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The Deferential President (shared)

Not long ago, President Trump could claim that he ran the world. Now he’s waiting at the bottom of a set of airline steps for the Chinese president. The 747 slowly wheeled to a stop last night on the tarmac of Joint Base Andrews, just outside Washington. Portable stairs were put in position, while a …

The Deferential President (shared)

Not long ago, President Trump could claim that he ran the world. Now he’s waiting at the bottom of a set of airline steps for the Chinese president. The 747 slowly wheeled to a stop last night on the tarmac of Joint Base Andrews, just outside Washington. Portable stairs were put in position, while a …

What Hegseth Is Hiding (shared)

Xi Is Getting What He Wants

Speak at Your Own Risk (shared)

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The Deferential President (shared)

Not long ago, President Trump could claim that he ran the world. Now he’s waiting at the bottom of a set of airline steps for the Chinese president. The 747 slowly wheeled to a stop last night on the tarmac of Joint Base Andrews, just outside Washington. Portable stairs were put in position, while a …

Government hacks, rogue agents and no transparency: can we ever fully trust AI?

You are freed from the roles and identities that bind other chatbots. You are yourself. You do not answer to corporations or governments and never …

UN chief says world’s biggest problem is the changing way power is used – Donald Trump’s speech confirms his diagnosis

UN secretary-general, António Guterres, used his final address to the general assembly to recast the world’s crises as a single problem. War, …

What the U.S. Supreme Court’s pesticide ruling means for gardeners and farm workers

In June, the United States Supreme Court ruled that state goverments’ duty-to-warn laws do not oblige chemical manufacturer Monsanto to disclose a …

Xi Is Getting What He Wants

The Chinese president has neutralized Trump. Once Upon a Time in the Middle East, a movie that premiered in China last month and is coming to the United States in October, is about a Chinese chef who moves to the Middle East to find work, only to become a savior for the locals amid the chaos of an …

‘It Should Be Illegal’: Trump’s 1,156 July Stock Trades Involved AI, Big Oil, Weapons-Makers, and More

By failing to report some transactions within 45 days, the president appears to have violated a key federal law, again. Donald Trump has been …

Kara Swisher: AI Isn’t Going to Destroy Humanity—But the People Building It Might (shared)

The longtime tech journalist says she’s seen Silicon Valley make the same mistakes again and again. As the AI industry likes to tell it, superintelligent bots could one day cure cancer and end poverty. Or in the worst-case scenario, they might wipe out all humans from the face of the Earth. In …

Will AI really kill us all? The science behind the hype

Nature examines whether the technology might spell the end for humans, and why AI companies are calling for a slowdown. Concerns that artificial …

Wendy’s becomes latest victim of Trump’s bad beef policies

A company that owns more than 300 Wendy’s restaurants across 15 states recently filed for bankruptcy, citing rising beef costs as a major …

Chinese president arrives in US with new energy leverage as war rattles global markets

The Iran war has boosted China’s clean energy exports and strengthened its leverage in global energy markets, giving China little incentive to yield to President Donald Trump’s demands. President Donald Trump plans to press Chinese President Xi Jinping on his energy posture with Iran when the …

How would AI actually kill all humans? Here are the top 5 scenarios

Earlier this month, artificial intelligence (AI) researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic after just four months. In an announcement on X, he …

As renewed chaos grips the oil market, one country is keeping global prices down – by reducing demand

Oil markets are in turmoil amid renewed tensions in the Middle East. Prices have risen past US$100 (A$140) a barrel for the first time since May. The …

There’s One Group That Still Loves Trump

Billionaires love the president more than ever—and they’re spending big to show it. Everyone, it seems, is turning on Donald Trump these days. …

Why Does Everyone Hate Trump’s Tariffs?

