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I love my (admittedly last-gen) Kindle Paperwhite, but even though I know its 6.8-inch screen isn't actually that much smaller than most paperback pages, I still sometimes feel like I have to squint to read it. Maybe it's my fault for seeing it as more of a tablet than an out-and-out digital book, but I do sometimes feel tempted to read on my iPad instead and just put up with the glare. Luckily, Amazon does make a bigger Kindle, and now it's on sale.

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The Kindle Scribe is Amazon's only e-note, meaning it's intended more for writing on than reading with, but it will work for both. It can access your entire Kindle library, and thanks to its 10.3-inch screen, text and images do feel like they have more room to breathe on it. This can be especially good for comics (although, the black-and-white screen might make you want to stick to manga) and articles, and I've been tempted to upgrade for that reason alone before.

The problem was the price, which is normally a little steep at $400. Starting at $325 with this sale, though, it's suddenly a much more attractive prospect.

And that goes double when you take into account the Kindle Scribe's intended use case. It comes with a stylus that lets you mark up PDFs and jot down notes in either your own documents or in dedicated boxes in existing books, and Amazon says it's retuned this model to have a more paper-like feel when writing on it. Yes, there is AI here too, although it's fairly unobtrusive—when you're done handwriting a note, you can have the Scribe quickly summarize it, "refine" it, or reconfigure it into a digital font, if you like.

There are arguments to be made for other e-notes despite all this functionality—my colleague, Joel Cunningham, recently reviewed a similar device, the Boox Note Air 4C, that has a color screen and can run Android—but if you're already in the Kindle ecosystem, this Scribe sale could make for a handy little upgrade.

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Dutch ovens are heavy duty cast iron behemoths ready to take on your next cooking challenge whether it’s steamed, braised, boiled, or fried. But usually with that much power comes (you guessed it) a ridiculous price tag. It’s important to note, while Staub and Le Creuset can retail for $200 to $500, other brands are just as effective. Here are three good options—well below $100—on sale right now for Amazon’s Big Spring Sale.

For a smaller Dutch oven

I’m a fan of Lodge—I’ve had a 12-inch cast iron skillet that’s been a fabulous helper for nearly a decade—and their 3-quart Dutch oven has been deeply discounted. Normally this petite Lodge Dutch oven retails for over $100, but you can get it for $55.17. (Note that some of the different colors might come up at $60.)

While a 3-quart pot isn’t very large, you can still cook three to four servings of side dishes, stews, and soups in this size pot. Here are some of my favorite things to cook in my Dutch oven. This size is great for smaller storage situations, and considerably lighter if you’re not interested in hoisting a 15-pound hunk of metal onto your stove. This heavy duty piece of cookware can last a generation if you take care of it, and look snazzy while doing it.

Larger options 

Overmont. While I’m not familiar with Overmont, this Dutch oven is a good option if you’re looking for a larger pot. This highly rated Dutch oven is a 5.5-quart pot, which is better for baking loaves of bread or making six to eight servings of soups and stews. It’s also good for braising roasts or thick cuts of meat, and can withstand temperatures up to 500°F, moving seamlessly from stove top to oven for braising, or high-temperature bread baking. It’s $59.49 with a $5 coupon right now. 

Lodge. If there’s a Lodge option for a bigger pot then I’m going to find it—and I have. This is their 6-quart Dutch oven on sale for $67.49. Granted, it’s a few bucks more expensive than the 3-quart above, but with that extra space you can do a whole lot more. 

Video of a US Secret Service agent apprehending a child who found his way onto the North Lawn of the White House Wednesday went viral on social media.

The incident happened just after 6:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday evening with the child, whose age was withheld, seemingly impervious to the magnitude of the moment.

Images of a Secret Service agent armed with a long gun and a tactical vest carrying the child away racked up millions of views:

Video journalist Tyler Smith with Gray Television caught the moment on camera and commented, “A kid squeezed through the fence on the north lawn of the White House. Secret Service has retrieved him and brought him back to his parents.”

Anthony Guglielmi, the communications chief for the Secret Service, said agents watched the boy slip through the fence and were quick to approach him and reunite him with his family.

“Just after 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division officers observed a child slip through the White House north fence,” Guglielmi said in a statement. “Officers quickly reunited the child with their parents without incident.”

