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Americans’ concerns about energy costs have not increased since the start of the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, even as gas prices have jumped nearly a dollar a gallon, according to a Gallup poll released Thursday. Thirty-five percent of U.S. adults say they worry “a great deal” about the availability and affordability of energy, unchanged from a year ago and well below the 47 percent who said the same in 2022, when gas prices last spiked during the early months of the Russia-Ukraine war. The poll, conducted March 2–18 among 1,000 adults, began just two days after the Feb. 28 strikes…

Democrat New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed legislation this week banning law enforcement, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, from wearing masks, leaving them vulnerable to targeted harassment. The governor signed SCS for S3114 and 3216/A1743, which, according the March 25 press release, “Requires law enforcement officer[s] to reveal facial identity during certain public interactions and to present sufficient identification prior to arresting or detaining person.” In a statement describing the bills she signed, Sherrill said, “These bills underscore that here in New Jersey, we still follow the Constitution and uphold the rule of law.” “My focus as governor remains…

A growing number of House Republicans are airing public concerns about President Donald Trump‘s possible deployment of U.S. ground troops in Iran as the Pentagon sends thousands of American paratroopers and other servicemembers to the Middle East. Nearly every GOP lawmaker has voted to green-light Trump’s military campaign. But a growing number, including some veterans, are voicing new reservations as evidence mounts that Trump could escalate the war to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, secure Iran’s nuclear stockpile or accomplish other strategic goals. “I’m really, really hopeful this doesn’t turn into a boots-on-the-ground situation,” Rep. Eli Crane (R-Ariz.) said in…

Eyal Zamir reportedly told the cabinet he was “raising ten red flags” due to acute personnel shortages The Israel Defense Forces is “on the verge of collapse” due to acute personnel shortages, Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir has warned, according to local media. Opposition parties have accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of stalling on drafting ultra-Orthodox Jews.Military service is mandatory for most Israeli citizens, both men and women. However, members of the Haredi community have historically been exempt from conscription. While the Israeli Supreme Court revoked the exemption in June 2024, Netanyahu’s cabinet has so far delayed drafting ultra-Orthodox…

Author J.K. Rowling celebrated the International Olympic Committee (IOC) banning men from women’s sporting events. As Breitbart News reported this week, the IOC ruled that women’s sporting events will be limited to biological females. “Eligibility for any female category event at the Olympic Games or any other IOC event, including individual and team sports, is now limited to biological females,” the IOC said in a statement, adding it will protect “fairness, safety and integrity in the female category.” J.K. Rowling celebrated the ruling, citing the case of Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics as a female boxer despite…

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), who could face 50 years in prison in a federal case, will face the House Ethics Committee on Thursday about her alleged misconduct. The Democrat congresswoman will testify during a rare public hearing that could result in her expulsion from the House of Representatives. A sprawling federal indictment has accused the Florida congresswoman of stealing more than $5 million in disaster relief funds to finance her inaugural congressional race in 2021 and the purchase of luxury items, including an expensive diamond ring. She also allegedly participated in a straw donor scheme, wherein a donor makes a…

Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to build Republican support for a short-term bill that would fund all Department of Homeland Security operations through May 22, after the Senate passed a deal overnight that left out money for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and some dollars for Customs and Border Protection. The Louisiana Republican shared the plan on a House GOP Conference call shortly after noon Friday, honoring a commitment he made to members of the House Freedom Caucus earlier in the day that he would pursue a path out of the extended DHS shutdown that didn’t involve punting on funding for…

The Department of War had ordered contractors to drop Anthropic after it refused to allow military use of its technology A US federal judge has blocked a Pentagon order designating Anthropic a national security risk, saying US officials likely broke the law and retaliated against the AI company over its public comments on how its technology should be used.Anthropic, a leading developer of large language models, has been locked in a dispute with the Department of War over military use of its Claude system, with defense officials pushing to allow the technology for “all lawful uses.”The company resisted, citing concerns…

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has established specific goals for employee adoption of AI tools, including targets for how much code engineers should write using AI assistance, according to internal documents obtained by Business Insider. Business Insider reports that Meta has set concrete targets for employee AI usage as part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s initiative to transform the company into what he calls an “AI-native” organization. An internal document reviewed by Business Insider reveals specific goals for different teams regarding their use of AI tools for tasks including software coding. The document, created by Meta employees to collect information about AI adoption goals…

The government of Slovenia began fuel rationing measures this week amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, supply chain issues, and fuel tourism from neighbouring countries in Europe. Ljubljana announced the first rationing measures of any EU nation this week, imposing a limit of 50 litres (13 gallons) per person or 200 litres (53 gallons) per business per day in response to shortages across the country, public broadcaster RTV Slovenia reported. Prime Minister Robert Golob stressed that there are no shortages and that the warehouses of backup supply are full. However, supply chain issues, panic buying, and foreigners taking advantage of…