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A White House press ban was lifted this week. But the tensions and legal battle aren't over yet

Journalists from three news outlets that President Donald Trump banned from White House grounds are back at the executive complex with TV cameras, laptops and microphones in hand. But the legal battle between Trump and some of the media that cover him is far from over. Here are some things to know about the White House press corps, lawsuits over press access, and the increasingly contentious relationship between the president and the Fourth Estate. Trump said unfavorable press coverage prompted the ban Las

Fed's Hammack says bond yield surge not about lost inflation confidence

Pakistan, Saudi, Turkish chiefs discuss closer military ties

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AI ads are popular in the 2026 midterms, but state laws haven’t stopped a lack of disclosure

In what appears at first to be a typical campaign advertisement, two people introduce themselves as Zohran Mamdani and Kathy Hochul while strolling through a park on a beautiful sunny day. But as the 43-second video continues, Mamdani, the mayor of New York City, and Hochul, the governor of New York State, have a conversation that paints them in a negative light. At one point Hochul is described in a voiceover as “the political delusion pill for New Yorkers who would rather think about what four more years could actually cost them.” That’s becau

US appeals court rules against Kalshi, says states can regulate prediction markets

Meta misled consumers in case over Cambridge Analytica scandal, New Mexico jury says

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Corporate debt maturities set to test US borrowers as rates rise

A growing wall of US corporate debt is set to mature from 2027, putting pressure on companies to refinance borrowings raised at ultra-low interest rates during the pandemic.About $4.3 trillion of non-financial corporate bonds issued in US markets will mature between 2027 and 2031, a Reuters analysis of LSEG data showed. Annual maturities rise from about $572 billion in 2027 to roughly $1.03 trillion in 2030, after many companies pushed debt into later years through refinancing. The challenge comes as global debt has climbed above a record $365 trillion, according to the Institute of Intern

Putin says all Ukraine peace proposals on table, but Russia must weigh its interests

Imran Khan's party postpones planned Islamabad march to October 4

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Supreme Court lets Trump administration use revamped federal voter eligibility database for now

The Supreme Court on Friday lifted restrictions on a controversial federal voter database before November’s elections, granting President Donald Trump a temporary win in his aggressive campaign against noncitizen voting. The court's three liberal-leaning justices publicly dissented from the decision. The emergency order allows states, for now, to use the Trump administration's revamped version of a Department of Homeland Security program, called Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, in their efforts to verify the eligibility of voters on their

Trump wants to take a page out of the Biden energy playbook

In January 2024, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump blasted the Biden administration for freezing approvals for new plants to export US liquefied natural gas.When he won the election, in part by slamming the Biden-Harris “war on energy,” Trump vowed in his second inaugural address: “We will bring prices down… and export American energy all over the world.”He kept that promise, undoing the Biden-era LNG export permitting pause through an executive order just hours into his first day on the job.Now fast-forward more than a year and a half later, he’s considering taking a page o

Inside Trump’s plan for the ‘biggest DOJ election observer effort in history’

US Senate rejects resolution curbing Trump's Iran war powers

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Man who was shot during 2024 Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, has died

James Copenhaver, one of three campaign rally attendees shot in 2024 during an assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump, has died in Pittsburgh, his lawyer said Thursday. He was 76. Copenhaver was in the bleachers during the event in Butler, Pennsylvania, when a 20-year-old gunman opened fire from a nearby rooftop, grazing Trump’s right ear with one bullet. Copenhaver was struck in the arm and in the abdomen, wounds that left him with lingering injuries and walking with a cane. Two other attendees were also shot — David Dutch, who surv

Not everyone thinks AI will kill us all

When AI company Hugging Face was hacked by a swarm of rogue OpenAI agents who had escaped their testing environment, the company’s CEO had many things to say.He called it an unprecedented event – “day one for cybersecurity in the age of agents.”But here’s one thing he didn’t say: The hack is a sign AI is going to be able to eventually wipe out humanity.Clement Delangue doesn’t buy into the doomer hype that’s gone viral in recent weeks, even as the victim of likely the most sophisticated AI agent-powered attack (that we know of). He scoffed at former Anthropic researcher Jacob C

