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Engadget reports: Sony held out longer than Microsoft and Nintendo, but it too is increasing the prices of PlayStation consoles in the US starting on August 21. The standard PS5 (the one with with a disc drive) will now run you $550, up from $500. The Digital Edition is $500, up from $450. The PS5 Pro, meanwhile, will require you …

Mediaite reports: A slew of private text messages from current and former Fox News hosts were made public on Tuesday night after a judicial hearing officer unredacted parts of a motion filed by Smartmatic. “Think about how incredible our ratings would be if Fox went ALL in on STOP THE STEAL,” Jesse Watters texted Fox’s Greg Gutfeld in December 2020. …

NBC News reports: Texas cannot require public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom, a judge said Wednesday in a temporary ruling against the state’s new requirement, making it the third such state law to be blocked by a court. A group of Dallas-area families and faith leaders sought a preliminary injunction against the law, which goes into …

The Washington Post reports: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s unusually large personal security requirements are straining the Army agency tasked with protecting him as it pulls agents from criminal investigations to safeguard family residences in Minnesota, Tennessee and D.C., according to numerous officials familiar with the operation. The sprawling, multimillion-dollar initiative has forced the Army’s Criminal Investigation Division, or CID, the …

The New Republic reports: The Trump administration has been snatching delivery drivers off the street mid-order as part of its sweeping federal effort to make Washington, D.C. “safer,” as multiple residents have reported. “Yesterday, my UberEats driver got arrested by ICE while he was delivering my food,” said D.C. resident Tyler DeSue in a TikTok he posted on Sunday that …

The Texas Tribune reports: The Republican-led Texas House on Wednesday was set to advance a new congressional map crafted to hand five additional U.S. House seats to the GOP over fierce opposition from Democrats, who cast the plan as an attempt by President Donald Trump to stack the deck in next year’s midterm election. Rep. Gene Wu of Houston, chair …

NBC News reports: President Donald Trump has purchased at least $103 million worth of corporate and municipal bonds since taking office in January, according to new filings from the Office of Government Ethics. The documents, released late Tuesday night, show that Trump began the bond-buying spree one day after being sworn in on Jan. 20 and include debt sold by …

Charlotte’s NBC affiliate reports: Gov. Josh Stein has declared a State of Emergency as North Carolina braces for Hurricane Erin, which is expected to intensify and threaten the coast with flooding, dangerous surf and powerful winds later this week. Local states of emergency have already been declared in Dare and Hyde counties. Mandatory evacuations are in effect for Ocracoke and …

The Guardian reports: The CEO of Target is stepping down, as the embattled retail giant seeks to turn around its fortunes amid an ongoing customer boycott over its scaling back of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Brian Cornell will be replaced next year by Target’s chief operating officer, the company said on Wednesday. Cornell helped re-energize the company when …

Axios reports: Florida transportation officials are expected to order Miami Beach to remove its LGBTQ Pride crosswalk on Ocean Drive, citing a new ban on street art, city officials tell Axios. City leaders are raising the alarm after Key West and Delray Beach received orders from the Florida DOT last week to paint over their rainbow-colored intersections by Sept. 3. …