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Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Daily edition · 2026-05-19 · 35 stories

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Georgia Republicans worry their path to defeating Ossoff is becoming more difficult

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Elon Musk said Sam Altman “stole” a non-profit — but the trial showed he had similar aims

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Google takes a page out of Meta’s book, announces new audio-powered smart glasses

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Google’s Genie world model can now simulate real streets with Street View

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With Gemini 3.5 Flash, Google bets its next AI wave on agents, not chatbots

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Georgia Republicans worry their path to defeating Ossoff is becoming more difficult

The party is heading into Tuesday night’s primary with no dominant front-runner and many voters still undecided.

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Can Massie remain standing even as other Trump enemies fall?

The president faces several tests of his power on Tuesday, from Kentucky to Georgia to Alabama.

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Trump endorses Paxton over Cornyn for Texas Senate

The late endorsement comes just a week before the heated GOP runoff election between the state attorney general and incumbent Sen.

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Israel's trying to expel a whole Palestinian district in East Jerusalem, activists say

Israeli authorities are issuing Palestinians demolition orders in East Jerusalem at an accelerated rate since Israel launched war with Iran, human rights groups and U.N.

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Can't keep a habit? This comic shares a proven formula to make it stick

In this illustrated guide, behavioral scientist BJ Fogg breaks down his Tiny Habits framework to help you rethink your approach to starting (or restarting) a habit.

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Trump endorses Ken Paxton over incumbent John Cornyn in Texas Senate primary runoff

President Trump has endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over incumbent Sen.

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Minnesota becomes first state to ban prediction markets

While dozens of states have taken legal action against the controversial industry, Minnesota is the first state to pass a law making it a felony for companies like Kalshi and Polymarket to operate.

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The missing men of the American marriage market

A new study suggests the growing educational and economic divide between men and women is reshaping marriage and family life in America — leaving many women with a shrinking pool of economically stable partners.

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Some plants have a genetic superpower that may help them survive a cataclysm

Get ready for a biology lesson.

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California mosque shooting leaves 5 dead. And, judge dismisses Trump's IRS lawsuit

San Diego authorities are investigating a deadly shooting at a mosque as a hate crime.

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To revive an extinct bird, you first need an artificial egg

Colossal Biosciences, a Texas company trying to bring extinct species back to life, reports creating artificial eggs that would be necessary to revive extinct birds such as the dodo.

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A study investigates: Did the abrupt end of USAID have an impact on violence?

That's the provocative question that researchers dug into after the U.S.

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States sue over new student loan limits on certain nursing and healthcare degrees

New York, Arizona, North Carolina, Kentucky and Nevada are among the states challenging a rule that limits federal student loans for graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy and more.

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Wes Moore knows why Democrats lost in 2024

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Mark Fuhrman, ex-detective convicted of lying during OJ Simpson trial, has died

Fuhrman was one of the first two police detectives sent to investigate the 1994 killings of OJ Simpson's ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman, in Los Angeles.

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These men voted for President Trump. They have very different views of how he's doing

Two Black men from Georgia who voted for President Trump in 2024 have very different views of how the country is doing now, in the first installment of Swing Shift from NPR's Tamara Keith.

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In conservative Utah, some communities are ditching fossil fuel power for clean energy

In conservative Utah, a coalition of cities and towns shows other communities how to bring new renewable energy to the electric grid in a unique way.

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House holds off on prediction market ban despite bipartisan calls for prohibition

Minority Leader Jeffries is urging Speaker Johnson to "swiftly" hold vote on House prediction market ban.

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Steep drop in number of people with Affordable Care Act health coverage, analysis finds

Enrollment in Healthcare.gov and the other marketplaces is plunging by 5 million, the new paper from KFF finds.

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What we know about how the U.S. government uses spyware (and what we don't)

Critics of spyware, which can be used to remotely hack into phones, worry the Trump administration is eroding policies that stigmatized the commercial spyware industry.

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Elon Musk said Sam Altman “stole” a non-profit — but the trial showed he had similar aims

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Google takes a page out of Meta’s book, announces new audio-powered smart glasses

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Google’s Genie world model can now simulate real streets with Street View

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With Gemini 3.5 Flash, Google bets its next AI wave on agents, not chatbots

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