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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Tech companies must be primarily responsible for AI safety, Mike Johnson says — House Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday said he would support talks with tech leaders on artificial intelligence, but insisted that developers — not Congress — are responsible for ensuring their products are safe.
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump's $5,000 checks require Congress to approve, Johnson says — President Trump's proposal to send adult U.S. citizens $5,000 dividend checks would require congressional approval, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Sunday.
NBC News:
Speaker Johnson says Congress would work to deliver $5,000 checks Trump promised to Americans — The House speaker said the checks could take “some time” but that Congress would “work with the president hand in hand” if Republicans win congressional majorities.
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Matthew Schmitz / New York Times:
Ella Langley. ‘Landman.’ The Rural Vibe Shift Is Real. — There is a paradox at the heart of American pop culture. The United States, in recent years, has never had a higher share of foreign-born residents, and it has never been more racially and ethnically diverse.
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Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Trump dismisses AI leaders' calls to slow down, citing Chinese competition — Democrats are increasingly attacking the administration's hands-off approach to artificial-intelligence regulation as midterms approach. — Summary — DUBLIN — President Donald Trump on Sunday appeared …
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
AI's most powerful CEOs hit the brakes … - At 10 a.m. ET, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei dropped a 3,800-word essay saying model development needs to be paced, otherwise doom scenarios are possible — like a rogue-agent takeover of the entire internet, which he said could be as soon as six months from now.
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Anthropic C.E.O. Calls for A.I. Slowdown
Anthropic C.E.O. Calls for A.I. Slowdown
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Jack Morphet / Wall Street Journal:
Wisconsin Governor Candidate Swims to Safety After Plane Ditches in Lake — Republican nominee Tom Tiffany and the pilot suffered minor injuries — The Republican nominee for Wisconsin governor, Rep. Tom Tiffany, survived an emergency water landing and swam to safety after his plane lost power approaching …
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Tim Zadorozhnyy / The Kyiv Independent:
Ukraine's refusal to give up territory to Russia stalls peace deal, Trump envoy says — A territorial dispute remains unresolved in efforts to end Russia's war against Ukraine, but Kyiv is not prepared to make concessions, U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy Jared Kushner said on Sept. 11.
Reuters:
Saudi pipeline outage threatens loss of 4% of global oil supply — Saudi Arabia will run out of oil stocks for exports if it doesn't restart its major pipeline to the Red Sea within days, leading to a loss of up to 4% of global supply, Saudi oil buyers and traders said.
TMZ.com:
Kamala Harris & Doug Emhoff's Los Angeles Home Targeted in Trespass Incident — KAMALA HARRIS & DOUG EMHOFF COPS CALLED TO HOME AFTER WOMAN SPOTTED ON PROPERTY … Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff needed help from the cops last night ... because TMZ has learned an incident went down at her idyllic Los Angeles-area home.
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Telegraph:
Irish, Scottish and Welsh leaders meet to plan break-up of United Kingdom — Pro-independence first ministers will sign ‘memorandum of understanding’ at Cardiff summit and demand referendums — The leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will gather on Monday to sign a deal designed …
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Evan Gorelick / New York Times:
Obama Urges Democrats to Move A.I. Oversight to the Center of Their Agenda — During a private fund-raiser, the former president warned that the technology could be “dangerous” if not managed urgently and with a clear plan. — Former President Barack Obama warned during …
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Neil Irwin / Axios:
The tab is coming due for America's borrowing binge — Americans are facing a rising tab as a multi-decade borrowing binge collides with a spike in energy prices caused by the Iran war. … - It's a toxic mix of near-term inflation pressures and years of fiscal imbalance.
Anthony Salvanto / CBS News:
CBS News Battleground Tracker poll finds Trump motivating both sides, Democrats have edge in seats in fight for House — Here's something Republicans and Democrats seem to agree on: They both see the midterms as being about President Trump, albeit for different reasons.
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Washington Post:
The new threat election officials fear: Trump's federal government … The activists staking out the ballot drop boxes in suburban Phoenix wore body armor and face coverings. With guns at their sides, they recorded residents as they deposited their votes during the last midterm elections.
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David French / New York Times:
The Fix Was Almost In — It's only September, and America just barely averted the first constitutional crisis of this year's midterm elections. — Hang with me here because this gets a bit complicated. Last September, the Missouri Legislature passed a redistricting bill called H.B. 1.
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Wall Street Journal:
Mark Carney's Audacious Bid to Make Canada an ‘Associate Member’ of the EU — As trade talks with the U.S. collapse, prime minister pursues a major—and risky—pivot to Europe; an Ottawa book club plays its part — Shortly after Canada and America became embroiled in the worst bilateral trade war …
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Wall Street Journal:
Republicans' Growing Ken Paxton Anxiety: ‘He May Not Be the Best-Looking Guy.’ — Trump insulted Paxton at the GOP convention despite endorsing him as concerns mount about the Texas Senate race — Republicans are moving to shore up Ken Paxton's faltering Senate bid, as party donors …
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Erin Doherty / Politico:
Republicans fear they have a North Carolina problem
Republicans fear they have a North Carolina problem
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