Reading archive 2025-01-29 pt 2

Smithsonian to close diversity office after Trump order: The Smithsonian Institution is closing its Office of Diversity, freezing federal hiring and ordering employees back to in-office work, according to an email sent by Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III.

YouTube’s top cheater hunter decodes Elon Musk’s gaming farce: Karl Jobst, a notorious debunker of video game cheating, says Musk’s story hasn’t been told quite right — and dives into the psychology of gamer boasting.

Man arrested outside U.S. Capitol with 2 molotov cocktails, police say: Ryan English, 24, told police he came to Washington to kill government officials but decided to surrender instead, according to a court affidavit.

Say yes to more housing in Virginia (and everywhere else): States are smart to remove obstacles to homebuilding.

Dread and hope in ‘Katyzuela’: ‘It’s all in the hands of God and Donald Trump’: Trump could revoke temporary protection for 600,000 Venezuelans who fled their home country.

The flossing techniques and tips your dentist might not have told you: The technique, timing and frequency of flossing may play a role in helping to maintain good oral health, some experts said.

Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Trump pivot: In Trump’s first term, Meta quietly introduced a slew of Republican-friendly changes behind the scenes. But led by Republican policy executive Joel Kaplan, the company is done playing both sides — and is going all-in on MAGA.

Trump says to ‘clean out’ Gaza, urges Arab countries to take more refugees: President Donald Trump said he wanted Jordan and Egypt to take in more Palestinians from Gaza so they could “maybe live in peace” there.

Sweden seizes vessel after new cable breach in Baltic Sea: Sweden is investigating damage to a data cable linked to Latvia, the latest breach in the Baltic Sea region where European authorities are on high alert.