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Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
Almost nothing he has said or done suggests he knows what he is doing. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account's 'Saved for Later' section. An Iranian man stands on a portrait of President Donald Trump during a rally in Tehran on March 13, 2026. As Niccolò Machiavelli pointed out five centuries ago, "Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please." Donald Trump is ...
Source: nymag.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
Singapore AI Platform Strengthens Position as a Model Company Powering Multiple AI Applications As Singapore accelerates its national AI strategy — including plans announced by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong to establish a National AI Council and expand the country's AI ecosystem — a new generation of AI companies is emerging alongside that push. One of them is , a Singapore-based model company ...
Source: aithority.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
that Republicans may be losing some of the Latino support that the party picked up in 2024, grassroots organizations are stepping in to boost GOP Senate candidates in key races during this year's midterms. The LIBRE Initiative Action, a conservative-leaning Latino political group, is set to endorse Republican Sen. Jon Husted for the Senate seat in Ohio and former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whately ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
Prime members will pay $9.99 for one hour delivery and $4.99 for three hour delivery, while non Prime users face higher fees. Amazon is launching new one-hour and three-hour delivery options across multiple U.S. cities to enhance its competitive stance against instant delivery services such as Instacart, DoorDash, and Uber Eats. The initiative will make over 90,000 items available for rapid delivery, improving ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
No other recurring market event is more important than the Federal Reserve's decision on the Federal funds rate. The Federal Open Market Committee meets eight times a year to decide on interest rates, and its second meeting will conclude today, March 18, with its rate decision set for 2 p.m. ET. Investors are now almost certain that the central bank will hold the Fed funds rate steady at 3.5%-3.75%. After the Iran ...
Source: fool.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
Custom-built AI applications are set to cause major headaches for security teams over the coming years, unless they can get involved in projects early on, Gartner has warned. The analyst predicted that by 2028, at least half of enterprise incident response efforts would be devoted to managing the fallout from security issues connected to these apps. "AI is evolving quickly, yet many tools – especially ...
Source: infosecurity-magazine.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
The state of Washington is on the verge of enacting a 9.9 percent tax on income over $1 million. Rhode Island's governor has proposed a 3 percent tax on income above that same level. Lawmakers in New York state are advancing a 0.5 percent tax on income over $5 million. Liberal groups in California and Michigan are pushing for ballot initiatives that would raise taxes on the super-rich in their states. In ...
Source: newrepublic.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
MIAMI (AP) — Eugenio Suárez and his Venezuelan teammates stood on the stage behind second base with shiny medals draped over their proud chests, belting out their national anthem accompanied by tens of thousands of fans who remained in the ballpark a half-hour after the final out. Back home, people were singing their praises, too. Venezuela won the World Baseball Classic for the first time Tuesday ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
GPT-5.4 mini is available to Free and Go users through the Thinking option in ChatGPT and serves as a fallback for paid users who reach usage limits. OpenAI has launched GPT-5.4 mini and nano models, expanding access to enhanced features for users across its platforms. This announcement comes after the release of GPT-5.4 in early March, which is mainly tailored for professional tasks such as programming and data ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
Users can access Personal Intelligence in AI Mode through Google Search, the Gemini app, and Gemini in Chrome. Google is expanding its Personal Intelligence feature to all users in the U.S., making it accessible to free-tier accounts for the first time. Previously, Personal Intelligence was exclusive to paid users and allows the AI assistant to customize responses by connecting with users' Google services, such as ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
Virtue AI has announced Agent ForgingGround with built-in Red-Teaming Agents, the first enterprise-scale testing ground designed to continuously evaluate and stress-test AI agents (including multi-agent systems) before, during, and after deployment. As organizations adopt large-scale AI agents, many enterprises are unprepared to manage agent risk. AI agents can call tools, access sensitive data, and execute actions ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
Home » » A federal judge in Massachusetts blocked Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s overhaul to vaccine policy, including the childhood vaccine schedule and his restructuring of a key vaccine advisory committee. U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy of Boston issued an opinion on Monday, March 16, 2026, siding with the American Academy of Pediatrics and other medical groups who ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
Arizona on Tuesday became the first state to file criminal charges against Kalshi, accusing the prediction market company of operating an illegal gambling business within its borders, a significant escalation in the fight to regulate the popular platform. "Arizona will not be bullied into letting any company place itself above state law," said Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes. The criminal case marks a new ...
