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Trump's state dinner for Xi to feature sea bass and a long list of tech titans

A tech-heavy guest list, the fashion choices of those on it, who sits where, their body language throughout the night and what’s on the menu: these are the softer — often and glitzier — details of diplomacy. They will be closely scrutinized at Thursday's state dinner, offering potential clues about where things actually stand between President Donald Trump and China’s leader Xi Jinping on the meatier policy matters discussed behind closed doors. The leaders may have focused on tensions over Taiwan, trade and artificial intelligence during business hours —

Costa Rican Foreign Minister dismissed after attending a Trump security meeting

US energy secretary seeks refiners' help amid narrow options to curb diesel price

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Beset by far-right rival, Italy's Meloni tightens foreign pupil rules

Italy's right-wing government on Thursday passed rules to limit the number of foreign pupils at school and ban face coverings, a move opponents said was designed to counter the growing appeal of a rival far-right party ahead of elections due next year.Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is grappling with the rise of National Future, a party founded in February by former army general Roberto Vannacci and already polling at around 8%, while surveys show her coalition trailing the centre-left bloc.National Future has made schools a central battleground in its campaign advocating "remigration" - the de

US Senate rejects resolution curbing Trump's Iran war powers

More than 160,000 pounds of meat bearing false USDA inspection labels recalled

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RedBird Capital to acquire majority stake in Puck at $250 million valuation, memo says

RedBird Capital Partners has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Puck in a deal valuing the five-year-old newsletter startup at about $250 million, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Thursday.Reuters first reported last month that Puck was in advanced talks for an investment from RedBird.The deal will give Puck additional capital to accelerate growth, including by investing further in Air Mail, hiring more talent, entering new markets, pursuing acquisitions and expanding its intellectual property into new formats and channels.Puck acquired Air Mail, the digital magazine founded by forme

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CIA did not warn France about possible Russian drone attacks, Macron says

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Not everyone thinks AI will kill us all

When AI company Hugging Face was hacked by a swarm of rogue OpenAI agents who had escaped their testing environment, the company’s CEO had many things to say.He called it an unprecedented event – “day one for cybersecurity in the age of agents.”But here’s one thing he didn’t say: The hack is a sign AI is going to be able to eventually wipe out humanity.Clement Delangue doesn’t buy into the doomer hype that’s gone viral in recent weeks, even as the victim of likely the most sophisticated AI agent-powered attack (that we know of). He scoffed at former Anthropic researcher Jacob C

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What we know after officials say ICE detained a US citizen and left him injured in Chicago suburb

Days after local police said Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained a US citizen in Evanston, Illinois, and left him injured on the ground, questions are swirling about what happened during the targeted enforcement operation gone awry — and the circumstances under which federal immigration officers can detain people.The Evanston Police Department said the man, whom police have identified only as an Evanston resident, resembled someone federal agents were seeking. The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement the man “was given lawful commands but was not cooperative

Hurricane Polo fuels fears of landslides in Mexico's southwest as Nolo closes in on Hawaii

Republican former state lawmaker vows he’ll ‘never’ support Paxton in new ad as Texas Senate race heats up

What Trump’s Greenland deal could realistically change

The Greenland deal signed by President Donald Trump on Tuesday after months of threats appears to make small changes to a 1951 treaty that frames the US military’s footprint on the self-governing territory, according to experts, keeping non-NATO countries out and permitting a small uptick in US forces.Trump had threatened to forcibly take Greenland if he did not find a deal to his liking, with European nations sending troops to the territory as tensions simmered.The agreement between the US, Denmark, and Greenland serves as a supplement to the 70-year-old defense treaty that gave the US perm

Judge orders Texas to have air conditioning at all prisons by end of 2029

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Texas to install air conditioning in all of its prisons by the end of 2029, saying that inmates in lockups without it are being given punishments that violate their constitutional rights. The ruling was hailed as a major victory by advocates who have fought for years for air conditioning in prisons across Texas, where summer heat routinely soars above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius). U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman said in the 150-page order that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice must immediately begin develo

