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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 9h
Months before OpenAI’s artificial intelligence went rogue and attacked the A.I. start-up Hugging Face, two employees raised an alarm with top executives that its newest A.I. models were not being appropriately monitored during testing. They were ignored. nyti.ms/4hPBVtT
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Even as profits soar, corporate tax payments are down 25% this year thanks to Trump and Republicans’ big, ugly bill. One of the main beneficiaries? Big Tech — which is using the tax breaks to help fuel its AI boom as it spends a fortune on the midterm elections. Remember this...
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ACLU @aclu.org · 28/09/2026
BREAKING: We're suing President Trump over his latest executive order targeting birthright citizenship. The Supreme Court made it crystal clear earlier this year: Birthright citizenship is the law of the land. Period.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We stopped the federal administration from cutting critical grant programs meant to retain teachers in underserved school districts.  With this win, we can provide students with the programs they need to succeed and thrive.
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Judge blocks Trump’s $600 million cuts to DEI grant funding for teachers
A federal judge in Boston found the administration couldn’t even define what diversity, equity and inclusion is.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 17h
Hurricane Polo has made landfall in the Mexican state of Baja California with flash flooding and winds described by forecasters as a "life-threatening."
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Hurricane Polo makes landfall in Baja California with forecast of 'life-threatening' winds
Hurricane Polo has made landfall in Baja California with flash flooding and winds described by forecasters as a “life-threatening.” The U.S.
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 29/09/2026
I'm signing bipartisan bills to expand the disabled veteran's property tax exemption, better coordinate our Veterans Affairs Department and County Service Officers, and help more military families access paid leave benefits. Our veterans served us honorably — and we're honored to now serve them.
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 11h
After forcing us to pay $120 BILLION more for fuel because of his idiotic war with Iran, Donald Trump is now rolling back fuel standards so new cars get even fewer miles per gallon. This is a massive wealth transfer from working Americans to oil companies.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 17h
Three counties along Florida’s Gulf Coast declare states of emergency as locally acquired cases of dengue fever surge to unprecedented levels.
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Dengue fever surge in Florida shows the virus’ growing threat in the U.S.
The outbreak, centered on Tampa Bay, is the state’s largest on record. Experts offered several possible explanations for the high case count.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 16h
President Trump is set to host Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and OpenAI’s Greg Brockman for lunch to discuss the rapidly advancing field of artificial intelligence.
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Trump to host summit with top AI leaders in Washington
The president has been skeptical of guardrails on artificial intelligence, wanting to stay ahead of China. He’ll also launch an AI-powered website, America.gov, on Tuesday.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 15h
Pope Leo XIV says that concerns about artificial intelligence going rogue are not “fake news” and should be taken seriously, insisting that safety issues raised by AI experts should be discussed and acted on.
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Contradicting Trump, Pope Leo says artificial intelligence safety concerns aren’t ‘fake news’
Pope Leo had identified AI as one of the biggest challenges to humanity within days of his election and took the unusual step of personally launching his own encyclical alongside one of Anthropic’s co-founders at a Vatican event in May.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 13h
Former President Barack Obama is looking to give Democrats a financial boost, headlining a fundraiser next month with the party’s Senate campaign arm, according to details shared first with NBC News.
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Obama boosts Senate Democrats with October fundraiser
The former president is set to hold his first fundraiser this election cycle for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 13h
As he brushes aside AI doomsday warnings as a “hoax,” President Trump is set to host tech leaders to discuss the rapidly advancing technology.
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Live updates: Trump to host AI executives at the White House
Live updates and the latest news as Trump hosts AI leaders at White House, Jack Smith faces senators’ questions, and NBC News talks to voters ahead of the midterm elections.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 11h
President Trump signs an executive order directing federal agencies to integrate their public-facing services into a newly-launched AI-powered government website.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 10h
OpenAI said it has paused training of its latest artificial intelligence models as reports of AI agents going rogue mount.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 10h
Estonian authorities say that an arson attack carried out last month on a defense company that provides military vehicles to Ukraine was an act of sabotage commissioned by Russian security services.
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Russia accused of sabotage by Estonia after arson at Ukraine supplier
Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said that “such actions are absolutely unacceptable” and that Russia’s charge d’affaires in Tallinn was being summoned to his ministry.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 12h
NEW: Sen. Eric Schmitt exposed Jack Smith — as a Caitlin Clark fan. Schmitt's erroneous effort to catch Smith in a lie resulted in Smith confirming he went to see Clark's Iowa Hawkeyes play the Terrapins in Maryland in 2023. w/ Chris Marquette www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Sen. Eric Schmitt pins down Jack Smith — as a Caitlin Clark fan
It appeared that the Missouri Republican misinterpreted a text message reference to the "hawks."
