Liz Hurder

ICE released a statement after an agent aimed a pepper ball at a priest’s head after he prayed and laughed when he was hit: “If you are obstructing law enforcement, you can expect to be met with force.”

JUST IN: FAA launches recruitment campaign targeting gamers for air traffic controller jobs.

UPDATE: Letters from Leo can now independently confirm that the meeting took place — and that the Vatican was so alarmed by the Pentagon’s tactics that Pope Leo XIV shelved plans to visit the United States later this year. Many in the Vatican saw the Pentagon’s reference to an Avignon papacy as a threat to use military force against the Holy See.

An underrated feature of this situation: a private company now has incredibly powerful zero-day exploits of almost every software project you've heard of. And Hegseth and Emil Michael have ordered the government not to in any capacity work with Anthropic.

The Bay Area is anxiety country. Your friends are anxious, your coworkers are anxious, your dates are anxious, your neighbors are anxious. Terrible time and place to have empathy.