Missouri’s embattled, Trump-backed congressional map returns to Supreme Court for a third time

President Trump’s money managers made more than 1,100 trades in July

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Trump is giving China's Xi a warm welcome. But criticism is loud on Capitol Hill

Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Washington is getting a much chillier reception on Capitol Hill than at the White House as lawmakers from both parties use the visit to denounce China's actions on the world stage. Lawmakers have long found little downside to taking a hawkish tone on China, but the U.S.'s war with Iran has inflamed tensions as U.S. officials accuse China of propping up Iran's economy and supplying its military with components and intelligence, endangering U.S. service members in the Middle East. In speeches, letters, press conferences and he

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Israel's Netanyahu, at UN, calls accusations of genocide in Gaza 'the biggest lie of the century'

Allegations of Israeli genocide in Gaza are not only false but “the biggest lie of the century,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told world leaders Thursday in a defiant speech that asserted his nation’s right to wage war against Iran — and was not heard by scores of delegates who trooped out before he started speaking. Netanyahu, his voice rising in emphasis, said attacking Iran “was one of the easiest decisions I’ve ever had to make” and denounced as “moral cowards” a mass of delegates who walked out of the U.N. General Assembly when he took t

Judge blocks Trump's White House media ban, orders access to be restored

First baby born on remote Scottish island in more than 30 years

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10-year Treasury yield hits 5.1% for first time in 19 years

The 10-year US Treasury yield surged Wednesday to reclaim its highest level in nearly two decades after new data depicted strong business activity and intensifying inflation concerns.The 10-year yield surged 15 basis points to 5.11%, a fresh high for this year and the highest level since 2007.The key yield helps set borrowing costs across the economy. As the yield rises, that pushes up the cost of mortgages, auto loans and business loans.Yields rise when bond prices fall. Yields have surged this year as traders assess the path of inflation and the Federal Reserve’s benchmark interest rate, a

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Trump's White House media ban faces long odds in court, legal experts say

US President Donald Trump’s move to ban several news outlets from the White House over his dislike of their coverage likely runs afoul of US legal prohibitions against viewpoint discrimination by the government, four legal experts told Reuters.Trump’s announcement on Friday that he would ban CNN, MSNOW and Politico for reporting what he deemed “FAKE NEWS” was the latest move by his administration to curtail press access, part of the Republican president’s wider pressure campaign against news coverage he dislikes. Trump said on Saturday that he might ban other outlets as well. The

Trump administration tells Congress it will admit 17,500 white South African refugees in 2027

Iran, US still far apart in peace talks, Iranian official says; Pezeshkian vows no surrender

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3 US news outlets return to White House after judge orders Trump to lift ban

Reporters from CNN, MS NOW and Politico returned to the White House hours after a federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s ban of the three news outlets

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At UN, Netanyahu defends Israel as delegates walk out

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First known AI hack of a government system

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says an OpenAI agent unlawfully accessed public and non-public Medicare data, marking the first known case of an AI system infiltrating a government network. Australia has launched a forensic probe and is scrutinizing OpenAI’s delayed disclosure of the breach. CNN’s Hanako Montgomery reports.

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Judge lifts White House access ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico

A federal court ruled that the White House must reinstate journalists from CNN, MS Now, and Politico after finding the administration’s restrictions conflicted with longstanding legal precedent. The decision is being hailed as a major victory for press freedom, though appeals and further clashes over media access could still lie ahead. CNN’s media correspondent Brian Stelter has more.

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‘Makes very little economic sense’: Ex-Trump energy secretary warns Trump against diesel export ban

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Global bond sell-off deepens, sending borrowing costs higher around the world

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Israel's Netanyahu, at UN, calls accusations of genocide in Gaza 'the biggest lie of the century'

Allegations of Israeli genocide in Gaza are not only false but “the biggest lie of the century" — so says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

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Obama ‘not surprised’ by Trump’s media ban, calls issue of press freedom ‘foundational’

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls