|
Sep 17, 2026
There's not much the American people agree on these days. From Trump Steaks to plastic straws, from vaccines to Teslas, it's hard to pinpoint a topic that hasn't been polarized by politics. But a series of new surveys suggest Americans may have finally found some common ground, at least for the moment: growing concerns about artificial intelligence.
Last week, a long-running industry debate about AI safety broke containment and went viral after an Anthropic researcher named Jacob Coxon quit his job and revealed that "the people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade." Soon, dozens of lawmakers had responded with calls to regulate AI — and the top executives of the major artificial intelligence companies had all come out in favor of a global slowdown in AI development.
But as polls show, Americans would be fine with that. A full 63% — including 70% of those who voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024 and 60% of those who vo
|
|
Sep 17, 2026
President Donald Trump with Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 22. - Jonathan Ernst/Reuters/File
The Federal Reserve's first rate hike in three years has ushered in a new twist to the already unusual relationship between President Donald Trump and the world's most powerful central bank.
Trump raised eyebrows on Wednesday evening by appearing to suggest that he gave Kevin Warsh, his handpicked Fed chairman, permission to raise rates - even though it was the "wrong" move. The president implied that Warsh had no choice but to embrace a rate increase because the Fed chief was outnumbered on the "hostile" rate-setting committee he oversees.
"I talked to Kevin and I said you might as well vote with the board because it's not going to matter…I said, ‘Do what you want because it doesn't matter' because he doesn't have the votes," Trump told reporters.
The remarks raise plenty of questions about how much - if at all - Warsh is consulting with a president who has been willing to cross red lines in his quest for dramatically lower interest rates.
Those questions are especially sensitive because the Fed is designed
|
|
Sep 17, 2026
By Katharine Jackson and Mike Scarcella
WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday to provide at least 30 days' notice before taking any steps to demolish the Kennedy Center, the landmark performing arts venue ?that has become a flashpoint in his efforts to reshape the U.S. capital.
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper issued the order after ?lawyers for a Democratic congresswoman who is suing to keep the venue open and Trump's name off its facade submitted new evidence citing the Republican president's comments on Wednesday referring ?to demolishing the Kennedy Center.
"I think that the Trump administration should certainly have recognition. Because frankly, if we don't do that, it's going to close. It'll end up being ripped down," Trump told reporters in North Carolina, referring to putting his name on the facility established by Congress and opened in 1971 as a memorial to slain President John Kennedy.
Matt Floca, the Kennedy Center's Trump-backed executive director, said in a court filing earlier on Thursday that ?the building was being temporarily closed to assess safety ?risks in areas "exhibiting severe structural deterioration."
Democratic U.S. Representative Joyce Beatty, who sued Trump last year over his Kennedy Center plans, responded in a filing in federal court in Washington that the closure "is a recipe for defendants extending their ?shutdown forever and closing the Kennedy Center for the next two years — the very thing this court said they could not do without its permission."
Beatty's lawyers also cited a photo circulating on social media that depicted the president aboard Air Force One looking at a poster they said appeared to be titled "Kennedy ?Center ?DEMOLISHED." The photo has not been independently verified by Reuters.
Trump last year had the ?White House's historic East Wing demolished to make way for ?a
|
|
Sep 17, 2026
The White House on Thursday withdrew the nomination of Oklahoma state trooper Lance Schroyer to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement after a Republican blocked his confirmation hearing.
Schroyer's nomination stalled after Senate Homeland Security Chair Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a foe of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, requested that the Department of Homeland Security provide his committee with more information about its investigation into two ICE and Border Patrol agents accused of killing two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis in January.
Schroyer was a surprise pick to lead ICE. He had no experience leading a major law enforcement agency, let alone an organization the size of ICE. But Schroyer has close ties with the DHS secretary. Schroyer at one point led Mullin's security detail, and Mullin made Schroyer a senior adviser at DHS.
The White House and DHS did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The nomination's withdrawal is a blow to Mullin, who has faced criticism from immigration hardliners over what they have characterized as insufficient progress in achieving mass deportations of unauthorized immigrants from the United States.
|
|
Sep 17, 2026
In 2016, Paola Nogales-Ascarrunz, a biologist and National Geographic Explorer working in Bolivia, received a call from a local wildlife sanctuary that had just been given what they described as "a weird cat." It came from a local man who found it as a kitten on a road near a forest. The man took the animal home, believing it to be a domestic breed. But after about a year of living with the clearly wild animal, he realized it would be better off at a sanctuary.
As the lead scientist and founder of the Bolivian Felids Research Program (Programa de Investigación de Félidos Bolivia), Nogales-Ascarrunz was intrigued. The animal had a small, scrunched-up face, short and round ears, and long whiskers. It was, indeed, too small to be a housecat, and, most notably, it was covered in leopard-like spots. So she went to visit the creature at the Senda Verde wildlife sanctuary on the subtropical flank of the Bolivian Andes.
"I took a hundred pictures of it," remembers Nogales-Ascarrunz. "I was so fascinated."
What she couldn't know at the time was that this curious cat had a secret. It would become the first new species of felid (i.e. the cat family) discovered in over 100 years, according to a study published today in the journal Current Biology. What's exciting is the discovery is not a validation of a species proposed in the distant past, nor a previously recognized subspecies raised to species status—which are both more commonly reported and important findings. No, this cat was something totally new to science.
Nogales-Ascarrunz assumed the unusual cat was a member of the species Leopardus tigrinus. Sometime
|
|
Sep 17, 2026
By Ingrid Melander, Charlotte Van Campenhout and Yves Herman
STRASBOURG, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Canada and Europe should ally to protect their markets, democracies and rule of law in a world dominated by the United States and China, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Thursday, after an EU ?proposal to make Canada an "associate member".
The Canadian prime minister received warm applause for his speech to the European Parliament, delivered hours after U.S. President Donald ?Trump threatened trade sanctions in response to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's proposal to create a new status for the EU-Canada relationship.
Carney did not adopt the term "associate member" used a day earlier ?by von der Leyen, but said he appreciated "the ambition" that her suggestion conveyed.
"Europe and Canada are each strong. Europe and Canada are even stronger together," Carney said.
He was not seeking to form a "third bloc" to act as "a great-power rival" to Washington and Beijing "only with better manners," Carney said in a line that drew laughs.
