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14-Minute Presser, Backlash Over Lawyer Tag: The Unmaking Of New White House Press Chief Katie Zacharia
Katie Zacharia was a surprise choice when Trump announced her appointment on October 9, as the successor to Karoline Leavitt, the youngest-ever White House press secretary who had been part of Trump's inner circle for years.
Anthropic Quietly Pitches Its Own AI Safety Bill To Lawmakers: Reports
The bill would let the government block a model's release or use only if it poses a foreseeable, imminent risk of more than $1 billion in damages, or of killing or seriously injuring more than 50 people, according to the report.
Putin Agrees To Cooperate With Pope Leo's Plea For Aid For Ukrainian Town
Pop Leo phoned Putin and asked him to arrange a ceasefire to let aid and food into the town, taken by Russian forces in February 2022, the Vatican said. Residents have reported a deepening food crisis.
North Korea Tests New AI-Equipped Torpedo: Report
The test verified propulsion technology developed through more than 180 tests over the past five years, KCNA said, adding that artificial intelligence was used for target detection and guidance in the new high-speed precision-guided torpedo.
Iran Denies Saudi Accusation Of Involvement In Houthi Attacks
The Houthis are part of Iran's so-called "Axis of Resistance", which also includes Lebanon's Hezbollah and Iran-backed armed groups in Iraq, all united in opposing Israel.
Child sex abuse charges against actor Timothy Busfield dismissed by judge
Prosecution did not act in fair and impartial way in grand jury proceedings, judge rules, after West Wing actor charged with groping young boy on TV setA state court judge in New Mexico has dismissed charges of child sexual abuse against West Wing actor and director Timothy Busfield, saying the prosecution did not act in a fair and impartial manner during grand jury proceedings.Judge Joseph Montano said prosecutors could pursue new charges against Busfield. Continue reading...
Trump voters hit with ‘pretty striking’ reality check in damning new poll: analyst
President Donald Trump's own base is starting to recognize something critics have long warned about, according to an economic analyst.On Friday's episode of "Receipts Live," The Bulwark economics editor Catherine Rampell and its editor Jonathan V. Last pointed to new AP-NORC polling showing that 55 percent of Republicans believe Trump has prioritized his own business interests since returning to office.About three-quarters of Americans overall said the same, and a similar share of Republicans said Trump has prioritized the business interests of his friends, family and those close to him, Rampell noted."This is penetrating, which I think is pretty striking because again, this is a group of voters, a group of Americans who are not particularly inclined to unplug their ears and hear this inconvenient news about how Donald Trump is getting paid off," Rampell said.She pointed to a string of recent reports, including one that a federal regulator was told to back off a probe into suspiciously timed trades and another on the apparently overseas buyers of Trump's memecoin."Even Republicans are now acknowledging, yeah, he's in it for himself," she said.Last zeroed in on the intensity of those Republicans' responses."Twenty-one percent of Republicans say not at all, which is insane. But that number is slightly smaller than the percentage of Republicans who say a lot, which is 23 percent," Last said."You get almost a quarter of Republicans saying, yeah, sure seems like he's using the government to enrich himself a lot," he added. "And that's not nothing."Last cautioned that the numbers don't mean those voters will turn against Trump, noting some might still argue "everybody does it" or that it's "no worse than what Joe Biden" did.Rampell also flagged a caveat. Republicans in the same survey overwhelmingly said Trump was prioritizing the country at large and people like them as well."If you know how priorities work, you can't prioritize everything and everyone," she said. "But I think this is the only way to keep a handle on all of that cognitive dissonance."Rampell added that a recent Fox News poll found corruption in government topped voters' list of concerns heading into the midterms, edging out inflation and gas prices.
"Tibetan Issue Will Remain Alive": Dalai Lama To NDTV
For most of the time, the Tibetan cause and the leader have been almost the same thing in the public mind. As he ages, the debate over what comes next has only grown louder
Debt-Trapped Pakistan To Chair IMF, World Bank Boards In 2027
Minister for Economic Affairs Ahad Khan Cheema, who is also Pakistan's governor to the World Bank, was formally announced as the incoming chair during the plenary session of the 2026 WBG-IMF Annual Meetings in Bangkok.
Brush fires set homes ablaze in southern California as it braces for more hot weather
Hot, windy weather stokes fires in southern California with mandatory evacuation orders in place for manyA fast-moving fire spread into neighborhoods in southern California on Friday as the region braces for more hot, windy weather that will amplify fire dangers through Saturday.Several structures could be seen ablaze in video footage captured by local news helicopters as firefighters worked to wrangle the more than 465 acre Norte fire, which erupted in Orange county on Friday. Continue reading...
Shooter in fatal Bend, Oregon, school shooting was former student there
One teacher and three children killed after Griffin J John II, 16, barged into elementary school and began shootingOregon elementary school shooting: what we know so farThe 16-year-old who barged into an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, and unleashed a barrage of gunfire that killed a teacher and three children was a former student at Silver Rail elementary, officials confirmed in a Friday press conference.The heavily armed shooter, identified as Griffin J John II, climbed over a fence and onto the school’s property before shooting through a set of locked doors to enter the building. Continue reading...
Video: Musk Was Mocked For Flying Car Idea In 2018, Now Tesla Takes Flight
During his 2018 appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, Musk discussed the possibility of equipping the next-generation Roadster with rocket or cold-gas thrusters developed using SpaceX technology.
Oct 17, 2026