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Is there room for improvement? Sure. But there is real progress. It is going to take a while.

That is very complete. Thank you for posting this. Related from that website: These 5 jobs could be exempt from the military draft as automatic registration starts Story by Frida Liljefors Millions of young American men will be automatically registered for the military draft by the end of this year. But some roles could be exempt from a potential draft if a full-scale war were to break out. With automatic draft registration set to roll out by 2026, eligible men will no longer need to sign up themselves. Instead, the government will handle it using existing data systems, what officials describe as a move that “transfers responsibility for registration from individual men to SSS through integration with federal data sources.” But even in wartime, some roles are considered too essential to disrupt. Healthcare workers have long been protected. Doctors, nurses, and medical staff are needed both on the front lines and at home, making them far less likely to be assigned combat roles, according to VT. Farmers, agricultural workers, and even bakers have also traditionally been exempt, to help keep supply chains stable. New US military draft rules Engineers and technicians, including those responsible for maintaining infrastructure and developing military systems, are also seen as critical to both national defense and everyday life. Other than that, utility workers such as electricians and water engineers would likely fall into the same category, in order to keep essential services running. Exemptions may also apply to women, students, and those who oppose war on religious or moral grounds. Individuals with certain medical or mental health conditions could also qualify. Even if someone is not sent to the front lines, they may still be assigned other roles where they can contribute. For now, a draft remains a last resort. But with automatic registration approaching and global tensions still simmering, the question of who would be called to serve — and who might be exempt — is no longer a distant one.

Why Catholicism is Emerging while Mainstream Protestantism and Evangelicalism are Struggling The post The Mushy Middle Is Collapsing: Tocqueville and the Catholic Surge of Easter 2026 appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV. View the full article

WASHINGTON — When the most powerful military in human history summons a priest and tells him to fall in line, something has shifted in the architecture of American power. That… The post When Caesar Calls the Bishop: The Pentagon Told the Vatican's Ambassador That God Is on America's Side. The Pope Disagrees. appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV. View the full article

Trump goes nuclear on Leo XIV, then posts himself as Jesus Christ There is something genuinely embarrassing about having to write this story. Not because it lacks importance, but because… The post POPE VS. POTUS appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV. View the full article

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the world Sunday, April 12, 2026, that Turkey could invade Israel. “Just as we entered Karabakh, just as we entered Libya, we will do… The post Paper Tiger or King of the North? What Erdogan’s Israel Threats Reveal About Power, Prophecy, and the New Middle East appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV. View the full article

Ninth Circuit Rejection of Religious Bias Claim Sparks Heated Judicial Debate A divided federal appeals court refused to rehear a case involving a healthcare worker fired for refusing COVID-19 testing… The post Dismissed and Divided: Judges Clash Over Religious "Nexus" in COVID-19 Testing Case appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV. View the full article

Henry VIII wanted a church that would bless his decisions. Trump appears to want the same arrangement, without the bureaucratic paperwork. Pope Leo XIV’s response was unambiguous: “I have no… The post The President Who Told the Pope to Shut Up (And the King Who Tried It 500 Years Ago) appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV. View the full article

The fight between Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV is not a personality clash. It is a contest over who gets to define what comes next, and beneath it runs… The post Breaking News: Whose God Is This? Trump, Leo XIV, and the Escalating Clash of Competing World Orders appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV. View the full article

Primo Levi (1986): “It happened, therefore it can happen again: this is the core of what we have to say.” From The Drowned and the Saved For half a century,… The post A Troubling Sign for the Republic: The Rise of Antisemitism on the Right and the Left appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV. View the full article

Why Catholicism is Emerging while Mainstream Protestantism and Evangelicalism are Struggling On a Catholic Answers podcast this fall, and again from the dais at the Heritage Foundation earlier this month,… The post The Mushy Middle Is Collapsing: Tocqueville and the Catholic Surge of Easter 2026 appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV. View the full article

