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Hassett says AI isn’t costing anybody their job right now — but tech layoffs keep coming
White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett on Monday shrugged off any negative impact of artificial intelligence on employment, saying the emergent technology isn’t costing anyone their jobs right now. “There’s no sign in the data that AI is costing anybody their job right now, but we are studying the future of AI and […]
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Cole Allen pleads not guilty to trying to assassinate Trump
This image contained in a court filing by the Department of Justice, April 29, 2026, shows Cole Tomas Allen, left, inside his hotel room, on Saturday, April 25, 2026 in Washington, using his cellphone to take a photograph of himself in the mirror. Department of Justice | AP White House Correspondents Dinner shooting suspect Cole […]
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Cole Allen pleads not guilty to trying to assassinate Trump
This image contained in a court filing by the Department of Justice, April 29, 2026, shows Cole Tomas Allen, left, inside his hotel room, on Saturday, April 25, 2026 in Washington, using his cellphone to take a photograph of himself in the mirror. Department of Justice | AP White House Correspondents Dinner shooting suspect Cole […]
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OpenAI in talks with EU over access to new cyber model but Anthropic still holding out on Mythos
OpenAI is in discussions with the European Union over access to its new cyber model, but Anthropic is still holding out on releasing Mythos to the bloc, the European Commission has said. OpenAI announced Thursday that GPT-5.5-Cyber, a variation of its latest AI model, was rolling out in limited preview capacity to vetted cybersecurity teams. […]
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Congress and retailers want to rebuild national parks. Tolls on federal roads might pay for it
American Bison graze at the Grand Teton National Park. Danny Lehman | The Image Bank | Getty Images Congress is trying to come up with more money to give the aging national parks a facelift in honor of the country’s 250th birthday this year. President Donald Trump talks about the importance of federal facilities looking […]
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Iran says it will ‘never bow’ as Trump rejects peace counteroffer, prolonging Middle East conflict
In this picture obtained from Iran’s ISNA news agency and taken on May 2, 2026, the Gambia-flagged tanker vessel Bili is pictured anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran. (Photo by Amirhossein KHORGOOEI / ISNA / AFP via Getty Images) / Amirhossein Khorgooei | Afp | Getty Images U.S. President […]
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Netanyahu says Iran war is ‘not over’ as Trump rejects latest Iranian offer
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in Jerusalem, March 19, 2026. Ronen Zvulun | Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the war with Iran is “not over,” as the U.S. and Israel still aim to bring an end to Tehran’s nuclear […]
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SEC delay on prediction markets ETFs echoes a long-fought bitcoin fund battle
Prediction markets ETFs may soon be coming to retail investors and even into retirement plans, but maybe just not as fast as anticipated. The Securities and Exchange Commission during the second Trump administration has sought to distinguish itself from Biden era regulators with what it calls a move away from the “regulatory creep” that it […]
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Putin says he thinks the Ukraine conflict is coming to an end
Russian President Vladimir Putin smiles while visiting the We Are Together Fourm and Awards Ceremony, on December 3, 2025 in Moscow, Russia. Contributor | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that he thought the Ukraine conflict was coming to an end. Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine triggered the most serious crisis in […]
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U.S. and Iran are no closer to ending war; Tehran’s response awaited
A man walks past a banner depicting Iran’s current supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei along a street Tehran on May 6, 2026. AFP | Getty Images A state of relative calm prevailed around the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, after days of sporadic flare-ups, as the United States waited for Iran’s response to its latest […]
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