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Jury rejects Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI, Sam Altman

A California federal jury unanimously rejected Elon Musk's claims against OpenAI and its co-founder Sam Altman, ending the latest chapter in a nearly decade-long feud between the two technology moguls over the artificial intelligence firm's non-profit structure. The advisory

US bans foreign travelers from Ebola-impacted nations

In response to a growing Ebola outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is imposing a ban on foreign passport holders from entering the country if they have been in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo or South Sudan in the previous 21 days. The

Elon Musk loses his case against Sam Altman

After around two hours of deliberation, the jury has reached a unanimous verdict in Musk v. Altman, the tech trial of the year. The group found that two claims were barred by the statute of limitations, and a third failed thanks to the dismissal of one of these. The jury here

Trump Makes It Even Easier for Him to Ignore Protesters

The White House is replacing a space known for protests with a parking lot for a month of major national events—including Donald Trump’s birthday. Over the weekend, a pedestrianized stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue between the White House and Lafayette Square Park was painted

Fox News Wants the Iran War Ceasefire to End

Fox News thinks that escalating the war in Iran is the best way to end the conflict. On Fox and Friends Monday morning, Brian Kilmeade called for sending American troops to seize Iran’s enriched uranium, seizing the Strait of Hormuz, and targeting the “bad actors that have been

New polling spells danger for Trump, GOP

It’s Monday. The Washington Nationals hat giveaway over the weekend has been the talk of the city. You are a local celebrity if you got one of the “BAD DAY TO BE A 🌭” hats. Oh, and DC has its first heat alert of the season today. It’s going to be very hot for the next few

How Sun Tzu might have responded to the Trump-Xi summit

For those not familiar with Sun Tzu, he was a famous Chinese strategist and military philosopher living between 400-600 B.C.E. His most important book, "The Art of War," is the ancient companion to Karl Von Clausewitz’s modern masterpiece "On War." Sun's most interesting pieces

MAGA Senator Calls on More Iran Bombing for Absurd Reason

Senator Rick Scott thinks President Trump should “bomb the living daylights” out of Iran so that “we all don’t get killed” by Iran’s nonexistent nuclear weapon. The GOP hardliner stumped for more death, destruction, and war crimes against Iranians on Fox Business Monday

Trump’s War Sparks Tsunami of Insider Trading

Prediction market analysts uncovered what looks like blatant insider trading within the U.S. military after a group of nine connected Polymarket accounts won more than $2.4 million by placing bets on Donald Trump’s war in Iran. Nicolas Vaiman, the CEO of data analytics firm

FDA's top drug regulator ousted amid agency upheaval

Upheaval among the top ranks of the Food and Drug Administration continued late Friday when Tracey Beth Høeg, the agency’s top drug regulator, was ousted. Høeg had served as acting director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) since December, and was the

Hogan: Republicans never got 'back to sanity'

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said in a new interview that the Republican Party never got “back to sanity,” Hogan told The Washington Post that he thought the GOP would eventually get “back to sanity” after the 2024 presidential election in which President Trump won a

Watch live: Trump hosts healthcare affordability event

President Trump is scheduled to host a healthcare affordability event on Monday afternoon at the White House. Trump in January unveiled an affordability framework aimed at lowering drug prices and insurance premiums, as he seeks to address a major Republican political liability

Trump moves to dismiss $10B lawsuit against IRS

President Trump in a filing on Monday moved to dismiss his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over an agency contractor who leaked his tax return information to news outlets. The notice of voluntary dismissal was filed in a federal court in Miami. Trump’s civil lawsuit sought

Trump approval rating hits second-term low in new polling

President Trump's approval rating dipped to a second-term low in the latest New York Times/Siena poll published Monday. Pollsters found Trump's approval at 37 percent, with 59 percent of respondents saying they disapprove of the president's job performance. The previous

Trump Just Hit a Pathetic New Low

Less than one-third of Americans think President Trump’s war with Iran was a good idea. A new poll from The New York Times and Siena University shows Trump’s decision to go to war has hurt his popularity, with his approval rating falling to a second-term low of just 37 percent.