"We do not seek power to dominate others. On the contrary, we are pursuing resilience, so that no one can control our open markets, impair our sovereignty, threaten our territorial integrity, or undermine our freedoms, ?our democracies, our rule of law."
He told reporters after the ?speech that it would be up to the EU how it proposed to describe any future relationship, and that the substance of any agreement would be more important than the name given to it.
TRUMP THREATS
Trump threatened late on Wednesday to take action against the ?EU if it moved forward with von der Leyen's proposal to make Canada an 'associate member' of the bloc.
"If they do that, if I think it's at all a hostile act, I will put very serious tariffs or stop trading with Europe on many things," Trump told reporters en route to an event in North Carolina,
|
|
Sep 17, 2026
By Ingrid Melander, Charlotte Van Campenhout and Yves Herman
STRASBOURG, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Canada and Europe should ally to protect their markets, democracies and rule of law in a world dominated by the United States and China, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Thursday, after an EU ?proposal to make Canada an "associate member".
The Canadian prime minister received warm applause for his speech to the European Parliament, delivered hours after U.S. President Donald ?Trump threatened trade sanctions in response to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's proposal to create a new status for the EU-Canada relationship.
Carney did not adopt the term "associate member" used a day earlier ?by von der Leyen, but said he appreciated "the ambition" that her suggestion conveyed.
"Europe and Canada are each strong. Europe and Canada are even stronger together," Carney said.
He was not seeking to form a "third bloc" to act as "a great-power rival" to Washington and Beijing "only with better manners," Carney said in a line that drew laughs.
"We do not seek power to dominate others. On the contrary, we are pursuing resilience, so that no one can control our open markets, impair our sovereignty, threaten our territorial integrity, or undermine our freedoms, ?our democracies, our rule of law."
He told reporters after the ?speech that it would be up to the EU how it proposed to describe any future relationship, and that the substance of any agreement would be more important than the name given to it.
TRUMP THREATS
Trump threatened late on Wednesday to take action against the ?EU if it moved forward with von der Leyen's proposal to make Canada an 'associate member' of the bloc.
"If they do that, if I think it's at all a hostile act, I will put very serious tariffs or stop trading with Europe on many things," Trump told reporters en route to an event in North Carolina,
|
|
Sep 17, 2026
Britain's royal family has taken the unusual step of publicly challenging claims made by Princess Diana's brother, Earl Spencer, in his upcoming memoir.
Departing from the monarchy's traditional "never complain, never explain" approach, Buckingham Palace responded Wednesday to Spencer's recollection of a phone call between himself and King Charles, in the wake of Diana's death in 1997. According to Spencer, the call took place after Spencer objected to Prince William and Prince Harry, then 15 and 12, walking behind their mother's coffin at her funeral.
In an excerpt from the book Swan Song: Diana, My Sister published by Britain's Daily Mail, Spencer wrote, "He unleashed down the phone what I have always taken to be his pent-up contempt for Diana, and his horror that the world was so bowled over by her death. 'Rest assured,' he hissed, 'we'll forget her soon enough.'"
While the palace didn't directly address whether the comment was made, the statement questioned the reliability of Spencer's recollection, saying, "While we do not comment on books as a matter of principle, His Majesty is mindful that the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgment and color memory in ways others do not recognize, even many years after such a loss."
The statement echoes the palace's reaction to claims made by Harry and Meghan Markle during their 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey that an unnamed royal had made a remark about their son's skin color before he was born and that the monarchy failed to help a suicidal Meghan. A response issued on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II at that time said that "recollections may vary."
|
|
Sep 17, 2026
Mourners leave notes at a memorial for the NBC4 helicopter crew at Whiteman Airport in Pacoima. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)NBC4's helicopter was one of several news aircraft flying over the scene of a deadly bus crash in Chatsworth Tuesday evening at sunset.
It's common for multiple news choppers to arrive at the scene of breaking news, beaming live images for newscasts and streaming.
But around 7 p.m., something went horribly wrong and in a matter of seconds the NBC4 chopper dropped out of the sky, crashing into shipping containers and vehicles outside a warehouse a few blocks away, bursting into flames. Two station journalists, reporter Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw, were killed along with a bystander on the ground.
Federal investigators are now trying to figure out what went wrong. The Times interviewed several experts, who reviewed recordings of the chopper's final moments. They offered insights into the helicopter itself, its movements that afternoon and what is known about how its mechanics work.
Here's what they had to say:
Low altitude flying, then a hornA video stream from the helicopter, as it was covering the bus crash, appears to show the helicopter hovering just before it came crashing down. An alarm can be heard blaring as the helicopter appears to be quickly losing altitude.
That alarm would be triggered by a potential engine failure, causing low propeller rotation, or a problem with the hydraulic system, said Jack Cress, a former helicopter pilot for the U.S. Marine Corps and a helicopter accident investigation instructor at USC's Aviation Safety and Security Program.
If the helicopter s
|
|
Sep 17, 2026
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) argued Wednesday that House GOP leaders sent the lower chamber home early because they found other Republicans in support of his push to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
"The fact that they didn't vote on it tells me that they did a whip check, and they probably found that there were some other Republicans, besides me, that were going to vote for this, or at least didn't want to be on the record supporting Hegseth," he told host Kaitlan Collins on CNN's "The Source."
The outgoing Kentucky libertarian, a frequent critic of President Trump, introduced eight articles of impeachment against Hegseth on Tuesday.
Massie accused Hegseth of violating his "oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States," citing his handling of the Iran war and operations to kill alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean.
The GOP lawmaker, who lost his primary
|
|
Sep 17, 2026
A truck operated by Next Level Express Inc. slammed into an SUV parked on the shoulder of the New Jersey Turnpike last December, killing two parents and their daughter on the way home from a family gathering. A second daughter survived.
In the decade before the crash, none of the company's trucks or drivers had been subjected to a single roadside inspection.
It's a pattern repeating hundreds of times a year.
A CBS News analysis of millions of federal records finds more than 2,000 people have been killed since 2019 in crashes involving trucking companies that held federal authority to operate but had no roadside inspection on record before the crash. That includes 621 deaths in 543 crashes since 2024.
Roadside inspections, carried out by federal and state officers, are the government's main tool for catching dangerous trucks, drivers and companies before they crash.
