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U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., committed Tuesday to a peaceful postelection transfer of power, calling concerns that President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans could contest the results if Democrats win control of Congress "absurd." "We're going to follow the C

Presented by Alliance for Aging Research {beacon} Health Care Health Care PRESENTED BY The Big Story Kennedy sets out on the final leg of his campaign push A week out from the midterm elections, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is back on the road stumping for vulnerable GO

The White House offered a visa to Flávio Bolsonaro, Semafor first reported Tuesday, as the Donald Trump ally reportedly fled to the US to evade corruption charges following his defeat in Brazil’s presidential election. Bolsonaro’s loss comes as the Trump administration’s “Donroe

King acknowledges 'suffering of the past' as Caribbean tour begins - Published King Charles has arrived in the Bahamas for a nine-day tour of the Caribbean - the first time he has visited the region as monarch. The King, wearing sunglasses and a grey suit, was given a ceremonial

China’s “national team” of huge state funds has injected billions of dollars into stocks to arrest a weekslong slide, as the country’s flagging markets officially entered bear territory. Coming days before the Communist Party’s Fifth Plenum, the intervention may have helped “prop

The Justice Department failed to secure an indictment against Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide who testified about President Trump's actions on Jan. 6, multiple media outlets reported Tuesday. Why it matters: The grand jury's refusal to indict Hutchinson is another b

US consumer sentiment rose in October for the first time in four months, helped by easing retail gas prices, but a gloomy economic outlook continues to cloud Republicans’ midterm prospects. Despite the increase, “confidence remained on the long-term downward trend,” The Conferenc

Chris Mason: Budget needs to go some way towards delivering PM's promises - Published Two quotes from the chancellor and the prime minister get to the heart of this Budget. "The money New Labour had in the 90s is simply not there now… Britain has it harder now," Chancellor John H

E.W. Scripps Co. eliminated 431 positions across the company, according to a memo sent Tuesday by Chief Executive Officer Adam Symson.

Israelis voted Tuesday in an election pervaded by a sense of historical consequence, but the record turnout did not produce a clear winner, according to exit polls. The projected results delivered a rebuke to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose coalition finished behind that

Insurance tech company Guidewire announced Tuesday the acquisition of the agentic underwriting insurance company Hyperexponential for $1.7 billion in cash. The deal, expected to close sometime next year, is to help bring AI agents to work alongside humans to underwrite, analyze,

A federal magistrate judge criticized the Justice Department (DOJ) during a lengthy hearing on Tuesday for attempting to tack on new charges overnight in a case against two former FBI officials accused of lying to Congress about their knowledge regarding the federal investigation

CNBC's Jim Cramer warned Tuesday that investors may be getting ahead of themselves by declaring the artificial intelligence trade back on track. AI-related stocks rallied for a second straight session, fueled by renewed enthusiasm for chipmakers after a group of banks and Blackst

CNBC's Jim Cramer warned Tuesday that investors may be getting ahead of themselves by declaring the artificial intelligence trade back on track. AI-related stocks rallied for a second straight session, fueled by renewed enthusiasm for chipmakers after a group of banks and Blackst

Since measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000, the country’s occasional cases have come mainly from international travelers—visitors from far-flung places where the virus still spreads freely — or unvaccinated US residents who return from abroad with a highly infectious

The U.S. may allow more diesel fuel from Russia onto the global market depending on Moscow's behavior, Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNBC in an interview Tuesday. Wright framed the Trump administration's suspension of U.S. sanctions against Russian diesel exports earlier thi

October was a big month for venture funds, per SEC filings. The filings show that established names are currently commanding top dollar from LPs, especially with a specialized focus. Here are some of the most notable ones we found that haven’t been meaningfully announced or have

Ceasefire extended across Ukraine's Kherson region, officials say - Published A ceasefire that began with the aim of getting food and medicine to the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Oleshky has been extended across the wider southern region of Kherson, according to sources. Se

{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Silicon Valley braces for Dems' scrutiny Silicon Valley is bracing for a firestorm of scrutiny should Democrats take control of Congress next year, underscoring how the industry’s efforts to get on President Trump’s good side last year

The number of active private markets firms peaked 18 months ago and has started to decline as more firms become zombies because they’re not able to raise their next fund, according to Arctos Partners Chief Executive Officer Ian Charles. His firm, which was acquired by KKR & Co. e

Cartesia's Managed Agents Beats Gemini and Grok With 91.7% Task Success Cartesia's new Managed Agents platform jumps 98 Elo points over its predecessor on blind voice preference tests, with task success climbing to 91.7%. - Cartesia Managed Agents hits Speech Agent Arena Elo of 1

A winged Chinese spacecraft bearing a strong resemblance to the US military’s X-37B spaceplane was photographed in orbit by a passing US-owned commercial satellite in 2024, and we finally have the image. The Chinese spaceplane has delta wings, payload bay doors, a dark heat shiel

SYSTRAN's English-only base checkpoint repackages OpenAI Whisper for CTranslate2, delivering roughly 4x faster transcription at the same accuracy on modest hardware.