Christian liberty consists of freedom from legalistic observance of commandments, statutes, and laws of both human and divine origin. Ga 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Ga 5:13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. 1Pe 2:16 As free, and not using [your] liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. Ironically, Jesus, in securing our liberty, sacrificed his own. Exodus 21 and Deuteronomy use an illustration from the slave culture of those times. Normally, a purchased servant would serve for six years and be released in the seventh year. If his master had given him a wife who had children, they would not be released. The servant could refuse his freedom, if he loved his family and master. In that case, he would be brought to a place of judgment, to the doorpost, and have his ear pierced with an aul. He would then serve his master forever. Jesus took upon Himself the form of a servant. He was made in the likeness of men. He allowed Himself to be pierced at the place of judgment, the doorpost of Calvary. He would forever bear elements of the humanity he died to save. He will, in a sense, be a servant forever, encumbered with a human form. Jesus didn't just die for us. He sacrificed an element of His divinity, that we might be partakers of the divine nature.

Probably. No I don't recall. How will he accomplish this? Yes I think that is correct. I have observed that.

What would happen if hypothetically one of the three Persons croaked and eternally ceased to exist? If one of the Persons eternally became as if they never existed would then the "one God" be Father & Holy spirit, a collection of two co-eternal Persons or would the rubric allow for some other type of arbitrary God?

Did Ellen White insinuate or in any way imply each "Personality" (flesh body) gave up a portion of their power/abilities? I'm not being sarcastic I honestly don't know. I've not heard this concept previously and it's possible this may be somewhat widespread in the archives of the General Conference. I'd be interested in hearing more about this Challenger. What did you think of the Video I posted about why God is simple? Did you understand it? I mean did you get the point the author was trying to convey whether you agree with the point or not.

Gus, I agree with your first sentence, and "Christ is as much God as the Father is God, " and so is the Holy Spirit. Each equal and Devine. But I believe before they created life they determined that they could better manage/control their creation if they each set aside/gave up 2/3 of their power/abilities using only the third remaining. This demonstrates love between them and for their creation. It is why the Bible claims God is Love. In like manner a married couple vow to be faithful to each other, forsaking all others to death, because they are motivated by love. Examples: Only the Father has foreknowledge, only Jesus creates, and only the Holy Spirit can be in all places as the same time. They all have this ability but divine love, restrains them from using all of their Divinity. Too, it was decided between them that only Jesus would take on the form of His creation in order to reveal the other two Gods who would always remain invisible. Had Jesus sinned in His human form as the first Adam, He would have died the second death, which is the wages of sin. Had He perished for eternity the Father and Holy Spirit would still exist.

AP is incredibly biased in their reporting. Whether they are accurate or not, I can't say. I can say, however, that the stories/narratives they produce are their own interpretations of events which are sometimes sharply disconnected from reality. For example, comments on events captured on video do not fit what can be plainly be seen. Rather than just reporting the facts, they use descriptive terms to flavor the story in a way that is almost ALWAYS contra President Trump. Often, they will say President Trump falsely said thus and thus. They are not arbiters of truth. Based on what I've observed, I'd believe Trump before I'd believe them. NYT editorials were also sometimes extremely critical. I cancelled my subscription. I'm not interested in the opinions of people who view the world as they do. Fox, which appeared favorable to Trump and his administration, is blocked in parts of Asia; consequently AP serves as a primary provider of what is essentially anti U.S. government propaganda. I very much enjoy seeing Trump's press secretary putting reporters in their place. Hegseth's recent dressing down of the press was great. The abuses of press freedom in which the American press indulges would not be tolerated in some other countries. Their agencies would be closed and the principals incarcerated.

Did Hegseth quote fake Bible verse from Tarantino movie? Separating fact from 'Pulp Fiction' Hegseth said the lead mission planner for an Iran war rescue operation delivered the prayer to him and told him they use it ahead of missions. Claim: A video authentically shows U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivering a prayer at a Pentagon worship service that closely resembled a fictionalized Bible verse from "Pulp Fiction." Rating: True Context Hegseth did not introduce the prayer as an authentic Bible verse, instead saying he received it from the lead mission planner for the "Sandy One" Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) mission in Iran. "They call it CSAR 25:17, which I think is meant to reflect Ezekiel 25:17," he said. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hegseth-bible-pulp-fiction/?

