How a jade cabbage became museum’s star attraction

From CNN. Among the hundreds of thousands of precious artefacts housed in Tawian’s National Palace Museum, perhaps the most famous is a small cabbage, exquisitely carved out of jade. Every day it attracts lines of people who marvel at its uncanny resemblance to the real vegetable it’s modeled after. Celebrating its centennial this year, the…

Russell Vought: Federal layoffs have begun

From CNN. The Trump administration has begun firing federal workers, the White House’s budget chief announced Friday, as Republicans look to maximize pressure on the Democratic Party more than a week into the government shutdown. “The RIFs have begun,” Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought posted on X, announcing the the government-wide reductions…

Loyola Chicago’s beloved Sister Jean dies at 106

From CNN. Longtime team chaplain for Loyola University Chicago, Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, has died aged 106. Sister Jean shot to fame in 2018 after TV cameras caught her pre-game prayer for the Ramblers basketball team and her cheering from the sidelines during the NCAA tournament. #cnn #loyolauniversitychicago #sisterjean

Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize while in hiding

From CNN. The leader of the democracy movement in Venezuela, María Corina Machado, has won the Nobel Peace Prize. In a phone call, the secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee informed Machado that she won. Machado is currently in hiding and wanted for crimes by the authoritarian Maduro regime. #cnn #news

Double Standard? MAGA dunks on Katie Porter’s viral videos

From CNN. Democrat Katie Porter’s campaign for California governor is going viral after a contentious interaction with the press and a video where she appeared to snap at a staffer who interrupted an interview. The CNN NewsNight panel debates whether the backlash she’s gotten is unfair given President Trump’s treatment of the press. #CNN #News