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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order to create a nationwide list of verified eligible voters and to restrict mail-in voting, a move that swiftly drew legal threats from state Democratic officials as the president demands further limitations on voting ahead of this year’s midterm elections. The order, which voting law experts say violates the Constitution by attempting to seize the power to run elections from states, is the latest in a torrent of efforts from Trump to interfere with the way Americans vote based on his false allegations of fraud.It calls on the Department…

Two pieces of good gaming news today. First: Dinosaur Polo Club has shadow dropped a brand new game today. Second, it’s available for free on both PC and Mac from Itch.io. The project is called Read the F*cking Manual, or RTFM, and it is a co-op game based on working in tech support.Dinosaur Polo Club is known for previous games Mini Metro and Mini Motorways. Both are stellar examples of simple, elegant game design, and a small group within the company took this game jam concept from passion project to a fully fledged release.Per the description, “Players must work together…

Bitcoin may no longer be moving in lockstep with the S&P 500 over a short time frame, but that does not mean it has escaped the broader risk-off regime. In Axel Adler Jr.’s latest morning brief, the more important signal is not the breakdown in short-term correlation, but Bitcoin’s continued relative weakness against US equities. Bitcoin Weakens Against The S&P 500 Adler’s argument rests on two charts that, taken together, push back on the increasingly familiar claim that a lower BTC-equity correlation automatically points to decoupling. The first is the 13-week BTC-S&P correlation, which has recently turned negative and stayed…

Australia’s online safety regulator has launched formal investigations into Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, Snap, TikTok and Google’s YouTube amid concerns the tech giants may be failing to comply with the country’s landmark social media ban for children under 16 years old. Bloomberg reports that the eSafety Commissioner’s office released its first compliance report on Tuesday, revealing what it described as “significant concerns” about how major platforms are enforcing the world-first legislation that took effect on December 10, 2025. The regulator identified major gaps in the companies’ policing measures, including insufficient safeguards to prevent underage users from creating new accounts and systems…

Known for operating thousands of Taco Bell, Applebee’s and Wendy’s locations, Flynn Group is building up its fitness franchise portfolio Flynn Group may know a lot about drive-thrus, but it isn’t skipping the gym.The group has significantly expanded its Planet Fitness footprint with the acquisition of Grand Fitness Partners, a franchise operator with 98 locations across California, Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia. The deal brings Flynn’s total number of Planet Fitness clubs to 141 across seven states and marks the second major fitness deal for Flynn Group, which entered the Planet Fitness system in 2023 through its purchase of…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to suspend construction of a $400 million ballroom it demolished the East Wing of the White House to make space for, barring work from proceeding without congressional approval.U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Washington granted a preservationist group’s request for a preliminary injunction that temporarily halts President Donald Trump ’s White House ballroom project.Leon, who was nominated to the bench by Republican President George W. Bush, concluded that the National Trust for Historic Preservation is likely to succeed on the merits of its claims because “no statute comes…

Toyota is teaming up with Daimler and Volvo to work on fuel cell technology. The Japanese company is signing on to the joint venture cellcentric that Volvo and Daimler launched back in 2020. Once it officially joins, Toyota and cellcentric will collaborate on managing the development and production of fuel cell unit cells.”We are deeply grateful for the opportunity to soon be joining Daimler Truck and Volvo Group as partners in building a hydrogen society,” Toyota President and CEO Koji Sato said. “cellcentric which possess deep expertise in commercial fields together with Toyota ‘s over 30 years of fuel-cell development…

TikTok and Cameo are teaming up to make it easier for TikTok users to request personalized videos. The two companies announced a new integration that makes Cameo accessible directly from TikTok for creators and fans.With the update, TikTok creators can add Cameo links directly to their videos and viewers can request a personalized clip without leaving the TikTok app. Creators who aren’t currently on Cameo can also sign up for the service without having to onboard through Cameo.Up to now, Cameo has been known for its personalized videos from celebrities, but TikTok stars are “among the fastest-growing talent segments” on…

They say journalists never truly clock out. But for Christian, that’s not just a metaphor, it’s a lifestyle. By day, he navigates the ever-shifting tides of the cryptocurrency market, wielding words like a seasoned editor and crafting articles that decipher the jargon for the masses. When the PC goes on hibernate mode, however, his pursuits take a more mechanical (and sometimes philosophical) turn. Christian’s journey with the written word began long before the age of Bitcoin. In the hallowed halls of academia, he honed his craft as a feature writer for his college paper. This early love for storytelling paved…

Macro investor Jordi Visser is arguing that Bitcoin’s original purpose is coming back into focus as the Federal Reserve faces a new macro trap shaped by debt, oil, slowing growth and weakening employment. In a note published March 30 under the banner “D.O.G.E. 2.0,” Visser says that mix could leave policymakers unable to impose the kind of economic pain a traditional inflation fight would require. His framework repurposes the acronym into four pressures: debt as the structural constraint, oil as the inflation shock, growth as the casualty of tighter conditions, and employment as the side of the Fed’s mandate that…