VS Code update brings info on running subagents into the Agents window and previews built-in dictation and a Markdown editor agents can act on.

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Follow President Trump’s progress filling over 800 positions, among about 1,300 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service. A key ...