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President Trump said at a weekend event that Iran could "take out" Los Angeles or San Diego, prompting condemnation from California Democrats and uneasy explanations from the White House. Gov. Gavin Newsom renewed a call to invoke the 25th Amendment.
Ukrainian forces have recaptured a cluster of villages in the Donetsk region using combined robot and drone units, slowing Russia's summer offensive. Analysts call it a tactical win, not a turning point.
The Supreme Court's new term begins with a fight over whether oil companies can be sued in state courts for climate harms, one of several major cases testing the court's direction and reputation.
Broadcom is assembling roughly $60 billion in debt to produce custom AI chips for Anthropic, part of a wave of multibillion-dollar infrastructure deals tying together chipmakers, cloud providers, and model developers.
The Trump administration's draft 2026 Form 1040 would require every taxpayer to certify their citizenship or work-authorization status under penalty of perjury, drawing sharp pushback from taxpayer advocates.
Vladimir Putin said Russia would use "all weapons" to defend its Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad if attacked, as NATO allies accuse Moscow of escalating hybrid warfare across Poland and the Baltics.
Employers added only 29,000 jobs in September while the jobless rate ticked up to 4.2%, a cooler reading that lands weeks before voters head to the polls.
Anthropic's draft IPO prospectus projects soaring revenue and warns that its AI could pose an existential risk, setting up an unusual test for public market investors.
Vladimir Putin addressed a newly elected Russian parliament dominated by his ruling party, with no indication he intends to halt the war in Ukraine. His speech at the Valdai forum this week is expected to clarify Moscow's next moves.
The White House again removed CNN from the rotating press pool for a presidential trip, days after a federal judge temporarily blocked the administration from banning the outlet and two others.
Russia signaled it could resort to nuclear weapons to defend Kaliningrad, prompting NATO to condemn what it called irresponsible rhetoric amid intensifying attacks on Ukraine.
The Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to deport immigrants to countries other than their homelands while a legal challenge proceeds, with a full hearing set for December.