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House passes Russia sanctions bill, sending it to Trump’s desk The House on Wednesday passed legislation granting President Trump tariff authorities to sanction countries purchasing Russian energy and impose tougher sanctions against the Kremlin over its war in Ukraine. The bill

The U.S. House passed a Russia sanctions bill introduced over a year ago by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Wednesday evening, sending it to President Donald Trump's desk. The bill, titled the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, would target Russia

Trump donor Harold Hamm’s oil company announces Venezuela deal Trump donor Harold Hamm’s oil company Continental Resources announced a deal Wednesday to drill in Venezuela. Continental signed a memorandum of understanding with Venezuela’s state-run oil company that would allow it

Defense & National Security Newsletter Trump is hands-off on Houthis and the Saudis aren’t happy by Ellen Mitchell - 09/16/26 6:25 PM ET Link copied by Ellen Mitchell - 09/16/26 6:25 PM ET Link copied NOW PLAYING Close Thank you for signing up! Subscribe to more newsletters here

Oil prices in China hit record highs Wednesday, as energy disruptions from an escalating Middle East conflict spilled into the world’s largest market for imported crude. China has helped keep oil prices in 2026 down by slashing its imports, but Beijing is “coming back off its cra

Two Britons among three killed in Swiss Alps light aircraft crash - Published Two Britons are among three people killed in a plane crash in the Swiss Alps. The light aircraft crashed high in the mountains near the town of Leukerbad in the southern canton of Valais on Tuesday. The

Inside Singapore's 'Fort Knox' for city's $2bn dirty money auction Singapore has begun auctioning off luxury goods that were seized by police in a sensational $2.2 billion money laundering case that gripped the city state in 2023. The items are being held inside Le Freeport, a fo

Photos show charred wreckage from deadly crash of news helicopter in LA - Published Investigators have released new photos that show the stark aftermath of a news helicopter crash that killed three people in Los Angeles on Tuesday night. A scorched aircraft and charred storage co

AI - SYSTEMS Nvidia goes green to keep grid capacity from zapping its revenuesGPUzilla woos neoclouds into another walled garden, promising smarter, more efficient, and profitable bit barns -

Republicans clash on Senate floor over AI kill switch Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Wednesday blocked a request by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) to pass legislation that would require tech companies to develop a “kill switch” for superintelligent AI amid fears that it could spin out of c

At its investor day today, onsemi is introducing the Embedded Power Platform (EPP), a power-integration approach that embeds heterogeneous power dies into silicon and connects them through wafer-level redistribution layers instead of wire bonds. onsemi is positioning EPP for vehi

Sept 16 - Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasuries declined for a second straight month in July, data from the Treasury Department showed on Wednesday, led by declines in holdings from Japan and China.Holdings of U.S. Treasuries slid to $9.248 trillion in July from $9.298 trillion in

Search fieldHome page Seeking Alpha - Power to InvestorsAbout PremiumCreate free accountSearch for Symbols, analysts, keywordsLog in Energy Exxon nearing deal to invest in Venezuela oil fields - WSJ Sep 16, 2026, 6:03 PM ETExxonMobil Holdings Corporation (XOM) StockBy : Carl S

No fire alarms or sprinklers at Pakistan neonatal unit where fire killed 14, report finds - Published An official inquiry into a Pakistan hospital fire that killed 14 babies last month has found the neonatal unit lacked fire alarms and sprinklers, while firefighters reported that

Apple is working on an AI server that would use Apple’s high-performance M-series Ultra chips found in Mac desktops. The potential product’s expected release in 2029 would mark the first Apple server to hit the market in nearly two decades—and could capitalize on the surging popu

'My rent was higher than my student loan' - the booming cost of private halls - Published You don't have to walk far in any university city before spotting some form of private Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA). These large blocks of student housing are springing up in c

Mum's Facebook kidney plea prompts 'mind-blowing' gift from total stranger - Published A woman who shared a desperate plea for a kidney on Facebook has undergone a lifesaving transplant after a stranger offered to be her donor. Karen Davey, 41, had exhausted every avenue before t

League Two Fleetwood host Arsenal in EFL Cup - Published League Two Fleetwood Town will host Premier League champions Arsenal in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup. The Lancashire side reached this stage for the first time in their history with a 1-0 win over Sheffield United on

Chairman Kevin Warsh's quarter-point rate increase sends an unambiguous message to President Donald Trump: Hands off the Federal Reserve. Warsh on Wednesday voted with a unanimous Federal Open Market Committee to raise interest rates by a quarter-point, despite repeated urgings b

On Tuesday, two survivors of child sex abuse accused the Justice Department of failing to notify dozens of victims found in Jeffrey Epstein’s massive collection of child sex images. In a proposed class action, survivors explained that Epstein apparently started collecting child s

Amazon was granted warrants to purchase up to $340 million worth of Generac stock, sending shares of the backup power provider soaring more than 40% in extended trading on Wednesday. As part of the agreement, Generac said in a securities filing that it issued warrants to Amazon t

Amazon was granted warrants to purchase up to $340 million worth of Generac stock, sending shares of the backup power provider soaring more than 40% in extended trading on Wednesday. As part of the agreement, Generac said in a securities filing that it issued warrants to Amazon t

AI - SYSTEMS Nvidia goes green to keep grid capacity from zapping its revenuesGPUzilla woos neoclouds into another walled garden, promising smarter, more efficient, and profitable bit barns -

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is set to attend President Donald Trump's state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Washington next week, CNBC has learned. Altman's expected appearance comes as a heated battle over artificial intelligence regulation unfolds in Washington and

Marketing platform Noise aims to connect brands with content creators at a much lower cost than hiring traditional influencers or running standard ad campaigns. That’s because many creators on the Noise platform are everyday people — anyone can download the app, regardless of fol

Cap table management platform Pulley announced this week on its website that it was shutting down, and its final day of operations and services will be December 8. In a twist, it said it has partnered with its rival, Carta, to offload customers; it’s also redirecting prospective

Off the Wire Press Releases A PCIe/CXL device under test keeps its native generation, lane width and timing; the FPGA side runs full-rate SerDes. Plug-and-play prototyping and emulation. SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 16, 2026 — SignatureIP, a pioneer and next-generation scalable Sil

The International Meteor Organization, the nonprofit that coordinates and publishes amateur and professional observations of meteor phenomena, said its infrastructure has suffered a “critical blow” from a cyberattack. “We recently suffered a cyberattack that dealt a critical blow

In a lengthy essay published over the weekend, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei made a proposal that the AI industry would have rejected instantly even a year ago: embed third-party evaluators inside all frontier AI companies, giving them the power to report safety incidents, assess wh

Christopher Nolan’s engrossing take on The Odyssey dominated at the box office and spurred a newfound interest in classic literature among filmgoers. But a new retelling of the story made entirely with AI is so bad that it might just make viewers hate the original tale altogether

The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to hold billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress for his refusal to comply with subpoenas issued to him related to a committee's ongoing investigation of the notorious late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The vote by unanimous cons