Wednesday was not the first time in recent memory that a child has made his way onto the White House grounds. As The Hill noted, a young boy was able to squeeze through the fence two years ago in April 2023:

Onlookers inside the White House property noticed fuss, and some spotted the child being removed by Secret Service. Access to the White House complex was restricted during the commotion. President Biden was on the property at the time of the pint-sized perimeter breach.

The parents of the child were questioned and sent on their way with the trespassing tot in tow.

The Secret Service said at that time, “The Secret Service Uniformed Division today encountered a curious young visitor along the White House north fence line who briefly entered White House grounds. The White House security systems instantly triggered Secret Service officers and the toddler and parents were quickly reunited.”

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While you might assume that thieves would prefer to find less visible, less public ways of breaking into your house, your front door and entryway are actually prime targets for anyone who wants inside without your permission—more than a third of burglars use the front door when gaining entry to a home.

If you want to sleep a little better at night, securing your home's entryway is a good first step. Even if you have a security system in place, stopping a home invasion from taking place at all is a much better outcome. Doing just a few of these things will make it a lot harder for anyone to break into your home and compromise your property and your safety.

Select a front door made of a secure material

Your first step towards securing your entryway is the door itself. A solid-core wood door provides decent security, but an upgrade to a steel door will make it even more difficult for a would-be home invader to cut, kick, or break the door itself. Aluminum or fiberglass are also solid choices to increase the security of your door, though they’re also generally more expensive.

Whatever material your front door is made of, you can enhance its security by installing a metal security door, which is like a storm door that adds an extra lockable barrier over your front door, making it even less likely that someone can gain access without your permission.

Reinforce the door's frame

If you can’t install a security door, you can still add some security to your existing door by reinforcing the frame. The locks on your door (and the door itself) will only be as good as the frame the door is attached to—the best lock in the world will be useless if one well-placed kick will crack the frame.

You can purchase simple kits like this one that will reinforce your door frame and make it a lot more difficult to kick or pry the weak points on your door—the hinges and jamb. Typically made from steel, these plates stiffen the existing frame material and deflect tools away from weak spots.

Reconsider those decorative glass windows

Entryways with a lot of glass are popular because they let in natural light, but if your front door has a lot of glass inserts or sidelights (the narrow areas on either side), that’s a huge security risk because glass is so easily broken (see any film or TV show depicting a burglary, ever). Reducing or eliminating glass in your entryway is an easy way to increase security simply because it removes the weak point.

If you can’t remove the glass (or simply don’t want to sacrifice the light), you can replace it with security glass. If that’s too expensive, you can also install a security window film. Security films won’t necessarily stop a determined thief from smashing their way into your home, but they can slow them down and make the job more challenging, increasing the chances they’ll give up before gaining entry.

Upgrade your locks

Just as your door locks will only be optimally effective if your door frame is hardened, your door will only be secure if you use a high-quality lock with an appropriate security grade. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) applies a grade of 1 to 3 to all locks that describes their security level—Grade 1 is the best. Installing Grade 1 locks (make sure they actually have the official ANSI seal on them) will give you the best security for your front door.

Adding a deadbolt to the door is an easy way to make it more difficult for someone to break in. A single-cylinder deadbolt (with keyed entry on the outside and a thumbturn on the inside) are best for residential doors, because needing to use a key on the interior will make it a lot harder to get out in an emergency.

Upgrade hardware

Another way to make your entryway more secure is to do some small upgrades to the door’s other hardware—the hinges and strike plate:

• Deeper screws. Most screws supplied with door hinges will be about 1 to 2.25 inches long. That’s certainly sufficient, but a deeper screw will be more difficult to tear out, increasing the overall strength of the door. Replacing your hinge screws with 3-inch (or deeper) is a cheap, simple way to make the entryway more secure. Just be sure to check that there’s enough depth to handle the longer screws, and that the screws won’t interfere with nearby windows or wiring in the walls.

• Hinge bolts. Hinge bolts install between the door hinges (see them in action here) and make it difficult for someone to lift the door off the frame even if they manage to push the pins out of the hinges. These are mainly useful if your door swings outward (most residential doors swing inward) but certainly can’t hurt, especially as they’re cheap and easy to install.

• Strike box. The strike plate is the strip of metal where the bolt and latch from the door connects with the frame. It’s typically just a flat piece that doesn’t provide much by way of reinforcement, so installing a strike box instead is a good idea. A strike box inserts into the hole drilled for the latch or bolt and helps absorb and spread any impact from an attempt to break the door frame.