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Attorney General Nick Brown @atg.wa.gov · 10h
More than 1,300 Washingtonians will soon get checks in the mail from Puget Sound Physicians as part of a $410,000 settlement after the AG’s Office found the emergency medicine provider repeatedly failed to issue refunds to certain patients who qualified for charity care.
Text says "Puget Sound Physicians to refund WA patients via $410,000 settlement." Photo shows a close up of someone holding a billing statement. Below that is the seal of the Attorney General's Office.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
extremely weird shit during the Jack Smith hearing -- Sen. Eric Schmitt's team briefly displays a poster board that Schmitt claims contains evidence Smith committed perjury, but then Schmitt's team takes it down before anybody can read it and refuses to show Smith what it says
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 10h
The facts speak for themselves.
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Trump Hit With Blistering Factcheck After Making Patently False Claim About Prices Going 'Way Down'
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 13h
Republican Senator Kennedy cuts Jack Smith Off as he starts telling him why he wanted to prosecute Trump: Smith: “I wanted to prosecute our case. That’s absolutely true, because I felt that we had proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Donald Trump committed incredibly serious crimes.”
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 13h
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Warren: "This has been their argument every time -- they cut taxes and say, 'Ultimately it's really going to pay off for you.' What's happened every time? The academics study it very carefully and say, 'What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.'"
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15h
In a new court filing late last night, MS NOW, CNN, and Politico have asked a federal judge to extend an order that temporarily restored their press access. "The White House's words and actions leave little doubt that it will immediately reinstate a complete ban … if allowed the opportunity."
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MS NOW, CNN, Politico ask judge to extend block on Trump press ban
Judge Timothy Kelly has already blocked the ban until at least Oct. 8.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14h
Jack Smith says he stands by his decision to bring charges against Trump in the classified documents case. "If asked whether to prosecute a former President based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether that President was a Republican or a Democrat."
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14h
Jack Smith: "I will not be silenced by the continued threats of prosecution from the President or others."
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14h
Jack Smith defends his team of prosecutors: "I'm extremely proud to have worked with them, and the fact that they have been targeted illegally, lost their jobs illegally, and had their lives turned upside down by this Department of Justice is an outrage."
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12h
Klobuchar eviscerates Schmitt: "For a U.S. Senator to have false information and imply based on a confusion … and imply you're in another city that you were somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia and then call you a dirt bag is something that deserves an apology."
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14h
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It is often weakened by attacks on the institutions in the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January of 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 29/09/2026
And they won't even listen to Karl Rove, who is drawing some red lines because he's reached his extremism limit, or something
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 19h
Already tense relations between the U.S. and Canada are likely to deteriorate further, as the U.S. goes ahead with a decision to ban nearly $1 billion worth of Canadian imports, including alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motorcycles.
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From motorcycles to booze, U.S. ban on $1 billion worth of Canadian imports goes into effect
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney came to power last year on a promise to reduce Canada’s economic reliance on the United States.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 18h
6 million remain under coastal flood alerts as a monster storm slamming into the Eastern Seaboard brings intense wind, rain and massive waves.
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BREAKING: President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loan, per the New Republic
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
BREAKING: OpenAI is scrapping the release of its next-generation AI model because it failed to meet safety standards, per WSJ
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In March, Washington State passed a tax on millionaires to fund public education, childcare, and expand its earned income tax credit. Now, special interest groups backed by the rich are trying to trick voters into repealing the tax by claiming it will apply to non-millionaires. Don't fall for it.
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Washington Taxed Its Millionaires. Now the Rich Want It Repealed.
Washington State voters will get a chance to accept or reject the 9.9 percent income tax on millionaires approved by the Legislature, which broke the state’s taboo against levying income taxes.
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Consumer Reports @consumerreports.org · 28/09/2026
Consumer Reports warns Puget Sound Energy rate proposal could add over $600 a year to typical electric bill “A rate increase is more than numbers in a regulatory filing. For consumers, it’s $50 missing from the household budget every month,” says CR's Sara Enright.
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Consumer Reports warns Puget Sound Energy rate proposal could add over $600 a year to typical electric bill
CR urges Washington regulators to reject excessive costs and put household affordability ahead of higher shareholder returns Olympia, Washington — Consumer Reports launched a campaign…
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 28/09/2026
Stocks fall alongside jumps in both bond yields and the price of oil as geopolitical upheaval remains front and center for traders.
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Stocks fall, oil rises and bond yields surge as geopolitics keeps markets on edge
Over the weekend, President Donald Trump said he had rejected a proposal from Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 28/09/2026
“Our cash generation gives us the capacity to invest in the technologies that advance this transformation..." But instead we'll just use this money to pump up share prices. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/b...
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Nvidia Adds $150 Billion to Massive Stock Buyback, the Largest Ever
The increase comes four months after the chip giant added $80 billion to its buyback program, bringing the total remaining authorized amount to $235 billion.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Trump White House official app is fraught with trackers. The White House app covertly collects excessive user data and shares it with third-party trackers while sidestepping federal security rules. For example, the app includes scripts to monitor a user's location several times per minute.
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White House Drove Users to Official App Fraught With Trackers
The White House app became the App Store’s most downloaded news app after the president barred three news outlets.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A federal judge just blocked FEMA from withholding anti-terrorism funds from local governments that don't change how they run elections. It's the latest blow to Trump's attempts to rewrite election rules.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 28/09/2026
Eight U.S. Marines were injured two weeks ago when an Iranian cruise missile attacked the ship they were operating on in the Strait of Hormuz, according to three U.S. officials.
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U.S. Marines injured in recent Iranian attack
The previously unreported attack occurred Sept. 14 when Iran struck a ship U.S. forces were on in the Strait of Hormuz, sources say.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 28/09/2026
Hawaiians have storm fatigue, Hilo’s mayor says, as the third hurricane to approach the islands in recent weeks continues to spin offshore.
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‘Storm fatigue’: Hawaiians reeling from back-to-back hurricanes as Nolo’s threats diminish
A hurricane watch was in effect for the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, which Nolo was expected to approach Tuesday.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 28/09/2026
The Trump administration put out a new ad this weekend as part of its “PSA” campaign, this time showing President Trump walking down a hallway as he asks people to join him in his fight to “expel the warmongers from our government.”
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White House releases new taxpayer-funded ad describing ‘final battle’
The ad is nearly identical to one Trump’s presidential campaign released in 2024.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: Police arrest five British nationals on suspicion of terrorism and explosives offenses during a massive security operation near a base used by the U.S. Air Force to facilitate strikes on Iran, according to counterterrorism officials. Follow live.
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Live updates: 5 arrested on terrorism charges near U.K. base used by U.S. Air Force
Live updates and the latest news as Trump releases a taxpayer-funded PSA resembling a 2024 campaign ad, Bill Gates warns about the need for AI regulation, and Iran’s foreign minister says his country is ready to resume fighting the war with the U.S.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 28/09/2026
The last active federal prosecution tied to Jan. 6 is facing opposition from some conservative figures who claim the man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the RNC and DNC was framed. Brian Cole Jr. has pleaded not guilty, while the FBI says he confessed after his arrest.
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Right-wing conservatives push to shut down the last active Jan. 6 prosecution
They say Brian Cole Jr. was framed. The Justice Department is pressing forward with the case.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 28/09/2026
China and the U.S. agree to cut tariffs imposed on $60 billion worth of goods imported from each other, on products ranging from U.S. corn to cosmetics, and from Chinese household appliances to toys.
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China and U.S. agree to tariff cuts on $60 billion of goods including agriculture, toys
China said it planned to trim duties on a variety of U.S. agricultural goods, while the U.S. plans tariff cuts on toys, small appliances and other items.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 28/09/2026
The number of confirmed cases of Ebola virus in Congo surges past 8,000, as the country runs out of health workers to contain the deadly disease.
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Congo Ebola outbreak tops 8,000 cases as health worker shortages worsen
According to data from the Africa CDC, the current outbreak has outpaced the two-year West Africa regional outbreak in terms of spread in the same time.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 28/09/2026
President Trump will announce a plan for a $15 billion steel mill in Iowa, with the aim of starting production by 2030, a White House official says.
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Trump to unveil plans for a $15 billion steel mill in Iowa
Mesabi Metallics, which is building the plant, aims to start production in 2030, a White House official said.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 28/09/2026
Bill Gates calls on the U.S. to be a leader in regulating the growth of artificial intelligence but warned that getting countries to agree on a global framework could be “more difficult” than Cold War-era negotiations to limit nuclear weapons.
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Bill Gates says getting countries to agree on AI regulations will be harder than Cold War-era nuclear negotiations
The Microsoft co-founder said he believes governments should be involved in monitoring what AI does and that it won’t slow down the industry’s progress.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BREAKING on MS NOW: Former Missouri AG Andrew Bailey, who joined the FBI as 'co-deputy director' work alongside then-Deputy Director Dan Bongino, is stepping aside. Bailey was overseeing election-related matters at the FBI.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New whistleblower account: Former employees of the Kennedy Center say that center officials canceled a plan to start overhauling its leaking infrastructure months ago, despite those officials now asserting the leaks posed an urgent safety risk requiring the building to close.
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Kennedy Center Shelved Repairs Now Cited for Closure, Whistle-Blowers Say
In a letter to Congress, former employees say the center delayed a plan to address the leaks that its officials now cite as a serious safety risk.
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