Follow the Money
Markey–Warren Lockstep, Party Unity, and the 2026 PAC File
VoteView roll calls show Massachusetts’ senators nearly always casting the same Yea or Nay, party unity in the high 90s on contested votes, and pas226 PAC 24K flows that put Neal ahead of McGovern—patterns from public records, not findings of misconduct.
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Follow the Money
How to Read the Campaign Finance DB—and What’s Missing
A reporter’s map to the Follow the Money SQLite kit: which tables answer which questions, how ActBlue/WinRed splits now load from itcont, and how to avoid overclaiming from public records.
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Follow the Money
ActBlue vs Direct: How Itemized Money Reaches Four MA Democrats
FEC bulk itcont for McGovern, Neal, Warren, and Markey shows majority ActBlue routing on itemized individuals, zero WinRed, and House members closer to a 60/40 ActBlue–direct split—public conduit patterns, not findings of misconduct.
By section
Follow the Money
- Federal Money Patterns: Neal, Warren, Markey, and McGovern
- Party-Line Voting Near 99%: What the Roll Calls Show
- MA OCPF Snapshot: Sabadosa, Comerford, and Healey
- Markey–Warren Lockstep, Party Unity, and the 2026 PAC File
- How to Read the Campaign Finance DB—and What’s Missing
- ActBlue vs Direct: How Itemized Money Reaches Four MA Democrats
Politics & Media
- Blanche Defends DOJ Lawsuit Over Alaska Senate Results
- Media Consolidation Timeline: Disney, Fox Assets, and Related Transactions
- Perceived class positions and opinion-based polarisation: experimental evidence from the UK
- Legislating Uncertainty: Election Policies and the Amplification of Misinformation
World
- Israel's Deadlocked Vote: Record Turnout, Rival Claims to Lead
- What to Know About Brazil's Election, and What Comes Next
- Venezuela's María Corina Machado Returns After Months in Exile
- Aleksandar Vučić Concedes Defeat in Serbian Election
- California’s public safety strategy works: Governor Newsom’s commitment helps lower crime as new study shows violence prevention saves lives
- The Latest Cycle of Saudi-Houthi Escalation Is Different—and More Dangerous
Science & Ideas
- DOJ Inquiring About Nvidia's Purchase of Hugging Face, Sources Say
- HHS Allows Temporary Sale of Some Unapproved Peptides
- U.S. Measles Cases More Than Double as Outbreak Spreads
- The mystery is missing
- Generalizing the central dogma as a cross-hierarchical principle of biology
- Strong evidence for quantum entanglement between Z bosons found by ATLAS and CMS