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The courts cannot keep up with President Trump.In cases on immigration, spending, mass firings and restructuring agencies, the administration has barreled ahead in the face of slow-moving legal challenges. If Mr. Trump loses when those lawsuits are finally resolved, it may be too late as a practical matter to undo what he has achieved.The challenge to Mr. Trump’s enormous White House ballroom project is just the latest example of a mismatch between a judicial system characterized by unhurried deliberation and a presidency built for speed.“Trump is going to get his ballroom — even if courts conclude it’s illegal,” said Leah…

Manifold Security has disclosed eight security flaws across seven command-line AI coding agents in which a repository’s own Git configuration names a command that the agent runs on the developer’s machine, four of them still unpatched at publication. The command executes as the user, outside the agent’s sandbox and without an approval prompt, and exploitation requires the repository to arrive as files with its .git directory intact, which a shared archive, a shared drive, a sync folder, or a USB stick preserves, whereas an ordinary clone does not. Fixes have shipped for goose, Claude Code, and Cursor, while Hermes Agent,…

Takotsubo syndrome is a sudden heart condition that most often affects postmenopausal women and can be triggered by intense emotional or physical stress. It accounts for about 2 percent of patients initially thought to be having a heart attack – and up to one in ten women with acute coronary syndrome – yet it can be extremely difficult to tell apart from a heart attack during the first stages of evaluation. People with Takotsubo syndrome can suddenly experience chest pain, abnormal electrocardiogram results, and elevated levels of cardiac enzymes – all signs that can closely resemble a heart attack. The…

Fossil fuel emissions are pushing Earth’s climate toward a dangerous new phase of climate “overshoot,” scientists warned Wednesday in a new report from the United Nations Environmental Programme. The report, Limiting Overshoot, projects that global temperatures will exceed the 1.5-degree Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) warming threshold identified in the Paris Agreement within a few years, intensifying deadly climate impacts. It says the best chance of restoring a safe climate is to begin cutting greenhouse gas emissions immediately, halve them by 2035, and figure out ways to remove billions of tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere before the end of…

Reading Time: 8 minutes Click here to read highlights from the story Nebraska and Montana implemented the new work requirement rules for Medicaid recipients earlier this year.  In Nebraska, officials say there’s been confusion about basic eligibility, with some people who should have received exemptions being denied coverage due to procedural errors.  Montana leaders stressed the importance of communication, particularly to Native American tribes, who should be exempt from the new rules.  Officials in Wisconsin say they’re implementing ways to automatically determine whether someone is working or if they’re required to follow the new rules.  Federal officials also narrowed the…

In committing to provide a safe swimmable place within 15 minutes of every home by 2035, London Mayor Sadiq Khan has set a measurable, time-bound goal that cannot be met through a single program or line item on the budget. Instead, it requires a public mission capable of mobilizing all ministries and shaping markets. LONDON—Had you visited a London pool during this sweltering summer, you would have found it quieter than expected. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the city’s public swimming amenities have moved to booking systems that favor those who can plan days ahead, pay upfront, and spare an adult…

A video of flood waters hitting a street has been shared thousands of times online with captions implying it shows the recent flash flood on the Nepal-Tibet border. But it isn’t real and was made with artificial intelligence.The video contains an invisible SynthID watermark, indicating it was generated with Google AI. The video shows a large wave of water destroying houses and sweeping away cars. Although there have been numerous videos showing real footage of the flood, which has killed over 1,000 people, this particular video isn’t real.As well as the SynthID watermark there are a number of visual clues…

Israel has plans ready to remove Palestinians from the Gaza Strip but is waiting for the United States to figure out where to take them, the defence minister said Wednesday. “There is no real solution for Gaza in the end without this migration,” Defence Minister Israel Katz told a conference hosted by Israeli news site Ynet and newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth. The Israeli government “is organised and prepared to get them out – by sea, by air, by every way possible”, he said.  The US embassy referred requests for comment to the State Department in Washington. US President Donald Trump, at…

“Bardella has always been attached to the international credibility of the National Rally,” said the aide, who was granted anonymity to share details of Bardella’s plans. “He will give great attention to the international press during the campaign.” Since shooting up the National Rally’s ranks in his twenties, Bardella has brought a polished professionalism to a party that long struggled to run a tight ship. He led the party to impressive victories in the 2019 and 2024 European elections and is now the head of the Patriots group in the European Parliament. The party is now more popular than ever,…

Nigel Farage has compared his situation to that of Donald Trump being pursued by investigators for years, saying both of them are “outsiders” up against “the system”, as he admitted having become tetchy and aggrieved this summer.The Reform UK leader has been under huge scrutiny over his finances after failing to declare a £5m gift from the Thailand-based donor Christopher Harborne and further financial support from a friend, the fraudster George Cottrell, before the last election.Harborne’s gift is the subject of an inquiry by parliament’s standards commissioner, which resumed last month after Farage won a byelection in Clacton. Farage maintains…