How Trump Skewed Presidential History

Eight historians evaluate Trump’s gold plaques for each president. By Larry Buchanan, Karen Yourish, Doug Mills, Jon Huang ...
Yahoo

Henry Clay's Deal That Was No Deal: How the Compromise of 1850 Deepened the Slavery Crisis

It was a Tuesday, January 29, 1850, and Sen. Henry Clay had set himself the none-too-modest goal of solving the seemingly intractable problem of American slavery once and for all. By the Kentucky Whig ...
Reason

Henry Clay's Deal That Was No Deal: How the Compromise of 1850 Deepened the Slavery Crisis

It was a Tuesday, January 29, 1850, and Sen. Henry Clay had set himself the none-too-modest goal of solving the problem of American slavery once and for all. By the Kentucky Whig's own none-too-modest ...
IGN

The Backrooms Explained: Exploring the Liminal Horror Legend as the Movie Version Arrives

The Backrooms movie will be released in theaters on May 29. Liminal spaces – dreamy and nostalgic locales defined by their specific use as a transient space that you don’t spend much time in but ...
Bleeping Computer

GitHub confirms breach of 3,800 repos via malicious VSCode extension

Update May 21: GitHub has now linked this breach to the TanStack npm supply-chain attack and says the employee installed a malicious version of the Nx Console extension. GitHub has confirmed that ...
MLive

New downtown bar, event space The 1850 Room targets June opening

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — A new bar and event space with a menu focused on small, shareable plates is targeting a June 1 opening in downtown Grand Rapids. The 1850 Room, owned by Belmont resident Norma ...
American Banker

Tillis, Alsobrooks drop new stablecoin yield compromise

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C. WASHINGTON — A new compromise from lead negotiators on crypto market structure legislation would ban rewards on stablecoins if they are "economically or functionally ...
USA Today

What is an Offer in Compromise? How the IRS settlement program works

An Offer in Compromise allows certain taxpayers to settle their tax debt with the IRS for less than the full amount owed. To qualify, taxpayers must undergo a detailed financial review of their income ...
The Conversation

The human body isn’t a masterpiece of design – it’s a patchwork of evolutionary compromise

The human body is often described as a marvel of “perfect design”: elegant, efficient and finely tuned for its purpose. Yet, when we look closer, a rather different picture emerges. Far from being a ...
Bleeping Computer

Hackers compromise Axios npm package to drop cross-platform malware

Hackers hijacked the npm account of the Axios package, a JavaScript HTTP client with 100M+ weekly downloads, to deliver remote access trojans to Linux, Windows, and macOS systems. One malicious ...
TechCrunch

Mercor says it was hit by cyberattack tied to compromise of open source LiteLLM project

Mercor, a popular AI recruiting startup, has confirmed a security incident linked to a supply chain attack involving the open source project LiteLLM. The AI startup told TechCrunch on Tuesday that it ...