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Brooks and Capehart on what voters think about Trump’s first 100 days
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including what voters think about President Trump's performance in his first 100 days in office, the issues Democrats are leaning into to counter the administration and Trump's order threatening federal funds for public media.
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Australian election 2025 mini and micro party guide: how to avoid a Senate vote you might regret
Behind unassuming names lurk parties with some hair-raising and eccentric views. And others that are pretty much what they say they are. Here’s what you need to knowAustralia federal election 2025 LIVE – latest news, updates and resultsSee our full coverage of the Australian electionPolls tracker; Election day guide; Party policies explainedThe most recent federal election proved politics is no longer a two-horse race,...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Who should I vote for? What are the key Labor, Coalition and Greens party policies in the 2025 Australian federal election?
Yes, this is Australia’s cost-of-living election – but where do the parties stand on energy, education and welfare? Here’s what’s on offer other than sugar hits to the hip pocketPolls tracker; Election guide; Interactive seat explorerMicro parties explained; Full election coverageGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcast Continue reading...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Australian election: interactive map, federal seat explorer and electorates guide – from safe to marginal
Familiarise yourself with the state of play ahead of the 2025 Australian federal election with our data-driven electorate guideAustralia federal election 2025 LIVE – latest news, updates and resultsSee our full coverage of the Australian electionIn the election there will be a total of 150 electorates. This is one fewer than at the 2022 election, as two electorates were abolished due to redistributions by the AEC, and...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:House Committee Offers Fossil Fuel Industry a ‘Once in a Generation’ Opportunity to Develop on Public Lands
Sacred Native American sites, public lands and undeveloped landscapes on and off shore are once again under threat from President Trump and congressional Republicans after the House Natural Resources Committee released draft legislation Friday that would make substantial changes to how fossil fuel companies doing, or hoping to do, business on public lands are regulated. […]
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Australian election 2025 voting guide: everything you need to know, including when and where you can vote on the day
Who can I vote for? Where can I find polling booth locations near me and get a democracy sausage? What time does voting open and close on election day? All you polling day questions answeredAustralia federal election 2025 LIVE – latest news, updates and resultsSee our full coverage of the Australian electionElection day guide; Party policies explainedMicro parties explained; Interactive seat explorerGet our breaking...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Musk's White House evolution
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story The evolution of Musk's White House role Elon Musk’sfirst 100 days in the White House were filled with twists and turns as the world’s richest person became one of the most influential and contentious figures in Washington in a matter of weeks. Jose Luis Magana, Associated Press...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:World’s tallest and smallest dogs meet up for a play date
Reginald, a Great Dane, and Pearl, a chihuahua, are Guinness World Records winners in their respective height titles.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Anomalies Revealed in Spain’s Power Grid Weeks Before Major Blackout
Spain’s electrical grid experienced instability and supply cuts weeks before the historic blackout that plunged the Iberian Peninsula into darkness. Experts warn about the system’s fragility amid the energy transition. Related: Spain Restores Power Supply After Major Blackout As the Spanish government and judiciary investigate the causes of the massive blackout that paralyzed Spain and […]
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:How will Australia choose its next prime minister?
The nation is voting for a new leader, against a backdrop of everything from the cost of living to Trump's tariffs.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Maine, Trump admin settle lawsuit over frozen funds after transgender athlete battle
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey announced Friday that the state has reached a settlement with the Trump administration after the federal government took away funding to Maine’s schools over its transgender athlete policies. “It’s unfortunate that my office had to resort to federal court just to get USDA to comply with the law and its...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Coalition public service policy twists bewilder Canberra voters
Election campaigns are often quite stage managed but the number of twists in the Coalition's public service policy has resembled a giant pretzel, leaving Canberra voters bewildered about what to expect for their city should the government change.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Alibaba’s AI model Qwen3: a smart kid prone to hallucinations
Alibaba Group’s newly-released large language model Qwen3 has shown higher mathematical-proving and code-writing abilities than its previous models and some American peers, putting it at the top of benchmark charts. Qwen3 offers two mixture-of-experts (MoE) models (Qwen3-235B-A22B and Qwen3-32B-A3B) and six dense models. A MoE, also used by OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude, can assign […] The post Alibaba’s AI...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Alibaba’s AI model Qwen3: A smart kid prone to hallucinations
Alibaba Group’s newly-released large language model Qwen3 has shown higher mathematical-proving and code-writing abilities than its previous models and some American peers, putting it at the top of benchmark charts. Qwen3 offers two mixture-of-experts (MoE) models (Qwen3-235B-A22B and Qwen3-32B-A3B) and six dense models. A MoE, also used by OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude, can assign […] The post Alibaba’s AI...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Budget would slash HHS, NIH funding
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trump's budget proposes deep cuts to HHS President Trump’s “skinny budget” request for fiscal year 2026 includes massive cuts to federal health agencies, including a quarter of the Department of Health and Human Services’(HHS) discretionary budget, the White...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:White House unveils budget request with deep cuts: 5 things to know
