OpenAI hires former xAI CFO as Altman-Musk rivalry escalates
OpenAI has hired former xAI finance chief Mike Liberatore as business finance offer, responsible for managing the company’s soaring compute spending.
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Affirmative action opponent’s next target: A private school with admissions preference for Hawaiians
A private school founded by a Hawaiian princess gives admissions preference to Native Hawaiian applicants.
Trump flies in for a UK state visit where trade and tech talks mix with royal pomp
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to arrive in the United Kingdom for a state visit.
Patel to face Senate amid questions over probe into Charlie Kirk’s killing and internal FBI upheaval
Kash Patel will confront skeptical Senate Democrats at a congressional hearing likely to be dominated by questions about the investigation into Charlie Kirk’s killing as well as the recent firings of senior officials who have accused the FBI director o…
Russia shows off conventional and nuclear military might in drills — and raises tensions with NATO
A swarm of Russian drones flew last week into Poland in what officials there regarded as a deliberate provocation.
A father nearly died by an assailant’s bullet. He’s one of many crime victims US wants to deport
A man detained by authorities days after he nearly died in an Iowa shooting is one of a growing number of crime victims who have been targeted in the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
A car-free stretch of highway in San Francisco leads to recall vote and warning to politicians
A San Francisco supervisor who pushed to turn a 2-mile stretch of highway into a car-free park faces a recall vote in his district.
Luigi Mangione due in court amid double jeopardy fight in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing
Luigi Mangione is due in court as his lawyers push to have his state murder charges thrown out in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Florida attorney general says cops should stop enforcing open carry gun ban after court ruling
James Uthmeier told Sunshine State prosecutors and police officers that open carry was now ‘the law of the land’
Suspect in Charlie Kirk shooting likely to face charges Tuesday before first court hearing
Prosecutors are looking at filing a capital murder charge against the Utah man jailed in the killing of prominent conservative activist Charlie Kirk.