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George Orwell would have loved the concept: A Department of Government Efficiency that is anything but efficient.

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LA Times

The fancifully named Department of Government Efficiency is grounded in a fundamental misapprehension of how the federal government works. The recklessness and destruction is not a bug but a feature.

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LA Times

'Micro dramas' (90-second episodes, cheesy plots, lots of romance) are catching on worldwide. Will they upend the entertainment industry?

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A home destroyed by a storm in Wayne County, Missouri. Photo: AP

At least 37 people have died across parts of the US at the weekend due to ­vicious weather including violent tornadoes, high winds and blinding dust storms that decimated homes and other structures.

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Dozens dead after tornadoes, wildfires and dust storms cause havoc across US

Unusually vicious and damaging weather across multiple US states resulted in violent tornadoes, blinding dust storms and fast-moving wildfires over the weekend, leaving at least 39 people dead.

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Pope Francis shown praying in hospital chapel in first photo in over a month

The Vatican has released the first photograph of the Pope for more than a month, showing Francis ­co-celebrating mass in the hospital chapel.

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