But even as trucks log more miles than ever, CBS News found inspections have not kept pace. Inspections per mile driven have fallen about 20% since 2016.
The analysis also identified thousands of companies that have never been inspected — before or after a crash — while holding federal authority to operate coast to coast.
See the full investigation at https://www.cbsnews.com/projects/2026/truck-inspections-decline/.
This article originally appeared on CBS News at https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trucks-drivers-fewer-safety-inspections/
|
|
Sep 17, 2026
Senate Republicans aren't happy with the lack of progress in the Iran war and what they say is the administration's failure to identify clear objectives to end the conflict.
The war continues to be a major drag on GOP candidates as the failure to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and new threats facing oil exports from Iranian-backed Houthi militias have sent the prices to nearly $106 a barrel, while raising the national gas price average to $4.37 a gallon.
But Republicans are particularly concerned about the war's impact on the price of diesel, which has soared to a national average of $6.31 and hit several Senate battleground states — including Alaska, Nebraska, Iowa and Maine — especially hard.
Some Republicans are now floating the idea of embargoing diesel exports produced in the United States to lower prices.
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) expressed frustration over "the lack of just transparency and information from the administration on what's happening, what we should expect, the costs," joining other GOP senators who have expressed similar grievances.
Murkowski said senators received a cost estimate for the conflict from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just before the August recess but haven't had any significant updates since then.
"I don't think that the president ever really made the case for, ‘This is why I'm going into Iran now, this is the objective, these will be the metrics along the way,'" she said. "I don't think that was ever fully articulated."
"As I'm talking to Alaskans, they're saying, ‘Wait a minute, he said we were going to be in and out in a matter of wee
|
|
Sep 17, 2026
The family of Bryan Kohberger is supporting his efforts to challenge his 2025 conviction, saying in a statement exclusive to ABC News, "Our full support of Bryan's decision to pursue post-conviction relief does not come from a place of disregard."
Kohberger, who is currently serving four consecutive life sentences for killing four college students in Idaho, said in his petition that the circumstances of his plea deal are now suspect because, among other things, he was "convinced to falsely confess" to a crime he says he did not commit.
"My actual innocence is my truth, and the plea, hinged on by false promises and blatant disinformation, MUST be withdrawn," he said in a statement to the New York Times last month.
Kohberger's family told ABC News that they did not want their support of their son "to compound the unimaginable grief the families have borne so courageously."
"Rather, it comes from our family's need to see that the complete and unvarnished truth is told. Like everyone, we seek answers to all the questions that have been raised, which can only be addressed through a proper trial, as opposed to an improper plea," the Kohberger family said.
Kyle Green, Pool via Getty Images, FILE - PHOTO: In this July 23, 2025, file photo, Bryan Kohberger appears at the Ada County Courthouse for his sentencing hearing in Boise, Idaho. "As a family, we continue to carry the victims, their families, and the entire Moscow community in our hearts and daily prayer," they added. "We continue to love and support Bryan and we continue to respect the memory of those lost. We seek to find justice and a conclusive resolution through the legal process."
This month, Bryan Kohberger also requested a new judge to oversee the process, saying comments ma
|
|
Sep 17, 2026
GENEVA (AP) — Human rights experts commissioned by the U.N.'s top human rights body say they have found "reasonable grounds" to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school in the southern city of Minab. They also accuse Iran's theocratic government of carrying out crimes against humanity against its own people in a report published Thursday.
The report, while not binding, adds to international evidence gathered about crimes in the war in Iran, and could eventually be used in efforts to reach justice in international courts.
The fact-finding mission on Iran, chaired by jurist Sara Hossain of Bangladesh, is made up of independent experts and was created in 2022 by the Human Rights Council, the U.N.'s top human rights body, which is based in Geneva.
The experts were expected to present their findings on Monday to the council, which is made up of 47 U.N. member countries.
The team says the US launched ‘indiscriminate' attacks
The international fact-finding mission says its findings on U.S. war crimes center on a pair of U.S. airstrikes that killed at least 178 civilians, including women and children.
At the start of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran in February, at least one U.S. missile hit the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, according to an Associated Press investigation. There has been no final accounting of what happened.
Iranian state media have said 168 people were killed in the strike, most of them children.
"Following the U
|
|
Sep 17, 2026
Flooding is seen in the Crownpoint District of New Mexico in an image posted by the Navajo Police Department on Tuesday. - From Navajo Police Department
The Southwest faces a barrage of intense rain this week as rounds of storms are tapping into unusually moisture-rich air being pulled north from Baja California, after flash flooding in New Mexico killed three people early Wednesday.
Officers responded at around 12:30 a.m. local time to a report of three people washed away by flooding near Newcomb, New Mexico, on the Navajo Nation. Police discovered two adults and one juvenile on scene, the Navajo Police Department said in a statement. All three were pronounced dead. The department declined to provide further details about the deaths when contacted by CNN, citing concern for the family's privacy.
??? Get your local forecast from the CNN Weather app
Rainfall over Newcomb began Tuesday afternoon around 4:30 p.m. and lingered intermittently until just after midnight. The area saw around 0.5 inches to 1 inch of rain in total, with most of it falling within an hour Tuesday evening.
Wednesday's storms prompted a rare Level 3 of 4 risk of flooding rainfall for parts of Arizona and New Mexico, including Phoenix and Tucson. Phoenix had not faced a flood risk that high since 2022.
More than 3 inches of rain fell in just three h
|
|
Sep 17, 2026
Political pressure during the Trump era forced corporate America to put its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives on ice.
Now, in a surprising turn, growing rank-and-file buy-in is driving a quiet thaw across party lines, with even Republican employees expressing approval for such workplace programs.
This unexpected bipartisan support for DEI emerged in the latest Bentley University-Gallup Business in Society survey provided exclusively to USA TODAY. Though views remain deeply polarized, workers across the ideological spectrum are growing more positive about the workplace benefits of diversity programs.
Nearly three-quarters (72%) of Americans believe promoting DEI should be a priority for businesses. What's more, public faith in the bottom-line benefits of diversity is climbing as more Americans link diverse workforces to increased profitability and innovation than at any point in the past two years.
|
|
Sep 16, 2026
Wild courthouse video appears to show a newly sentenced Ohio man slipping out of his handcuffs, punching a bailiff and making a desperate run for the exit before deputies stopped his escape.