Source: news4jax.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
Nvidia announced NemoClaw at its annual GTC conference, an enterprise-ready version of the viral artificial intelligence agent platform OpenClaw that adds security, privacy controls and policy enforcement, giving companies a way to deploy self-operating AI assistants without exposing sensitive business data. OpenClaw, created by developer Peter Steinberger, is an open-source software tool that lets an AI assistant ...
Source: pymnts.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that he would delay his trip to China for "five or six weeks," officially pushing the major summit after administration officials opened the door to the trip's postponement as they focus on the war with Iran. "We're resetting the meeting, and it looks like it'll take place in about five weeks," Trump said, later saying five or six weeks. "We're working with China. They ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
Tennessee Teens Sue Elon Musk's xAI Over Child Sexual Abuse Images It's the latest legal challenge against the Grok chatbot's mass creation of nonconsensual sexual imagery of women and girls. Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Tennessee teenagers are suing Elon Musk's company xAI over allegations that its artificial intelligence tool Grok undressed photos of them as ...
Source: motherjones.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Trump's attorney general will appear for a deposition April 14 Leer en Español formally subpoenaed Attorney General Pam Bondi to answer questions about her department's handling of files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. House Oversight Chair James Comer, a ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Three suspected suicide bombings have killed at least 23 people and wounded 108 others in northeastern Nigeria, police said Tuesday. It was one of the deadliest attacks targeting the city of Maiduguri in recent history. Residents and emergency services earlier told The Associated Press that the explosions were reported on Monday night in crowded places in Maiduguri, the capital of ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
March 17 (UPI) -- Kouri Darden Richins, the Utah woman who published a children's book about grief, has been found guilty of his murder. Richins, 35, was found guilty of all charges -- first-degree aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, forgery and insurance fraud -- in the death of Eric Richins, 39, of a fentanyl overdose. Eric Richins died on March 4, 2022 , in their home in Kamas, Utah, near Park City. ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
U.S. diesel prices have surged 34% to $5.04 per gallon since the U.S. attacked Iran. Diesel is essential to the U.S. economy. The fuel is used in trucks, trains and barges that transport goods to market. Gas prices, meanwhile, have surged 27% to $3.79 on average since the war started. A sign displays the prices of diesel fuel at a BP gas station in Elizabeth, New Jersey, US, on Monday, March 9, 2026. U.S. diesel ...
Source: cnbc.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
Home » » The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments over the Trump administration's efforts to end legal protections under a program that has allowed people fleeing war and other humanitarian crises around the world to live and work in the U.S., including Haiti and Syria. The justices issued a brief order on Mar. 16 stating that they would take several cases challenging the administration's push to ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
FDA investigating E. c oli outbreak linked to raw cheese Raw cheese products are the "likely source" of an ongoing outbreak of Escherichia coli that has sickened at least seven people, including young children, according to the FDA. The agency said raw cheddar cheese from the California-based Raw Farm has been linked to Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157:H7, or STEC, a strain of the bacteria that can cause severe ...
Source: healio.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
Microsoft is reorganizing its Copilot organization, unifying its consumer and commercial AI efforts under former Snap executive Jacob Andreou while narrowing the role of Microsoft AI leader Mustafa Suleyman to focus on the superintelligence and frontier models. The news, announced Tuesday by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, is a new attempt by the company to gain traction as AI shifts from chatbots that converse with ...
Source: geekwire.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday that personal criticism of judges is dangerous and urged prominent figures to dial down the rhetoric just days after President Donald Trump launched his most recent broadside against the Supreme Court. Roberts, the head of the federal judiciary, said in remarks at Rice University in Houston that critiques of the substance of Supreme Court rulings are part of the job but that ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free . This week's newsletter includes stories on: Trump Issues Housing Affordability Executive Order This past Friday, President Donald Trump issued an executive order aimed at reducing barriers to affordable housing construction. "Layers of unnecessary regulatory barriers, slow permitting processes, and onerous mandates at all levels of government have delayed ...
