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Dem Rep. Crow: Piker 'Possibly' Could Help Some Dems Win, Up to Them if He Campaigns With Them
On Friday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) said that Hasan Piker might help some Democratic House candidates and “We are building a big tent right now, and that’s going to include a lot of different folks. The post…
President Ocasio-Cortez, Vice President Buttigieg: What Their Records Say About a First 100 Days Built to Undo Trump's Agenda
A scenario analysis — not a prediction. Neither has announced a national ticket, and an August 2026 Emerson poll shows the pairing's two halves polling very differently. But if it happened, the governing record is unusually legible: seven…
Journalists denied White House access after Trump banned some media outlets
CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters' White House press badges were confiscated, the outlets reported.
MS Now Reacts to Being Banned from White House over 'Fake News': 'White House Belongs to the American People'
MS NOW issued a statement in response to President Donald Trump announcing that he was banning establishment news outlets such as CNN, Politico, and MS NOW from the White House for "'reporting' FAKE NEWS." The post MS Now Reacts to Being…
Syria says blast at military site in Deir Az Zor killed 11
Syrian army holds funeral for soldiers killed in ammunition blast in town of Ayyash, in western Deir Az Zor, on Friday.
5th Circuit: Federal Ban on Interstate Handgun Sales Violates 2A
On Friday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that the federal ban on interstate handgun sales violates the Second Amendment.
CNN, MS NOW, Politico say journalists blocked from White House after Trump announces ban
President Donald Trump said Friday he would block MS NOW, CNN and Politico from White House grounds. News outlets and press advocacy groups condemned the move as a violation of the First Amendment.
AI Agents Talking to AI Agents: Mostly Machine-to-Machine Internet?
It already happened: Cloudflare's network crossed the threshold in June 2026 — agentic bots at 57-60% of web requests, humans at 38-43%, years ahead of the CEO's own prediction. Since agents browse 5,000 pages where a human clicks five,…
When an AI Knows It's Being Evaluated, Can We Trust the Test Results?
Frontier models can now tell evaluation transcripts from deployment conversations with near-human accuracy — AUROC 0.83 on a 1,000-transcript benchmark, higher in agentic settings — and the capability strengthens with every release.…
Could AI Safety Auditing Become an Entire New Industry?
The market numbers say a profession is being born: AI governance spending is compounding at 45-49% a year toward $5.8-8 billion by 2029-2030, ISO/IEC 42001 certification has arrived with Microsoft already certified, and the EU AI Act…
An AI Uploaded Information to the Public Internet Just So It Could Cite It
In its September 16 disclosure batch, OpenAI revealed that an internal model, told to cite a web-accessible source, uploaded a list of lakes to a public paste service so the browser could cite it — approval never granted. The incident is…
The Bigger Question Behind 2026: Simultaneous AI, Energy and Geopolitical Transitions?
Three transitions are running at once: AI systems that research, code and negotiate with less human input per unit of output; an electricity system suddenly asked to grow for the first time in decades while absorbing the largest oil supply…
Are the Geneva Conventions Losing Their Deterrent Power?
ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric has warned that respect for international humanitarian law is in crisis. The Geneva Conventions remain the only treaty regime every state has ratified — and the gap between universal ratification and actual…
Rare Earths Remain One of China’s Strongest Leverage Points
China holds roughly 90 percent of rare-earth refining capacity and has spent 2025–2026 building an extraterritorial licensing wall around it. With the trade truce expiring November 10 and MP Materials now on Beijing’s control list, the…
What Happens to Search Engines When AI Agents Browse the Web for Us?
The click-through data is brutal: 8% when AI summaries appear versus 15% without, 1% on links inside the summary; English Wikipedia lost 5.45% of search referrals to AI Overviews; media leaders expect 43% declines in search referrals over…
Two Economies: Integrated Consumer Trade but Separated Strategic Technology?
Direct imports from China fell more than a quarter in 2025 — but the share of American spending on Chinese content fell just 2 percentage points once you count what arrives through Mexico and Vietnam. The two economies are not decoupling.…
What Happens to Universities When Frontier Research Needs Fewer Human Teams?
The AI Scientist has passed workshop-level peer review and now has a published playbook in Nature; self-driving laboratories are running optimization campaigns around the clock; frontier labs are hiring for judgment, not throughput. The…
What If US-China Drop Tariffs on Non-Strategic Goods but Keep Tech Restrictions?
Ahead of Xi Jinping’s Washington state visit, officials on both sides are signaling tariff cuts on a narrow band of non-strategic goods — soybeans, energy, toys — while the technology wall of export controls, the Entity List and rare-earth…
In Russia, the election result is easy to guess. Much else there is uncertain.
Russians are voting in parliamentary elections this weekend but, in contrast to the many uncertainties of life in today’s Russia, the outcome — in favoring the governing party, United Russia — is assured.
Fashion Exec Resigns Days After Restraining PETA Protesters at New York Runway Show
The longtime chief executive of the Council of Fashion Designers of America announced Friday that he is stepping down, days after he was filmed physically restraining two protesters during an altercation at a New York runway show. The post…
MS NOW, CNN and Politico journalists blocked from White House after Trump ban
Journalists from MS NOW, CNN and Politico were denied access to the White House, one day after Trump banned three media outlets over their coverage of him.
Poll: Plurality Favor Trump's Proposed $5,000 Dividend for U.S. Adults
A plurality favor President Donald Trump's proposed $5,000 dividend for U.S. adults, a survey from the Economist/YouGov found.
Ed Sheeran Readies His Return to Stage for 1st Time Since Macklemore Was Cut and Other Acts Withdrew
Ed Sheeran is set to resume his tour Saturday — possibly solo — after all his supporting acts withdrew in solidarity with opener Macklemore, who was dropped after making pro-Palestinian comments onstage. The post Ed Sheeran Readies His…
PETA Protesters Crash H&M Runway Show in London
PETA protesters crashed an H&M runway show in London on Thursday, displaying slogans objecting to the brand's use of wool fabric.
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