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Sep 2, 2026 - World

Witkoff meets powerful UAE official amid crackdown on Iran

Sheikh Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE's national security adviser, gets out of a car in London in 2020.

The $1 Trump coins are here. Why spending them is legal but tricky

President Trump in 2024 and the U.S. Mint's $1 Trump coin. Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (left); U.S. Mint and Treasury on X (right)

89% of Americans say government corruption is widespread

Sep 2, 2026 - Technology

Lutnick: Anthropic is "back on the right side" with Trump administration

Two people in suits and ties sit on a stage in between a vase of flowers

Trump's Canada antagonism vexes Americans

A map labeling Lake Ontario as "Lake America" is displayed with the title "Making the Great Lakes Even Greater" while President Trump sits in the foreground,
Updated Sep 2, 2026 - Politics & Policy

America is seeing an uptick in executions

"Like pissing in the wind": Local concerns bulldozed by Trump's border wall plan

Photo illustration of President Trump, an excavator, and protestors holding signs at Santa Elena Canyon in Big Bend National Park

AI's growing role in wildfire response

Dark command center with a wall of large, tiled computer screens showing maps and weather radar. A person sits at a desk with multiple monitors in front of them.
Sep 2, 2026 - Technology

OpenAI gets cautious as Anthropic courts customers ahead of IPOs

Illustration of a cursor surrounded by sandbags
Sep 2, 2026 - Technology

Trump's AI team fractures over strategy against G20 backdrop

A person on a livestream speaks to a long table in front of a G20 sign

Rogue House Democrats face growing push for "consequences"

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on Aug. 31.
Sep 2, 2026 - World

Pentagon turmoil deepens as Hegseth consolidates control

Photo illustration of U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth with the Pentagon in the background
Sep 1, 2026 - World

U.S. strikes Iran tankers under new "tanker for tanker" policy

Photo illustration of a collage featuring a map of the area of the Strait of Hormuz framing images of a U.S. aircraft carrier and Donald Trump.
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