MONTGOMERY, Alabama — Only three of Alabama’s seven U.S. House districts will hold binding primaries on Tuesday after a U.S. Supreme Court decision prompted Republican officials to discard recently adopted congressional maps. State authorities postponed primaries in the 1st, 2nd, 6th, and 7th Districts to an August 11 special primary...
Boston, United States — Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown intensified his ongoing dispute with ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith during a weekend livestream, calling for Smith’s retirement and describing him as the face of clickbait media. The latest criticism follows weeks of back-and-forth between the player and the television analyst...
United States-based Meta Platforms is preparing this week to cut about 8,000 jobs, roughly 10% of its global workforce, as part of a major restructuring to fund a large expansion in artificial intelligence infrastructure. In addition, management will permanently eliminate about 6,000 open positions that had not yet been filled,...
LONDON, England – Anthropic is preparing to brief global financial regulators on cybersecurity vulnerabilities identified by its unreleased AI system, Mythos Preview, according to a Financial Times report cited by Reuters on Monday. The specialized cybersecurity-focused model is designed to identify weaknesses in software, internet infrastructure, and web browsers, including...
Washington — President Donald Trump filed a notice Monday dismissing his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Justice announced creation of an Anti-Weaponization Fund of about $1.776 billion along with a formal apology to the plaintiffs. Plaintiffs included...
New Jersey declared a state of emergency late Monday after torrential rain triggered flash floods across parts of the northeastern United States, including New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland. Governor Phil Murphy urged residents to remain indoors as rescue workers in Scotch Plains waded through fast-moving water to reach stranded drivers....
WASHINGTON. The Supreme Court on Monday set aside appeals-court rulings and sent two cases involving Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act back to lower courts, ordering further consideration of whether private individuals and advocacy groups can sue to challenge state legislative maps drawn after the 2020 Census. In the...
The United States saw sharp turbulence in energy and financial markets after President Donald Trump issued a stark warning to Iran on Truth Social, stating that “the clock is ticking” and urging Tehran to act quickly. The message, reported after a security call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, raised...
ALLEN, Texas. President Donald Trump endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday at a campaign event in Allen, amplifying Paxton's push against incumbent Sen. John Cornyn as early voting began this week ahead of the May 26 Republican U.S. Senate runoff; the contest follows a March 3 primary where...
Bitcoin Depot Inc. (NASDAQ: BTM), the largest bitcoin ATM operator in the United States, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, according to court filings reported this week. The Atlanta-based company simultaneously shut down its entire global network of...