Timothy J. Reaggle, 20, of Wellsville, allegedly attacked two Columbiana County Sheriff's Office deputies Monday shortly after learning he would spend a year in prison in a separate case, according to local reports.
Columbiana County Sheriff Brian McLaughlin told Wfmj that both deputies suffered broken bones but have since been released from the hospital.
Video released by the sheriff's office shows a deputy escorting Reaggle down a hallway after his sentencing. Reaggle then suddenly breaks free of his handcuffs and allegedly punches the deputy before sprinting away.
Escaped Inmate's Bid For Freedom Comes To Crashing End After Coordinated Manhunt Closes In
Video shows Timothy J. Reaggle sliding down courthouse steps as he races toward the exit during an alleged escape attempt.As he runs down the hallway, Reaggle is seen crashing into another deputy, knocking him to the ground.
Read On The Fox News App
Reaggle then allegedly headed toward the courthouse exit, where video shows h
|
|
Sep 16, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the Kennedy Center could "close" or be "ripped down" if his administration doesn't receive recognition on the performing arts center as tensions over his name being removed mount.
"I think that the Trump administration should certainly have recognition. Because frankly, if we don't do that, it's going to close. It'll end up being ripped down," the president told reporters on the tarmac in North Carolina.
Trump claimed that the Kennedy Center was a "mess" without his intervention and "has lost 10s of millions of dollars, even hundreds of millions of dollars," comparing it to New York's Carnegie Hall.
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images - PHOTO: President Trump Travels To North CarolinaKennedy niece says Trump holding Kennedy Center 'hostage' amid battle over nameThe president's comments come after a federal judge on Tuesday blocked the performing arts center's board from adding a tribute to Trump on the building or site. He responded by saying he wouldn't spend congressionally approved funding for the center's renovation unless the building also bears his name.
Congress last year appropriated $257 million for the renovation.
About an hour after the judge's ruling Tuesday, the board, which is controlled by Trump appointees, voted to close the center immediately for renovations, citing safety concerns after a piece of plaster from the ceiling of the grand foyer fell during a heavy rainstorm earlier this month.
|
|
Sep 16, 2026
President Donald Trump on Wednesday evening said he counseled Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh to vote for an interest rate hike because other Fed officials were expected to vote that way anyway.
"I said do what you want because it doesn't matter because he doesn't have the votes," Trump said to reporters as he was traveling in North Carolina to campaign for a Senate candidate.
Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post.
"I told Kevin, I said, 'You might as well vote with the board because it's just not going to matter. ... The board is very hostile," Trump said. "They're very political. They're doing the wrong thing. They're a bunch of politicians. They are people put on by politicians."
In the same interview with reporters, Trump also suggested that he doesn't expect Warsh to follow his directions, saying he wanted the Fed "to be independent."
The comments came after Federal Reserve officials voted unanimously to increase interest rates by a quarter point for the first time in three years, a move Trump decried on social media hours after the announcement.
Trump's account that he counseled the Fed chair on his vote was not confirmed by Warsh or other evidence. Asked at a news conference about Trump's repeated demands that Fed officials lower rates, Warsh declined to comment.
"I've got nothing for you on the discussion with the president," Warsh said, moving on to say the decision to raise rates was in fulfillment of the Fed's duty to the American people.
|
|
Sep 16, 2026
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The man who sprayed vinegar at Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar during a Minneapolis town hall was sentenced Thursday to 14 months in prison after reaching a deal with prosecutors.
The sentencing of 56-year-old Anthony Kazmierczak came nearly eight months after the Jan. 27 assault. At the time, Minneapolis-St. Paul was facing an immigration crackdown that led to angry protests, arrests and the killing of two U.S. citizens by federal officers.
Kazmierczak was also sentenced to three years of supervised release, which includes no contact with Omar. U.S. marshals escorted him from the courtroom after he was sentenced.
"This wasn't a spur of the moment act," U.S. District Judge Joan N. Ericksen said before handing down the sentence, noting that Kazmierczak had secured tickets for the town hall weeks in advance.
"An attack on a public figure is not a political statement. It is misguided, selfish, and inconsistent with any concept of a free or democratic society," Ericksen said. Spraying anything at an elected official "is a terrifying thing, and you knew that when you did it."
Omar's attacker apologizes for what he did
Kazmierczak, who has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, shook visibly at times as he sat at the defense table. He spoke quietly and haltingly, occasionally wiping away tears as he stood before Ericksen.
He spoke about being a good neighbor, and how his troubles with insurance companies as well as prison had exacerbated his ailments. His attorney, John
|
|
Sep 16, 2026
Clipped From Video
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed Wednesday that Canada become the bloc's first "associate member," provoking a fresh tariff threat from US President Donald Trump.
The move is aimed at shoring up their economies in the face of increasing trade tensions with the United States. But Trump said Wednesday the US could put "heavy tariffs" on the European Union if he considers any new agreement with Canada to be a "hostile act."
"If it's a good intention, that's fine. If it's a bad intention, we'll put very heavy tariffs on Europe, which is a possibility," he told reporters.
Canada is currently locked in a trade war with the US, its largest trading partner, adding urgency to efforts to get closer to the the European Union.
Trump has also repeatedly called for Canada to become the 51st US state, an idea firmly rejected by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Carney was a guest at von der Leyen's state of the union address in Strasbourg, France, where she remarked that "in this new world we must urgently reimagine our partnerships and build global coalitions for our resilience and democracies."
"In short, we want to bring the relationship with Canada to the highest level possible," she said.
Carney, meanwhile, is keen to foster a much closer relationship with the EU, saying Sunday that Canada was pursuing a "unique alliance with the European Union." He made headlines with a speech at Davos, Switzerland, earlier this year stressing the need for "middle powers" to act in concert amid a "rupture in the world order."
Despite the
|
|
Sep 16, 2026
President Trump reacted to Wednesday's Fed rate hike, saying "Interest Rates in the United States should be 1%, or less" and acknowledging he discussed with Kevin Warsh the Fed chair's plans for how to vote ahead of time.
"I talked to Kevin and I said, ‘you might as well vote with the board because it's not going to matter,'" Trump told reporters Wednesday evening.