What we know after officials say ICE detained a US citizen and left him injured in Chicago suburb

Hurricane Polo fuels fears of landslides in Mexico's southwest as Nolo closes in on Hawaii

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For Pope Leo, the risk of an AI apocalypse is a major concern

The Vatican warned about the risk of an apocalypse spurred by artificial intelligence years before major American firms sounded the alarm at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday - a concern that Pope Leo is placing at the heart of his papacy.Leo, who in May called on world leaders for global rules to oversee the industry, renewed his warnings about AI at a Vatican meeting on Thursday and is expected to do so again on Friday in a speech at the Paris headquarters of the UN's culture and education body, UNESCO."This is not happening on day zero for the Holy See," Rev. Paolo Benanti,

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In China, the Xi-Trump summit is seen as projecting image of the country’s rise

It’s unclear if U.S. President Donald Trump’s elaborate reception of his Chinese counterpart in Washington dazzled President Xi Jinping, but for the Chinese public, it made quite an impression. Trump’s rare welcome of Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, at the airport, as well as the bilateral and cultural events the leaders attended were closely covered — and praised — by Chinese state media. Those who watched at home saw a China elevated in status. “I read the news that the U.S. reception standards for President Xi are very high,” Xiang Ziyu, a postgradua

War has returned to Ethiopia’s Tigray — and former enemies are now fighting together. What changed?

The Latest: Supreme Court lets Trump administration use revamped federal voter eligibility database

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Susan Sarandon, Hannah Einbinder among more than 100 detained during anti-Netanyahu protest outside UN

Award-winning actress Susan Sarandon and Hacks star Hannah Einbinder were among dozens of protesters detained Thursday in New York during a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he visited the United Nations.NYPD said it took 103 people into custody as it tried to break up a group participating in a sit-in protest on First Avenue, just a few blocks from the UN headquarters, ahead of Netanyahu’s remarks to the UN General Assembly.Video from the scene showed officers zip-tying Sarandon and Einbinder’s hands and directing them toward an NYPD bus.Meanwhile, protest

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Trump’s push to acquire Greenland almost broke NATO. The winner of it all may be ... Greenland

In the end, it was all kisses and laughter as U.S. President Donald Trump hailed his “fantastic” relationship with Denmark and Greenland after signing a new security deal that America’s European allies hope will close one of the most dangerous chapters in transatlantic relations. Trump’s territorial ambitions over Greenland almost broke the NATO military alliance and shattered trust with one of America’s oldest and closest partners. The new defense agreement puts an end to the standoff. But was it worth the cost? While the new defense agreement is a bit b

Trump's state dinner for Xi features sea bass and a long list of tech titans

Trump is giving China's Xi a warm welcome. But criticism is loud on Capitol Hill

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New Jersey’s lieutenant governor resigns after sexual harassment and ethics complaints

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Americans still feel worse about the economy than at almost any point in modern history

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Author of America’s tariff statute: Trump’s tariffs are illegal

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Senate Republicans plan a last-ditch effort to lower costs ahead of midterms

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Xi says he'll see Trump again soon as he wraps up US visit with a look at the Constitution

President Donald Trump has confirmed he'll have two more meetings with China’s Xi Jinping later this year

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New Jersey governor asks her No. 2 to resign over ethics and sexual harassment violations

New Jersey’s governor has called on her hand-picked lieutenant governor to resign by Friday after a law firm hired by her office concluded he behaved inappropriately around women

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CNN's Dana Bash lays out the stakes of Trump's White House media ban

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Judge Aileen Cannon’s gag order puts recently subpoenaed Mar-a-Lago agents in a bind

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Police arrest actors, politicians protesting against Netanyahu outside UN

Police arrested at least 30 people including actors and politicians as they protested outside United Nations headquarters on Thursday against Israeli

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We aren’t trying to kill Trump, Iran’s president insists to reporters at New York hotel

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls