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Wednesday, in a significant victory against the Trump administration’s ongoing war on government transparency, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted summary judgment in favor of American Oversight, striking down a Department of Energy (DOE) policy that would have allowed the agency to potentially close thousands of properly submitted, pending Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. The ruling blocks an unlawful attempt by the Trump administration to evade its obligations under FOIA by shifting the burden of keeping public records requests open onto the public. The court held that DOE exceeded the limited legal authority granted to…

On the third day of being in labour with my first child, I entered a new state of being. It was time to dig deep. This is what I had learned in all the childbirth classes. As long as I remained calm, breathed as instructed, moaned through the pain, things would happen as they were meant to. My body knew what it was doing. Only, it didn’t.On the fourth day, I started to beg. This wasn’t right. Despite contraction after relentless contraction, I wasn’t dilating. I hadn’t slept, I couldn’t even sit down. I needed help. And still, they waited.…

The Trump administration has repeatedly pushed back on reports of shortages of both offensive and defensive weapons.United States President Donald Trump has vowed to hunt down “leakers” after several news reports detailing a dangerous depletion of munitions stockpiles amid the US-Israeli war on Iran.While several reports had previously documented munitions depletions since the war began on February 28, the latest reports painted a more dire picture.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listReuters news agency and CBS News reported that the military had burned through nearly all of its offensive Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMSs) and Precision Strike Missiles (PrSMs),…

Many mainstream schools in England were given attendance targets specific to their school in a widespread trial last year, but on Thursday the Department for Education (DfE) confirmed that every school would be getting their own target and that it would be monitored for the first time. The BBC understands there will be no immediate penalties for schools who miss their attendance targets, but that the DfE will get in touch with schools that are off-track to make sure they are aware and taking action.Schools could then be pointed towards best practice guidance, or encouraged to join with other schools…

Other AI Notetakers We’ve TestedThis is a nascent category that’s growing. Here are others we’ve tested, but we’ll also be keeping an eye on upcoming new hardware from companies like Omi, Boya, Mobvoi, and SwitchBot.Photograph: Chris NullPlaud NotePin S for $179: The 18-gram NotePin S is one of the smallest and most versatile notetakers on the market (you can wear it as a lanyard, even!), but it’s expensive given that it offers just 300 minutes of transcription unless you pay for a subscription. Transcriptions are not displayed in real time, though their eventual analysis is solid. It’s a handy little…