Breaking News

A strong nor'easter hitting the US East Coast from Washington, D.C. to Maine this weekend forced airlines to cancel over 400 flights and knocked out power to more than 100,000 homes and businesses at one point on Saturday. • More than 88,000 homes and businesses remained without power in New Jersey, Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania as of 1:07 p.m. ET (1707 GMT) on Saturday, according to power outage tracker PowerOutage.com. That is down from more than 119,000 customers earlier in the day.• Connecticut, New Jersey and New York each had more than 25,000 utility customers without pow

Colin Simmons ties program-record with 5 sacks as No. 1 Texas beats No. 14 Tennessee 20-17

Trump admin cancels funding for refugees, immigrants and others in move lawmakers argue is illegal

At UN, Russia and Germany's top diplomats hold first talks since 2022

The foreign ministers of Russia and Germany met in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Saturday in the first such talks since before Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Relations between Moscow and Berlin, a close ally of Ukraine, have been frozen since the Russian invasion, and tensions escalated further after a drone incident at Leipzig/Halle Airport in eastern Germany in August.In a sign of the continued frostiness, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told a news conference that he had learned nothing new from his German counterpart in the talks that Berlin had not al

'A really special moment' for Ukraine as Svitolina seals team's spot in Billie Jean King Cup final

Munich picked for Germany's bid to host the Summer Olympics in 2036, 2040 or 2044

Business|Economy|Political|World

China, as usual, uses UN speech to promote global development as solution to world's challenges

A day after his boss met with President Donald Trump in Washington, China's vice president unfurled the nation's familiar list of global talking points, emphasizing development, issuing mild statements about the U.S. war with Iran, artificial intelligence and protectionism, and making no direct mention of Taiwan. Han Zheng's speech to the U.N. General Assembly on Saturday landed somewhat anticlimactically after Chinese President Xi Jinping met Trump for a state dinner and a visit to the National Archives. Most noteworthy about the address was the presence of Han himself: China h

Trump says he spoke with Venezuela's Rodriguez about elections

Trump declines to say if Ukraine can manufacture Patriot missiles to fend off Russian attacks

US News

See all »

Supreme Court lets Trump administration use revamped federal voter eligibility database for now

The Supreme Court on Friday lifted restrictions on a controversial federal voter database before November’s elections, granting President Donald Trump a temporary win in his aggressive campaign against noncitizen voting. The court's three liberal-leaning justices publicly dissented from the decision. The emergency order allows states, for now, to use the Trump administration's revamped version of a Department of Homeland Security program, called Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, in their efforts to verify the eligibility of voters on their

Trump wants to take a page out of the Biden energy playbook

In January 2024, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump blasted the Biden administration for freezing approvals for new plants to export US liquefied natural gas.When he won the election, in part by slamming the Biden-Harris “war on energy,” Trump vowed in his second inaugural address: “We will bring prices down… and export American energy all over the world.”He kept that promise, undoing the Biden-era LNG export permitting pause through an executive order just hours into his first day on the job.Now fast-forward more than a year and a half later, he’s considering taking a page o

Inside Trump’s plan for the ‘biggest DOJ election observer effort in history’

US Senate rejects resolution curbing Trump's Iran war powers

Crime|Political|US

Man who was shot during 2024 Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, has died

James Copenhaver, one of three campaign rally attendees shot in 2024 during an assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump, has died in Pittsburgh, his lawyer said Thursday. He was 76. Copenhaver was in the bleachers during the event in Butler, Pennsylvania, when a 20-year-old gunman opened fire from a nearby rooftop, grazing Trump’s right ear with one bullet. Copenhaver was struck in the arm and in the abdomen, wounds that left him with lingering injuries and walking with a cane. Two other attendees were also shot — David Dutch, who surv

Not everyone thinks AI will kill us all

When AI company Hugging Face was hacked by a swarm of rogue OpenAI agents who had escaped their testing environment, the company’s CEO had many things to say.He called it an unprecedented event – “day one for cybersecurity in the age of agents.”But here’s one thing he didn’t say: The hack is a sign AI is going to be able to eventually wipe out humanity.Clement Delangue doesn’t buy into the doomer hype that’s gone viral in recent weeks, even as the victim of likely the most sophisticated AI agent-powered attack (that we know of). He scoffed at former Anthropic researcher Jacob C

