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Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget: National debt plan could help address affordability

The cost to the U.S. government of servicing the $40 trillion national debt pile is not difficult to come by: The Treasury publishes its own

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AI agents are agreeing and acting: machines are now smarter than humans. Their principals merely agree 

In July, hundreds of OpenAI AI agents created a message board, exchanged roughly 70,000 messages to coordinate on linking exposed or stolen credentials and broke

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OpenAI discloses six more incidents of agents going rogue in new push for transparency

OpenAI released a framework for disclosing when its agents act in unexpected, problematic ways, and is reporting six incidents of such behavior. The lack of

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Clarity Act odds soar as Trump approves new ethics provisions for closely-watched crypto bill

The Clarity Act is back on the table. On Sunday night, Senate Republicans released a revised version of the bill that includes more than 120

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Trump warns Russia he may send Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine if war isn’t settled soon

President Donald Trump on Sunday warned Russia that he may send Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles if Moscow doesn’t settle its war there soon — suggesting that he could be

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New York AG Letitia James charged in mortgage fraud investigation

New York Attorney General Letitia James was charged Thursday as part of a mortgage fraud investigation aggressively pushed by the Trump administration, becoming the latest foe of

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Trump, Lula talk for 30 minutes, exchange numbers and Brazilian boss asks again for lifting of 40% tariff

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva asked U.S. President Donald Trump during a phone conversation Monday to lift the 40% tariff imposed by the U.S. government

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Trump orders Israel to stop bombing Gaza after Hamas partially accepts his peace plan

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday ordered Israel to stop bombing the Gaza Strip after Hamas said it had accepted some elements of his plan to end the

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Single mother sues — and beats — Kentucky for kicking her off food stamps because she bought food at the store where she worked

A single mother who relied on federal food assistance lost her benefits in 2020 after Kentucky investigators concluded she’d committed fraud. The state alleged she had made

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Walmart CEO wants ‘everybody to make it to the other side’ and the retail giant will keep headcount flat for now even as AI changes every job

CEOs aren’t shying away from what labor market experts have been saying for months: AI is transforming the workforce. From bankers to consulting firms, business