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Pope Leo Uses First Major Papal Text to Warn About Dangers of AI
The 42,300-word encyclical urges greater regulation of artificial intelligence.
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New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh may be boxed in as Powell and Biden-era allies reportedly hold enough votes to force rate hikes during an oil-price shock.
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Ex-JPMorgan banker Chirayu Rana dealt second major legal blow in explosive sex slave lawsuit
“The case law makes it really clear,” said Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Dakota D. Ramseur. “You can’t put the genie back in the bottle.”
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Global Oil Prices Rise as Fresh U.S. Strikes on Iran Cast Shadow Over Trump's Promised Peace Deal
The fresh strikes from the U.S., and the warning Iran issued in return, have brought renewed instability to the markets.
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Major red flag at Trump medical visit suggests it was far from routine: onlooker
President Donald Trump emerged from his surprise medical visit to Walter Reed Medical Center Tuesday bragging of "perfect" health — but onlookers weren't so sure.Top of the concerns was the length of time the president spent at the medical facility — a duration some said did not suggest a routine visit.Trump posted an optimistic message on his Truth Social platform following his appointment, the third in a year."Just finished my 6-month physical at Walter Reed Military Medical Center. Everything checked out PERFECTLY. Thank you to the great Doctors and Staff! Heading back to the White House," Trump wrote. But that didn't stop political and media experts from questioning the president's health status."At this point I’m convinced Trump approaches presidential health updates the same way he approaches golf scores, election maps, and crowd sizes: not merely healthy… the healthiest anyone has ever been in the history of health," Brian Allen, podcast host and a political commentator with more than 301,000 followers, wrote on X."Trump says he has completed his 'physical' at his 3rd hospital visit in 13 months and 'everything checked out PERFECTLY.' If you believe this, I’ve got a bridge to sell you," Democratic influencer Harry Sisson, who has more than 390,000 followers, wrote on X."Here is Trump’s schedule today, including a visit to Walter Reed for most of the day. Color me skeptical - a routine physical doesn’t last more than half the day. This should be a top story, imagine if it were Biden!" Author and activist Amy Siskind, who has more than 440,000 followers, wrote on X."President Trump just arrived back at the White House after having a visit to Walter Reed Medical Center. I wonder what they will find this time, and what excuses Trump and his doctors will make," Ed Krassenstein, liberal commentator with more than 1 million followers, wrote on X.Here is Trump’s schedule today, including a visit to Walter Reed for most of the day. Color me skeptical - a routine physical doesn’t last more than half the day. This should be a top story, imagine if it were Biden! pic.twitter.com/qHUVwzJN31— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈🇺🇸 (@Amy_Siskind) May 26, 2026
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Congressional Black Caucus calls on major corporations to oppose GOP redistricting push
The Congressional Black Caucus is urging some of the nation’s largest corporations to publicly oppose redistricting efforts by red states in the South that would axe majority-Black congressional districts ahead of the midterms. In a letter sent Tuesday to more than 250 companies, members of the caucus called on business leaders, including those who have…
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Court blocks Alabama congressional map with 1 majority-Black district
The three-judge district court panel ordered Alabama to use a congressional map with two majority-Black districts in the upcoming midterm elections.
