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Former President Joe Biden stood before a South Carolina crowd on Friday and took aim at President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. “Is he still talking?” Biden asked, to laughter. The reference to Trump’s Tuesday night speech, which went on at record length at 1 hour and 47 minutes, would be the mildest

President Trump is terminating the government’s relationship with Anthropic, an AI company whose products, until recently, were used by Pentagon officials for classified operations. Following a weekslong standoff with the company, Trump posted on Truth Social this afternoon that all federal agencies must “IMMEDIATELY CEASE all use of Anthropic’s technology,” adding: “We don’t need it,

Listen to this article | 5 mins info The administration of United States President Donald Trump has broadened its prosecution of the protesters involved in a church demonstration to 39 people, up from nine. The demonstration was part of a backlash to Trump’s deadly immigration surge in the Midwestern state of Minnesota, but officials have sought to

Listen to this article | 5 mins info United States President Donald Trump said he is directing every federal agency to immediately cease work with artificial intelligence lab Anthropic, adding there would be a six-month phaseout for the Department of Defense and other agencies that use the company’s products. “I am directing EVERY Federal Agency in the

President Donald Trump ordered the entire federal government to stop using products from the AI company Anthropic on Friday to stop what he called a “radical left, woke company” from encroaching on the military’s decision-making. The public feud between the Pentagon and Anthropic which resulted in the firm’s blacklisting has become effectively a proxy for

Imagine your dad throwing your birthday party. It’s a chilly Tuesday afternoon on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, but here, inside Gloria Steinem’s cozy, knick-knack-filled apartment, where a guest has just shared this prompt, the atmosphere is warm. Steinem, 91, is hosting one of her occasional “talking circles,” and the topic today is masculinity.

Donald Trump has suggested the US could carry out a “friendly takeover” of Cuba as tensions between Washington and Havana reach a new high following the capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro. As he left the White House for a campaigning event in Texas on Friday, Trump said: “The Cuban government is talking with us. They’re

It was the buzz of Milan Fashion Week: Earlier today, Demna debuted his first runway show for Gucci. The fall 2026 collection, titled “Primavera,” was held inside Milan’s Palazzo delle Scintille, and the show was rife with references to the Italian label’s rich history. (Many looks were reminiscent of the culture-shifting, late ’90s-early aughts Tom

Despite pouring vast resources into its defense sector and flooding the frontline with attack drones using Iranian and Chinese technology, Moscow still cannot match Kyiv’s heavy-lift capability. Putin was forced to admit his administration’s failure during his pre-Christmas TV broadcast.   “We are still short of heavy drones like the adversary’s Baba Yaga, but with respect to the number of drones, we are ahead of our adversary in almost all the segments of the frontline,” Putin said.    Ukraine’s Baba Yaga drones — the nickname

Despite its ever-widening impact and even greater promise, artificial intelligence has the potential to torpedo careers. That’s the message from JetZero CEO Tom O’Leary who recently warned Elon University students about the consequences of relying too much on AI, which can be inaccurate. Tom O’Leary, CEO and co-founder of JetZero, spoke at Elon University on

Ivan Golubkov (centre, front row) and the Russian Paralympic team was welcomed to the Kremlin by dictator Vladimir Putin in April 2022.Photo: screenshot of video at Kremlin.ru The medal-winning skier from the north Russian region of Komi is one of six athletes to compete under the Russian tricolour in the Paralympics 2026. Ivan Golubkov, 30,

Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Trump Media & Technology Group said Friday that it was exploring a spin-off of Truth Social, the social media platform of choice for President Donald Trump. Truth Social could become a separate, publicly traded company following the forthcoming closing of its merger with fusion power firm TAE Technologies, according to

Former President Bill Clinton is set to face questions today from members of the Republican-led House Oversight Committee about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, making him the first sitting or former president to testify before members of Congress in over 40 years. Clinton will be deposed in a closed-door setting one day after the committee questioned his

There’s a dire shortage of good news in global health, so let me start with some. Earlier this month, Congress passed — and President Donald Trump signed — a law to spend $9.4 billion on global health work in more than 50 countries. That’s funding for HIV treatment, childhood vaccines, malaria and TB programs, and

This article was produced by Capital & Main, an award-winning publication that reports from California on economic, political, and social issues. It is co-published here with permission. At the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park near Los Angeles, food service worker Sam Nassar doesn’t need a corporate earnings call to know that tourism is down, including

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) – A ground-dwelling bird known for elaborate mating dances on the southern Great Plains will no longer be federally protected after the Trump administration agreed with arguments by three states and the beef and petroleum industries that the species was listed improperly. Thursday’s delisting by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

In his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump took a victory lap over the rollout of his “baby bond” program, dubbed “Trump accounts.” During the speech—which clocked in as the longest on record—the president claimed an 18-year-old could start from nothing and earn $100,000. “How much money is that for somebody that started