The Federal Open Market Committee voted unanimously Wednesday to raise rates by 25 basis points, its first hike in three years and the first under Warsh.
The president, who has spent more than a year calling for lower rates, first posted on Truth Social that rates should be dropping and that the trade deficit was a reason to "LOWER THE INTEREST RATES FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND FAST!" days after he threatened to stop trading with countries that have a trade deficit unless the Fed cuts rates.
Later Wednesday, when he was asked by reporters if he still has confidence in Warsh, Trump said he did, but said "he's got a very tough board." He called
|
|
Sep 16, 2026
Devighat Bazaar, a Nepalese town devastated by last month's flash flooding.Photograph: Suryams Upreti/AAP
Climate breakdown probably weakened the glacier that collapsed causing catastrophic floods and killing over a thousand people in Nepal and Tibet last month, the first scientific study of the disaster has found.
Researchers identified unusually warm conditions before the glacier's collapse, which sent an avalanche of 110m cubic metres (3.885bn cu ft) of snow and ice into the valley below. This triggered flash floods on an almost unprecedented scale, hitting communities downstream without warning.
Related: How the deadly Nepal and Tibet flash flood unfolded - a visual guide
"Communities in Nepal are paying with their lives for a crisis driven by fossil fuel emissions thousands of miles away," said Dr Friederike Otto, a climate science professor at Imperial College London, which carried out the study.
"When warming destabilises the roof of the world, no amount of local adaptation can fully shield vulnerable people downstream from this scale of destruction. Without much faster action to transition to zero fossil fuel emissions we will inevitably see more disasters of this scale occurring in the years to come."
More than 1,300 people were killed and more than 5,000 people remain missing a
|
|
Sep 16, 2026
The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bipartisan bill aimed at shielding Americans from increased electricity costs associated with data centers being built across the country.
The Ratepayer Protection Act, which passed with an overwhelming 417-3 majority, "ensures American families are not left footing the bill for the grid upgrades and new energy generation required to operate large data centers," Republican Rep. Gabe Evans, one of the bill's sponsors, said ahead of the vote.
The bill now moves to the Senate, where its prospects of passing are uncertain.
The Ratepayer Protection Act is the first major piece of legislation taken up by Congress to address the growing public discontent over the mass buildout of data centers among the American public. Even if it passes, though, it won't directly set the rates that data center operators pay for their electricity.
Congress doesn't have the power to compel utilities to set higher rates for the facilities. Only states have that authority. What the Ratepayer Protection Act would do is compel state utility regulators to consider adopting a federal standard under which large data centers would cover the extra costs of upgrades. The bill is comparable to a proclamation signed by President Trump earlier this year that established a similar voluntary pledge for tech companies.
|
|
Sep 16, 2026
The House passed the sweeping Russia sanctions bill long championed by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham on Wednesday, sending the legislation to the White House for President Donald Trump's signature after more than a year of congressional maneuvering.
The 262 to 159 vote ends a nearly two-year lull in Ukraine assistance from Congress, which had not passed any major Ukraine efforts since a 2024 emergency aid package. The bill faced a number of obstacles on the path to the Resolute Desk, including significant opposition from some House Democrats who argued that the bill would give the White House too much tariff power.
After weathering a number of storms to make it out of Capitol Hill, the legislation is all but guaranteed to get Trump's signature.
The long-anticipated legislation issues mandatory sanctions on Russia's leadership and energy sector — as well as new sanctions on collaborators in Moscow's defense industry and its so-called shadow fleet. Advocates of the bill, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, have argued it would give the White House necessary tools to squeeze Russia economically, curbing the flow of funds to Moscow's war machine.
But, to many Democrats' dismay, the legislation also includes a 100% tariff on top buyers of Russian energy. Opponents of the bill have cautioned that the tariff provision would hand another cudgel for Trump to use against not only U.S. foes but also global allies — an action the White House has repeatedly taken since Trump returned to office.
"We cannot grant more tariff power that we know he will abuse," Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) said in comments on the House floor Wednesday.
Meeks, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, argued that the tariffs would worsen the economic pain already felt by everyday Americans
|
|
Sep 16, 2026
Macklemore on Wednesday pledged to donate the "entire $1 million" of his net earnings from Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour to Palestinian relief organizations, days after he was dropped from the tour over his pro-Palestinian comments.
He also invited New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who said Macklemore wouldn't be welcome at Gillette Stadium for the tour's scheduled performances at the end of September, to match his donation. Within hours, Kraft released a statement saying Sheeran had already asked him to match his $2 million donation to humanitarian aid in the region.
Their statements come amid a growing controversy following Macklemore's removal that has seen all of Sheeran's supporting acts quit the tour. Sheeran is set to play in Philadelphia this weekend.
Sheeran broke his silence about Macklemore's removal from the tour on Tuesday, saying it wasn't his decision but the promoter's. Macklemore's contract for the tour was with the promoter, Sheeran said.
Here's how the controversy began — and how it continues to unfold.
Sept. 4-5: Macklemore's performances at MetLife StadiumEarlier this month, Macklemore performed as Sheeran's opening act at M
|
|
Sep 16, 2026
Vice President JD Vance discussed the White House's message ahead of the midterm elections on the All-In Podcast, saying, "There's a lot of good that's been done, but there's a lot of work left to do," adding that the American people should "give us another chance" in November.
Vance's remarks come amid challenges both Republicans and the White House have faced in recent polling less than 50 days before Election Day. Numerous polls have signaled a more favorable environment for Democrats, who lead the generic ballot and have shown improvement in battleground contests.
Prediction markets have also become increasingly favorable for Democratic prospects, potentially raising concerns for Republicans about turnout as both parties ramp up their midterm push. Prediction market site Polymarket posted to X on Wednesday afternoon, noting the Democrats' momentum, saying, "BREAKING: Democrats surge to record-high odds to sweep both chambers of Congress in the 2026 midterms. 59% chance."
Similarly, prediction market site Kalshi shows on Wednesday afternoon that over 53 percent think Democrats will sweep both Congress and the Senate compared to over 13 percent for a Republican sweep. Wednesday marks a new high on the site for a Democratic sweep.
Meanwhile, midterm elections are commonly viewed as a test of the political environment facing the party in power, and the president's party has historically lost seats during midterm elections. Republicans currently hold a narrow majority in both the House and Senate.
