Donald Trump is preparing to offer Iran a $300 billion bribe to back out of a war he never should have waded into—and it’s all thanks to Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

The United States is considering creating a massive investment fund for Iran as part of a peace deal, after Tehran demanded reparations for the destruction, The New York Times reported Thursday. An Iranian official put the…

Brazil's antitrust agency unanimously opened a formal investigation into how AI Overviews search summaries affect news outlets' traffic and value creation

That was fast! He ended his campaign for governor yesterday, and less than 24 hours later, Eric Swalwell just announced that he’s quitting congress, too. His statement just posted:

It’s not immediately clear when the alleged rapist will be resigning from his seat, but it’ll presumably be before the end of the month.

Late yesterday, video started circulating on social media showing…

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The idea of using large language models (LLMs) to discover security problems is not new. Google's Project Zero investigated the feasibility of using LLMs for security research in 2024. At the time, they found that models could identify real problems, but required a good deal of structure and hand-holding to do so on small benchmark problems. In February 2026, Anthropic published a report claiming…

Seven sheriff’s deputies sued musician Afroman for defamation after he mocked their failed raid in viral diss tracks. His victory comes at a moment when the lines of what constitutes artistic free speech are continually being redrawn.

Musician Afroman's defamation trial was absurd, hilarious, and also one of the clearest free‑speech wins for artists in years. (Rick Kern / WireImage…

Releasing the Epstein files without holding the exposed individuals and institutions accountable will embolden rapists and pedophiles. Transparency alone is not justice. If we fail to hold these monsters accountable, we allow them to brag to the world that they got away with rape, pedophilia, and human trafficking.

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David Rivera, a longtime close friend of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, is facing federal charges for allegedly acting as a foreign agent for Venezuela. The trial and its revelations about foreign influence are poised to bedevil the Trump administration.

In a case that has ensnared multiple figures in the Trump administration, Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s longtime friend and…