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The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump ’s mail ballot restrictions for now, capping a flurry of last-minute legal action with voting in the midterm elections already underway. The decision allows states to continue sending out mail ballots under the same processes they’ve used for years. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented from the brief order. Justice Brett Kavanaugh agreed that the restrictions should not go into effect for the midterms but indicated he might rule in favor of the Trump administration later. The Trump administration had asked the court, once again at the center of a...

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That seems to be the mantra over at the U.S. Treasury Department. Last Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the department plans to triple its long-term bond buyback program to $6 billion during its operation the following day. Last month, Bessent signaled that the Treasury would increase its bond market intervention. Initially, he said the plan was to “at least” double operations from $2 billion to $4 billion beginning in September. Yields initially fell but quickly recovered. Not content to be outdone by the markets, Bessent doubled down again, raising the...

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT SUMMARYDetailed summary of the videoThe video (approx. 4 minutes) captures a spontaneous live phone call from President Donald Trump to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during Huang’s on-stage appearance at the All-In Summit. Huang is seated on stage in a shiny black leather jacket, holding a phone and microphone, while other panelists (including All-In hosts) look on. The audience reacts with applause and laughter throughout. Opening banter Staff scramble to get a microphone working so the call can be heard by the room. Trump opens humorously, noting that Jensen can design the most complex computer chips in the world...

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz said on a podcast Thursday that he wants Sen. John Fetterman (D), his rival in Pennsylvania’s 2022 Senate race, to cross the aisle and join the Republican Party. Oz’s comments come a day after Fetterman’s surprise video appearance at the Republican National Committee’s midterm convention in Dallas. “I want everyone in the party. God works in mysterious ways, but they’re brilliant and loving ways and I’m very happy for that,” Oz said on Harry Cole’s podcast, “Harry Cole Saves the West.” “Would you like to see him come over to Republican?”...

Andy Burnham has delayed ordering new submarines for two years despite growing global threats to Britain. Sir Keir Starmer pledged last year to build "up to 12" nuclear-powered submarines, adding that an exact number would be revealed in its Defence Investment Plan (Dip). But after the long-awaited Dip was released, Labour has continued to push its deadline for committing to buying the subs until 2028. Wes Streeting, the Defence Secretary, wrote to his Conservative shadow James Cartlidge: "The DIP clearly sets out our intention to buy up to 12 SSN-A submarines, but a decision on exact hull numbers does not...

Summarise the video This video explores the history of Mar-a-Lago, a massive 110,000-square-foot estate in Palm Beach, Florida, built by Marjorie Merryweather Post in 1927 (0:47-1:54). Despite being a national historic landmark, the estate became a "white elephant"—a property so expensive to maintain that it became a burden rather than an asset (3:02-4:07). Key phases in the estate's history include: Post's failed gifting: Marjorie Merryweather Post attempted to leave the estate to the State of Florida, the Smithsonian Institution, and the U.S. federal government to serve as a winter White House. Each institution ultimately declined or returned the property due...

Yirsi Machado Rivera has been arrested on burglary and battery charges Yirsi Machado Rivera allegedly threw a bucket of poop on her neighbor, whom she believed was sleeping with her husband. She and the victim were neighbors in a split trailer in the Royal Country Mobile Homes in Miami. She has been arrested on burglary and battery charges A Florida woman is accused of throwing poop on her neighbor after suspecting infidelity. On Monday, Sept. 7, Yirsi Machado Rivera allegedly threw a bucket of poop on her neighbor, whom she believed was sleeping with her husband, the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office...

Gov. Gavin Newsom has revealed one factor that could tank his expected presidential bid: fellow Democrat Kamala Harris. Newsom was asked in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper about his expected White House run, and he didn’t hold back on how the former vice president, his former colleague and rumored frenemy, could change his decision. “I wouldn’t run if she ran,” Newsom said while fly-fishing with Tapper in Montana. “I wouldn’t do that to her … I wouldn’t waste anyone’s time,” Newsom explained, calling it “mutually assured destruction.” The governor, who recently returned from a much-publicized trip to South Carolina...

If she’s in, he’s out.California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) told CNN anchor Jake Tapper he will not run for president in 2028 if former Vice President Kamala Harris decides to try again. The liberal governor dished the revelation on Monday while he and Tapper were recorded fly fishing together in Montana — and it appeared to mildly stun the news host.“I wouldn’t run if she ran,” Newsom said.Tapper turned to the gov while holding his poll in the air and confirmed, “If she runs, you will not?”Newsom acted like it was obvious he should bow out if Harris opts to...

A black Tufts professor Boston officials hired to study the city’s “contributions to slavery” is out the door after the school accused her of plagiarism. Kerri Greenidge is blaming her ouster on Tufts officials who allegedly targeted her for being black. Greenidge’s departure from the faculty comes after a book on the history of slavery she placed with a major publisher came under academic scrutiny. The school is alleging the book, which W.W. Norton has now pulled from its website, contained several errors and lack of attribution. Amid Tufts’ investigation of the book, the city of Boston paid Greenidge $250,000...

In brief: Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko reportedly left the country overnight in an official vehicle, amid an escalating clash with anti-corruption agencies and now involving President Volodymyr Zelensky. His departure came hours after he accused NABU chief Semen Kryvonos of crimes, prompting the president to call for the chief prosecutor’s dismissal.

Tony Lee "TJ" Wiggins Jr., 32, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder, tampering with physical evidence and possessing a weapon as a felon. Prosecutors said Wiggins was the gunman who killed Damion Tillman, Brandon Rollins and Keven Springfield outside a Dollar General in 2020. In his opening statement to the jury on Monday, Assistant State Attorney Ralph Guerra said Tillman went into the discount store on July 17, 2020, to buy a few items before heading out with his friends to go fishing. Guerra said surveillance video showed the defendant inside the store at the same time...

🚨BREAKING: The Trump Administration has invoked the long-unenforced Immigration Act of 1882 to prohibit entry into the United States of “any convict, lunatic, idiot, or any person unable to take care of himself or herself without becoming a public charge.” Ultimately, this will allow the Trump Administration to deny green cards to immigrants who are likely to use federal welfare, food stamps, or Medicaid, and to revoke the green cards of immigrants who are currently using these programs. The new rule is set to take effect Friday, September 18. As a result, 5.6 million immigrants are expected to lose access...

Investors weigh whether the 10-year note’s yield will decisively break through the thresholdThe last time the yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose above 5%, the U.S. economy was dealing with pandemic aftershocks. This time, the main culprit is a war with no clear end in sight.Escalating fears over energy prices and inflation drove the 10-year yield above 5% Monday, a pivotal milestone that is forcing investors to confront whether the bond market is entering a new era.The answer is set to have sweeping implications for consumers and businesses alike—and could end up playing a role in the coming midterm...

Mitch McConnell is seen for the first time in months U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell has made a public appearance after three months following a fall and subsequent hospitalization in June 2026

To use a Georgia football term, on today's CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish made Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff, running for re-election, her “dawg.” A segment today was built around President Trump’s $5,000 “Trump dividend” — a promise the Wall Street Journal, in an editorial board column Cornish quoted, branded “a $5,000 bridge to sell you” and “a classic in vote-buying political cynicism.” Cornish wanted a Democratic answer. She found Sen. Jon Ossoff at an Athens rally. “Last week, the broken old man threw a two-day party in Texas while it cost more than ever to fill up your truck,...

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., returned to the Capitol on Monday after a three-month absence following a fall that left him hospitalized and out of public view for 92 days. McConnell said he has assured Senate Majority Leader John Thune that he will “do my best to be present for tough votes when our Conference needs me.” “Today, I’ll cast my first Senate vote since I took a bad fall back in June,” McConnell said in a statement. “I’m really looking forward to being back on the Senate floor and seeing my colleagues.” The appearance is the first time the 84-year-old...

Today, EA is the unseen force driving AI safety discourse. Its ideas and money course through institutions seeking to build and govern AI and, with it, America’s future. And Americans deserve to know about it, because the EA crowd is trying to restrict your access to the most important technology of the 21st century..... Effective altruism is a utilitarian philosophy that claims to use evidence and reason to do good, ranking competing needs through a common calculus. It leads in strange directions. For example, in a truly universal moral frame, effective altruists argue, why should a single country like the...

Over their hiatus, it was announced that The View co-host Sunny Hostin has sold her likeness and the rights to smut books to be produced into a series of movies by a film company that utilizes A.I. On Friday’s episode, the ABC News co-host defended her actions by claiming Hollywood was “gatekeeping” her because they were racist, and suggested that black and brown people were not being hired for projects. However, her co-hosts pointed out the hypocrisy that by using fake people in her adaptations, she was keeping those same black and brown people from getting work. “I've written a...

Longtime Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, announced on Monday that he intends to force a vote on impeaching President Donald Trump, citing federal immigration officers' killing of two U.S. citizens earlier this year. Green, who has publicly protested Trump on multiple occasions, introduced what's called a privileged resolution on the House floor aimed at booting the president out of office. A privileged resolution is a mechanism that allows any lawmaker to force the entire chamber to consider a bill within two legislative days. That means House GOP leaders will have to hold a vote on the measure by the end of...