Texas Medical Board Sanctions Three Doctors for Delayed Care That Led to the Deaths of Two Pregnant Women The Texas Medical Board has disciplined three doctors ProPublica previously investigated whose patients died after receiving delayed or inappropriate pregnancy care under the state’s strict abortion ban. https://www.propublica.org/article/tmb-disciplines-doctors-ngumezi-crain-cases? They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth. On the afternoon of Sept. 9, 2024, Cherise Doyley was in her 12th hour of contractions at University of Florida Health in downtown Jacksonville when a nurse came in with a bedsheet and told her to cover up. A supervisor brought a tablet to Doyley’s bedside. Gathered on the screen were a judge in a black robe and several lawyers, doctors and hospital staff. https://www.propublica.org/article/florida-court-ordered-c-sections? A Protester Threw a Snowball. Federal Agents Responded With Tear Gas and Pepper Balls. Five days after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot activist Renee Good, tensions were running high in the Minneapolis neighborhood where she was killed. https://www.propublica.org/article/caught-in-crackdown-trump-immigration-ice-cbp-excessive-force? 3D-Printed Homes, an Abandoned $590,000 Deposit, the FBI: What Really Happened in This Small Town? Outside a repair shop in rural southeastern Illinois, the parts of a massive 3D construction printer sat disassembled on a flatbed trailer, weeds climbing the wheels. https://www.propublica.org/article/3d-printed-affordable-housing-cairo-illinois-prestige?

Yes, I believe God has raised up the Adventist church to bring to light the pre Advent judgement, and the health message too, and other teachings as well. However, I believe the knowledge of the judgment of the living has been more recent, and for this reason Adventist at large are unwilling to consider it because it post dates Mrs. White. This mindset, indicates that individuals believe without acknowledging it, that all progressive truth ended with Mrs. Whites death. Joe, we have been teaching the judgment message since our Church started in, what 1864? If you were to take a survey of 1,000. nominal Christians, and 1,000. unbelievers, from various ethnic groups would wide, what would you guess the percentage of each group would even know the the pre advent judgment began in 1844, and what will be the signs indicating the judgment of the living has begun? My guess is less than than 1/2 percent. What's yours? Do you see the problem? However, God has revealed centuries ago how He will pass judgment on the living as probations draws to a close, and not one individual over the age of say, six years of age will be uninformed. Have you any idea of how He will accomplish this? I think I shared this with you in the past, do you recall?

