The Black Plague of the 14th Century gave the world Chaucer and Boccaccio. Covid gave us Trump and Elon Musk.
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OpenAI’s A.I. Tried Breaching 4 Other Targets, Without Prompting www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/t...
OpenAI’s A.I. Tried Breaching Four Other Targets, With No Prompting
In each incident, the technology appeared to be conducting mundane data collection and resorted to hacking techniques to get it, researchers said.
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OpenAI’s A.I. Tried Breaching 4 Other Targets, Without Prompting www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/t...
OpenAI’s A.I. Tried Breaching Four Other Targets, With No Prompting
In each incident, the technology appeared to be conducting mundane data collection and resorted to hacking techniques to get it, researchers said.
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Heads of AI firms tell UN Security Council that it could be a risk to all humanity apnews.com/article/ai-a...
Heads of AI firms tell UN Security Council that it could be a risk to all humanity
The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations to set controls over the burgeoning technology they are designing in order to save the world — or at least its people.
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Iran’s president says his country must be powerful “so as to avoid being threatened” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
Iran’s president speaks at U.N. General Assembly after Trump threatens annihilation
Masoud Pezeshkian began his brief address by saying that he had planned to deliver different remarks before hearing President Donald Trump’s speech Tuesday.
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What to know about Susan Collins pay-for-play allegations www.pressherald.com/2026/09/22/w...
What to know about the pay-to-play allegations against Susan Collins
Collins' team was questioned by federal agents after the 2020 election. An aide said any allegations of corruption are 'categorically false.'
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Video obtained by @cnn.com shows part of the incident on Sunday in Evanston where ICE agents attempted to detain the wrong man before leaving him lying in the street and driving off
UPDATE: I spoke with a witness to this incident who tells me the man involved was walking to a pharmacy and says he was in the hospital the day before He tells me the man had an abrasion on his right temple, his right eye appeared swollen and he had blood on his shirt as ICE left the scene More 👇
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Trump pledges to open new military bases in Greenland www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump pledges to open new Arctic military bases as he signs Greenland deal
The security agreement gives the president and the Republican Party a foreign policy win heading into the midterm elections.
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Hayden Panettiere died from accidental overdose involving fentanyl, coroner says apnews.com/article/hayd...
Hayden Panettiere died from accidental overdose involving fentanyl, coroner says
A coroner has determined that actor Hayden Panettiere died from an accidental overdose of several drugs including fentanyl.
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President Trump should demand that North Korea freeze, not eliminate, its nuclear weapons program, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said in an interview. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/w...
South Korean President Calls for Easing Sanctions on the North
President Trump should demand that North Korea freeze, not eliminate, its nuclear weapons program, President Lee Jae Myung said in an interview.
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President Trump should demand that North Korea freeze, not eliminate, its nuclear weapons program, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said in an interview. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/w...
South Korean President Calls for Easing Sanctions on the North
President Trump should demand that North Korea freeze, not eliminate, its nuclear weapons program, President Lee Jae Myung said in an interview.
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Hey MBS, you thought Trump was your friend. Or at least hour partner. This is what all your billions got you globalmarketnews.com/trump-report...
Trump Reportedly Calls Off Strikes on Iran-Backed Houthis Despite Saudi Pleas for U.S. Help - Global Market News
The United States reportedly came within hours of striking Houthi forces in Yemen before President Donald Trump called off the attack. Now the Iran-backed
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Denmark's leaders are cautiously optimistic about Trump's announcement of a Greenland deal apnews.com/article/trum...
Denmark's leaders are cautiously optimistic about Trump's announcement of a Greenland deal
Denmark’s foreign minister has expressed cautious optimism about an agreement with the United States over Greenland in the wake of Donald Trump's announcement of a deal to bolster American military pr...
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A retired Army paratrooper who served in two wars and in civilian life assisted in evacuating a gravely wounded reporter in Ukraine has died after a battle with cancer. www.stripes.com/veterans/202...
Paratrooper ‘to his core’: Army vet who helped get injured reporter out of Ukraine dies at 50
A retired Army paratrooper who served in two wars and assisted in evacuating a gravely wounded reporter in Ukraine has died from cancer.
