Inside OpenAI’s Race to Catch Up to Claude Code

Anthropic, a smaller rival started by OpenAI defectors, has found runaway success with its programming agent, Claude Code.
WUSA

Senate votes to block DC's tax code, but Chairman Mendelson says Congress review period has expired

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to block the DC Council's decision to divorce from some of the tax breaks included in President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful bill. The 49-47 vote ...
The Hill

DHS shutdown imminent after Senate Democrats block Homeland Security bill

Senate Democrats voted Thursday to block a motion to advance a House-passed bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, putting Washington on the brink of a partial government shutdown that will ...
Roll Call

House advances measure to block DC tax code decoupling

Congress took steps on Wednesday toward blocking changes to D.C.’s local tax code, even as District officials warned it could wreak havoc on tax season and smash a hole in the city’s budget. The House ...
The New York Times

Republicans Block Effort to Check Trump’s Power in Venezuela

G.O.P. leaders succeeded in pressuring fellow senators who initially supported the measure that would have limited President Trump’s military authority in Venezuela. By Robert Jimison and Megan ...
The New York Times

E.P.A. Moves to Limit States’ Ability to Block Pipelines

The agency wants to curtail a section of the Clean Water Act that Democratic governors have used to restrict fossil fuel development. By Maxine Joselow and Lisa Friedman Reporting from Washington The ...
CoinTelegraph

Vulnerability found in Babylon genesis chain could slow block production

A newly discovered vulnerability may enable malicious validators to omit the hash field when posting blocks, leading to validator crashes and slowing block production. Update Jan. 12, 7:15 am UTC: ...
Los Angeles Times

Justice Department sues to block California’s new House map in clash that could tip control of Congress

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Department of Justice joined a lawsuit Thursday brought by California Republicans that seeks to block the ...
GitHub

An Obsidian plugin that lets you copy indented code blocks as if they're not indented, letting you fold code blocks in lists while preserving their intended structure.

In Obsidian, when you copy a code block that has leading indentation, the copied content will include that indentation. This can be annoying when you want to paste the code elsewhere, like into a ...
Becker's ASC

Predictive analytics drives operating room efficiency gains at Rush

Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center has added 1,705 more surgeries and reclaimed more than 257,000 case minutes between fiscal years 2021 and 2024 — a gain driven by predictive analytics ...
ahajournals.org

Abstract 4359468: Disparities in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Utilization Among Women with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction and Left Bundle Branch Block: The ...

Background: Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has been demonstrated to reduce both mortality and morbidity in patients with LBBB. Despite this, CRT remains underutilized in certain populations, ...