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Venezuela Just Joined China’s AI Alliance. Washington Should Respond
U.S. companies need a pathway to convert Venezuela’s energy resources into computing capacity.
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The Path Ahead for Welfare Reform
A new set of reforms should complement instead of substitute for work and marriage.
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3 Party Rock Tracks From the Early 1990s We Can’t Live Without
American Songwriter has published a short feature highlighting three party-oriented rock tracks from the early 1990s that the outlet considers essential listening. The piece is a nostalgic, opinion-led list rather than a news story, celebrating songs it argues defined high-energy party rock at the start of the decade. The three tracks featured are “You Could…
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Bejlek continues stunning run to set up Gauff semi
Czech qualifier-turned-contender Sara Bejlek continued her remarkable run at the Cincinnati Open, beating American Madison Keys to reach her first WTA 1000 semi-final. The unseeded 20-year-old will now face fourth seed Coco Gauff, in a match that underlines how far Bejlek has come since winning her maiden title as a qualifier in Abu Dhabi earlier…
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DHS starts deportation flights after end to remaining protections for TPS holders
Lower court judges have now fully lifted certain limitations on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the wake of a Supreme Court decision that cleared the end of temporary protected status (TPS), removing any final roadblock to deportations. A federal judge earlier this week lifted the final stay that barred immigration officials from carrying…
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‘Shocking’ fake poll firm puts industry under the microscope: ‘Unfortunately not surprising’
The revelation that two polls released in recent weeks from a purported polling firm were faked is adding a new curveball for a polling industry already trying to improve public trust in its work. Median Strategies made the stunning announcement earlier this past week that its poll results of the Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary and…
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Fears for Mandelson investigation as Met still doesn’t have unredacted Epstein files
The Metropolitan Police’s investigation into Lord Peter Mandelson, over whether he shared confidential information with Jeffrey Epstein, is reportedly at risk of stalling because US authorities have not yet handed over unredacted files relating to the late paedophile billionaire. This matters because the probe centres on serious allegations against a former senior UK politician, and…
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Canada to match US 50% tariffs after talks collapse
The United States has imposed 50% tariffs on about $20bn (£14.6bn) of Canadian goods after trade negotiations collapsed, prompting Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, to promise matching measures “dollar for dollar”. The failure marks a major rupture between close trading partners and could deepen political tensions, while putting vulnerable Canadian businesses and jobs under pressure.…
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Born 114 Years Ago Today in North Carolina, the “Greatest Country Music Visionary You’ve Never Heard Of” Who Basically Invented the Genre (And Discovered Jimmy Dean and Patsy Cline)
Connie B. Gay, born 114 years ago today (22 August 1914) in Lizard Lick, North Carolina, is credited as one of the founding figures of modern country music, having coined the term “country music” itself and transformed what was then dismissively called “hillbilly music” into a major commercial industry. He served as founding president of…
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Senator launches assault on illegal immigration gaps as GOP races midterm clock to lock in key wins
Republican Senator Jim Banks of Indiana has told Fox News Digital he is pushing a package of seven bills aimed at permanently enshrining President Donald Trump’s immigration policies into US federal law before the November midterm elections. Banks argues that many of Trump’s signature immigration measures currently rest on executive action or regulation rather than…