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It’s time to panic about AI safety

When the phrase "OpenAI hacked Hugging Face" has more or less entered mainstream culture, you know we have an AI problem. This week, we learned more about exactly how OpenAI's agent broke out of a sandbox and autonomously traversed the web, including a bunch of other supposedly

Trump approval at lowest point of second term: Nate Silver

Political analyst Nate Silver said Thursday that President Trump’s approval rating is at a new second-term low this month, as the deeply unpopular Iran war persists and gas prices skyrocket. “Timing lines up remarkably well with gas prices and the resumption of hostilities in

Hamas says it has reached an agreement to disarm

Hamas on Friday confirmed that the group reached a disarmament agreement with negotiators to address one of the main sticking points for a broader peace deal in Gaza. Senior Hamas official Bassem Naim announced on the social platform X that the militant group “agreed to the

Watch live: Trump convenes Cabinet meeting at Camp David

President Trump will convene his Cabinet on Friday morning from Camp David in Maryland. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt teased that the meeting, the 13th one since Trump returned to the Oval Office, would be "a lot of fun and something different for the Cabinet to

Live updates: Trump takes Cabinet to Camp David

President Trump and his Cabinet will head to Camp David for their 13th Cabinet meeting of his second term, a gathering that White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt predicted last week would be "a lot of fun." The meeting at the Maryland presidential retreat comes amid

Panetta: US locked into 'unwinnable war' with Iran

Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Thursday that the U.S. is “locked into an unwinnable war” with Iran, arguing the conflict risks becoming another prolonged military engagement with no clear end. Panetta pointed to the latest “heavy wave of strikes” against Tehran

Trump, Republicans face midterms danger as Texas alarms grow

Bill and Chris dive into President Trump’s impact on the midterms as the Texas Senate race tightens, Dr. Anthony Fauci’s diaries and the fiery hearing on Capitol Hill earlier this week, and the Democratic National Committee’s 2028 primary calendar shake-up. Meanwhile, are

Trump, fighting the Senate and Iran, takes team to Camp David

In today's issue: ▪ Trump announces deal to disarm Hamas ▪ Blanche nomination may be withdrawn ▪ Max Miller under fire ▪ World Cup boycott President Trump will assemble his Cabinet at Camp David today as he faces mounting struggles with his legislative agenda, a vexing war with

Why Trump’s 250 Grand Prix Is a Really Bad Idea

President Donald Trump is a whiz at creating problems out of things that you never, ever worried about before. The latest concerns the Freedom 250 Grand Prix (“Let Freedom Rev!”), an Indy 500 race set for August 22 and 23 around the National Mall. The Grand Prix threatens

Trump faces threat of widening regional war with Iran

The U.S. war with Iran is flaring up across the region, threatening to pull U.S. allies into a fight that President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu started five months ago. Egyptian leaders said on Thursday that a drone sparked a fire on two gas vessels in

The Jewish Radicals Who Wanted Equality for All

History forgets most activists, but future generations can benefit from exhuming their ideas. Take the Jewish Labor Bund, the lefty, anti-Zionist liberation party that agitated for worldwide socialism while defending its members against the scourge of antisemitism. Formed in

Senate GOP close to cutting deal to avoid shutdown

Senate Republicans are close to cutting a deal with their Democratic counterparts to avoid a government shutdown and rein in a proposed rule from the White House budget office that would give Trump appointees more power to withhold congressional appropriations, according to

As Europe Burns, a Climate Cover-Up Continues

“To cover up 1 high level report … looks odd,” remarked Caroline Lucas, the former leader of the United Kingdom’s Green Party. “To cover up 2 looks like a pattern.” Lucas was commenting on reporting in The Guardian revealing that the Labour government was again burying an

Abolish FIFA

Picture this: It’s December 2033. Puerto Rico’s “Huracan Azul,” (“Blue Hurricane”), the national soccer team in a country better known for baseball, basketball, and boxing, face off against Scotland in the Deutsche Bank Men’s World Cup, brought to you by Fanatics—your home for

'Patriot' passports with Trump's image expanding across US

The State Department announced Thursday it is expanding access to the new U.S. passport featuring President Trump’s likeness. In a release, the department said it is making an additional 250,000 copies of the commemorative “Patriot Passport” available “in response to

Senate 'YOLO' caucus bucks Trump on Blanche: What to know

President Trump’s pick for the next U.S. attorney general is on shaky ground as two Republican lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee demand a written guarantee that a proposed Justice Department "anti-weaponization" fund is dead. A "no" vote in committee from either Sen.

Commerce takes new equity stakes in 7 firms

{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Commerce takes new equity stakes in 7 firms The Department of Commerce quietly announced this week it will designate more than $870 million in federal incentives for semiconductor manufacturing in exchange for a minority equity

Turek declines to say he'd back Schumer

Iowa state Rep. Josh Turek (D) declined to answer whether he would support Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to lead Democrats in the next Congress as midterms come closer. In a Wednesday interview with former White House press secretary Jen Psaki on MS NOW, Turek