Rework your landscaping for maximum visibility

A simple way to enhance the security of your entryway is to clear away landscaping that hides your front door from the street. While privacy is always nice, if you have a lot of lush landscaping around your front door it could be an opportunity for someone to work on your door unobserved. This combined with plenty of light at night will make even the most determined thief think twice about assaulting your door.

Get rid of that spare key in the front yard

Even if you make your front door a marvel of strength and security, it means nothing if you leave a spare key under the doormat—or hidden in one of those obvious fake rocks. Everyone needs some spare keys seeded around their lives to prevent being locked out of their own home, but be thoughtful about where those keys are. A trusted neighbor or nearby friend (or relative) or tucked in a desk at your job are good ideas. Don’t hide the key anywhere near the door, however, as it’s too easy for a cursory check to turn it up.

Of course, going keyless with a smart lock is another option that removes the possibility of losing your key—though it still might be a good idea for someone you trust who lives nearby to have the code in case you ever need someone to get into your house.

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Wall Street Journal national security reporter Alex Ward poured ice cold water over one of the Trump administration’s defenses to the shocking scandal that’s been dubbed “Signalgate,” citing military sources to say their response actually made it worse.

Monday brought a stunning article from Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, describing how National Security Adviser Mike Waltz had accidentally added him in a group chat on the encrypted messaging app Signal that included the “principals committee,” top level national security agency officials in President Donald Trump’s administration, as they discussed war plans and messaging strategies related to striking the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen earlier this month.

According to Goldberg’s bombshell report, besides Waltz the chat apparently included Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, “and someone identified only as ‘S M,’ which I took to stand for [Homeland Security advisor and White House deputy chief of staff] Stephen Miller.”

Goldberg then followed up with a new article Wednesday morning that shared the attack plans Hegseth and others insisted were not in the group chat, including more screenshots of the chats. The headline of the article, “Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal,” has been waved around by several White House officials to claim that it is a concession that no “war plans” were shared.

“The Atlantic has conceded: these were NOT ‘war plans,’” tweeted White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. “This entire story was another hoax written by a Trump-hater who is well-known for his sensationalist spin.” Vance and Waltz made similar plays in their own tweets; “NO WAR PLANS,” wrote Waltz. A tweet by the DOD Rapid Response account accused Goldberg and The Atlantic of having “backpedaled the whole ‘war plans’ thing really really fast.”

This quibbling over “attack plans” vs. “war plans” isn’t just a red herring, according to WSJ’s Ward, who has covered national security issues for years, including a previous stint at Politico, where he was a Pulitzer Prize finalist with his colleagues. To the contrary, wrote Ward, “attack plans” are actually treated as “more sensitive.”

Wrote Ward:

Speaking to military folks all morning. Here’s the difference, per them, on “war plan” vs “attack plan.”

A “war plan” is the full-scope of an operation, i.e. invasion of Ukraine or campaign vs. ISIS.

An “attack plan” is the acute outline of what will be used to attack targets.

Some former military officials said attack plans are *more* sensitive than war plans because they involve tons of specifics and classified details.

War plans, while important and certainly sensitive, tend to be higher-level and far less operational.

Hope that helps.

Ward also shared tweets by CNN reporters Zachary Cohen and Natasha Bertrand that cited sources confirming that the information Hegseth put into the Signal chat was “highly classified at the time he wrote it.”

More on the Trump Admin War Plan Leak:

1. The Atlantic Publishes Trump Attack Plans After Administration Denies Group Chat
2. Trump Just Handed His Biggest Enemy in Media a Slam Dunk
3. But How Did It End Up In Your Phone?’ Laura Ingraham Grills Trump NatSec Advisor Over Leak ‘That’s a Pretty Big Problem’
4. Bombshell Text Release Shows Trump Officials Were BSing Senators — Under Oath — Hours Earlier
5. JD Vance Criticizes Trump in Leaked War Plans Group Chat: ‘Not Sure the President Is Aware How Inconsistent This Is’
6. Trump Officials Stumped At Hearing When Asked If Goldberg Can Post Bombshell Texts Since They Claim No Classified Info

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Amazon's Big Spring Sale is in full swing, and we've done some work to weed out the duds and highlight the best deals available—it may not be Prime Day, but the sale still has deals worth checking out.

