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Epstein Survivor’s Family Condemns Former Obama White House Counsel Over ‘Credibility’ Remark
Epstein Survivor’s Family Condemns Former Obama White House Counsel Over ‘Credibility’ Remark A new controversy surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein case has erupted after Kathryn Ruemmler, a former White House counsel and former Goldman Sachs legal executive, questioned the credibility of allegations made by Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s most prominent accusers. Ruemmler made the comments...
Global
U.S. State Department Apologizes After AI-Linked Africa Map Mislabels Every Country at Global AIDS Conference
U.S. State Department Apologizes After AI-Linked Africa Map Mislabels Every Country at Global AIDS Conference A presentation by the U.S. State Department at a major global AIDS conference in Rio de Janeiro has sparked international criticism after an Africa map shown to attendees misidentified the locations of countries across the continent. The embarrassing error occurred...
Global
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds a ‘Sea of Polygons’ on Mars — Scientists Are Still Trying to Explain It
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds a ‘Sea of Polygons’ on Mars — Scientists Are Still Trying to Explain It NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has captured an extraordinary landscape on the Red Planet: a vast field of small, honeycomb-like polygons covering the Martian surface. The discovery was made as Curiosity climbed through a valley nicknamed “Valle Grande”...
News
Colin Gray Faces Sentencing After Son Gets Life Without Parole in Georgia School Shooting Case
Colin Gray Faces Sentencing After Son Gets Life Without Parole in Georgia School Shooting Case Colin Gray, the father of the teenager who carried out the deadly Apalachee High School shooting in Georgia, is facing his own sentencing after being convicted of second-degree murder and other charges tied to the 2024 attack. The sentencing comes...
Business
World Cup for Sale? FIFA’s Billion-Dollar Stake Plan Triggers a Massive Football Backlash
World Cup for Sale? FIFA’s Billion-Dollar Stake Plan Triggers a Massive Football Backlash FIFA has triggered a major new battle over the future of football after unveiling plans to bring private investors into a new $20 billion commercial subsidiary that would manage the business and event operations surrounding the World Cup and other FIFA competitions....
Economy
DOE Issues Emergency Power Order Across 17 States as Extreme Heat Pushes U.S. Grid Toward the Limit
DOE Issues Emergency Power Order Across 17 States as Extreme Heat Pushes U.S. Grid Toward the Limit The U.S. power grid is facing another major stress test as extreme summer heat drives electricity demand higher across the central United States, prompting the Department of Energy (DOE) to issue an emergency order covering a 17-state region....
Business
US GDP Growth Slows to 1.5% While Jobless Claims Rise to 197K: What the Latest U.S. Economic Data Means for Markets
US GDP Growth Slows to 1.5% While Jobless Claims Rise to 197K: What the Latest U.S. Economic Data Means for Markets The U.S. economy delivered mixed signals on Thursday as second-quarter GDP growth slowed more than expected while initial jobless claims increased from the previous week, pointing to moderating economic momentum but a labor market...
Commodities
Iran Claims It Destroyed 3 F-35s at U.S. Base—But Is the Claim True?
Iran Claims It Destroyed 3 F-35s at U.S. Base—But Is the Claim True? Iran has made a dramatic claim that could have major implications for the U.S.-Iran conflict: the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says a missile strike on Jordan’s Al-Azraq Air Base destroyed three U.S. F-35 fighter jets and heavily damaged three more. But...
Business
AI Hedge Fund Faces Fresh Capital Pressure After July Tech Rout Hits Leopold Aschenbrenner’s $20 Billion Strategy
AI Hedge Fund Faces Fresh Capital Pressure After July Tech Rout Hits Leopold Aschenbrenner’s $20 Billion Strategy Leopold Aschenbrenner’s Situational Awareness LP, the AI-focused hedge fund that became one of the most closely watched investment stories of 2026, is reportedly seeking fresh capital after a sharp July sell-off battered some of its technology and artificial-intelligence...