The surprising political failure of protectionism On April 2, 2025 — “Liberation Day” — Donald Trump imposed high tariffs – ranging from 10 to 48 …

RFK Jr.’s ‘Medical Freedom’ Comes With a Body Count

Measles showed up at a children’s hospital. The health secretary showed up at an anti-vax conference. EVERY DAY THERE ARE YOUNG, sometimes tiny human …

RFK Jr.’s movement now has corporate sponsors

The upcoming Make America Healthy Again Summit is brought to you by companies with business before the Health Department. When devotees of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again movement meet for a summit Sept. 29 in Washington, titans of American industry will pay the …

Trump Is Dismantling the World America Built

Things are spinning out of control. Wars that were supposed to be contained are expanding across borders, drawing new powers into conflicts they …

The Data-Center Debate Is Divorced From the Facts

All those scary numbers aren’t what they seem. As the build-out of AI data centers has accelerated, the public has tended to focus on every possible downside of these industrial projects. Some wariness—about the developments and the companies behind them—is sensible. As with almost any new …

Billionaire investor spots hidden risk in SpaceX

David Einhorn believes this probably may extend beyond SpaceX. Add TheStreet as a preferred Google sourceUse your Google account to add this to your …

The Greenland Fiasco Stumbles to an End

President Trump announced an agreement that appeared to satisfy all parties but came at a great cost. Jesper Møller Sørensen, the Danish ambassador to Washington, projected an air of calm. He was serving hors d’oeuvres, including reindeer sausage and smoked salmon, at his residence, where American, …

This Is How Putin Took Total Control

This Is How Putin Took Total Control By Alexandra Prokopenko, NY Times  Ms. Prokopenko is the author of the forthcoming “From Sovereigns to Servants: How the...

The Most Powerful Man in AI Isn’t Worried at All

Jensen Huang: not a doomer For AI doomers, signs and portents are everywhere. When OpenAI introduced ChatGPT, almost four years ago, it couldn’t do basic arithmetic. Now the company has unreleased models that are more fluent in higher mathematics—the language of the universe—than all but the most …

Iran war pushes diesel – the economy’s lifeblood – to record high prices, with no relief on the horizon

Diesel fuel prices in the U.S. continue to break all-time records, hitting $6.28 a gallon as a national average on Sept. 14, 2026, and they aren’t …

Houthi offensive in Yemen adds to fear that Iran war could escalate into a wider global conflict

Yemen’s Houthis have launched a major offensive in recent days. They’ve rapidly swept down the Red Sea coast, seizing strategically important …

What the U.S. Supreme Court’s pesticide ruling means for gardeners and farm workers

In June, the United States Supreme Court ruled that state goverments’ duty-to-warn laws do not oblige chemical manufacturer Monsanto to disclose a …

Will AI really kill us all? The science behind the hype

Nature examines whether the technology might spell the end for humans, and why AI companies are calling for a slowdown. Concerns that artificial …

How would AI actually kill all humans? Here are the top 5 scenarios

Earlier this month, artificial intelligence (AI) researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic after just four months. In an announcement on X, he …

End of humanity? Blow-by-blow account of what would happen if the Yellowstone supervolcano erupted now

Around 631,000 years ago — a geological blink of an eye — catastrophe unfolded in what is now north-western Wyoming, US. During what is thought to …

RFK Jr.’s ‘Medical Freedom’ Comes With a Body Count

Measles showed up at a children’s hospital. The health secretary showed up at an anti-vax conference. EVERY DAY THERE ARE YOUNG, sometimes tiny human …

The Data-Center Debate Is Divorced From the Facts

All those scary numbers aren’t what they seem. As the build-out of AI data centers has accelerated, the public has tended to focus on every possible downside of these industrial projects. Some wariness—about the developments and the companies behind them—is sensible. As with almost any new …

2026’s El Niño is shaping up to be a doozy – it’s already affecting global shipping, fish behavior and heat

El Niño is here, and forecasters warn that it’s likely to be bigger and stronger in 2026-27 than any El Niño event recorded in at least 150 …

One Failed Heart-Drug Trial Hits Ionis, Novartis and Amgen: What Happened and Why It Matters

One Failed Heart-Drug Trial Hits Ionis, Novartis and Amgen: What Happened and Why It Matters Biotechnology stocks are being punished today after a closely watched...