Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent failed to disclose at least $100,000 worth of JPMorgan Chase stock owned by his husband John Freeman, an omission that sparked an inspector general inquiry this summer that ultimately cleared him, according to ethics documents obtained by POLITICO.
NEW YORK — Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian used his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday to answer President Donald Trump’s threats with a message of defiance — while leaving the door to diplomacy open. After nearly seven months of war with the United States and Israel, Pezeshkian said Iran would not “bend the knee” under sanctions, military pressure or "bullying". But he also said Tehran was prepared for a diplomatic solution, provided its conditions were addressed.
Now, a team from the Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian and the University of Oregon has announced an important first: A radio signal coming directly from an exoplanet (a planet outside the Solar System).
BEIJING, Sept 22 (Reuters) - China has appointed Hu Changsheng as the new Communist Party secretary of Tibet, making him the southwestern region's top official, replacing Wang Junzheng, state-run Xinhua said on Tuesday.
NASA scientists found that Earth's center of mass wanders only about half as far each year as previously thought — and revealed what's driving the wobble
President Donald Trump had a really rough week last week. Crude oil prices kept spiking with no sign of abating. He lost his mail-in ballot case at the Supreme Court. The Fed didn’t listen to him and raised rates. A few Republicans voted against the Iran war. And poll after poll showed his party in a dire political position ahead of the midterms.
By law, no country can own the Moon. So they're claiming it another way.
A US-led bloc of 67 nations and a rival China-Russia bloc are racing for the same handful of spots at the lunar south pole, the only places with both sunlight to power a base and ice to make water and rocket fuel. They can't own the land, so they pass laws to own whatever they mine, and draw "safety zones" that work as keep-out fences around wherever they land. The Apollo flags have already bleached blank white. The next ones won't be symbols. This is who's taking the Moon, how the 1967 treaty is being walked around, and why getting there first is becoming the same as owning it.
Stephen Miller is leading an unprecedented and intense White House drive across a host of government departments to accelerate the removal of undocumented immigrant children from the US, using tactics that critics say are cruel and racist and, in some cases, flout federal law, the Guardian has learned.
I never thought I'd say that. But I can't wait for the upcoming United Nations General Assembly, especially if the Iranians show upI was not born when Khrushchev rocked the boat in 1960, shoe-brandishing and screaming in Russian against the "jerk, stooge, and toady of American imperialism" Philippine delegate Lorenzo Sumulong, but I've seen the replays. Those were the days — when today's hegemon had an equal adversary. Well, Iran has not been an easy one either, nowadays, and it has managed to stand its ground in real wartime, not merely in anticipation of a first hit. That makes this UN spectacle worth watching.
They’re tied to Trump’s anchorTHE HOME OF DWIGHT EISENHOWER and Amelia Earhart is rarely part of the national conversation—but that could be about to change. It is becoming clear that the race for Senate this year could be a huge upset. In the nineteenth century, Kansas was the scene of violent clashes over slavery, which temporarily earned it the moniker “Bleeding Kansas,” and in the twentieth it was the birthplace of Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court’s historic ruling finding racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional. But in recent decades, it’s been a backwater, mostly due to its size (a bit under 3 million people) and political lopsidedness. Kansas has voted Republican in every presidential contest since 1968 and hasn’t sent a Democrat to the Senate since 1932.
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Let me just tell you what I think: a U.S.-China notification mechanism is useful as a safety layer, but it should not be mistaken for an international AI safety regime. The current proposal disclosed by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is explicitly about the two countries notifying each other about AI incidents that could threaten national security. However, AI risk is not inherently bilateral. An AI system developed in the United States or China can affect people, infrastructure, financial systems, cybersecurity, and other countries without those countries having any seat at the table. The two governments therefore have an obvious reason to communicate, just as nuclear powers did, but communication between two competitors does not create global accountability.
The big picture: Competition with China has been a central argument against efforts to "pace" AI development. But the proposal shows the world's two leading AI powers are also exploring ways to communicate about potentially dangerous incidents.
Three major news organizations, including MS NOW, CNN, and Politico, have announced plans to sue Donald Trump, challenging his decision to revoke their journalists' press credentials without prior notice or an opportunity to contest the decision. They argue that this action violates the First Amendment rights of the press. This latest legal challenge adds to Trump's extensive history in the courtroom.
