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Tuesday, September 08, 2026

Workers' share of U.S. income has already fallen to its lowest level on record, while corporate profit margins keep breaking records quarter by quarter. read more


In a new report titled "Superpowers and AGI," former Obama-era national security official Jacob Stokes calls for United States to begin preparing readiness drills in response to Chinese AI development -- up to and including military strikes on the nation's data centers, the South China Morning Post reported. read more


The war in Iran has now cost U.S. consumers $100 billion in higher energy prices, and the bill is rising another $1 million about every two minutes, per a real-time estimate from Brown University as of Monday morning. read more


Hours before sending out absentee ballots to voters, North Carolina pushed through its latest restrictions that could make it harder for those votes to count. read more


James Talarico brought the house down in Texas with a fiery "real men" takedown aimed at Ken Paxton. read more


Monday, September 07, 2026

Norway's sovereign wealth fund has proposed cutting the allocation of government bonds in its $2.3 trillion investment portfolio, chiefly affecting its holdings of U.S. Treasurys, as it seeks to diversify its risk exposure and boost returns. read more


President Donald Trump on Friday demanded that the Federal Reserve slash interest rates or else he will cut off trade with countries with which the U.S. maintains trade deficits. read more


Diesel hit a record price in the U.S. on Friday, soaring to an average of $5.85 a gallon for the first time ... read more


A swarm of rogue OpenAI agents hijacked a German website this spring and transformed it into a bulletin board for other AI agents, according to new research published Friday and two people familiar with the matter. read more


Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) skipped a scheduled meeting with paralyzed veterans from his home state, but had time to appear on Fox News instead, The Wall Street Journal said in a report detailing his aversion to work. read more


As Americans mark Labor Day and the traditional start of the fall campaign season, new polling shows President Donald Trump entering the final stretch before the midterm elections, with approval ratings that have weakened substantially since the start of his second term. read more


Fox News has parted ways with longtime anchor Maria Bartiromo, one of President Donald Trump's closest allies at the network. read more


Sunday, September 06, 2026

Sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln, which recently docked in Thailand after being kept at sea for more than 250 days, described their deployment in dire terms, MS NOW Pentagon correspondent Priya Sridhar said Wednesday. read more


Global temperature rise is set to push past 1.5 degrees Celcius, or 34.7 degrees Fahrenheit, over pre-industrial temperatures within the next few years, according to a new United Nations report. read more


A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to identify the people who came up with the structure for the nearly $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund" that Attorney General Todd Blanche has said is now "dead." read more


An Amazon-branded cargo plane crashed just outside Miami International Airport on Sunday afternoon. The Boeing 767-300 cargo aircraft overran the runway around 2 p.m. ET while it was landing, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.


 

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