Posts by Amelia Frost
Trump Becomes First Living President Featured on a US Passport as New Design Sparks Debate
The United States State Department has unveiled a limited-edition commemorative passport marking America’s 250th anniversary, featuring a portrait of President Donald Trump alongside an image of the Founding Fathers signing the Declaration of Independence. Trump announced the final design on Truth Social on 26 June, captioning the post: ‘The U.S.A.’s New Passport, which says, “Welcome,…
Read More‘July Fry’: US Midwest, East Brace For Brutal Heat Dome
A heat dome will likely coincide with the US 250th anniversary celebrations, according to forecasts. The searing heat pattern is expected to strengthen over the US Midwest to eastern region for an extended period that stretches into the Independence Day weekend, according to a report in Accuweather. Multiple days of brutal heat and humidity have…
Read MoreBBC Weaponises Defamation Lawsuit By Demanding Disclosure Of Trump’s Phone Logs From January Sixth Capital Riot
Lawyers for the BBC have asked Donald Trump to surrender his phone logs, calendars, schedules and personal diaries from around the 6 January 2021 Capitol riot as the broadcaster defends itself against the president’s £7.5 billion ($10 billion) defamation claim. The demand, made through pre-trial discovery in a Florida federal court, covers the period between…
Read More‘You Are All That Matters to Me’: How Trump’s Glamorous Aide Natalie Harp Allegedly Fuels His Delusions with Tailored Data and Constant Praise
Donald Trump‘s glamorous aide Natalie Harp allegedly left a six-word love note for him in the White House earlier this year, declaring ‘You are all that matters to me,’ according to explosive claims in a new book by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan. The authors of Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump…
Read MoreIsrael, Lebanon Stumped By Trump’s Move to Pit Syria Against Hezbollah
US President Donald Trump is again veering to the idea of pitting Syria to fight against Hezbollah, a move that has irked both Lebanon and Israel. Recently, Trump had been wary of Israeli recklessness while he dealt with backroom maneuvers to end the Middle East crisis. Israeli attacks in Lebanon and Palestine had irked Iran,…
Read More‘You’re Gonna Have a Problem’: Trump Demands Absolute Respect for POTUS Despite History of Brutal Attacks on Obama, Biden
Donald Trump is facing a fresh wave of online backlash after insisting during a speech in Washington on 26 June that Americans must show respect for the president, a demand critics say jars badly with his own long record of public attacks on Barack Obama and Joe Biden. In the now widely shared moment, delivered…
Read MoreIran, US Trade Strikes In Blow To Middle East Peace Talks
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard launched drone and missile attacks early on Sunday targeting Bahrain and Kuwait in response to US airstrikes, amid threats by both sides that may jeopardize peace talks envisaged to end the war. Iran has threatened a “complete halt” to negotiations to end the war if the US continues its attacks, the Associated…
Read MoreMeet Lance Schroyer: The Former Marine and Oklahoma Lawman Trump Has Nominated to Lead ICE
President Donald Trump has tapped veteran Oklahoma law enforcement officer Lance Schroyer to become the next director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), placing a relatively low-profile career officer at the centre of one of America’s most politically divisive agencies. The nomination comes as the Trump administration pushes ahead with its expanded immigration enforcement…
Read MoreUS Servers and International World Cup Fans Clash Over US Tipping Culture: ‘I’m Confused Why This Even Exists’
International football fans arriving in America for the World Cup say they are growing frustrated with US tipping culture, as requests for tips appear on even the most basic purchases. Travellers from the United Kingdom, Australia and Japan told the BBC that the expectation that tips help make up for lower base pay is adding…
Read MoreDigital Tax Tussle Opens New Trump-Europe Battlefront
President Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 100% tariff on all imports from countries that levy digital services taxes on US companies has thrust the European Union in another potential long-drawn out tussle against Washington. Trump has escalated simmering tensions with the 27-member EU with the fresh tirade over taxation of US technology firms. The…
Read MoreUS Layoffs Skyrocket to Highest Level Since Pandemic as Tech Giants Blame AI for 40% of Cuts
US layoffs surged to their highest May level since the pandemic in 2020, with employers announcing more than 97,000 job cuts across the country last month and citing artificial intelligence as a key factor in roughly 40% of those decisions, according to data released by Challenger, Gray & Christmas. The figures, published in June, place…
Read MoreThe Cure for AI Hallucinations Isn’t a Bigger Model, It’s Fresher Data
AI has become very good at producing answers that sound fluent, confident, and complete. The problem is that confidence and correctness are not the same thing. That gap becomes most obvious when models are used in fast-changing environments. A system can summarize a topic or answer a question persuasively while relying on outdated, incomplete, or…
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