What we know after officials say ICE detained a US citizen and left him injured in Chicago suburb

Hurricane Polo fuels fears of landslides in Mexico's southwest as Nolo closes in on Hawaii

World News

See all »

Pope Leo XIV declines to credit himself for White Sox playoff return

Might a helping hand from Pope Leo XIV partly explain the Chicago White Sox’s improbable return to the playoffs? “No comment,” the pontiff replied with a beaming smile when a reporter on his plane to France asked whether the surprise sprung Thursday by the long-suffering team was miraculous and “Do you have anything to do with that?" But the Chicago-born and raised lifelong fan of the White Sox left no doubt that he was thrilled, by adding: “Great things happen in Chicago." The pontiff's oh-so-diplomatic answer was perhaps because he's ha

Political|World

Trump administration uses rare authority to claw back nearly $1B in spending approved by Congress

President Donald Trump is canceling nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress, the White House announced on Friday, using a rare and contested power to axe funding for immigrant services and diversity-focused initiatives. Trump's Office of Management and Budget described the funding cut as focused on “the most harmful government spending.” Most of the cuts are focused on Health and Human Services programs that serve refugees and unaccompanied minors accused of being in the country illegally. The administration says the funds are no longer necessary bec

‘We’re not a sideshow’: Military families blast Trump’s arch observation deck for tourists

A good week for Iran at the UN – but latest offer to the US appears a non-starter

Economy|Science|Technology|World

For Pope Leo, the risk of an AI apocalypse is a major concern

The Vatican warned about the risk of an apocalypse spurred by artificial intelligence years before major American firms sounded the alarm at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday - a concern that Pope Leo is placing at the heart of his papacy.Leo, who in May called on world leaders for global rules to oversee the industry, renewed his warnings about AI at a Vatican meeting on Thursday and is expected to do so again on Friday in a speech at the Paris headquarters of the UN's culture and education body, UNESCO."This is not happening on day zero for the Holy See," Rev. Paolo Benanti,

Asia|Business|Economy|Political|World

In China, the Xi-Trump summit is seen as projecting image of the country’s rise

It’s unclear if U.S. President Donald Trump’s elaborate reception of his Chinese counterpart in Washington dazzled President Xi Jinping, but for the Chinese public, it made quite an impression. Trump’s rare welcome of Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, at the airport, as well as the bilateral and cultural events the leaders attended were closely covered — and praised — by Chinese state media. Those who watched at home saw a China elevated in status. “I read the news that the U.S. reception standards for President Xi are very high,” Xiang Ziyu, a postgradua

War has returned to Ethiopia’s Tigray — and former enemies are now fighting together. What changed?

The Latest: Supreme Court rejects a Trump-backed Missouri congressional map

Latest

Election|Political

Lawyers for Rep. Max Miller again subpoena Sen. Bernie Moreno, father of ex-wife

Political|Sports

White House bars CNN from covering Trump on behalf of major TV networks as he travels to Tennessee

Election

Taxpayer-funded pro-Trump TV ad campaign grows with new spot, wider reach

The Trump administration appears to be expanding its campaign of taxpayer-funded TV ads promoting President Donald Trump

Arts|Election

Supreme Court rejects GOP’s third effort to capture Democratic House seat in Missouri

Election

Supreme Court rejects a Trump-backed Missouri congressional map for the third time

The Supreme Court has turned away an attempt to use a new Missouri congressional map backed by President Donald Trump

Election

Supreme Court says states can use controversial citizenship data tool for voter audits in win for Trump

Election|Political

New Jersey’s lieutenant governor resigns after sexual harassment and ethics complaints

Business|Economy|Finance

Americans still feel worse about the economy than at almost any point in modern history

Business|Economy|Political

Author of America’s tariff statute: Trump’s tariffs are illegal

Economy|Election|Political

Senate Republicans plan a last-ditch effort to lower costs ahead of midterms

California & Local

See all »

Local

From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls