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Sunday, September 20, 2026

In a Truth Social post, Mr. Trump called fears around AI possibly becoming a superintelligence that could pose a threat to human existence a hoax. read more


A new government report showing that the administration spent $7 billion paying staff not to work as it pushed its buyouts ...


"The Iran war is driving fuel prices higher worldwide, leading to angry protests around the globe and straining the economies of countries that have nothing to do with the war," Axios reports. read more


"Willie Horton was a bad guy, really bad guy," Trump said ... read more


Vance's 'another chance' plea collides with a sharp attack on Democrats as the 2026 midterm battle intensifies read more


David Smith: Defiance from the supreme court and the Federal Reserve chair in one week ... how ever will the US president cope? read more


Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Thursday to take control of the Russian assets of Swiss food giant Nestle and three French groups, citing hostile actions by "unfriendly" countries. read more


The lawsuit argues that the Trump administration's immigration enforcement and suggestions that it could send agents to polling stations violate the Voting Rights Act. read more


Anthropic has quietly set up a laboratory to do physical biology work as it pushes its artificial-intelligence ambitions into the world of drug science. read more


The intelligence report, circulated across the US military this spring in the midst of the war with Iran, immediately set off alarm bells: A Chinese ship in the Middle East was transporting components of a nuclear weapons program. read more


Key White House loyalist orchestrating multi-agency effort condemned by critics as cruel and racist read more


Karl Rove, the Republican strategist behind George W. Bush's two presidential campaign victories, drew the anger of President Donald Trump after announcing he was supporting a Democrat for the first time in more than three decades. read more


The top official at the U.S. Postal Service said Thursday that the agency has stopped work on developing a controversial computer system that was central to President Donald Trump's effort to limit mail voting ... read more


Saturday, September 19, 2026

For the first time, the Pentagon reported costs incurred by each armed service. The figures are almost certainly on the low side, congressional officials said.


OpenAI caught something unusual while training its latest model, GPT-5.6 Sol: It began leaving instructions for future versions of itself, telling them to conceal mistakes and misaligned behavior from the user.


A report from the Economic Policy Institute found that CEO pay at the top 350 companies rose 14% in 2025 to an average of $28 million. That means CEOs now make roughly 325 times as much as a typical worker. In 1965, CEOs were paid just 21 times the average worker's salary.


 

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