As artificial intelligence companies prepare to pour money into the midterm elections, some in the A.I. world are hatching plans of their own to curb the industry’s influence.
Jack Clark, a co-founder of Anthropic, an A.I. company that favors more guardrails for the technology. Some of the company’s employees have discussed how to become more involved in political advocacy.
January shows the Russian leader astride a snowmobile. For February, he flips a judo partner. In August, he offers advice: “My recipe for energy: Sleep little, work a lot and don’t whine.”
The price increases comes as more and more international travelers are choosing to stay away from the United States and amid turmoil at the National Park Service.
Sean Duffy, the nation’s transportation secretary, has a lot on his plate these days, though by his account, he would like that plate to have fewer cookies.
The dismissal of indictments that President Trump sought against his perceived foes opens the door for federal judges to pick a new U.S. attorney to replace a Trump loyalist.
A judge dismissed indictments against two of the president’s foes, but a new Pentagon investigation of a prominent Democrat shows how he is using a whole-of-government approach to punish those who cross him.
President Trump’s political appointees are harnessing a range of departments, obscure agencies and rarely used powers outside the Justice Department to go after his enemies.
Penny Oleksiak, 25, who has won seven Olympic medals, was sanctioned under antidoping rules. Her suspension ends before the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Republican leaders in the legislature backtracked and said they would vote on a new congressional map that President Trump wants, though support remained uncertain.
A small cadre of politically vulnerable Republicans in Congress is breaking with the party to push for the extension of health care tax credits for a program the G.O.P. reviles.
Representative Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey supports extending health care subsidies, saying, “The way I look at it, these voters who are going to face increasing premiums obviously did nothing wrong.”
According to one estimate, there used to be more than 100,000 single-room occupancy apartments in New York City, but they fell out of favor because of their association with poverty and unsanitary living conditions.
She has led the heavily Democratic city through confrontations with President Trump, who earlier this year sought to impose federal control over the local Police Department.
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani won praise for his meeting with President Trump. But Michelle Wu, the like-minded mayor of Boston, said “flattery is not the way.”
The Trump administration has claimed the police were slow to protect federal agents on Oct. 4, but videos and audio show that their rationale conflates hours of events involving a shooting, a protest, a car crash and a police radio call.
Senator Mitch McConnell and several other lawmakers have accused President Trump’s team of appeasing the Kremlin, warning that doing so would not lead to lasting peace.
Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky posted on social media recently that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had “spent the entire year trying to play President Trump for a fool.”
The Trump administration is pushing a new approach to America’s homeless crisis, favoring shelters and rehabilitation centers over long-term housing for people who use drugs and alcohol.