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A Defense Department employee known online as the conservative influencer "DataRepublican" has launched a website mapping the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and a broader network of left-wing activist organizations, raising new questions about political targeting, government ethics, and the Trump administration's increasingly confrontational stance toward some activist groups.

The State Department imposed sanctions on an Italian leftist group that supplies digital support to Antifa and other extremists, including a group in Oregon, according to information released by the department on domestic terrorists.

Roy Cohn, Robert Mapplethorpe and a Trump-Era Dilemma Over Free Speech When a respected biographer tried to use a Mapplethorpe photograph of Roy Cohn for a book cover, worries about the wrath of Mr. Cohn’s protégé, President Trump, intervened.

New York mayor Zohran Mamdani has become known, in part, for wearing a suit. He has named Uniqlo as one of his chosen brands, and his on-duty style, with its slim-tailored trousers and nicely tailored jackets, has made him the poster boy for a brand of millennial optimism popular during the Obama administration that was swiftly replaced by the forcefulness of the MAGA look a decade or so ago. Today, in the era of plumped faces and fake tans, peptides and looksmaxxing, Mamdani stands in for a certain realness. Which is why an image of the mayor looking jacked that circulated on X earlier this week landed as a surprise.

The days of explaining what a content creator is are long gone. Now, they are firmly enmeshed in our world — taking off in every industry, influencing every aspect of culture, and filling every minute of people’s lives. This leaves us in need of a new definition of what it means to be influential online. This year, you may notice that we left off some of the highest-ranking creators from past lists. That’s because their empires have made content largely an afterthought — if you have a $100 million Amazon show or a $500 million media company, do you still really count as a creator? Instead, we focused on those who have become industry leaders, entertainment darlings, and go-to experts while still keeping up on the platforms that made them stars.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Italy-based Autistici Inventati, the United Kingdom’s Palestine Action, and the transnational group Masar Badil under Executive Order 13224, the government’s primary counterterrorism sanctions authority. Germany-based Zaid Abdulnasser and Brazil-based Rawa Alsagheer were designated as Masar Badil leaders.