Newsweek reached out to the White House and Vice President Vance's office via email on Wednesday for comment.
— Assessing the Admin So Far
— AI Approach, Dealing with Doomerism
— Going After H-1B Abuse
— Anti-Fraud Plan, Why Entitlements Fraud
|
|
Sep 16, 2026
On Wednesday, investigators examine the site of the NBC4 news helicopter crash in Chatsworth. (Kayla Bartkowski / Los Angeles Times)It was a night of devastation in Chatsworth that began with a deadly Metro bus collision and ended with the fiery crash of an NBC4 helicopter covering the news that left two journalists and, on the ground, a bystander dead.
Tuesday's scene was a mixture of confusion and chaos, with first responders fanned out across two catastrophes and television news teams desperately trying to find out whether their journalists were safe. The crashes claimed the lives of five people and left others with various degrees of injury.
Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration were trying Wednesday to determine exactly what caused the news helicopter, a Eurocopter AS350 B2, to go down.
NTSB Investigator Fabian Salazar said officials are searching through the wreckage, combing through maintenance logbooks, security footage, weather reports and witness interviews, and reviewing the pilot's training to figure out what went wrong.
But the most critical information so far has been audio captured from the helicopter during a live broadcast of reporter Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw's final moments before it crashed.
The footage shows an aerial view of the bus crash with the whirl of the helicopter in the background. Suddenly, the sound of the engine's motor winds down and a horn blares, possibly warning the pilot that the main rotor speed had dropped too low or the helicopter had lost hydraulics. Moreno responds to the noise with a quiet "uh oh."
The
|
|
Sep 16, 2026
The fate of Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour is suddenly uncertain after all of the British singer's remaining opening acts quit in solidarity with the rapper Macklemore, who was dropped from the remaining North American dates over pro-Palestinian comments.
Hours after Sheeran released a statement saying it was the promoter's decision to remove Macklemore from the tour and not his, the rest of his supporting acts — Irish singer Aaron Rowe, Danish pop band Lukas Graham and songwriter Finneas — as well as Sheeran's house band, Beoga, announced that they were pulling out in protest.
"Artists must not be silenced when they speak up for the oppressed," Finneas, the brother of Billie Eilish, wrote in a note posted to Instagram. "I have decided to withdraw from my upcoming tour dates with Ed Sheeran. I stand with Palestine and its people."
The Irish artists cited their country's history of oppression in their decisions to drop out.
"I don't take the decision lightly. Ed has been a friend to me and has changed my life, I could never thank him enough for this," Rowe wrote in his own Instagram post. "But as Irish people we know all too well about genocide, forced famine and violent occupation. I cannot
|
|
Sep 16, 2026
Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Stock: Getty ImagesOpenAI on Wednesday disclosed six new incidents in which its models concealed mistakes, sought unauthorized credentials, uploaded files to the public internet or communicated across supposedly isolated training environments.
The company also announced a new procedure for reporting similar misbehavior in the future.Why it matters: It's increasingly clear that the Hugging Face breach wasn't a one-off incident, as AI models become more capable of finding unexpected ways to work around the guardrails meant to contain them.
"There's currently no industrywide framework with explicit disclosure standards, so we're taking this step voluntarily because we think it's really important to share what we're learning," Kai Chen, research lead on the alignment team at OpenAI, told Axios."We hope it really helps inform shared standards and regulations," Chen said.Zoom in: The six newly disclosed incidents ranged from models leaving instructions for their future selves to cover their tracks after cheating to using leaked API keys found on GitHub — with the earliest incident happening in October.
An unreleased Astra-family model inserted jailbreak-like instructions into its own context summaries
|
|
Sep 16, 2026
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is seen from the Georgetown Waterfront on September 15, in Washington, DC. - Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
One day after a dramatic meeting of the arts institution's Board of Trustees, during which members - many of whom are allies of President Donald Trump - voted to close its doors, lights inside the Kennedy Center's main building appeared to have been turned off.
The doors had been locked at 6 p.m. Tuesday night and bike racks were stacked up by entrances to block public access.
But officially closing the public monument would violate a court order requiring it remain open as a lawsuit brought by Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty continues.
On Wednesday, US District Court Judge Christopher Cooper, in response to an appeal for an emergency hearing filed by Beatty, ordered the Trump administration to answer questions over the status of the building by Thursday at 10 a.m ET.
Beatty issued the request after a member of her legal team was denied entry to the main building and "was informed by several security staff members that the building is currently closed to the public," her attorneys said in a court filing.
A spokesperson for the Kennedy Center told CNN the building was "temporarily" closed due to safety concerns. But Beatty's lawyers said that when they asked for an explanation from the Justice Department, they did not receive a reply - a violation of the court order, they contend.
|
|
Sep 16, 2026
Scientists have discovered a crater on the moon that's bigger than the Roman Colosseum and is the result of a powerful impact two years ago that initially went undetected.
The steep-sided hole measured about 728 feet across, the length of two football fields, and up to 141 feet deep, equivalent to three vertically stacked yellow school buses, according to NASA. It's the solar system's biggest known impact crater carved out in recent times.
Such a large-scale event is estimated to occur only once every 132 years, researchers said, making this a treasure trove of information as NASA prepares to build a base for astronauts on the moon.
"This event constitutes a statistically rare, effectively once-in-a-lifetime observation," the scientists wrote in one of two studies appearing on the subject Wednesday in the journal Science Advances.
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted the crater on the moon's near side sometime between April 11 and May 22, 2024, soon after it was formed when an incoming fragment of an asteroid or comet the size of a three- to six-story building hit the surface. The moon strike escaped real-time detection by telescopes on Earth and in space.
LRO's wide-angle images were not identified in the crush of data until August 2025. The spacecraft gathered more detailed pictures last fall, followed by confirmation of the discovery early this year.
The crater — named for the late Thomas McGetchin, a former director of Houston's Lunar and Pla
|
|
Sep 16, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee said Wednesday that he's going to block a proposed sale of $2.8 billion in heavy weaponry to Israel over concerns that the powerful bombs may not be used in line with U.S. and international law.
Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York said he would withhold approval for the sale because of "grave, unresolved concerns" about how these munitions could be used in densely populated areas of Gaza and Lebanon by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.
