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Summer Lee is getting used to this. The freshman congresswoman from Western Pennsylvania ousted regional political royalty on her way to the state House in 2018, then overcame millions in outside spending, nearly all of it from pro-Israel groups, to win the Democratic nomination and her seat in Congress two years ago. This time out, in her first House reelection bid, Republican megadonor Jeffrey Yass is bankrolling a super PAC attacking Lee and boosting her primary challenger, Edgewood Councilmember Bhavini Patel. In an interview, Lee told CNN she had been “bracing for this moment” since her last run and trusted that her…

This is the sixth in a nine-part series previewing the NFL Draft and the Green Bay Packers’ needs at each position. Fix the secondary. It’s an annual rite of spring in Green Bay, where the Packers have struggled to find the right pieces for years now. And it could be the same old song and dance when the 2024 NFL Draft begins on Thursday. Since 2014, the Packers have used five of their 11 first round draft choices on defensive backs. Cornerback Jaire Alexander (2018) blossomed into a Pro Bowl player, safeties Darnell Savage (2019) and Ha Ha Clinton-Dix (2014)…

A US Army officer said military trainers had warned soldiers of the dangers of cellphone use.”The cellphone is the new cigarette in the foxhole,” he told Foreign Policy.Ukraine has used Russian soldiers’ cellular data to locate and target their positions. Cellphones have revolutionized the ways war is documented, providing snapshots of life on the front lines, glimpses of the latest military equipment, and harrowing images of death and destruction.But they are also potentially lethal for the soldiers carrying them, a US Army officer has said.Maj. Gen. Curtis Taylor told Jack Detsch, a reporter at Foreign Policy, that Army trainers had…

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy said Americans are not ‘funding war’ but ‘protecting democracy’ with their aid.Zelenskyy said Ukrainians are fighting so that the US and others don’t have to.Once passed by the Senate and signed by Biden, ammo and weapons could reach Ukraine in days. Americans may be fatigued by the war in Ukraine, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reminded them on Sunday that at least they don’t have to fight in it.The Ukrainian president’s comments came Sunday morning on “Meet the Press” on NBC News, just one day after the House of Representatives approved a long-awaited aid package for Ukraine.Zelenskyy spoke…

The latest Bitcoin halving took place late Friday, cutting miner rewards in half for the fourth time in history—but BTC itself is hardly the biggest winner in the crypto markets this weekend. Instead, it’s meme coins leading the charge, with some prominent tokens marking sizable double-digit percentage jumps in the last day. Dog-themed coins are the biggest winners so far this weekend, with the Solana-based BONK charting a massive 37% jump in price over the last 24 hours alone, jumping to a current price of $0.000021 per data from CoinGecko. BONK has effectively returned to where it was before plunging…

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Sunday said House Speaker Mike Johnson “betrayed” Republican voters after the House approved new aid to Ukraine, threatening to call a vote for his ouster if he doesn’t resign. “Mike Johnson’s speakership is over. He needs to do the right thing to resign and allow us to move forward in a controlled process. If he doesn’t do so, he will be vacated,” Greene said on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.” After months of resisting putting a foreign aid bill on the House floor, Johnson joined with Democrats on Saturday to advance a $95 billion foreign aid…

Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon is one of the most commercially successful albums of all time. The set has sold millions of copies in the U.S. alone, and it never seems to notably diminish in popularity. While it almost never disappears from the Billboard charts entirely, the blockbuster is soaring on the weekly rankings once again at the moment. Dark Side of the Moon returns to a pair of Billboard charts this week. At the same time, it’s up on yet another list, as consumption of the title was up fairly significantly last frame. Pink Floyd’s masterpiece gains…

An Nvidia engineer who makes $250,000 a year said the amount employees make at the chip giant was “not as rosy” as some might think.He told Business Insider that while some Nvidians may be lucky enough to be millionaires, “a million doesn’t go too far.”The software engineer didn’t want to be identified as he’s not authorized to speak to the media. BI has verified his employment and earnings.The West Coast-based engineer, who joined the company several years ago, gets nearly half of his base salary amount worth of restricted stock units (RSUs) a year.”If you’re looking from a far distance…

Airlines have jumped on this growing trend with built-in “stopover” programs, which can come with free or discounted hotels, excursions, transportation, and food at the layover destination.It’s basically a vacation within a vacation.Although it sounds too good to be true, stopovers benefit everyone involved. Travelers get more choices and don’t have to be confined to an airport, airlines gain customers who may have otherwise chosen a nonstop option on a competitor, and the carrier’s home country sees a boost in tourism.Plus, the cheap or complimentary accommodations typically come at a small cost to airlines, thanks to partnerships with local hotels…

Grayscale leaves no stone unturned as it adds 32K LTC ($2.3 million) to its Grayscale Litecoin Trust amid the asset falling by over 30%. An analyst predicts that LTC could replicate a pattern that sees its price reaching $370 after remaining stagnant within the $100 zone. Grayscale embarks on a buying spree following an extensive downward trend in the altcoin market that has seen assets losing between 30-40% of their previous value. According to market data, Litecoin (LTC) emerged as one of the biggest losers, having fallen from $112 to below $80. Interestingly, Grayscale “left nothing to chance” as it…