As Lifehacker's deals writer, I use price tracking tools to vet deals and will keep rounding up the best tech ones I find throughout the sale. Here are the best deals I've found so far:

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• Anker Space A40 Earbuds $49.99 (originally $99.99). The A40 have the same companion app as the AeroFit and are a great value for budget ANC earbuds that you can read more about here.

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The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg is weighing the release of more chat logs from the Trump team’s Houthi strike group chat he was mistakenly added to — as ranking officials denied under oath Tuesday that the information was classified, and the White House attacks his credibility.

Goldberg’s bombshell report, published Monday, detailed how he had been inadvertently swept into a Signal group chat by President Donald Trump’s national security advisor Mike Waltz over the weekend where senior Trump administration officials were planning strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen – discussing targets, weapons, and timing.

The chat users included, among others, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.

The report has left Washington, D.C. reeling — as well as the White House and Trump allies disputing the journalist’s claim that he was privy to highly sensitive information. After the authenticity of the chat was confirmed, Hegseth and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt attacked Goldberg’s reputation — with the latter claiming that “no classified material” was shared in the chat.

On Tuesday, during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on the incident, Gabbard also claimed there was no classified information shared — infuriating the committee’s ranking Democrat, Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), who challenged the DNI to provide the texts.

In his initial report, Goldberg stated that he had purposefully withheld some information shared in the chat that he felt was “too confidential” and could endanger lives if released.

Speaking to The Bulwark’s Tim Miller on Tuesday, Goldberg said while he remained reluctant to, he was weighing whether to now release more of the chat transcripts.

Miller pressed the journalist on the White House’s response and denial that the information was classified. Goldberg replied:

Well I mean, war plans are like I’ve detailed without including particulars or technical issues what was included. It was a timeline of coming attacks, the weapon systems used in these attacks, some very specific targeting information, who they are trying to kill! Okay? Let me just state that. Who they are trying to kill in the next two hours. To me that sounds like an attack plan. That sounds like a war plan. That sounds like this is what we’re going to do, and we haven’t done it yet. And literally, they are talking, and I agree with this kind of language – Godspeed to our men – they understand that they’re about to send Americans into harm’s way in order to achieve this national security goal.

Classification is a very interesting subject. I can’t get into it. I don’t… There’s classification. Look, it’s obviously material.

“There’s a covert CIA operative named on the thread, right?” Miller prompted.

Goldberg confirmed this was the case and continued:

Well, yes, and I withheld her name from this. They named somebody who’s an active CIA officer in this thread, which is on Signal, again, a commercial app in which I’m watching, and I withheld it. I didn’t put it in the story because she’s undercover. But I mean, the CIA director put it into the chat.

Look, by any standard of imagination, I mean, we’re talking about, again, these are technical terms, and there’s many, many different layers and complexities and I’m not a national security lawyer. But, look, I’ve been doing this for more than 30 years. I know what sensitive technical information looks like.

Miller then asked whether, given the White House’s push back and criticism of him whether he should “now demonstrate” that there was classified information in the logs and asked: “Shouldn’t you publish the text?”

Goldberg immediately rejected that as motivation to publish, he added:

My colleagues and I, the advice and the people who are giving us advice on this have some interesting conversations to have about this. But just because [the administration is] irresponsible with material doesn’t mean that I’m going to be irresponsible with this material. And you know what? I could, whatever… I mean, you’ve had long history, as I have, with dealing with them. And at moments like this, when they’re under pressure because they’ve been caught with their hand in the cookie jar or whatever, they will just literally say anything to get out of the moment, to get out of the jam – and that’s okay. I get it. I get the defensive reaction.

Pausing Goldberg then teased that in the coming days he would reveal a plan to have the information “vetted publicly” but that he wanted to ensure he could hold to his personal principles and protect certain information. He said:

But here’s the thing. My obligation, I feel, is to the idea that we take national security information seriously. And maybe in the coming days, I’ll be able to let you know, okay, I have a plan to have this material vetted publicly. But I’m not going to say that now because there’s a lot of conversations that have to happen about that.

All of my inclinations, as you can tell, including withholding the name of the CIA undercover officer, all of my inclinations are I have a pretty clear standards in my own behavior of what I consider… information that I consider to be in the public interest, even if it’s technically classified or information that’s in the public interest and information that’s not in public interest. I’m sticking to my principles here.

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