A federal judge blocked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from investigating Media Matters for America, the liberal watchdog group that has criticized the spread of hate speech on X since Elon Musk purchased the platform. read more
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee announced Monday it expects to begin receiving files related to Jeffrey Epstein from the Department of Justice (DOJ) by the end of the week. read more
Donald Trump struggled to find his new best friend from Finland at Monday's Ukraine peace talks, even though President Alexander Stubb was seated right opposite him and the pair are officially golfing buddies.
The Food and Drug Administration is warning the public not to eat, sell or serve certain Great Value raw frozen shrimp sold at Walmart due to possible contamination with Cesium-137, a radioactive isotope.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries: "It's my expectation that Kristi Noem will be one of the first people hauled up to Congress shortly after the gavels change hands to get a real understanding for the American people as to this conduct that has taken place: The lack of respect for due process, for the rule of law, the unleashing of masked agents on law-abiding immigrant communities, and the disappearing of people in some instances, to other countries without any real evidence that criminal behavior took place," Jeffries said in an interview with Tim Miller on "The Bulwark Podcast. All of this is going to require aggressive Oversight activity." read more
With temperatures in some parts of the London Underground recently exceeding levels deemed fit for cattle, climate change is well and truly transforming the experience of living in Britain's capital. The response has been a surge in demand for air-conditioning units in high-end homes.
New high school and college graduates entering the workforce are facing the most hostile job market since the 1980s, according to reports. read more
[Tuberculosis] the most deadly infectious disease in the world, the World Health Organization says, responsible for killing 1.5 million people each year, even though it's both preventable and curable. read more
AI is expected to play a central role in the Golden Dome air-defense system ... read more
An artificial-intelligence system has read a Babylonian law tablet at 98 percent character accuracy ... read more
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed new districting maps for California that would only take effect if Texas goes ahead with its plan to gerrymander its voting district map to enable five more Republican house seats. read more
Republicans in Congress managed to recess for the summer without voting on the issue, but it has continued to dog them and awaits them when they return. read more
President Trump announced Monday on his social media site, Truth Social, that he plans to "lead a movement" to get rid of mail-in ballots and voting machines in the country ahead of next year's midterm elections. read more
We're all probably feeling a little anxious about AI. It's horrible for the environment, is used as an excuse to fire workers, floods the internet with misinformation and slop, entrenches government surveillance, and appears to be driving people into psychosis. And so, at a time when many college students are dropping out to join AI startups, one former MIT student says she called it quits because she's afraid of something altogether more catastrophic: that an artificial general intelligence (AGI), or superhuman AI, will completely wipe out the human race, Forbes reports. read more
Sydney Sweeney's new movie took a tumble at the box office in the wake of backlash stemming from the actress's recent ad campaign with retailer American Eagle. read more
When The Rocky Horror Picture Show premiered in 1975, no one could have dreamed that it would become the longest-running theatrical release film in history. read more
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