Source: reason.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
HAVANA (AP) — Officials in Cuba reported an islandwide blackout Monday in the country of some 11 million people as its energy and economic crises deepen and its power grid continues to crumble. The Ministry of Energy and Mines on X noted a "complete disconnection" of the country's electrical system and said it was investigating, noting there were no failures in the units that were operating when the grid ...
Source: wfla.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
The Taliban in Afghanistan claim that a Pakistani military airstrike on a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul has killed over 400 people and injured 250 others. The attack occurred around 9 p.m. on Monday at a facility located in Kabul's Police District 9, according to Taliban officials. "The Pakistani military regime bombed a 2,000-bed drug rehabilitation hospital called 'Omid.' Large parts of the hospital have ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
Snappily named Xi-cc-plus, Cern physicists spotted the particle in shower of debris that lit up Large Hadron Collider Scientists at the Cern nuclear physics laboratory near Geneva have discovered a heavier version of the proton, the subatomic particle that sits at the heart of every known atom in the universe. They spotted the particle in a shower of debris that lit up a detector at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
The Iran war has caused oil prices to spike, leading gasoline prices to jump to their highest level since 2023. That has an outsized impact on lower-income households, exacerbating the so-called K-shaped economy, said economists. "Higher gasoline prices act like a regressive tax, as lower-income households devote a higher share of their budget to energy," said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's. In this article ...
Source: cnbc.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
Leqaa Kordia, along with her family and legal team, celebrated on Monday when the 33-year-old Palestinian was released from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement after over a year in detention — but they also pointed to the battles ahead as President Donald Trump's administration continues to crack down on immigrants and critics. "We are elated and relieved that Leqaa can finally return home to her family in ...
Source: truthout.org
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
Processing Content Bank of America has reached a settlement to resolve a proposed class-action lawsuit filed last year by a victim of Jeffrey Epstein who accused the bank of enabling his sex-trafficking operation. BofA is the third major bank, after JPMorganChase and Deutsche Bank, to reach settlements with victims of Epstein who claimed the big banks failed to report suspicious activity in their accounts. But the ...
Source: americanbanker.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
MEXICO CITY — Iran's Embassy in Mexico on Tuesday said the country is negotiating with FIFA to move Iran's World Cup matches from the U.S. to Mexico after President Donald Trump discouraged the team from attending the tournament, citing safety concerns. It was unclear whether such talks are happening with FIFA, which did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Iranian officials have previously said ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
By After Jon-Eric Sullivan took the Dolphins' general manager job, he has mentioned a small group of players that he would like to build around, but with a caveat: He will listen to trade offers on anyone. "My vision is for Jaylen to be part of this," Sullivan said at last month's NFL Combine, noting he's a "marvelous player,.. a difference maker" and "we are not actively trying to move Waddle." The Denver Broncos ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
Several " Cesar Chavez Day" activities are reportedly being canceled across the country amid allegations made against the late labor leader and civil rights activist. The Cesar Chavez Foundation said in a statement that it was aware Chavez had been accused of engaging in inappropriate behavior with women and minors during his time as president of the United Farm Workers of America. "We are deeply shocked and ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has been diagnosed with early stage breast cancer but plans to continue working through her treatment, retaining her place as one of President Donald Trump's closest aides during a period of political turbulence. Wiles, 68, announced on Monday that she had been diagnosed over the previous week. She gave no indication she would pull back from her work as ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
Gregory Bovino, the U.S. Border Patrol head who became the face of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, will retire at the end of the month, two Customs and Border Protection officials told NBC News. Bovino was removed from his role as CBP commander at large in January and returned to his role as Border Patrol sector chief in El Centro, California. The move came after the deaths of two U.S. citizens, ...
Source: nbcnews.com