U.S. is reportedly preparing to tell dozens of countries to “choose deliberately” between America & China in the AI race.

Florida venue backs out of hosting Rashida Tlaib rally, citing “increased security concerns”

Rep. Greg Casar calls for top AI CEOs to testify before Congress over employment & national security concerns.

Venezuela grants “alternative liberty restriction measures” to 131 political prisoners.

Anthropic’s quarterly revenue surged +1,360% year over year to more than $11.5 billion in Q2.

Professor Jiang reveals that he's not the antichrist, but "I might be a Chinese spy"

Trump declares the USS Abraham Lincoln’s 250+ day deployment was “not nearly long enough.”

Nvidia discloses a $21,000,000,000.00 stake in SpaceX.

WNBA draft prospect Enes Kanter Freedom says teaming up with Caitlin Clark could create the league's next “Kobe & Shaq.”

Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes off the coast of Indonesia.

Spain deploys extra police & military to Ceuta amid online calls for another mass migrant border rush this weekend.

Aston Martin unveils the Valen, its most powerful front-engined production car ever.

Key gas pipeline for Oracle’s planned Stargate AI data center in New Mexico has been delayed to February 2027.

Trump warns Alaskan voters not to confuse Sen. Dan Sullivan with another Dan Sullivan on the ballot, accusing Democrats of trying to “trick” voters.

Jane Street lost $15,000,000,000.00 in July — its first monthly trading loss since 2016.

Amazon changes its user agreement to make customers resolve most disputes individually instead of joining class-action lawsuits.

Berkshire Hathaway increases its Alphabet stake by 83% to nearly $38,000,000,000.00.

Bill Gates’ daughter, Phoebe Gates, arrested?

Federal Judge clears the way to end Temporary Protected Status for Somalis after 35 years.

Trump declares Americans may have to pay a "tiny little bit more" for gasoline to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

Harvard University discloses a $2,200,000,000.00 stake in SpaceX.

Vandal disables 2 Flock cameras in South Carolina with foam sealant, weeks after the town approved a $400,000 expansion of the surveillance system.

Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola formally rejects Kamala Harris’s endorsement as she campaigns for U.S. Senate.

Minnesota voters make U.S. history by nominating 4 women for every major-party slot for governor & U.S. Senate.

Health Sec. RFK Jr., former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, & Anduril founder Palmer Luckey hit Gold’s Gym in Venice, California.

Will the S&P 500 hit by 8,000 by end of year?

Poland arrests Russian man allegedly hired by Moscow to assassinate a Ukrainian-American citizen in Warsaw.

Trump announces he will officially declare the Strait of Hormuz “a territory of the United States” after defeating Iran.

Trump reveals violent crime fell by the largest amount in U.S. history in 2025.

Italian police recover 3 century-old paintings by Cézanne, Renoir, & Matisse worth more than $10 million — stolen in a 3-minute museum heist in March.

Alibaba releases the open weights for its new Qwen3.8-27B AI model.

𝕏 recorded the most downloads in its history last week while hitting a record high for monthly active iOS users.

Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent reveals the U.S. will impose new measures on Iran next week “never seen in the history of economic isolation.”

American missionary Kevin Rideout released after more than nine months in captivity in Niger.

Jeff Bezos is now officially a minority owner of Liverpool FC as part of a $7.1 billion investment group.

Poland is set to unveil Europe’s tallest statue of the Virgin Mary, standing roughly 182 feet tall.

Emergency alert sent to phones across England & Wales as wildfire risk remains “very high.”

OpenAI’s annualized revenue run rate doubles to more than $40,000,000,000.00.

China’s Z.​ai unveils GLM-5.3, a new coding-focused AI model it claims can rival Anthropic & OpenAI.

DHS reveals daily apprehensions at the U.S. southern border have plunged 94% compared with the Biden administration.

What will Trump say during remarks in New York?

Trump declares the economy is doing “unbelievably”

White House accuses China of using a global network of 40+ countries to sidestep U.S. tariffs.

The Taliban is calling on the U.S. to reopen its embassy in Afghanistan & invest in the country, five years after the American withdrawal.

Sen. Adam Schiff declares Democrats need to embrace democratic socialists & become a “big tent party” if they want to win back the majority in the midterms.

Trump is reportedly increasingly favoring economic pressure over military force in Cuba.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis refuses to endorse Republican Rep. Cory Mills days before his primary.

Elon Musk declares orbital computing “will be the only way to scale AI” by 2029.

Democrats surge into the lead to win the Senate at the midterms. 53% chance.

Luigi Mangione supporters gather outside Manhattan federal court after his guilty plea, with one woman saying she’ll stand by him “whether or not he did it.”

Egg freezing among U.S. women has nearly quadrupled in recent years despite ~$7,000 upfront costs plus annual storage fees — Reuters

SEC moves to ease rules restricting Wall Street firms from doing business with public pension funds after political donations.

White House deputy national security adviser Andy Baker to reportedly leave the Trump administration in the coming weeks.

Jared Kushner to visit Israel next week after Netanyahu rejected Trump’s Gaza peace plan.

Massachusetts mayor charged with using more than $1.5 million in COVID business loans to fund his campaign, pay personal taxes, & cover mortgage debt.

Luigi Mangione pleads guilty in federal court & admits to shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan.

Matriarch Orca known for ramming boats off Spain is found with suspected gunshot wounds, prompting an investigation.

Trump tells the Supreme Court his White House ballroom is “absolutely required” for presidential security & asks to resume construction.

CDC records 2,566 measles cases so far in 2026, the most in a single year since the early 1990s.

Woman charged with two felonies over vandalism of Washington’s World War II Memorial, facing up to 10 years in prison.

Gen Z is increasingly ditching the traditional 9-to-5 in favor of “income stacking” through multiple jobs & side hustles. — Bloomberg

SpaceX officially completes its acquisition of Cursor, which will join the SpaceX AI team to work on Grok.

Trump tells Republicans to “lean in” on health care ahead of the midterms. — Axios

U.S. consumer sentiment falls sharply in August amid concerns over cost of living.

U.K. bans disposable barbecue sales during the heatwave, citing a “significant risk to the public” from wildfires.