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In the news today: The Justice Department cites Saturday’s dinner shooting to urge preservationists to drop their lawsuit over Trump’s planned White House ballroom; Iran offers to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz; and college students switching to what they hope are “AI-proof” majors. Also, all about Radio Taiso, Japan’s daily fitness program |
Secret Service agents patrol the North Lawn at the White House after a shooting incident outside the ballroom at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in Washington, Saturday. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner) |
Justice Department cites dinner shooting to press preservationists to drop Trump ballroom suit |
“It’s time to build the ballroom,” acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said plainly Sunday on X, posting a letter in which Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate gave the National Trust for Historic Preservation until 9 a.m. Monday to dismiss its lawsuit over Trump’s planned $400 million ballroom on the site of the former East Wing of the White House. Read more.
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If the group doesn’t back down in its suit to block construction, Shumate wrote, the government would ask a court to act. Shumate called the Washington Hilton — the site of the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday — “demonstrably unsafe” for events with the president “because its size presents extraordinary security challenges for the Secret Service.” Asked about the letter, Elliot Carter, spokesperson for the preservation group, said Sunday that the group would review it with legal counsel.
The dinner is not a White House event — it is run by the White House Correspondents’ Association, a nonprofit organization of journalists from media outlets that cover the president. In the century-plus since its grounds were largely closed to the public, dozens of events are evidence that even the White House complex is not impervious to intrusion. There have been a number of documented incidents in which people have scaled security barriers around the White House. - On Fox News Channel on Sunday, Trump forecast that, by the end of his current term, his project would be complete. “In the year ’28 you’re going to have something, you’re going to have a ballroom, the top of the line, security,” Trump said. “You’re not going to have problems.”
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Iran offers to end chokehold on Strait of Hormuz and asks US to end blockade, officials say |
The new offer, which doesn’t address Iran’s nuclear program, comes as the country’s foreign minister made a visit to Russia he said was an opportunity to consult with Moscow regarding the war against Israel and the United States. Read more. |
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Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency said Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi landed in St. Petersburg on Monday morning ahead of a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. His trip over the weekend has included two stops in Pakistan and a visit to Oman, which shares the strait with Iran. Araghchi’s visit comes as the standoff in the strait persists, keeping oil prices high and as Pakistan has been struggling to revive stalled talks between the two sides.
The new proposal, passed to the United States by Pakistan, likely won’t be supported by President Donald Trump, who wants to end Iran’s atomic program as part of an overall deal to reopen the strait and make the ceasefire permanent.
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College students wary of the job market are changing course in search of ‘AI-proof’ majors |
Amid the rapid rise of artificial intelligence, many college students are reconsidering their career paths and picking majors that feel less likely to be automated and help build skills in areas where humans still have an edge. Read more. |
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About 70% of college students see AI as a threat to their job prospects, according to a 2025 poll by the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School. The uncertainty appears most concentrated among those pursuing degrees in technology and vocational areas of study. “We see students all the time change majors. That’s not new or different. But it’s usually for a ton of different reasons,” said Courtney Brown, a vice president at Lumina, an education nonprofit focused on increasing the number of students who seek education beyond high school. “The fact that so many students say it’s because of AI — that is startling.”
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