Year: 2026
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health to connect user medical records, wellness apps
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attends an event to pitch AI for businesses in Tokyo, Feb. 3, 2025. Kim Kyung-hoon | Reuters OpenAI on Wednesday announced ChatGPT Health, which will allow users to securely connect their medical records and wellness apps to the artificial intelligence chatbot. ChatGPT Health is not intended for diagnosis and treatment, and […]
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Trump says he will not permit dividends and stock buybacks for defense companies
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he “will not permit” defense companies to issue dividends or stock buybacks until those firms speed up their production of military equipment and address his other complaints about the industry. Trump, in a lengthy Truth Social post, also took aim at defense contractors’ executive pay packages, calling them “exorbitant […]
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Nvidia’s Jensen Huang said he loves this company. The shares could nearly double this year, says one analyst
Things are looking up for Serve Robotics , a company that is capturing Wall Street’s attention given its expansion in the increasingly hot investment space of “physical AI.” Serve Robotics, an autonomous sidewalk delivery robot maker that was spun out of Uber in 2021, maintains a close partnership with Nvidia even after the chipmaker sold […]
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Anthropic signs term sheet for $10 billion funding round at $350 billion valuation
Anthropic has signed a term sheet for a $10 billion funding round at a $350 billion valuation, CNBC confirmed on Wednesday. Coatue and Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC are leading the financing, according to a source familiar who asked not to be named because the discussions are confidential. A representative for Anthropic declined to comment. […]
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ICE agents fatally shoot woman in Minneapolis, DHS says
Members of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stand guard after a driver of a vehicle was shot in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 7, 2026. Tim Evans | Reuters Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minneapolis fatally shot a woman in her car on Wednesday, federal officials said. “Today, ICE officers in Minneapolis were conducting […]
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Trump reserves right to use military force to secure oil interests in Venezuela, White House says
U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to depart for the Army/Navy football game in Baltimore, at the White House in Washington, D.C., Dec. 13, 2025. Aaron Schwartz | Reuters President Donald Trump reserves the right to use military force to secure oil interests in Venezuela, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday. “The president, of […]
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Avelo Airlines to end ICE deportation charters as it cuts commercial flights, jobs
The inaugural flight of an Avelo Airlines Boeing 737-800 takes off from Hollywood Burbank Airport to Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa on April 28, 2021. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Avelo Airlines will stop flying deportation flights for the U.S. government and will also cut commercial routes and reduce […]
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Oil ship seized by the U.S. over Venezuela sanctions was newly registered under Russian flag
The U.S. has announced the seizure of the Bella-1 for violations of U.S. sanctions. The vessel, known as the Marinera after recently reflagging to Russia, was seized in the North Atlantic pursuant to a warrant issued by a U.S. federal court after being tracked by USCGC Munro. Source: @US_EUCOM | U.S. Coast Guard | Via […]
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Republicans doubt Trump’s Greenland military threat, say it is just the ‘art of the deal’
U.S. Representative Ryan Zinke (R-MT) walks past protesters as Pete Marocco, deputy administrator-designate at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), attends a meeting with members of Congress to discuss foreign assistance, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. March 5, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Reuters President Donald Trump’s allies on Capitol Hill are downplaying […]
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RFK Jr. announces new nutrition guidelines, pushing more protein and less processed food
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Jan. 7, 2026. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Wednesday shared […]
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