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Trump Confirms Nvidia Chip Agreement

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) Nvidia will pay the United States 15% of the money it makes from selling artificial intelligence chips to China, President Donald Trump said in a press conference on Monday. Trump said he allowed Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to sell H20 chips to China while the...

Backing Bibi, Trump Suggests Israel Needs To Ramp Up Military Pressure on Hamas

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) In an interview with Axios on Monday, President Trump provided backing for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to escalate in Gaza, suggesting that Israel needed to ramp up the pressure on Hamas. The report said that Trump stopped short of directly endorsing the Israeli government’s plan to...

Pennsylvania Steel Plant Explosion Kills 2

(Headline USA) An explosion rocked a steel plant outside Pittsburgh on Monday, leaving two dead and 10 others injured, including a person who was rescued from the smoldering rubble after hours of being trapped. The explosion sent black smoke spiraling into the midday sky in the Mon Valley, a region of...

Musk Says He Plans to Sue Apple

(Headline USA) Billionaire SpaceX, Tesla and X owner Elon Musk says he plans to sue Apple for not featuring X and its Grok artificial intelligence chatbot app in its top recommended apps in its App Store. Musk posted the comments on X late Monday, saying, “Hey @Apple App Store, why do...

Trump Says He’s Placing Washington Police Under Federal Control and Deploying the National Guard

President Donald Trump is promising new steps to tackle homelessness and crime in Washington, prompting the city's mayor to voice concerns about the potential use of the National Guard to patrol the streets in the nation's capital. Trump wrote in a social media post that he would hold a White...

Epstein/Maxwell Grand Jury Transcripts Won’t be Unsealed, Judge Rules

(Headline USA) Transcripts of the secret grand jury testimony that led to the sex trafficking indictment of Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell won’t be released, a judge decided Monday. Judge Paul A. Engelmayer said in a written ruling the government had suggested the materials could be released publicly “casually or promiscuously,”...

Huckabee Cites Allied Bombing of Dresden To Defend Israel’s Gaza Genocide

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Amid growing international condemnation of Israel’s annihilation and starvation of Gaza – including from staunch ally Britain—U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Friday attempted to defend the genocidal assault on Gaza by invoking one of the most notorious Allied atrocities of World War II. Appearing on...

Trump Taps Clark Construction for $200M White House Expansion

(Shirleen Guerra, The Center Square)  President Donald Trump has announced a new $200 million expansion of the White House, with construction to be handled by Clark Construction, a national firm with offices across Virginia. The project will add a new State Ballroom to the White House grounds with approximately 90,000...

Colorado Prison Evacuated as Growing Wildfire Becomes One of the Largest in State History

A Colorado prison was evacuated as one of the largest wildfires in state history continued to grow, and officials warned residents of remote areas to be ready to leave Sunday as gusty winds and low humidity fed the flames. Evacuation orders were already in place for mountain communities as the...

Trial to Start on Whether Deployment of National Guard to Los Angeles Violated Federal Law

A federal judge in San Francisco will consider evidence and hear arguments on whether the Trump administration violated federal law when it deployed National Guard soldiers and U.S. Marines to Los Angeles following protests over immigration raids this summer. The Trump administration federalized California National Guard members and sent them...

Russia and Ukraine Hold Fast to Their Demands Ahead of a Planned Putin-Trump Summit

The threats, pressure and ultimatums have come and gone, but Russian President Vladimir Putin has maintained Moscow's uncompromising demands in the war in Ukraine, raising fears he could use a planned summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska to coerce Kyiv into accepting an unfavorable deal. The maximalist demands...

Net Negative Migration is Harmful to the Economy, Economists Say

(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square)  Though the economy and immigration were issues that helped President Donald Trump secure the White House, some economists have said that too steep a decline in immigration will prove harmful to the economy. The Trump administration touted a statistic Monday reported by CNN the day...
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