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Trump’s China Trip Underscores How Power Has Shifted East
President Donald Trump takes a drink after making a toast during a state banquet hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 14, 2026. —Alex Wong—Getty Images He may have descended Air Force One late Wednesday to the cheers of schoolchildren brandishing the Stars and Stripes,…
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The US Is Using AI to Hunt Down Insider Trading on Polymarket
For most of the past year, it looked like prediction markets had kicked off a new golden age of fraud. On Polymarket, traders raked in fortunes from suspiciously timed bets on geopolitical events like the raid on Venezuela and the Iran War. It wasn’t clear whether the US government would bother pursuing some of the…
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Mira Murati Wants Her AI to ‘Keep Humans in the Loop’
Mira Murati still wants to build AI superintelligence. But the ex-CTO of OpenAI sees human intelligence as a critical part of the equation. At a time of rising worry over AI eliminating jobs and increasing the power of few big companies, Murati’s startup, Thinking Machines Lab, offers a radically different vision of the technology. “At…
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Keisha Lance Bottoms’ lead is making some Georgia Democrats uneasy
Georgia Democrats are worried their front-runner will fumble a “once in a generation” chance to win the governor’s mansion this year. Keisha Lance Bottoms has what should be an enviable résumé: former judge, city council member, mayor of Atlanta and senior White House adviser. She’s dominating public polling in the primary, bolstered by high name…
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Oxygen toxicity, panic may have led to deaths of 5 tourists on scuba dive in Maldives: experts
Oxygen toxicity and sheer panic are among the potential factors that could have led to the deaths of five Italian tourists who vanished on a daring scuba dive in the Maldives, experts say. Pulmonologist Claudio Micheletto told the Italian outlet Adnkronos Thursday that “it’s likely that something went wrong with the tanks,” as all five…
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Oscar-winning folk singer Buffy Sainte-Marie stripped of honorary degree over Indigenous ancestry claims
Oscar-winning folk singer Buffy Sainte-Marie has been stripped of an honorary degree as the fallout over her disputed Native American ancestry claims keeps growing. The University of Toronto announced Wednesday it has rescinded the singer-songwriter’s honorary Doctor of Laws degree, which she received in 2019 for her work in music, the arts and social advocacy.…
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Trump and Xi’s footing was a big ‘tell’ on how their historic China summit went: body language expert
The feet don’t lie. The way President Trump and Xi Jinping’s footing was positioned during their sitdown at the Chinese Communist Party’s leadership compound Friday was a big “tell” regarding the overall success of the historic two-day summit, according to a body language expert. “It’s in the toes — how the toes are pointed, how…
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California dad accused of ‘stealing’ shirt from woman at rodeo divides the internet: ‘U snooze u lose’
A California dad has sparked a fierce debate online after he caught a T-shirt at a rodeo from right in front of a woman — before he handed it to his young daughter. Real estate broker Marco Caracas grabbed the shirt that was seemingly intended for a female spectator in the crowd at the San…
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For Trump in China, a tonal shift yields few results
BEIJING — A conciliatory President Trump on Friday hailed success in his state visit to China, claiming a tonal reset with Xi Jinping despite departing Beijing with few concrete achievements. The visual spectacle around Trump’s visit was itself considered a breakthrough by the two sides, who expressed an eagerness entering the talks to move on from a…
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US moving to indict former Cuban leader Raúl Castro
The United States is moving to indict Raúl Castro, the former Cuban president, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to Fox News Digital. The potential charges against Castro, 94, come after CIA Director John Ratcliffe met Thursday with counterparts from Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior during a high-level visit to the island nation. CBS News…