🎉 Yahoo! It's Friday! You made it. In today's edition: Umpires in the ABS era, NHL postseason is set, dueling MVPs in the Bronx, Weekend Watchlist, the playoff experience debate, Photo Finish, and more. Yahoo Sports AM is written by Kendall Baker and Jeff Tracy. Let's sports...   🚨 ICYMI HEADLINES ⚾️ Dueling MVPs: Mike Trout homered again on Thursday, making him the first visiting player ever to go yard on four consecutive days at Yankee Stadium. Aaron Judge also homered again, as the three-time MVPs combined for nine home runs in their four-game series in the Bronx. 🏀 Cade, Luka ruled eligible: Cade Cunningham and Luka Dončić have both been ruled eligible for year-end awards despite falling just shy of the 65-game threshold after the NBA and NBPA ruled in their favor on their Extraordinary Circumstances Challenges. Cunningham (63 games) missed 12 games for a collapsed lung and Dončić (64) missed two for the birth of his second child. ⚾️ No-hit bid spoiled: Guardians rookie Parker Messick came three outs away from a no-hitter against the Orioles before allowing a pair of singles in the ninth. He still earned the win, improving to 3-0 with a sterling 1.05 ERA. 📺 Bill to end blackouts: U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) is expected to introduce the "For the Fans" act, a bill that will make local games easier to watch while ending most sports blackouts. 🏀 Jones to plead guilty: Former NBA player Damon Jones is set to plead guilty to sports gambling charges stemming from last year's FBI case that resulted in more than 30 arrests. He is the first defendant in the case to signal he'll plead guilty.   ⚾️ ABS THE UMPS ARE ALRIGHT Royals 3B Maikel Garcia initiates an ABS challenge. (Mikayla Schlosser/MLB Photos via Getty Images) Griping about umpires is a tradition nearly as old as baseball itself. But for all the ire directed their way, both in the game's long history and in the nascent days of ABS, it turns out the boys in blue are remarkably good at their job — and only getting better. A new era: As you no doubt already know, MLB introduced the ABS challenge system this season, giving each team two challenges per game on the home-plate umpire’s ball/strike calls. It's a monumental change, but its impact is probably smaller than you think. There have been 1,143 challenges through the first three weeks of the season, or just over four per game. Put another way, there have been roughly 80,000 pitches thrown, and roughly 1% have been challenged. 54% of challenged pitches have been overturned, with fielders (60%) having more success than batters (47%). And while there have been a few egregious errors, over half of all umpires (49 of 83) are missing calls by an average of less than one inch, according to the website Tap To Challenge. What they're saying: "I don't think people realize 0.2, 0.3 inches off the plate — they're like, oh my gosh, I can't believe you missed that call. Go get a ruler out, please, and realize how much they just missed it by," Orioles pitcher Chris Bassitt told The Athletic ($), sticking up for the umpires who are being judged more harshly than ever in the age of the robots. Between the lines: Baseball umpires are much better than you probably realize, especially these days. Just check out their improvement over the past two decades… (Bruno Rouby/Yahoo Sports) Trending up: The strike zone has evolved over the years, but remained constant since 1996. In that time, umpires have honed their skill and locked in on the zone, improving from 84.1% accuracy in the first year of the pitch-tracking era (2008) to 92.8% last year, per MLB. This year, of course, things changed. Not just with the introduction of ABS, but also with another evolution of the strike zone, which is now two-dimensional (a vertical plane across the center of home plate) instead of three-dimensional (the whole depth of home plate). That means, for example, that the same pitch called a strike last year (say, a slider that caught the front left corner of the 3-D plate) could be called a ball this year. One result of that smaller strike zone? This year's walk rate of 9.9% would be the highest since 1950. But the good news is that umpires, outfitted with earpieces, can now get real-time feedback on any pitch (challenged or not) by asking the ABS operator, "Did I miss that?" Those data points should add up to continually improve their accuracy moving forward. Big picture: When you add it all up, we're currently looking at the most accurately called strike zone in MLB history. And though some umpires would prefer not to be judged on such fine margins, and some players would tweak a few things here and there (e.g. more challenges), it's ultimately been a pretty smooth transition.   