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Netanyahu: FlyDubai pilots prevented a "9/11 disaster"

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an older man in a dark pinstripe suit and blue tie, delivers a speech at a wooden podium with microphones, raising one finger as he speaks, against a blue abstract background.

FTC probes OpenAI and Anthropic over AI safety

Photo illustration of a print image of the Federal Trade Commission building with a tear in it revealing the same image rendered to look like a digital screen below the paper.

Trump's AI bot gives mixed answers on 2020 election and Jan. 6

Animated photo illustration of Donald Trump's hand, swatting away ones and zeroes.

Musk returns to Trump world for Pentagon war study

Three men in suits stand at a formal event with a wood-paneled backdrop.
Updated Sep 30, 2026 - Economy

Fed watchdog clears former chair Powell in renovation probe

Trump delivers remarks alongside then-Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as they tour the central bank's headquarters renovation last year.
Updated Sep 30, 2026 - Business

Google unveils long-awaited Gemini 4

Animated gif of a Google search box being grabbed by a mechanical robot hand
Updated Sep 30, 2026 - Politics & Policy

DOJ files misconduct complaint against Minnesota judges

A man with dark hair wearing a dark suit, a white collared shirt, a blue tie and an American flag pin (Todd Blanche) speaks into a microphone at a news conference while another man in a blue suit, a white collared shirt and a red tie (Markwayne Mullin) stands behind.

Hegseth accuses media of treason in pugnacious annual address

A man in a blue suit speaks on a stage with a deep blue backdrop reading "STATE of the FORCE" in gold, next to a vertical US flag panel; a row of circular emblems sits along the bottom.
Sep 30, 2026 - Health

Exclusive: HHS launches project to speed up clinical trials

Illustration of a beaker featuring dollar signs in place of numbers being held by a robot hand

Marsha Blackburn sues Jack Smith over seized phone records

U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) speaks as U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on October 07, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Over 270 Catholic clerics abused nearly 1,000 children, MA AG finds

St. Anne Parish and Shrine sits at one end of John F. Kennedy Memorial Park in Fall River, MA on Oct. 11, 2015. (Photo by Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Sep 30, 2026 - World

U.K. PM: "Strong indications" Iran had role in bomb plot

Portrait of a man, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, with dark hair and glasses, wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and green tie, against a solid magenta background.

Exclusive: Cornell rape allegations fuel House Democratic women's Title IX push

A woman with long dark hair in a bright green patterned dress speaks and gesticulates on stone steps; turquoise earrings and bracelets. People with phones and a grand building in the background.

SCOTUS says Tennessee can move forward with Christa Pike's execution

Photo illustration of the sign at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution.

Trump's AI "constitution" crowns day of accelerating ambition

Tech and AI leaders at the White House

AI agents have a normal-people problem

Animated illustration of a digital grid landscape. A digital image of a man appears, shrugs, and disappears.

Renewables boom faces a Trump-era cliff

Illustration of an electric bolt wobbling atop a cliff
Sep 30, 2026 - Technology

OpenAI's new agents put safety promises to the test

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman delivers the keynote address during the OpenAI developers conference at Fort Mason on September 29, 2026 in San Francisco, California. Altman announced new artificial intelligence personal assistant agents named "dots" to rival Meta's M
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