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This ad is totally misleading. The victim was murdered in SOUTH Carolina by a SOUTH Carolina man who was NEVER jailed in Roy Cooper’s North Carolina www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
Whatley supporters tie SC homicide to Cooper in misleading NC Senate ad
The group put out an ad tying Logan Federico’s death to an NC prison release. The problem? The suspect has never set foot in NC’s prison system.
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We don’t have to put up with this. Not these policies or these politicians or even this system of politics. It's time for us to chase out corruption and build a politics that actually responds to the people.
Republicans using Islamophobia in the Michigan Senate race www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
How anti-Muslim rhetoric is influencing the pivotal Michigan Senate race
Attacks aimed at Democrat Abdul El-Sayed have brought back painful memories for some in a contest that has raised questions about the acceptability of Islamophobia in politics.
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All the more reason to stop this assanine project: Trump Says His Contested Arch Would House Drones and Snipers www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u... via @NYTimes
Trump Says His D.C. Arch Would Be a ‘Military Complex’ Housing Drones and Snipers
The president’s announcement on Sunday echoed his justification for the White House ballroom: that the project was necessary for national security.
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US cuts security deal with Denmark giving Washington just about all it wanted www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump announces ‘forever’ deal to defend Greenland as Denmark says signing ‘expected’ next week
President Trump announced an agreement with Denmark that he said gives the United States "permanent" sway over Greenland's security.
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More dangerous silliness from Kash Patel: F.B.I. Temporarily Halted Cooperation With Canada Over References to 9/11 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/u... via @NYTimes
F.B.I. Temporarily Halted Cooperation With Canada Over References to 9/11
The abrupt move by Kash Patel, the bureau’s director, came as President Trump was ramping up his attacks on the country.
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GOP takes slight lead in Georgia governor race www.yahoo.com/news/politic... (via @YahooNews)
New Georgia governor poll shows race still tight — but with new leader
In a new poll, Rick Jackson has pulled slightly ahead of Keisha Lance Bottoms in the race for Georgia's governor. The race has been very tight.
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For nearly three decades, the Pentagon has put off upgrading its antiquated computer networks, instead focusing its funds on cutting-edge weapons systems. Now AI is showing the folly of that decision www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
AI has transformed the Pentagon’s aging networks into a national security risk
Outdated networks face growing cyber threats as AI makes it easier for adversaries to exploit vulnerabilities and launch disruptive attacks.
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Exclusive: States haven’t yet been able to obtain Covid-19 shots from the CDC, delaying their distribution to millions of children through federal programs, according to people familiar with the matter https://on.wsj.com/4hwnUkB
Exclusive | States Delayed in Getting Covid Shots for Children’s Immunization Program
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hasn’t opened up the ordering process, raising concerns about delays as vaccination programs kick off.
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The primaries for the 2026 midterms are over now that Delaware voters cast the final primary ballots Tuesday. Here is what we learned from six months of primaries:
Antiestablishment anger is raging, and 4 other takeaways from primary season
Six months of elections offer pointed insights into how voters feel heading into the November midterms.
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Saudis seek allies' help as missile defenses run low in fight with Houthis, officials say apnews.com/article/yeme...
Saudis seek allies' help as missile defenses run low in fight with Houthis, officials say
Saudi Arabia is running low on missile interceptors and has turned to regional and Western allies for assistance as its standoff with Houthi rebels in Yemen drags on.
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Independence-minded South Carolina has an alternative to the totally unqualified Trump puppet Darline Graham. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Independence-minded South Carolina has an alternative to Darline Graham
Democrat Annie Andrews provides a ballot alternative to a Republican who'll cater to Trump's whims.
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Federal Reserve hikes key rate for 1st time in 3 years, defying Trump demands for a cut apnews.com/article/fede...
Federal Reserve hikes key rate for 1st time in 3 years, defying Trump demands for a cut
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh is stuck between two strong but opposing forces: Financial markets that anticipate the central bank will raise interest rates, and President Donald Trump, who wants the Fed to cut them or leave them unchanged.
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And RFK Jr will be yours, Senator www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
Sen. Cassidy says measles surge will be administration’s ‘terrible legacy’
Under questioning by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), Trump’s surgeon general pick Nicole Saphier called a combined vaccine “our greatest tool for combating measles infections.”
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