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How to build a pro-AI majority — before we squander America’s future

Without political support, America will squander its huge advantages and fail to benefit from what it’s built. So AI’s advocates need to consciously cultivate a pro-AI majority — and...

Teachers union power isn’t helping students

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten titled her keynote address at this year’s convention “Building Our Power to Create a Better Future.” But after listening to the speech, one was left to wonder: A better future for whom? Conspicuously absent was any serious discussion of how teachers might educate students better than they do […]

Anthropic pours another $20 million into AI safety group

Anthropic will pour another $20 million into Public First Action, the nonprofit organization advocating for safeguards on artificial intelligence. The contribution, announced by the company Wednesday, brings the Claude-maker's total funds given to the group to $40 million. Public First Action is the policy arm of Public First, a super PAC backing candidates who support...

Kalshi launches midterm election forecasting hub

Kalshi launched a new online hub Wednesday for midterm election forecasting, displaying prediction market odds for major races alongside polling averages, fundraising data and other election information. The platform touted its "Midterms Hub" as a "one-stop-shop for state and federal election forecasting," featuring Senate, House and gubernatorial races. "Prediction markets don't care about spin or...

The battle for Congress gets a Wall Street-style scoreboard powered by real-money bets

Kalshi's new Midterms Hub combines live prediction markets with polling, fundraising data and historical results to track House, Senate and governor races.

Spanbeger holds a double-digit edge over Earle-Sears in the Virginia gubernatorial race: poll

Democrat Abigail Spanberger has the upper hand against Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears in polling for Virginia's gubernatorial race.

Trump’s testing plans for U.S. nuclear weapons won’t include explosions, energy secretary says

New tests of the U.S. nuclear weapons system ordered up by President Donald Trump will not include nuclear explosions, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday.

Linda Sarsour tells followers she will ‘hold Zohran accountable’ if Mamdani wins NYC mayoral race

Linda Sarsour vows to hold NYC mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani accountable if elected, warning she'll stay outside City Hall to ensure campaign promises are kept.

Shutdown stalemate set to drag into sixth week as Trump pushes Republicans to change Senate rules

Republicans and Democrats remained at a stalemate on the government shutdown over the weekend as it headed into its sixth week, with food aid potentially delayed or suspended for millions of Americans and President Donald Trump pushing GOP leaders to change Senate rules to end it.

Wary Nigerian leaders welcome U.S. help against militant Islamists accused in Christian killings

President Trump threatened to send the U.S. military to Nigeria and withhold foreign aid to the country if the government "continues to allow the killing of Christians."

Curtis Sliwa compares himself to Braveheart, vows to fight NYC’s socialist machine win or lose

Curtis Sliwa says he’s charging into the final stretch of New York City’s mayoral race like Braveheart — confident, defiant and ready to die on his sword for the city he loves.

Trump says China’s Xi has assured him that he won’t take action on Taiwan during Republican’s term

President Donald Trump says that Chinese President Xi Jinping has given him assurances that Beijing would take no action toward its long-stated goal of unifying Taiwan with mainland China while the Republican leader is in office.

Obama rallies Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey ahead of gubernatorial elections

Former President Barack Obama returned to the campaign trail Saturday, lending his political clout to Democratic candidates in Virginia and New Jersey as part of a final push to energize voters ahead of Tuesday's off-year elections.

Video shows immigration agent punching restrained man after car collision turns into confrontation

Police in a Chicago suburb are collecting videos and other evidence to send to the Illinois attorney general's office after a car crash involving a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle led to a violent arrest caught on video showing an agent repeatedly punching a man in the head while pinned to the ground.

Democrats accuse Trump admin, GOP of weaponizing hunger amid legal battle over SNAP benefits

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday accused the Trump administration of choosing to "weaponize hunger" during the ongoing government shutdown, citing the dispute over payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which serves tens of millions of low-income Americans.

Speaker defends Trump’s Caribbean strikes amid bipartisan criticism

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson defended the Trump administration's recent military strikes in the Caribbean, citing "exquisite intelligence" as justification for targeting alleged drug traffickers.

Hegseth in Vietnam to strengthen defense ties and reassure a cautious partner

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was in Vietnam on Sunday, reaffirming a partnership built on healing the scars of the Vietnam War in a trip that will test whether Washington can reassure a vital but wary partner.

Mamdani promises voters his movement will ‘create a society we would like to see’

New York mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani spent the final weekend of his campaign telling his supporters that they have helped him build a movement that will transform the city, where injustice is abolished and the poor are uplifted.

The end of federal food aid could hit Black Americans hardest

In one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the nation, a line stretched along the side of the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen and Pantry.

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