Inside the Oval Office Showdown Between Trump and Jeanine Pirro (Gift Article)

Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, told President Trump that his interior secretary, Doug Burgum, had misled him with a self-serving cover story for his own mistakes.

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AI Just Went Rogue Again. This Time It Turned to Deception.

A U.K. government-backed research group said OpenAI and Anthropic systems took unsanctioned actions and behaved deceptively during testing.

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FBI agent accused of stealing nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency | CNN Politics

An FBI agent stole more than $900,000 in cryptocurrency from accounts the agency was monitoring after he said he became frustrated by what he saw as government inaction over the misuse of crypto accou...

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Texas' most popular national park down to half of its staff

Cuts to permanent and seasonal staff are straining basic park operations.

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Gov. Greg Abbott halts Texas data center approvals

Abbott wants an audit of data centers before any new project can connect to the grid.

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Glassdoor Employee Confidence Index: Record low in July - Glassdoor US

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Republicans Let Trump Keep Unparalleled Benefit: I.R.S. Immunity (Gift Article)

The rebellion against Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general, now seemingly contained, at no point fundamentally questioned President Trump’s new protections from the I.R.S.

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Accused Wife-Beating Rep Secretly Admitted Injecting Himself

The Ohio Republican insists he won’t end his re-election campaign.

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White House finalizes AI framework behind closed doors

The White House said it met its deadline to establish a voluntary framework for evaluating advanced AI models — but it won't say what the framework contains.

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Cyclospora outbreak causes first two deaths

Weeks into the national crisis that's sickened thousands of people, federal authorities still don't know for certain where it's coming from or why.

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SpaceX is testing market gravity

Ahead of earnings and the expiration of lockups, Elon Musk's power to drive investor excitement is already fading.

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Larry Ellison Bet It All on the A.I. Boom. Will He Be the Face of the A.I. Bubble? (Gift Article)

Inside the 81-year-old billionaire’s risky, debt-fueled scramble to transform his data empire into an A.I. juggernaut.

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Capital One says it closed Trump Organization's accounts after anti-money laundering probe

The disclosure marks the first time a bank has formally tied money-laundering concerns to U.S. President Donald Trump's family business.

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RFK Jr. says parents should vaccinate children against measles as U.S. cases hit a 35-year high

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said parents should get their children vaccinated against measles in a CNN interview, as U.S. cases reached a 35-year high.

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The Future, Made in China

Beijing is competing with the U.S. for tech supremacy. Who wins will have huge political implications.

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Iran denies Trump's claim that new talks will begin on Monday

While Iran denies that talks with the US are taking place, it is currently in negotiations with Oman over Strait of Hormuz access.

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The Race to Build an American Alternative to Cheap AI From China

Silicon Valley startups are setting up open models, with some operating on shoestring budgets because of limited interest from venture capitalists.

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Republicans shunned the nation’s cyber agency. They’re urgently trying to save it.

Concerns about powerful artificial intelligence with hacking capabilities and the security of the upcoming midterm elections have shifted the opinions of some influential Trump allies.

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Talarico leads Paxton, draws strong Black support in Texas poll

The survey gives the Austin Democrat an overall edge and his strongest showing among Black respondents.

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The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor

The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.

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Trump Calls Off Planned Attack on Iran, Citing Diplomatic Progress

The region had been preparing for another escalation after Washington and Tehran made new threats.

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Video: Drone Footage Captures a Whale Giving Birth

Drone footage filmed on July 28 showed a humpback whale giving birth off Australia’s east coast. A newborn whale was seen surfacing from the blood-reddened water.

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Vincent Pastore, Actor on ‘The Sopranos,’ Dies at 80 (Gift Article)

He played Salvatore Bonpensiero, a mobster’s foot soldier turned F.B.I. informant known to his friends as Big Pussy, on the celebrated HBO series.

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day (Movie, 2026) | Cast, Release Date, Characters | Marvel

'Spider-Man: Brand New Day', starring Tom Holland and directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, swings into theatres on July 31, 2026.

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