Committee advances Trump megabill to full House after changes aimed at appeasing holdouts

The House is gearing up for a long overnight session as Republicans plow ahead with the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” after the House Rules Committee advanced a revised version of the megabill supporting President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda. After a marathon hearing, the committee vote was 8-4, teeing up action on the House floor … Read more

OpenAI’s next big bet won’t be a wearable: report

OpenAI pushed generative AI into the public consciousness. Now, it could be developing a very different kind of AI device. According to a WSJ report, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees Wednesday that the company’s next major product won’t be a wearable. Instead, it will be a compact, screenless device, fully aware of its user’s … Read more

2 Israeli Embassy staff members killed in shooting outside of event at the Capital Jewish Museum in DC: Officials

The suspect in the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staff members outside of an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, shouted “Free, Free Palestine” after being taken into custody, authorities said. One man and one woman — both staff members at the Israeli Embassy — were shot and killed … Read more

‘Heather Knight has proven her worth for England after losing captaincy’, says Lauren Winfield-Hill | Cricket News

Sky Sports Cricket’s Lauren Winfield-Hill believes that Heather Knight has proven her worth for England after losing the captaincy following a disastrous winter. Following a 16-0 whitewash in the Ashes, Knight stepped down from her role as captain as Nat Sciver-Brunt took charge, with head coach Jon Lewis making way for Charlotte Edwards to take … Read more

Vance says Roberts is ‘profoundly wrong’ about Supreme Court’s role to check the executive branch

During a wide-ranging podcast interview with the New York Times posted Wednesday, Vice President JD Vance said Chief Justice John Roberts was “profoundly wrong” for recent comments he made on the Supreme Court’s role to check the excesses of the executive. “I thought that was a profoundly wrong sentiment. That’s one half of his job. … Read more

Is there a white genocide in South Africa? Examining Trump’s Oval Office claim

President Donald Trump claimed there is an ongoing “genocide” against white farmers in South Africa during a tense meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office on Wednesday. Ramaphosa, major political parties in South Africa and a South African judge, however, have denied the existence of a white genocide in the country. Elon … Read more

Klarna used an AI avatar of its CEO to deliver earnings, it said

Sebastian Siemiatkowski is leaning all the way into the idea that his buy-now-pay-later, IPO-bound startup Klarna is an AI company. When Klarna delivered updated quarterly earnings on Monday, it was his AI avatar (pictured above) that presented the highlights, according to the company’s YouTube video. Other than AI Siemiatkowski’s admission, it wasn’t obvious that this … Read more