xAI has now been accused of training Grok on child sex abuse materials (CSAM), as regulators and courts continue to probe how far the problem goes, and some Grok users have been arrested. In a complaint filed on Wednesday, a plaintiff known as Jane Doe explained that she was preschool-age in the early 2000s when adult men repeatedly raped her to create CSAM to sell to pedophiles online. Since then, Doe's images have been hashed by groups like the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (CCCP). For her safety, Doe has opted to receive alerts from the US Department of Justice Victim Notification System any time she may be a victim in a new criminal investigation. Although she has received countless alerts, she was shocked when the CCCP notified her that it had identified AI-generated CSAM on xAI that depicted her.
A Florida grand jury has found that the administration of the governor, Ron DeSantis, "misappropriated" $10m in taxpayer money from a Medicaid settlement into the Hope Florida Foundation, a charity with ties to DeSantis's wife, before the money was reportedly "funneled" into "two political action committees". In the grand jury report, which remains sealed but was obtained and published by CBS News Miami on Wednesday, the grand jurors wrote that "we conclude that these funds were misappropriated as part of a sophisticated scheme to fund political activities" but said that they found "insufficient evidence to charge anyone criminally". The grand jury report, dated 28 January 2026, states that in 2024, the Hope Florida Foundation received $10m from a Medicaid settlement between the state and Centene, a contractor for the government health insurance program for low-income Americans and children.
Donald Trump unleashed a vicious attack Friday on New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman over her story, bylined by 3 other reporters, about his plans not to attend the 25th Anniversary of 9/11 because they wouldn't let him give a speech.
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The racist, alcoholic, misogynist, incompetent evangelical Christian Secretary of War Crimes Pete Hegseth is considering running for President in 2028 after this proselytizing lothario gutted and demoralized the Defense Department, committed war crimes against Venezuelans and Iranians, and launched the United States of America into an un-Constitutional and catastrophic war against Iran on behalf of Israel, a quagmire which has depleted US strategic military resources and bankrupted the US treasury.
This second-rate weekend Faux TV tumor has "fallen up" and is getting people killed.
Tripple Ivy League graduate and homophobic evangelical Christian pastor Robert Gagnon: "It's sad that Dolly Parton did so much to promote LGBTQ immorality, including many public statements of acceptance and advocacy for "gay marriage" at least six years before Obergefell. For me it tarnished her legacy."
Dolly Parton was a good human being. Robert Gagnon is not a good human being.
A lawsuit filed this month alleges that there's a simple reason some stations in the Freedom Fuel Network " the chain of discount gas stations promoted by the White House " have been able to sell gas so cheaply: Some $4 million worth of the gas is stolen.
resident Donald Trump's proposed 250-foot triumphal arch will have "adverse" effects on dozens of historical landmarks, the National Park Service found. Nonetheless, the agency concluded in a report released Friday that the arch must stay at the proposed site on the banks of the Potomac River as the project is "inherently location dependent" and "not interchangeable" with any other placement. "A relocated arch elsewhere in Washington, D.C. or Virginia would constitute a materially different commemorative project," the report said. "For this reason, alternative locations outside Memorial Circle are not reasonable avoidance alternatives." Read more
Zohran Mamdani Cracks Down on NYC Car Rental Companies, Issues 56 Summonses Over Hidden Fees: Warns Businesses to Tell People the 'Real Price' Read more
The US has reached a deal with Venezuela to control more than 65 billion barrels of its proven oil reserves, President Donald Trump announced. "This Historic Transaction MORE THAN DOUBLES American Oil Reserves, greatly increases our Oil Supply, and will substantially lower Gas Prices for all Americans," Trump posted on social media. Read more
The FBI previously refused to hire job applicants if they admitted to hiring sex workers or stealing from an employer " or engaging in acts of bestiality. Today, those acts, which are mostly illegal across the country, are no longer automatic deal breakers for applicants to the nation's top law enforcement agency. In June, the FBI quietly lowered some of the standards it uses when it conducts background checks on would-be federal agents and other personnel.
Donald Trump's administration is facing calls to launch an investigation into allegations that Michael Boren, a senior official who oversees the US Forest Service, pressed agency staff to deploy additional resources to fight a fire burning near his Idaho ranch.
The U.S. Space Academy will be for students looking to enter the U.S. Space Force, a new branch of the military Trump created in his first term. Trump said it will also serve NASA and the civilian spaceflight industry. "We're going to have an academy for what the people in this room love the most. That's exciting. That's really exciting. And I'm going to be choosing a location very shortly," Trump said during remarks at NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The other purpose of the event was to award the four Artemis II astronauts with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. Behind Trump stood more than a dozen astronauts throughout the ceremony.
OutKick obtained a video in late 2024 that appears to show Daejon Labrayae Love signing what he represented to be an NFL contract. When the cameraman asks Love who he is signing with, Love responds, "Niners, you already know, Niner gang." An FBI affidavit says Love filmed himself "supposedly signing an employment contract with the 49ers" while claiming he would be a wide receiver for the team. The video obtained by OutKick appears to match the affidavit's description. Representatives for the NFL and 49ers told investigators Love had never been employed by the team or the league, according to the affidavit. On Aug. 25, 2026, the Justice Department announced that Love, 35, and Taylor Jamie Chan, 18, were charged in Portland, Oregon, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud.
Speaking on a Twitch livestream on Aug. 20, Piker stated, "If Jews in America keep putting this idea out there that they are singularly invested in Israel, eventually someone's going to come around and take action." Piker added, "Not against the state of Israel, mind you, but against American Jews."
"Joint Task Force " Southern Border (JTF-SB), operating under US Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) in support of US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), successfully defended US military personnel and CBP partners by mitigating three adversarial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) using directed energy capabilities this week."
Army Multipurpose High Energy Laser (AMP-HEL)
