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All four Democrats on the House Administration Committee voted against advancing a measure to authorize land on the National Mall to construct the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum . The measure cleared the committee on a 7-4 party-line vote, the bill's sponsor, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis , R-N.Y., said.  Malliotakis, who does not sit on the committee, said in a post on X that Democrats opposed an amendment to ensure the museum only honors biological women. "Democrats in the House Administration Committee just voted against my bill to build a Women’s History Museum on the National Mall because an amendment was adopted to ensure only biological women are exhibited. What a way to celebrate #WomensHistoryMonth!" Malliotakis said in the post . CALIFORNIA'S TRANS AGENDA SUFFERS ANOTHER LEGAL BLOW AFTER ATTEMPT TO UNDERCUT SCOTUS ORDER FAILS Her post includes a screenshot of the legislative text that states, "The Museum shall be dedicated to preserving,...

Maxwell Zeff / Wired : Google moved some staffers working on Project Mariner, its AI agent that can navigate Chrome and complete tasks on a user's behalf, to higher-priority projects   —  As Silicon Valley obsesses over a new wave of AI coding agents, Google and other AI labs are shifting their bets.

Lone wolf attackers inspired by extremist ideologies pose the most likely terrorist threat to the U.S. homeland , according to the 2026 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community. The 34-page document was released by Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard Wednesday. She testified at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats alongside other key military and Trump administration officials. The 2025 threat assessment similarly warned that terrorist threats to the U.S. increasingly come from individuals acting alone or in small groups. The new report says I SIS and al Qaeda remain intent on targeting the United States, but their ability to plan and execute complex attacks has been significantly degraded over time. CRITICAL SWING STATE CANDIDATES REVEAL WHERE THEY STAND ON DHS FUNDING AFTER SUSPECTED TERROR ATTACKS Officials warn that individuals radicalized online are increasingly carrying out or attempting attacks with little dire...

Kanika Talwar / WWD : Meta makes its Meta Lab NYC pop-up on Fifth Avenue a permanent flagship location after signing a 10-year lease; it opened its first flagship store in LA in 2025   —  The tech company has signed a decade-long lease for its Meta Lab town house on Fifth Avenue.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani referenced the "genocide" of Palestinians during a St. Patrick’s Day event Tuesday at Gracie Mansion. Mamdani made the remarks at a breakfast honoring Irish New Yorkers, where he praised former Irish President Mary Robinson for her record on human rights and her support for Palestinians.  "I say this as over the past few years, as we’ve witnessed a genocide unfold before our eyes, there has been deafening silence from so many," Mamdani said. "For those who have long cared about universal human rights and the extension of them to Palestinians, silence, however, is nothing new – for Palestinians are so often left to weep alone. Yet former President Robinson has never been silent." Mamdani tied Irish history to broader themes of solidarity, calling it "no coincidence" and asking, "Who can better understand those who weep than those who have been made to weep for so long?" MAMDANI'S WIFE LIKED S...

Bloomberg : NetBlocks and Kentik: Iran further restricted what little internet connectivity remained, in a bid to curb VPNs, ahead of the Festival of Fire tied to protests   —  Iran's internet, which has been heavily throttled by the regime since the outbreak of war, has gone even darker over the past 48 hours …