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OpenAI Cancels Its Advanced Model Launch, Then Heads to Lunch With Trump

OpenAI called off plans to launch its latest GPT-6.1 Astra model on Tuesday, after the system failed to meet the company’s safety standards. The...

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Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Ads Are Receiving Bipartisan Criticism

President Donald Trump has become the subject of bipartisan pushback after another taxpayer-funded television ad aired during at least two Sunday NFL...

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Irish Soccer Fans Call for Boycotting Matches With Israel

On Sunday afternoon, Ireland is set to play a soccer match against Israel amid widespread public calls and protests in the country to boycott the game...

27.09.2026 6

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Rest Assured: AI Companies Say They’re Investigating Tens of Thousands of Rogue Bot Incidents

OpenAI and Anthropic are reportedly investigating tens of thousands of incidents where their advanced models bypassed monitors and guardrails,...

27.09.2026 3

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The Video Game Industry Is Brutal. Now It’s Unionizing.

By 6 p.m. Sunday, the union had already run out of the colorful pins representing each bargaining unit—all 7,000 of them—as people kept coming up...

25.09.2026 6

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Trump to Ballroom Architect: “I Am the Code”

“I am the code.” So said President Trump to the first architect working on the new White House ballroom being built on the ruins of the...

23.09.2026 8

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Trump Threatens to “Annihilate” Iran and Its People in UN Address

President Trump’s rambling, combative speech Tuesday to the United Nations General Assembly saw him return to his most serious quagmire yet—the...

22.09.2026 10

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Trump’s Desperate for TV Cameras Until They Tell the Truth

President Donald Trump, who loves a media hit, may no longer get his moments of glory on television after major news networks ABC, CBS, Fox News, and...

21.09.2026 10

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ICE Shoots Man in Austin Doing Food Delivery, Spurring Protests

ICE Shoots Man in Austin Doing Food Delivery, Spurring Protests

The shooting of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez came more than two months after an ICE officer fatally shot a man in Houston.

21.09.2026 7

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Which Side Is Ed Sheeran On?

Ed Sheeran opened his Philadelphia show Saturday night by admitting to “making mistakes”—maybe not quite the apology some people were hoping...

20.09.2026 10

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Trump Wants to Make His Triumphal Arch a Killing Machine

President Donald Trump said that he plans to make his proposed 250-foot arch in Washington, DC, a “top grade military complex” that holds large...

20.09.2026 10

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It’s the End of the World as Chat Pile Knows It

I grew up in a highly insular environment, never knowing—let alone interacting with—the outside world, in part due to my family’s history with...

18.09.2026 10

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What Else Is the Pentagon Hiding From Us?

More US military personnel have reportedly died during the ongoing Iran war than the Pentagon has shared publicly, the latest and most serious...

18.09.2026 10

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Trump’s Friends Are Already Signing Deals to Take Venezuela’s Oil

“It’s a milestone deal in making the Western Hemisphere the center of the global energy system,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on...

17.09.2026 10

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The Macklemore-Ed Sheeran Dispute Is a Corporate Threat to Free Speech

Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of, among a ton of other stuff, the New England Patriots and its stadium, allegedly pressured Ed Sheeran and his...

16.09.2026 10

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Kash Patel Again Denies Firing Iran Experts Before Iran War

In an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, FBI Director Kash Patel did little to acknowledge the continuing fallout...

15.09.2026 10

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Ted Cruz Pushed His College Sports Bill on ESPN—and Was Booed Mercilessly

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was on the receiving end of a nearly 10-minute chorus of boos on Saturday morning ahead of the heavyweight college football...

12.09.2026 10

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America’s 9/11 President Never Forgets…His Paintings

On Friday, former President George W. Bush shared his new collection of self-congratulatory paintings to mark the 25th anniversary of the September 11...

11.09.2026 20

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What Does FBI Director Kash Patel Actually Do?

FBI Director Kash Patel seems to be very bad at his job. This was confirmed yet again on Thursday, when national security journalist Seth Hettena...

11.09.2026 10

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Don’t Be Fooled. Congress Isn’t Cracking Down on OpenAI.

A Republican-led Senate subcommittee on disaster management is now investigating the July incident where OpenAI’s autonomous models hacked Hugging...

10.09.2026 20

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Get Ready For OpenAI’s ‘The Social Network’ Movie Moment

“Countries will fall. Industries are gonna collapse,” Andrew Garfield, the actor playing OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, says in the teaser trailer for...

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Trump’s Venezuela Deal Helps His Rich Friends—And That’s It

The Trump administration announced an arrangement with Venezuela last week that would see the US take control of 65 billion barrels worth of oil...

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Everybody Wants to Rule the World (of AI)

On Thursday, Nvidia, the tech giant that develops chips that power AI tools like ChatGPT, announced its acquisition of Hugging Face for nearly $13...

03.09.2026 20

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Mamdani Issues AI Moratorium In NYC Schools

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a one-year moratorium on AI use for elementary and middle school students on Wednesday. The decision,...

