Breaking News: Politics
- Trump admin to hire 1,000 specialists for 'Tech Force' to build AI, finance projects - A slew of tech giants, including Amazon Web Services, Apple, Google Public Sector, Dell Technologies, Microsoft, Nvidia and OpenAI, are listed as partners.
- Trump slams Rob Reiner after killing; director's son Nick in custody - Rob Reiner was a staunch Trump critic, recently saying, "we have a year before this country becomes a full-on autocracy, and democracy completely leaves us."
- FDA approved a $250,000 Singapore work trip during government shutdown, records show - The FDA sent 31 staffers to a Singapore conference during the shutdown, records show, raising questions of optics, spending and the agency's strained resources.
- Hong Kong court finds pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai guilty of sedition and collusion with foreign forces - The 78-year-old was charged under Hong Kong's controversial national security law, enacted by Beijing in 2020.
- Trump wants the U.S. shipbuilding industry to be great again. Here's what it will take, and what's at stake - President Trump is promising a shipbuilding renaissance in the U.S. to rival China, but it will not happen overnight, and will require allies.
- Some student loan borrowers pay 'more than necessary,' advisor says. What to know about relief programs - Many federal student loan borrowers surveyed said they don't know about income-driven repayment plans or the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
- Epstein photos: Trump, Clinton, Bill Gates, Steve Bannon, others in newly released files - Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released the photos to pressure the Trump administration to release files about Jeffrey Epstein.
- Trump sued by preservation group seeking to halt White House ballroom construction - The lawsuit argues that President Trump was legally required to get federal approvals before demolishing the historic East Wing of the White House.
- Thailand dissolves parliament, heightening political turmoil as Trump seeks to salvage ceasefire with Cambodia - The escalation broke the ceasefire brokered in July by Trump who threatened to halt trade talks with the two countries unless they ended the fight.
- Trump scared Europe with his national security strategy. That's no bad thing, ex-CIA chief says - Former CIA Director General Petraeus told CNBC it was good that European nations had received a wake-up call to look after their future defense and security.