Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel addressed federal oversight on Wednesday night by noting it has been just over a year since he was pulled off the air following threats from FCC Chair Brendan Carr over a joke about the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. According to Kimmel, conditions have not improved, and the show remains … Read more
Apple was notably absent from a high-profile White House artificial intelligence summit on Sept. 29, 2026, where President Donald Trump gathered leaders from Nvidia, Meta, and OpenAI to discuss frontier AI development and sign a safety accord. While market analysts and investors debated whether the iPhone maker’s absence signaled a lag in artificial intelligence capabilities, … Read more
Donald Trump unveiled a new federal artificial intelligence chatbot named America.gov on Tuesday morning during an event hosted by motivational speaker Tony Robbins, pitching the service as a centralized digital doorway to government agencies. Built using Gemini and Grok code, the platform aims to help citizens work through federal bureaucracy, reserve campsites, choose Medicare plans, … Read more
China and the United States have reached a $60 billion trade agreement to reduce tariffs on 1,619 American products and 77 categories of Chinese goods. The deal, following a state visit by President Xi Jinping to Washington, targets non-sensitive items including medical equipment, agricultural goods, and household products to help stabilize bilateral trade relations. Tariff … Read more
Itzik Bonzel, a Likud candidate for the Knesset and a bereaved father, stated in a Monday morning Facebook post that he wished there were a way to turn back the clock and return 88-year-old former hostage Yocheved Lifshitz to Hamas. Bonzel subsequently apologized for the remark, explaining that his comments stemmed from the intense pain … Read more
The Trump administration rejected an Iranian peace proposal aimed at ending the ongoing military conflict because Iranian negotiators demanded the immediate removal of economic sanctions before substantive talks began, according to ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz. UN Ambassador Mike Waltz Details Rejected Iran Peace Plan Ambassador Mike Waltz told CNN that Iranian officials … Read more
President Trump’s upcoming appointment of a new AI adviser and creation of an “AI Force” marks a major transition in Washington, as the next official inherits a trillion-dollar industry moving at breakneck speed and a sharp federal power struggle over regulation. Announced on Sept. 19, the new post follows the departure of venture capitalist David … Read more
A federal appeals court has upheld the Pentagon’s blacklisting of artificial intelligence firm Anthropic as a national security supply chain risk.
Three major news organizations regained White House access after a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration, resolving a high-profile press credentials dispute. CNN, MS NOW, and Politico reporters were back on grounds following the ruling by US District Judge Timothy Kelly, though broader media blackouts and solidarity boycotts disrupted coverage … Read more
Donald Trump hosted China’s leader, Xi Jinping, at a star-studded White House state dinner on Thursday, bringing together elite Silicon Valley executives and Wall Street financiers to negotiate pressing trade rules, semiconductor tariffs, and artificial intelligence safety frameworks amid an ongoing trade truce. Silicon Valley and Wall Street Leaders Gather at the White House Tech … Read more