🏒 CHASING THE CUP THE NHL PLAYOFFS ARE SET (Bruno Rouby/Yahoo Sports) The NHL regular season came to a close on Thursday night, marking the end of the road for half the league's teams. For the other 16, the road to the Stanley Cup now begins. Quick links: Bracket | Stats   📺 VIEWING GUIDE WEEKEND WATCHLIST (Taylar Sievert/Yahoo Sports) 🏀 NBA Playoffs The Play-In Tournament concludes tonight with a pair of games to determine each conference's No. 8 seed before the playoffs begin in earnest this weekend. Friday: Hornets at Magic (7:30pm ET, Prime); Warriors at Suns (10pm, Prime) Saturday: Raptors at Cavaliers (1pm, Prime); Timberwolves at Nuggets (3:30pm, Prime); Hawks at Knicks (6pm, Prime); Rockets at Lakers (8:30pm, ABC) Sunday: 76ers at Celtics (1pm, ABC); Warriors/Suns at Thunder (3:30pm, ABC); Hornets/Magic at Pistons (6:30pm, NBC); Trail Blazers at Spurs (9pm, NBC) Playoff X-factors: The players who can swing a series on every team 🏒 NHL Playoffs No rest for the weary. The Stanley Cup Playoffs begin tomorrow, two days after the conclusion of the regular season. Saturday: Senators at Hurricanes (3pm, ESPN); Wild at Stars (5:30pm, ESPN); Flyers at Penguins (8pm, ESPN) Sunday: Kings at Avalanche (3pm, TNT); Canadiens at Lightning (5:45pm, TNT); Bruins at Sabres (7:30pm, ESPN); Mammoth at Golden Knights (10pm, ESPN) ⚽️ Manchester City vs. Arsenal The Premier League's top two teams meet in a monumental clash with title implications on Sunday at the Etihad (11:30am, NBC). Where it stands: Arsenal (70 points) lead City (64) by six points, but they also have one fewer game remaining. If City win this weekend, and win their game in hand next week against relegation-bound Burnley, the two clubs will be tied on points with five matches left. 🤸 NCAA Gymnastics Championships The women's champion will be crowned tomorrow when Oklahoma, Florida, LSU and Minnesota take the floor in Fort Worth (4pm, ABC). Meanwhile, on the men's side: The 12-team qualifiers are today in Champaign, Illinois (2pm, ESPN+; 8pm, ESPN+), where the top three teams and top three individuals in each event will advance to Saturday's championship (7pm, ESPN2). More to watch: ⚾️ MLB: Rays at Pirates (Fri. 6:40pm, Apple); Tigers at Red Sox (Fri. 7:15pm, Apple); Braves at Phillies (Sun. 7:20pm, Peacock) ⛳️ Golf: RBC Heritage (Fri-Sun, ESPN+/Golf/CBS); LA Championship (Fri-Sun, Golf); LIV Mexico (Fri-Sun, FS1) ⚽️ Friendly: USWNT vs. Japan (Fri. 9pm, TNT) … Colorado hosts the rubber match in this three-game series. ⚽️ MLS: LAFC vs. San Jose (Sun. 7pm, Apple) … Second vs. third in the West. 🎾 Tennis: Barcelona Open and Stuttgart Open (Fri-Sun, Tennis) … Finals on Sunday in Spain (ATP) and Germany (WTA). 🏁 Motorsport: NASCAR at Kansas Speedway (Sun. 2pm, Fox); IndyCar's Grand Prix of Long Beach (Sun. 5:30pm, Fox) 🏉 Women's Six Nations: Week 2 of 5 (Sat. 8:30am, Peacock) … France, England and Scotland look to start 2-0. 👊 WWE: Wrestlemania 42 (Sat-Sun, ESPN+) … Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas hosts the two-night, 13-bout melee. Got plans this weekend? Gametime is the best place to score last-minute tickets to the events in your city.   🏀 POSTSEASON NO PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE? NO PROBLEM (Joseph Raines/Yahoo Sports) Postseason experience has long been seen as a prerequisite to playoff success, but the Spurs — one of the least-experienced teams in this year's field — are out to prove that in the modern NBA, young legs may rule the day. Tom Haberstroh, Yahoo Sports: For a guy who is the tallest player in the NBA, Victor Wembanyama doesn't seem to care much about ceilings. Many doubted Wemby and the San Antonio Spurs' legitimacy before the season. Vegas projections gave them just the 17th-best odds to win the championship and an over/under win total of 44.5. With Wembanyama leading the way with an impressive MVP case, they smashed that figure with 20 games remaining in the schedule. The team finished 62-20, the second-best record in the NBA. They're way ahead of schedule, and it's clear they're setting their sights higher: They want a championship. Despite the Spurs outpacing their win projection by more than any other team in the league, the oddsmakers still aren't totally sold on their title makeup. According to BetMGM, the team is +450 to win the NBA title, giving them implied odds of 18%, which is worlds better than the preseason prognostication, but still not a gushing review. They remain a distant second behind the reigning champion Oklahoma City Thunder, who currently show implied odds of 44%, more than double the Spurs' figure. A confidence gap that large, one would assume the Thunder have dominated the Spurs this season, but the complete opposite has happened. The Spurs have soundly overwhelmed Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's club, winning four of the five matchups, three by double-digits. So what's holding the Spurs back from a rosier outlook? Ah, playoff experience. (Tom Haberstroh/Yahoo Sports) Speaking to ESPN's Scott Van Pelt after a 40-point performance earlier this month, Victor Wembanyama wasn't on board with the idea that the Spurs' inexperience will hurt them. "We don't have experience, right?" Wembanyama said. "Screw it." The 22-year-old is on to something. In an injury-riddled NBA where young teams are flourishing in an increasingly uptempo playoff environment, the Spurs are closer to a championship than it appears. In today's NBA, the most-experienced playoff teams seem to be the ones getting screwed in the postseason. And the Spurs can use that to their advantage. After LeBron James and Stephen Curry dominated the NBA Finals for nearly a decade, the league has seen a revolving door at the top. The league has crowned a new champion in each of the last seven years, the longest stretch of championship parity the league has ever seen. Why can't Wemby’s Spurs be the next in line?   🏆 TITLE TOWN NBA TRIVIA (Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images) Question: Can you name the past five NBA champions? Hint: Three West, two East. Answer at the bottom.   📸 THROUGH THE LENS PHOTO FINISH (Getty Images) One fan from each of the 48 national teams competing in the 2026 World Cup.   Trivia answer: Thunder (2025), Celtics (2024), Nuggets (2023), Warriors (2022), Bucks (2021)

