6+ hour, 33+ min ago   (278+ words) “An Iranian cargo vessel was struck early Sunday off Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state media said, and Tehran postponed a plan to brief neighboring countries on its contested efforts to manage shipping in the strait,” the…...

7+ hour, 47+ min ago   (160+ words) “Democrats are grappling with several liabilities that risk impeding the momentum they have gained to retake control of Congress,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “New opportunities have come on the map for Democrats as President Trump has become increasingly unpopular…...

9+ hour, 14+ min ago   (121+ words) “President Donald Trump shared his official take on Flock cameras on Sunday, saying he understands there are concerns about privacy violations, but he still thinks they are more useful than dangerous,” Mediaite reports. Said Trump: “I sort of like ’em…...

9+ hour, 20+ min ago   (102+ words) “Prominent Texas Republicans are denouncing Bo French, a Republican nominee to join the state’s railroad commission, after he made a xenophobic post describing a group of Asian American students attending a University of Texas football game as a ‘problem,'” Politico…...

14+ hour, 53+ min ago   (123+ words) “Brandon Johnson will seek a second term as Democratic mayor of Chicago, likely facing an uphill battle to stay in office as his opponents have raised millions ahead of next year’s race,” Bloomberg reports. “Ending months of speculation, Johnson announced…...

14+ hour, 54+ min ago   (139+ words) “Well I’ll say this, we’re leading China in AI. We’re the most sophisticated country in the world, and frankly I want to keep it that way, because whoever wins AI, wins. We can put guardrails in, we can do this…...

17+ hour, 47+ min ago   (135+ words) “The mismatch is striking. On one side, warnings of existential risk, maybe a 10 percent chance of the end of civilization. On the other, government paralysis,” the New York Times reports. “The drumbeat about unpredictable, out-of-control artificial intelligence agents increased dramatically…...

17+ hour, 50+ min ago   (134+ words) “President Donald Trump defended his remarks calling for the unification of Ireland as ‘fairly routine,’ standing by comments that have sparked a controversy in Northern Ireland,” Bloomberg reports. Said Trump: “I’ve always loved the people of Ireland, and it just…...

20+ hour, 24+ min ago   (171+ words) New York Times: “The mainstreaming of anger on the left at systemic economic and political conditions has in some ways been a slow train coming, although not apparently one with the kind of force that destroyed the old Republican Party....

20+ hour, 37+ min ago   (141+ words) “Representative Tom Tiffany, the Republican nominee for governor of Wisconsin, said he sustained minor injuries after his aircraft made an emergency landing on Saturday, forcing him and the pilot to swim to safety,” the New York Times reports. “Mr. Tiffany…...