Nonpartisan election forecaster Sabato’s Crystal Ball is shifting more than a dozen House races toward Democrats in the final week of the campaign, another sign of a worsening political environment for Republicans. Crystal Ball, a division of the University of Virginia’s Center f

Apple Inc., after successfully betting this month that consumers are willing to pay $2,000 or more for a foldable iPhone, is preparing to test their appetite for another pricey new product: touch-screen laptops.

Fears over artificial intelligence debt have eased after a bout of volatility. But more tests for AI debt are coming. Oracle holds its Investor Day on Wednesday. And hyperscalers Alphabet and Amazon.com are scheduled to report quarterly results after the market close on Wednesday

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump easing methane rules for oil and gas The Trump administration is planning to loosen regulations on methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, and particularly for low-producing, high-emitting oil and gas w

A Delaware proposal to let companies be operated by AI agents would help the firms’ human owners evade legal responsibility for reckless and harmful actions taken by the AI, US Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) told Delaware Governor Matt Meyer in a letter yesterday. Comer, chairman of th

General Motors plans to invest in its Lansing Delta Township Assembly plant to handle future production of hybrid-electric vehicles, the latest move by the U.S. automaker to claw back market share by appealing to the shifting tastes of consumers. The company said on Tuesday that

Trump says US voter fraud is 'rampant' - evidence suggests it is extremely rare - Published President Donald Trump has offered a $1m (£750,000) reward to people who report cases of voter fraud in the US which lead to a conviction. Ahead of the midterm elections on 3 November, Tru

Financial giant Bank of America is reminding customers to bank safely by kindly not sharing your banking credentials with your AI agent. In an email blast to customers titled “Protecting your finances in the Al World,” Bank of America urged customers to never share their username

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a Trump administration rule that gives refugees just 10 days to challenge the termination of their legal status. U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick in Boston ordered the administration to halt the enforcement of the rule through Nov. 6

Now that investors have been able to dive further into Anthropic’s IPO filing, they’re seeing the same sorts of trends that helped buoy AI stocks for much of this year.

Anthropic was founded in 2021 to ensure humanity can control AI and benefit from it in the long-term. As the frontier lab approaches its initial public offering, however, there’s one class of humanity that is being shut out of control: anyone who buys its stock on public markets.

Barcelona fined £503 over approach for Alvarez - Published Barcelona have been fined 602 euros (£503) following a complaint by Atletico Madrid over contact the club made with striker Julian Alvarez. Atletico accused La Liga rivals Barcelona of approaching Argentina international

Former Fed governor and University of Chicago Booth School of Business Economics Professor Randy Kroszner said the Fed is widely expected to leave rates unchanged, though he anticipates some dissenters may favor acting sooner because inflation has not eased as hoped. He expects m

The Securities and Exchange Commission‘s publication on Monday of Anthropic’s S-1 form—ahead of a heavily anticipated initial public offering—has led to plenty of discussion of whether the company’s quickly ballooning revenues will be able to overcome its even higher costs. But a

President Donald Trump can’t stop touting the fortunes U.S. energy companies have made during the Iran war, while canvassing the country to support Republican candidates ahead of next week’s midterm elections.

At OCP 2026, I was fortunate to share an Uber ride from the hotel to the convention center with Microsoft’s project manager for the Maia 300, the company’s new in-house AI acceleration platform. I promised that we would cover it, so it is time, because it is a neat platform. OCP

The artificial-intelligence trade carried the U.S. stock market in September. But in October, it is being carried out on a stretcher.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is investigating whether prediction market platform Polymarket violated a 2022 settlement meant to ban U.S. users from its offshore platform, according to a person familiar with the matter. The investigation is part of a broader probe the

Discord announced on Tuesday it will make some conversations in its public servers searchable and easier to find on the internet. The new update targets conversations in “Discoverable Servers,” public Discord servers that administrators have made eligible to appear in the platfor

Sheila Gulati, Founder and Managing Director of Total Capital and former Microsoft Azure executive, discusses how upcoming earnings from Microsoft, Alphabet, and Amazon will reveal whether heavy AI and data-center investments are paying off. She described Azure as a central model

As enterprise AI investment continues to grow, companies of all sizes are trying to figure out how employees feel about the technology in the workplace. Walmart, the biggest private employer in the world, asked its 2.1 million associates in June that exact question for the first

As enterprise AI investment continues to grow, companies of all sizes are trying to figure out how employees feel about the technology in the workplace. Walmart, the biggest private employer in the world, asked its 2.1 million associates in June that exact question for the first

(Bloomberg) -- Bullish bets in US Treasuries are vulnerable to a sharp reversal if the Federal Reserve takes a more aggressive stance at its upcoming monetary policy meeting. While investors are pricing only a slim chance that the Fed will lift interest-rates on Wednesday, hawkis

One word keeps appearing in third-quarter earnings reports: "resilient." That's the early read on U.S. consumers from various companies that released their results this week. Many businesses say Americans are still spending despite inflationary pressures, though not every company

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Robinhood shares fell 4% in after-hours trading as investors digested weaker-than-expected third-quarter earnings despite growth in options trading and prediction markets. Here's how the brokerage performed in its quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with Wall Street estimates, based

Robinhood shares fell 4% in after-hours trading as investors digested weaker-than-expected third-quarter earnings despite growth in options trading and prediction markets. Here's how the brokerage performed in its quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with Wall Street estimates, based