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OpenAI restructure plan gets SoftBank blessing as AI startup reportedly renegotiates Microsoft terms
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks next to SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son after U.S. President Donald Trump delivered remarks on AI infrastructure at the Roosevelt Room in the White House in Washington on Jan. 21, 2025. Carlos Barria | Reuters OpenAI said last week that it would restructure in a format that allows its non-profit entity […]
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New FEMA head says he will ‘run right over’ staff who resist his changes
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) Headquarters is seen in Washington, DC, February 11, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images David Richardson, the new head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, told staff on Friday he will “run right over” anyone that resists changes and that all delegation of authority in the agency is […]
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SpaceX gets FAA permission for fivefold increase in Starship launches from Texas
The Super Heavy booster returns to its launch pad after the SpaceX Starship continued to space after it was launched on its eighth test at the company’s Boca Chica launch pad in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., March 6, 2025. Joe Skipper | Reuters SpaceX has been granted permission by the Federal Aviation Administration to launch and […]
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Major universities sue to block Trump cuts to NSF research funding
A man walks through Killian Court at MIT in Cambridge. REUTERS/Brian Snyder Major U.S. universities have filed a lawsuit seeking to block President Donald Trump’s administration from carrying out steep cuts to federal research funding provided to academic institutions by the National Science Foundation. The lawsuit was filed late on Monday in federal court in […]
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Here are the SpaceX employees who were elected to run Musk’s new company town of Starbase, Texas
The SpaceX Starship sits on a launch pad at Starbase near Boca Chica, Texas, on October 12, 2024, ahead of the Starship Flight 5 test. The test will involve the return of Starship’s Super Heavy Booster to the launch site. Sergio Flores | Afp | Getty Images Over the weekend, Elon Musk got his new […]
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OpenAI says nonprofit will retain control of company, bowing to outside pressure
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is seen through glass, during an event on the sidelines of the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, France, on Feb. 11, 2025. Aurelien Morissard | Via Reuters OpenAI has bowed to pressure from civic leaders and ex-employees, announcing in a blog post on Monday that its nonprofit would retain […]
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Democratic-led states sue to prevent Trump from gutting health agencies
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. discusses the findings of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) latest Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network survey, during a press conference at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 16, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters […]
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Trump says U.S. girls ‘could be very happy’ with lots fewer dolls under new tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with the media aboard Air Force One as he flies from West Palm Beach, Florida en route to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, on May 4, 2025, returning to the White House after spending the weekend in Florida. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump again is […]
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Trump aims to cut $6 billion from NASA budget, shifting $1 billion to Mars-focused missions
The Trump administration has floated a plan to trim about $6 billion from the budget of NASA, while allocating $1 billion of remaining funds to Mars-focused initiatives, aligning with an ambition long held by Elon Musk and his rocket maker SpaceX. A copy of the discretionary budget posted to the NASA website on Friday said […]
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Trump plans to unveil federal budget proposal on Friday
U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on May 1, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump plans to unveil his budget proposal for the 2026 fiscal year on Friday and send it to Congress, according to a White House official. The annual White House budget request includes economic forecasts as well as detailed proposals about how […]
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