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Former U.S. House Speaker, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks at a celebration of the life of the late Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill.

San Francisco Democrats break with their party over the billionaire tax—and reveal how deeply Prop 40 has split the left

The billionaire tax vote looms in November—and Democrats in California can’t agree on endorsing it.

By Joshua HongSeptember 2, 2026

Trump calls data center opponents ‘backwards and poor’ as the industry props up the economy—but his own party wants nothing to do with it

Trump calls data center opponents ‘backwards and poor’ as the industry props up the economy—but his own party wants nothing to do with it

By Catherina GioinoSeptember 2, 2026

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California lawmakers stall Newsom’s wildfire liability bill, saying it doesn’t go far enough for victims

By The Associated Press and Sophie AustinSeptember 1, 2026

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., pauses before he meets with reporters ahead of a vote on a stopgap funding bill and a resolution targeting socialist policies.

House votes 370-48 to fund the government through mid-December, avoiding a shutdown before the midterms, but it still awaits Trump’s signature

By The Associated Press and Kevin FrekingSeptember 1, 2026

A child holds up two video game cases and stands next to an adult wearing a PlayStation shirt.

Once a champion for physical media, Sony is now telling PlayStation customers they don’t actually own the digital video games they paid $70 for

By Sasha RogelbergSeptember 1, 2026

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A new bill would tax AI tokens to fund jobs if the technology causes mass unemployment

By Mia OsmonbekovSeptember 1, 2026

U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll speaks at the America 250 celebration at Fort Bragg.

‘Pentagon right now is, in some cases, rudderless’: Army Secretary Dan Driscoll steps down after just 18 months

Rhode Island Senator and former Army officer Jack Reed said Secretary Hegseth is “cultivating a culture where dissent is punished.”

By The Associated PressSeptember 1, 2026

One scanning error could block tens of thousands thousands of mail ballots under Trump’s new postal system, whistleblower warns

USPS rushed to build a complex system in only three months instead of a year following a now-halted Trump executive order on mail-in voting

By The Associated Press and Nicholas RiccardiSeptember 1, 2026

Do CEOs actually matter? Pulitzer winner Jared Diamond ran ‘natural experiments’ to find out

The “Guns, Germs and Steel” author used “natural experiments” — deaths, hospitalizations and family shocks — to test when the corner office really matters.

By Jared DiamondSeptember 1, 2026

Young Kalshi users have traded an estimated $3.9B on sports and parlay-type contracts this year, exposing a loophole that lets them bet before age 21

Critics warn prediction markets let 18-year-olds make sports wagers while bypassing state betting age limits.

By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezAugust 31, 2026

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Cuba’s schools reopen with no fuel, no uniforms and a 27% teacher shortage, as 1.4 million students head to the classroom

Cuba’s schools reopen with no fuel, no uniforms and a 27% teacher shortage, as 1.4 million students head to the classroom

Schools are reopening amid severe fuel, food and uniform shortages, while some families endure power outages lasting more than 20 hours.

By Danica Coto and The Associated PressSeptember 1, 2026

Trump’s ‘biggest oil deal in world history’ in Venezuela reeks of ‘colonial cronyism’ and could easily fall apart, experts say

The U.S.-Venezuela agreement would include a third-party oil operator and incorporate 17 mature or undeveloped oilfields.

By Jordan BlumSeptember 1, 2026

‘I bet on myself. Literally’: Ex-Congressman George Santos banned for life from Kalshi after making $17,839 from insider trading

Following the ban, Santos said “thanks for the lifetime ban from your gambling platform,” in a post on X.

By The Associated Press and Larry NeumeisterAugust 31, 2026

I’m working with Venezuela to kill its inflation. Trump’s secret oil deal with Delcy Rodriguez is illegitimate — and unhelpful

If you have to wait 558 years to produce and sell a barrel of oil, that barrel is virtually worthless in today’s dollars.

By Steve H. HankeAugust 31, 2026

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Trump mistook it repeatedly while speaking about his designs on Greenland, but voters in Iceland reject a proposal to restart talks to join the EU

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