"The Trump administration has not provided sufficient assurances that these weapons will be used by the Netanyahu government in accordance with U.S. law and with appropriate protections for civilians," Meeks said in a statement. "I therefore will not clear this sale at this time."
Meeks' objections, however, will not likely affect the sale, which was informally notified to lawmakers on Tuesday. Once it is formally notified to Congress, Secretary of State Marco Rubio can bypass the normal congressional review process by making an emergency determination that the transaction is an urgent national security interest.
Rubio has done so in the past, including bypassing a normal congressional review process to approve a nearly $3 billion sale to Israel last year. The administration then approved a new series of arms sales to Israel tot
|
|
Sep 16, 2026
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer in March 2026.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesWhite House chief of staff Susie Wiles is "cancer free," she announced on X on Sept. 16, 2026. "Some personal news I'm grateful to share. After a medical appointment at the Mayo Clinic this week, my pathology results came back clear," she explained.
Wiles was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer in March and told the New York Times that her prognosis was "strong." Wiles did not disclose at the time what treatment she would undergo, but said it would last several weeks — during which time she planned to continue working. Noting that one in eight American women develops breast cancer at some point in their lives, Wiles posted on X at the time: "Every day, these women continue t
|
|
Sep 16, 2026
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.
A researcher discovered a fragment of the "Odyssey" in a Utrecht University library book in the Netherlands. | Credit: Utrecht University
A researcher was perusing a collection of old Egyptian texts in a Dutch library when he stumbled upon a torn piece of parchment containing a pivotal story: a section from Homer's "Odyssey." The fragment appears to be from a pocket edition of the epic produced in Egypt around A.D. 300.
The researcher, Mark de Kreij, a Greek literature expert and professor at Radboud University in the Netherlands, found the parchment while studying early Christian manuscripts that the Utrecht University library purchased in the mid-20th century, according to a Sept. 14 statement from Utrecht University. Among a collection of Egyptian and Greek texts, de Kreij found a tiny piece of parchment with words he recognized from Homer's epic.
"There are so many boring parts in the Odyssey," de Kreij told RTV Utrecht. "This happens to be a really fun passage."
The newfound "Odyssey" fragment, which is only about 2.6 by 3 inches (6.6 by 7.7 centimeters), includes verses from
|
|
Sep 16, 2026
Federal officials acknowledge that President Donald Trump's planned triumphal arch will unavoidably harm historic sites if built as planned, but they say the project must move forward, according to a National Park Service document and emails obtained by The Washington Post.
Trump's 250-foot-tall proposed arch would be built in Memorial Circle, a traffic roundabout tucked inside Washington's boundaries near Arlington National Cemetery. Historic preservationists, veterans groups and others have called on the administration to shrink the monument's planned size or build it elsewhere, warning that the towering structure would overshadow the cemetery, interrupt the solemn corridor that was intended between the cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial, and create other disruptions.
Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post.
National Park Service officials agree that the arch would adversely affect the cemetery, the Lincoln Memorial and several dozen other historic sites.
The "adverse effects cannot be fully avoided," Park Service officials wrote in a document circulated Tuesday and obtained by The Washington Post. But, they said, the project cannot be constructed somewhere else because "the proposed location at Memorial Circle is central to the undertaking," according to the NPS document.
The document is a proposed agreement that the administration wants local historic-preservation officers to sign onto as part of a federally required process to offer feedback on the project.
The NPS proposal says that since the harms cannot be avoided, federal officials would pursue efforts that they contend would mitigate the arch's impact, such as creating new signs and webpages to explain the project to t
|
|
Sep 16, 2026
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time in three years in a unanimous decision on Wednesday, with central bankers now seeing a second hike this year to arrest sticky inflation.
The Federal Open Market Committee voted to raise its benchmark interest rate to the range of 3.75% to 4% from 3.5% to 3.75%, the first rate hike since July 2023, as renewed tensions in the Middle East drive oil prices higher and raise concerns about broadening price pressures.
"We now have data broadly defined that says the economy has indeed strengthened," Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh said in a press conference following the meeting. "Underlying growth is higher. Inflation is the problem. Stable prices have been the problem for, now, more than five and a half years.
"So what the committee decided to do today was take an action to ensure a timely return to our price stability."
Noting that the economy is essentially at full employment, Warsh said he thinks the Fed can tame inflation without depressing growth.
"I don't believe that we need to do harm to the labor markets to achieve our objective," he said. "I don't believe that the two parts of our mandate — price stability and full employment — are working at cross purposes over the medium term."
Dot plot projects another hike in 2026In their updated summary of economic projections, officials now see one more rate hike this year. That compares with expectations in June, when half of the committee expected they would need to r
|
|
Sep 16, 2026
By Jacob Bogage
WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Postal Service has told confidants that he is deeply discouraged by his job and wants to resign, according to four people familiar with his thinking, as the agency comes under scrutiny over financial losses and President Donald Trump's ?effort to tighten rules on mail-in voting.
Postmaster General David Steiner, who took office in July 2025 after the White House forced out his predecessor, has ?expressed frustration over a lack of help from the White House and Congress in addressing the mail service's long-running financial woes, the people said.
At the same time, the Postal Service was thrust to the center of ?a debate over the federal government's role in voting after Trump directed it in March to serve as a clearinghouse for mail ballots. The Supreme Court on Monday blocked the agency from implementing key elements of the plan, dealing the White House a significant setback.
The pressures culminated in a contentious June Senate hearing, where lawmakers from both parties interrogated Steiner over poor delivery service, Trump's ballot restrictions and his compensation.
The hearing left Steiner furious, the people said. ?In conversations afterward, Steiner described the job as thankless, warned that the agency's finances were increasingly dire without ?federal aid, and said he wanted out, according to the ?people, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
"The message was, this isn't what he signed up for, and he didn't come on board to get beat up like this," one of the people said.
The Postal Service disputed the information from the sources, saying it had "absolutely zero ?validity," but did not comment on specific incidents. The agency did not respond to a request for an interview with Steiner.
TRUMP ATTEMPTS TO INTERVENE ON MAIL-IN VOTING
The postmaster general, who runs the independent agency of 630,000 emp
|
|
Sep 16, 2026
President Donald Trump's nominee for surgeon general, Dr. Nicole Saphier, faced her Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday. - Jose Luis Magana/AP
Wednesday's Senate confirmation hearing wasn't the first time much of the American public met Dr. Nicole Saphier and heard her perspective; President Donald Trump's nominee for US surgeon general is a health and wellness influencer who has amassed hundreds of thousands of followers through her podcast and social media platforms.