April 17, 2026 By Sam Sifton Good morning. A 10-day cease-fire has started in Lebanon, and thousands of families are trying to head home. Let’s see if it holds. The deal is between Israel and Lebanon, and Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed militia there, hasn’t said whether it would fully accept the truce. There’s more news below — and an excellent recipe for chickpeas al limone. But I’m going to start today in Washington, D.C., where President Trump wants to build a huge arch. Marco Hernandez/The New York Times Stand tall A federal panel approved early designs for Trump’s 250-foot-tall triumphal arch yesterday. The decision was hardly a surprise: The committee members were all appointed by Trump. It doesn’t make the structure inevitable — a group of Vietnam veterans has already filed a lawsuit against it, and Congress might get involved — but the vote started a process that could dramatically change the skyline of the nation’s capital. The arch, and its height, are meant to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary. The Commission of Fine Arts didn’t rubber-stamp the plan. One member suggested that it lose some lions (which are not native to the United States), the golden eagles on the viewing deck and a winged angel on top. There’ll be another vote down the line. But the tone was largely laudatory. Before the vote, the panel’s chairman called the president’s idea “beautiful.” On the table in front of him, there was a black baseball hat reading “Make Design Great Again.” A critic’s view Marco Hernandez/The New York Times Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, who presented the plan, said it “embodies American freedom, American unity, American strength and the American dream.” I asked Michael Kimmelman, our architecture critic, about that. He was blunt: If it really involves a human architect it’s the closest thing I’ve seen to someone purposefully trying to simulate A.I. slop. It’s an insult to veterans, blocking views of Arlington National Cemetery. It is what you come up with if you’re designing a monument to excess and narcissism. Michael’s not a modernist snob. There’s nothing the matter with reviving the ideals of ancient Greek and Roman art, he told me. But “size is not the same thing as scale. Classical architecture isn’t a bunch of acanthus leaves and columns on a building.” It’s about proportion and judgment. “The expression of those principles is what conveys dignity and strength, not size and glitter,” he said. He’s not alone. There’s been a lot of pushback on the design, including from the architecture critic who proposed it, The Times reported. And before yesterday’s vote, the panel received nearly 1,000 messages from the public. “One hundred percent of the comments were against the project,” one commissioner said. Compare and contrast Marco Hernandez/The New York Times One of the inspirations for the arch is the Arc de Triomphe, the neoclassical monument in Paris that Napoleon commissioned in 1806. Trump has said the goal was “to top it by, I think, a lot.” In fact, as my colleagues report, Trump’s arch would be bigger than nearly every other monumental arch across the globe. Look at the comparisons here. Michael remembered another ambitious triumphal arch, also meant to outdo the Arc de Triomphe: the one that Adolf Hitler planned to raise in Berlin. It would have been more than 300 feet tall, covered with the names of the nearly two million Germans who died in World War I. In 1941, construction began. The massive concrete cylinder at the monument’s base was so heavy that it sank into Berlin’s soft, sandy soil, and the project had to be abandoned unfinished. “The idea for the arch collapsed under the weight of its own megalomania,” Michael said. THE LATEST NEWS Israel-Lebanon Residents of central Beirut near the site of Israeli air strikes. David Guttenfelder/The New York Times Israel and Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed militant group, traded strikes right up to midnight last night, when the cease-fire in Lebanon took effect. But for now, the truce has halted a conflict that has killed more than 2,100 people in Lebanon and displaced more than a million. At least 13 Israeli soldiers have also been killed, along with two civilians, according to the Israeli authorities. Hezbollah acknowledged the announcement of the Israeli-Lebanese cease-fire but did not say whether it would abide by its terms. On a highway in Lebanon today. David Guttenfelder/The New York Times Thousands of displaced families flooded the main highway to southern Lebanon today. Many still said they feared they would have to flee again. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli troops would remain in southern Lebanon, where they have seized territory. Strait of Hormuz The New York Times Since the start of the war between the U.S. and Iran, both countries have fought to control the flow of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. These charts show how effective each side has been. Note: Shows ship positions on April 12. Includes oil tankers, cargo ships and gas carriers, but excludes ships making routine deliveries between Gulf ports. Source: Kpler (shipping data). The New York Times More on Iran Stocks may have soared again, but the war in Iran has started to pinch the finances of many Americans. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth renewed U.S. threats to attack Iran’s power plants and other energy sites if its leaders did not agree to a peace deal. Politics The House voted early this morning to extend for 10 days an expiring law that allows surveillance without a warrant. In grueling congressional hearings, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. seemed to shift his tone on vaccines. He said measles jabs were safe and effective “for most people.” Trump picked Dr. Erica Schwartz, a Navy officer and former deputy surgeon general who supports vaccines, to be the next head of the C.D.C. The Senate voted to allow mining around Minnesota’s Boundary Waters, an expanse of federally protected lakes and forests. A Chilean company wants a copper and nickel mine there. Justin Fairfax, Virginia’s lieutenant governor from 2018 to 2022, fatally shot his wife and then himself, the police said. In their 2025 joint tax return, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his wife, Rama Duwaji, reported a combined income of roughly $145,000. That included $1,600 from his rapping and about $10,000 from her art work. Immigration The acting ICE director said he plans to resign. ICE agents arrested an 85-year-old French widow who married her American military sweetheart last year. Other Big Stories NPR said it had received two gifts totaling $113 million, and that one of them was its largest ever from a living donor. The musician known as D4vd was arrested in connection with the death of a missing teenage girl whose severely decomposed body was found in the trunk of his Tesla, the authorities said. ASK THE MORNING Not too long ago, a simple computer filled an entire room. Now we carry complex machines in our pockets. Is there any emerging technology that might make these huge data centers (and the cooling needed) obsolete — or much smaller? | Karen Bowen, Summerville, South Carolina Cade Metz, who covers artificial intelligence, writes: Not really. In fact, data centers are moving in the opposite direction, becoming even larger and more power-hungry. Companies like Google are developing new ways of cooling all this computing infrastructure with less water, but Moore’s Law — the notion that the number of transistors packed into each computer chip doubles roughly every two years, allowing computers to get smaller — does not apply in the age of artificial intelligence. A.I. is driven by a new kind of specialized chip that is needed in enormous numbers. That explains the size of these data centers. Have a look at this one from Amazon, which is only partly finished, if you want your mind blown. OPINIONS The Ezra Klein Show explains why Jeff Bezos’ tax rate is lower than yours. Here’s a column by M. Gessen on a corporate war crimes prosecution in France. Human made. Human played. 75% off. Subscribe to New York Times Games for 75% off your first year. Our best offer is only available for a limited time. 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🤠🦞 The two extremes of data centers The Elemental Critical Data Center facility in Austin. Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty Images The nationwide AI buildout boom is separating the friendliest states from the most resistant, with Texas and Maine on opposite ends, Axios' Maria Curi writes. 🟢 Texas, with its low electricity prices and abundance of land, is drawing a wave of data center investment. Texas has 212 operating data centers as of 2024, and 651 have been announced. 157 are under construction, beating Virginia. The state offers one of the nation's most generous tax incentives, worth more than $1 billion annually. 🔴 Maine is moving the other way. The nation's first statewide moratorium on new data center construction is headed to the desk of Gov. Janet Mills (D). It's unclear whether she'll sign it. The temporary ban would give a state council 18 months to assess the approach.