The White House on Friday called for significant cuts to nondefense programs as part of President Trump’s fiscal 2026 budget request, while proposing to beef up funding for defense and the president’s border priorities. The so-called skinny budget is not as detailed as usual presidential budget requests, which is not uncommon for a president's first-year...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:‘Degrees of consciousness’: a 15-year-old philosopher considers the rights of AI
Teen author and aspiring sleep educator Benjamin Qin Mujia impressed at the China trials for the International Philosophy Olympiad.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:A visit to a park in Osaka made me dream big for Australia's green spaces
On a recent trip to Japan I went in search of what had been described to me as a near perfect example of an urban green development in one of the most green-starved cities in the world.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Trump's fixation on wrongly deported man's tattoos nothing but a distraction, says lawyer
U.S. President Donald Trump is trying to paint Kilmar Abrego Garcia as a criminal with gang tattoos and a history of violence. But his lawyer says the administration is just trying to distract from the fact that it deported him by mistake, and is flouting court orders to bring him back.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:UN says international community only has two choices with regards to Gaza
UN says international community only has two choices with regards to Gaza The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the international community was faced with two choices when it came to Gaza – either to act or remain voyeurs. During a press briefing, OCHA spokesperson Olga Cherevko, who has spent nearly five years working in Gaza said: “The decision makers have watched in silence the...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:More Americans see overreach from Trump than from judges, AP-NORC poll finds
As President Donald Trumpfaces significant pushbackfrom federal judges, a new poll shows U.S. adults are more likely to believe the president is the one overstepping his power rather than the courts — although Republicans largely think the opposite.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:About half of Americans say the economy is Trump’s responsibility: Survey
Nearly half of Americans said the current condition of the U.S. economy is President Trump’s responsibility rather than his predecessor former President Biden, according to a survey published Friday. The Gallup poll found 46 percent of adults said Trump is responsible for the current state of the nation’s economy, while another 27 percent of respondents...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:The Tasmanian seats which could deliver, or deny, electoral victory
Will the anti-salmon farming vote play a part? Will the concern over job losses in the salmon industry trump that? Will the major parties keep the independents at bay? Let's take a look at Tasmania's seats and what the experts are predicting.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:AfD classified as extreme-right by German intelligence
The AfD came second in Germany's February elections and has a record number of seats in the new parliament.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:He's dressed Cate Blanchett and Lady Gaga, and is still making fashion waves
From designing his first clothes as a teenager in Melbourne to the runways of Paris with celebrities, Martin Grant has had a full career — and it's not over yet.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Will his bromance with Roger Cook help Anthony Albanese win today?
The prime minister is hoping Roger Cook — fresh from his resounding WA election win — can help him win votes in the West, while the premier is counting on his popularity buying him influence in Canberra, writes Keane Bourke.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:India at a crossroads: new Gandhi or new Jinnah
“The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.” Georg hegel The tragedy is not that history fails to speak, but that we fail to listen – especially when the message is uncomfortable. On April 22, the peaceful hills of Pahalgam in Kashmir turned crimson with violence as terrorists opened […] The post India at a crossroads: new Gandhi or new Jinnah appeared first on Asia Times.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:He’s been bitten by snakes hundreds of times. Now scientists are studying his blood
Tim Friede’s exposure to venom from black mambas, cobras and other snakes could hold the key to better treatment for bite victims.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Trump is tanking with Ohio independents — a new poll shows why
President Trump is underwater among Ohio independents in a new poll.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Trump administration asks Supreme Court to grant DOGE access to Social Security systems
Social Security holds personal records on nearly everyone in the country, including school records, bank details, salary information and medical and mental health records for disability recipients, according to court documents.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:These are the NSW seats to watch this election night
From a tussle over historically blue ribbon bastions to traditionally Labor-voting seats balanced on a knife edge, these are the seats to watch as results pour in over the coming days.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Higher prices await US buyers of small China shipments as Trump trade war tariffs bite
Online retailers like Shein and Temu are targeted by closing of de minimis loophole with ‘immediately apparent’ impact, analysts say.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Venezuela Receives New Group of Deported Migrants Amid Family Separation Concerns
Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello condemned the absence of children on the latest flight, accusing the U.S. of continuing its imperialist policy of family separations. Venezuela welcomed another flight of citizens deported from the United States on Friday as part of President Nicolás Maduro’s Return to the Homeland Plan. This marks the 18th repatriation flight, arriving […]
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:US lawmakers urge SEC to delist Alibaba and Chinese companies
Heads of congressional panels say Baidu, JD.com and others have military links that pose ‘unacceptable risk’ to investors
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:As Trump wreaks global havoc, the dollar cost of uncertainty rises
Companies and countries alike are seeing hedging costs hit the roof amid a loss of trust and certainty in the US, the dollar and Treasuries.
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