02.09.2026 20

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It Looks Like Hegseth Is Replacing Top Military Officers With Loyalists

US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is set to depart the Pentagon in the next few days, following a months-long feud with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth...

01.09.2026 20

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Trump Is Growing Desperate on Iran

The Trump administration is back on the warpath. Over the weekend, the government resumed military attacks on Iran for the first time in a month,...

31.08.2026 20

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Trump: Communities That Oppose Data Centers Will Be “Backwards and Poor”

On Monday, President Trump promoted continued data center construction and criticized opponents, despite growing bipartisan backlash ahead of the...

31.08.2026 20

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Canada Is Spending Billions to Help Its Workers Survive Our Tariffs

On Tuesday, Canadian officials announced funding to back businesses, workers, and industries, as they implement dollar-for-dollar counter-tariffs on...

25.08.2026 20

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Rallygoers Meet the Trans Athlete Culture Wars With Celebration

As women’s sports continue to be used as a battleground over trans rights, hundreds of people attended a rally before a New York Liberty game...

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There’s No Good Reason Why Hakeem Jeffries Should Work With Jared Kushner

Democrats and critics of the Trump administration have criticized House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries as reports came out Sunday that he met with...

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Trump Enraged South Korea to Please the North. It Didn’t Work.

North Korea launched several ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Thursday, according to South Korea’s military—just a day after the...

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What Does Trump’s Open Respect For North Korean Nukes Tell Iran?

President Trump hinted on Wednesday that his friendly relationship with North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong Un may owe a lot to the country’s...

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South Korea Wants Its Military Back

On Tuesday, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung reiterated his calls for the country to retake full control of its military operations from the US...

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Trump Burns Allies Over Iran. South Korea and Oman Are Next.

President Trump spent the weekend turning on two US security partners. He ordered a cutback in joint military exercises with South Korea, citing his...

17.08.2026 20

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The Right Is Targeting Abdul El-Sayed’s Family Members

Since Abdul El-Sayed’s win earlier this month to become the Democratic nominee for Michigan’s US Senate seat, the right has ramped up its attacks...

16.08.2026 20

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Flock’s Answer to Its Surveillance Scandals: Trust Us

On Thursday, the surveillance technology company Flock announced that it will limit access to its network of over 120,000 automatic license plate...

13.08.2026 20

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A DSA Candidate Lost a Messy Race for Wisconsin Governor

Following a chaotic race for Wisconsin governor, moderate Democrat David Crowley defeated progressive Francesca Hong on Tuesday night. Although Hong...

12.08.2026 20

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What Does “Woke 1” Even Mean?

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez invoked the term “Woke 1.0” during her Sunday interview on ABC News’ This Week to refer to rhetoric many...

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Trump’s Iran War Is Going Backward

On Saturday, a senior Iranian national security official issued a set of demands that the US must meet before a key waterway for oil shipping can be...

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Once More Cassidy Had the Deciding Vote. Once More He Folded.

Early Saturday morning, the Senate voted to confirm Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to the official role after Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) caved...

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What AI Regulation and Ownership Could Be

As an ordinary internet user, I am skeptical about AI. My colleagues and I have reported on several harmful aspects of the technology in the US:...

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Trump-Endorsed Candidate Loses Michigan Primary to a Man Who Dropped Out

A candidate who suspended his campaign a month ago, spent no money, and endorsed his own rival won Michigan’s 8th Congressional District GOP primary...

05.08.2026 20

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I Like Baseball Now.

Admittedly, I don’t know much about baseball—but I do know that watching the first home run of the Women’s Professional Baseball League on...

02.08.2026 20

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It Looks Like Sen. Bill Cassidy Is Hurting Public Health Again

When Sen. Bill Cassidy on Thursday expressed his support for Erica Schwartz, President Trump’s pick for CDC director, he signaled that he may once...

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The US Pause in Iran War Escalation Probably Won’t Last

The Trump administration has paused its latest, 13-night bombing campaign on Iran, reportedly following concerns within the administration over the...

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OpenAI Hacking Fiasco Exposes a “Deeply Insufficient” System to Protect the Public

The incident sounded straight out of a science fiction movie: OpenAI’s super-advanced tool hacked another AI company’s systems in an attempt to...

24.07.2026 20

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Former UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer Departs With His Own Paul Walker ‘Furious 7’ Tribute

I don’t know many specifics about former UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer—but I do know his goodbye video is baffling. On Monday, Starmer posted a...

22.07.2026 20

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It’s Fine to Criticize Graham Platner’s Replacement

On Monday night, Senate candidate Troy Jackson, Maine Democrats’ likely replacement for Graham Platner, was the subject of reports from colleagues...

21.07.2026 20

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War’s Escalation in Iran Is an Attack on Civilians’ Basic Needs

As the US military announced an eighth consecutive night of strikes on Saturday against Iran’s military systems, it also reportedly hit the...

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How Life Got Better For LA’s World Cup Workers

“I see the federal agents walking. I had one of those ‘Kick ICE out’ buttons, and he looked at me, and he looked at it again. I said, would you...

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