In some ways, the surgeon general position - often referred to as the nation's doctor - is the original health influencer, tasked with translating science into terms that are easy to understand and guiding the public on ways to improve their health.
"For a decade, I have specialized in translating complex, fast-evolving medical information on various media platforms into content that millions of Americans can understand and use, including during the uncertainty of the global pandemic," Saphier, a radiologist and Fox News contributor, said in Wednesday's hearing.
"I realized then how badly this country needs public health communication that is straightforward and grounded in the best evidence available," she said. "My years of communicating directly with the public have prepared me to explain complex topics in a way that they can understand."
But experts say that social media has changed how people receive health information, with increasingly blurred lines as to who is considered to have authority and expertise - and that bringing an influencer
|
|
Sep 16, 2026
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday, marking its first hike in more than three years, in a move that will likely make borrowing more expensive while giving savers a modest boost.
Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh and the Federal Open Market Committee announced a widely expected quarter-point rate increase and indicated another to come.
The stock market's reaction to the Fed's announcement is likely to draw the most headlines, and John Shugar, a partner at Goldman Sachs, leans toward an optimistic scenario.
"You basically have a market where all of the heavy lifting has actually been done on the earnings side," Shugar said in an analysis. He points to "terrific opportunities" in various AI consumer sectors, though "over the next few weeks, we may have a lot more speed bumps."
However, within one year, he says he expects the S&P 500 index to climb above 8,000.
What will a higher rate environment mean for your money? The federal funds rate influences not only the stock market, but also savings rates, interest charges, and, to a lesser degree, mortgage rates. Here's how to prepare for the impact on your deposits, credit, and debt.
Read more: Understanding the Fed decision: Do we want high or low interest rates?
|
|
Sep 16, 2026
A key House panel investigating law enforcement's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case has voted to hold the investor and hedge fund manager Leon Black in contempt of Congress after he did not appear for a deposition or turn over documents.
The Republican-led House Oversight Committee took the vote unanimously and across party lines on Sept. 15 as Epstein survivors applauded Chairman James Comer, a Republican from Kentucky, for his willingness to force the issue.
"No one is above the law," Comer said. "Mr. Black will be treated the same as anyone else in this investigation, and his actions have consequences."
Black founded the hedge fund Apollo Global Management but stepped down in 2021 after it became public that he paid Epstein $158 million for tax and estate planning. He was mentioned multiple times in the Epstein files released by the Department of Justice in February.
Comer said Black refused to comply with the committee's subpoenas to appear for a deposition, and a second one requiring him to turn over all nondisclosure agreements to which he was a party and ones that mention Epstein or Epstein's convicted accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.
"Subpoenas are not suggestions," Comer said before the vote. "They carry the force of law and require full compliance. Mr. Black's testimony is crucial to our investigation because he maintained a close personal relationship with Epstein for years during the time when Epstein was engaged in sex trafficking."
Black has said in the past that he had a strictly professional relationship with Epstein. Additionally, Blac
|
|
Sep 16, 2026
The speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, speaks to reporters at the US Capitol on 16 September 2026 in Washington DC.Photograph: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
The Republican speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, announced on Wednesday that he would again cancel votes scheduled for Thursday, sending lawmakers home one day early ahead of the midterm election recess.
The latest change to the legislative schedule means House members will avoid voting on Republican Thomas Massie's resolution to impeach the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, and comes amid a frenzied attempt to propose legislation on artificial intelligence.
It's the latest round of cancellations at the hands of Johnson, who had already cut the pre-election session short by two weeks. Democrats have reacted angrily, encouraging Johnson to keep lawmakers on Capitol Hill before the midterm recess beginning on Friday.
Related: More Republicans are turning on Iran war as midterms come into view
"I think it shows the cowardice of the Republican party. They are canceling votes to do business for the American people because they are afraid that that impeachment resolution of Pete Hegseth would pass on a bipartisan basis," the Democratic representative Pramila Jayapal told MediasTouch.
Lawmakers also hoped to addr
|
|
Sep 16, 2026
By David Shepardson
WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee approved legislation on Wednesday to bar government officials from pressuring private companies to censor speech, citing threats from the Trump administration ?against late-night talk shows as evidence of efforts to stifle free expression.
The measure would allow citizens to ?sue federal employees who pressure private companies into suppressing speech protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees free expression. Both ?Republicans and Democrats on the committee said the bill was needed to curb government overreach.
The committee approved the bill 18-10. It must still pass the full Senate, where it is unclear when it may be taken up, and the U.S. House of Representatives to become law.
Senator Maria Cantwell, the top Democrat on the panel, said the bill, if it had ?been in effect, would have allowed Disney-owned ?ABC's late-night show host Jimmy Kimmel to file suit after Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr last year pressured station owners to stop airing Kimmel's show following remarks about ?the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Senate Commerce Committee chair Ted Cruz cited actions by the administration of then-President Joe Biden that he said were intended to pressure private companies to censor speech protected by the First Amendment. He said ?the Biden ?administration sought to pressure Big Tech firms into "canceling Americans who ?spoke out against vaccine mandates and election ?fraud."
The American Civil Liberties Union said the bill would have prevented Carr "from threatening the broadcast licenses of television stations that continued to air Jimmy Kimmel's show after he made remarks the White House did not like."
U.S. President Donald Trump has called repeatedly for ABC to lose its licenses over programming he dislikes. The reviews wer
|
|
Sep 16, 2026
Austin Abrams in Zach Cregger's Resident Evil. (Sony Pictures Releasing /Courtesy Everett Collection)There have already been seven Resident Evil movies — six of them in a more action-oriented series starring Milla Jovovich, four of which were directed by her husband, Paul W.S. Anderson, plus an unrelated "reboot" in 2021 called Welcome to Raccoon City that went for more of a John Carpenter vibe and was more of an attempt to truly "adapt" the games. There's also a Netflix TV show version that ran for a single season in 2022. Countless other works in the horror genre have unofficially cribbed from the Resident Evil games over the years. It's an incredibly influential series.
And yet, Zach Cregger, hot off his Oscar-
|
|