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Insiders spill on shadow war targeting Trump to torpedo peace talks: report
After President Donald Trump announced Saturday that an Iran peace deal was within reach, “hawkish Republicans” targeted the president with a campaign designed to convince him he would "look foolish and weak" for pursuing it – a pressure campaign that appears to have worked following fresh U.S. strikes on Iran Monday, Zeteo reported Tuesday.“Two sources with knowledge of the situation told [Zeteo] that hawkish Republicans flagged for the White House media coverage, social media posts, and other material arguing that reported peace terms would hand the Iranians victory and make Trump look foolish and weak,” Zeteo’s Martin Pengelly wrote in the outlet’s report. “And then came the apparently inevitable news: reports of renewed violence. And so, Trump’s Iran fiasco continues.”Trump’s announcement on Saturday was met with a wave of criticism from right-wing figures, with the president lashing out at said critics on Sunday as “losers” who knew “nothing” about the ongoing negotiations. Whether motivated by the “extreme internal pressure” he’s reportedly under or other factors, Trump did ultimately authorize strikes on targets in southern Iran on Monday, sinking two boats and attacking a missile launch site.Bloomberg has previously reported that the president has also been under extreme “outside” pressure to resume the Iran war as well, notably from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
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'People are fed up': Swing state Dems outpoll GOP by biggest margin in 27 years
Last week’s primary election didn’t feature any races with both a Democrat and a Republican on the ballot, but Georgia Democrats still feel like they won.If you are one of the more than 2 million Georgians who cast a ballot, you will likely recall the poll worker asking you to choose a Democratic, Republican or nonpartisan ballot.In all, Democrats pulled more than 1 million ballots to Republicans’ nearly 940,000, or about 52.6% to 45.4%.Charlie Bailey, celebrates May 3, 2025, after being elected as chairman of the Democratic Party of Georgia, replacing Atlanta U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia RecorderDemocratic Party of Georgia Chairman Charlie Bailey said that margin is the biggest for Democrats since 1998 and shows that voters are ready to line up in November behind candidates like U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff and former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, the Democratic nominees for U.S. Senate and Georgia governor.“It’s just another piece of evidence of growing Democratic momentum, the work of the party, the strength of Jon Ossoff, the strength of Keisha Lance Bottoms coming into this governor’s race,” he said. “People are fed up with (Republicans), and what those numbers in the primary tell you is that that momentum is building towards November, when they’re going to vote these Republicans out.”In 2018, a midterm year with President Donald Trump in the White House and an open race for Georgia governor at the top of the ticket, Republicans pulled more ballots than Democrats by about 52% to 48%.Comparing the number of ballots drawn is not a perfect measure. Some people choose the other party’s ballot because they live in an area dominated by that party and they want to have a say in local races, or because they want to promote a weaker opponent for their candidate in the general election.Sen. Jon Ossoff. Ross Williams/Georgia RecorderStill, the discrepancy spells good news for Democrats looking ahead to the Nov. 3 election, says Emory University political science professor Andra Gillespie.“What it connotes or implies is that Democratic candidates are capturing the imagination of voters in ways that, if this energy can be sustained, could be helpful for them in terms of flipping seats nationally, and in Republican states like Georgia, narrowing those margins between Democrats and Republicans, even in contests where Republicans are the odds-on favorite,” she said.Congressman Mike Collins and former coach Derek Dooley at their election night parties. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder and Alander Rocha/Georgia RecorderThe difference in ballots is even more notable because Republicans had more high-profile races, said University of Georgia political science professor Trey Hood. No Democrat challenged incumbent U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, while Republicans had competitive races for U.S. Senate and Georgia governor at the top of the ticket.Hood said it’s also notable that Republicans who voted on Election Day did not outnumber Democrats by a large margin. Republicans only had about 4,000 more voters on Election Day than Democrats, about 508,000 to 504,000. Hood said that might signal a shift in GOP voter behavior, with more conservatives preferring to cast a ballot during Georgia’s three weeks of early voting.“I don’t know that we can expect to necessarily see a huge surge in Republican turnout on Election Day anymore,” he said.Voter demographics strong for DemocratsFormer Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms gives a speech after winning the Democratic primary for governor outright. Jeff Amy/Georgia RecorderResults also show demographics that tend to favor Democratic candidates in Georgia had a strong showing.Statistically, Black voters in Georgia largely favor Democrats, and they made up nearly 32% of the vote.“If Black turnout was 31% in a general election, yeah, that would be probably a good Democratic year,” Hood said. “I mean, before now, the highest it’s ever been is about 29%. And the more Black turnout as a percentage of the total electorate, the less of the white share of the vote you have to draw off as a Democrat. So if that pattern held and Black turnout was 31% in the general, it would be big.”Rick Jackson and Burt Jones will face each other head to head in a June runoff. Photo credit: Ross Williams and Alander Rocha for the Georgia RecorderData from the secretary of state’s office also shows that the electorate was nearly 57% female and 43% male. That number is likely boosted by high turnout among Black women, who are registered to vote at a higher rate than Black men.Reality check?Still, the high Democratic turnout was not enough to land a pair of Democratic-aligned candidates on the state Supreme Court, and not everyone thinks the numbers show the wind is at Democrats’ back.Georgia Republican Party Chairman Josh McKoon said turnout in primary elections does not correlate with general election turnout.McKoon said he chalks up the ballot discrepancy to the typical midterm backlash to the party in...
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