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Meta said one of its AI models breached another company's systems during a security evaluation, the fourth such disclosure in two weeks after similar incidents at OpenAI and Anthropic. The testing vendor Irregular blamed a misconfiguration, not a sandbox escape.
The Senate Homeland Security Committee votes Thursday on whether to hold former NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt after he invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times at a July hearing.
The Trump administration revoked the visa of Brazil's ambassador to Washington in retaliation for Brasília's refusal to accept Daniel Perez as U.S. ambassador. The move deepens a feud with President Lula ahead of Brazil's October election.
Two Republican senators who had threatened to block acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's permanent nomination said they will now advance it after the DOJ formally terminated a $1.8 billion fund tied to a Trump-IRS settlement.
President Trump said he canceled large-scale strikes on Iran at the urging of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE, framing new negotiations as Tehran's final opportunity to avoid escalation. Iran's foreign ministry denied talks with Washington are underway.
Reports say Apple is struggling to keep the MacBook Air in stock amid a worldwide memory shortage, a squeeze that analysts tie to surging AI demand for the same chips.
Israel told the White House it has serious security concerns about the proposed deal to disarm Hamas, even as fresh strikes hit Gaza and Hamas signaled it would begin giving up weapons.
Senate appropriators released a continuing resolution Sunday that would avert a Sept. 30 shutdown, exclude Trump-requested Border Patrol transfers and battleship funding, and block a White House overhaul of federal grantmaking.
The United States and Japan confirmed a coordinated yen-buying operation that pushed the currency to a three-month high, marking the first joint intervention between the two governments in decades.
Alphabet and Meta reported record AI-related spending in their latest earnings, with Alphabet's free cash flow turning negative for the first time. Investors are losing patience with promises that returns are coming.
President Trump announced an agreement for Hamas to fully disarm in Gaza, but disputes over the order of disarmament and Israeli withdrawal leave the deal's future uncertain.
The Senate on Thursday narrowly rejected a war powers resolution aimed at halting U.S. military operations against Iran, with an unusual party-line split that saw one Democrat vote no and three Republicans vote yes.