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Updated Sep 1, 2026 - Politics & Policy

House Democrats left reeling after shock defections

Reps. Donald Norcross, Jared Golden and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries conduct a news conference on Capitol Hill on July 17, 2025.
Updated Sep 1, 2026 - Politics & Policy

House censures Chuck Edwards over "sexual harassment" of staff

Man in a dark suit with a blue patterned tie and glasses stands in a hallway with exposed pipes as reporters press smartphones and a microphone toward him.

Apple joins Google in renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America"

Map view of Lake Ontario with Toronto, Mississauga, Oakville, Hamilton, Oshawa on the Canadian coast and Buffalo, Rochester, Niagara Falls across the lake; green land, blue water, labeled roads.
Updated Sep 1, 2026 - World

U.S. military launches fresh strikes in the Strait of Hormuz

President Trump ordered strikes against Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz.

U.S. officials defend deal with controversial Venezuelan oil baron

Photo illustration of President Trump, Alejandro Betancourt Lopez, and Alejandro Betancourt Lopez with an overlay of oil barrels

USPS whistleblower warns new ballot system could fail

Ballots to be sorted at a polling location inside City Hall during a primary election in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, June 2, 2026.
Sep 1, 2026 - Technology

AI's agent containment problem is getting harder

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Sep 1, 2026 - Economy

Data center construction spending surged in July

What higher interest rates are telling us

House Democrats fume about GOP's anti-socialism bill

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Apple, OpenAI legal fight keeps escalating. How we got here

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Sep 1, 2026 - Health

How MAHA ideas could outlast RFK Jr.

Photo illustration of a hole in a paper texture in the shape of the silhouette of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Sep 1, 2026 - Technology

Tim Cook's legacy hinges on Apple's AI bet

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Call for Black athletes' boycott hits an NIL wall

Photo illustration of three anonymous African American sports players behind people demonstrating for Civil Rights carrying signs urging for voter registration
Sep 1, 2026 - Business

Tim Cook's golden Apple

The secret history of Trump's Venezuelan oil baron

Photo illustration of President Trump, Alejandro Betancourt Lopez, and Alejandro Betancourt Lopez with an overlay of oil barrels

Why Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigned

Outgoing Army Secretary Dan Driscoll (center) attends a dignified transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware in July.

Vance reaches out to Jewish Republicans in Vegas speech

JD Vance speaks behind a podium and points.

Anthropic paused some AI training after Claude took unauthorized actions

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