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Grok drama raises questions about AI regulation
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Grok drama raises questions about AI regulation Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok has been plagued by controversy recently over its responses to users, raising questions about how tech companies seek to moderate content from AI and whether Washington should play a role in setting guidelines. Allison...
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Trump claims tariff deal with Indonesia
Trump says the US will lower its tariffs threatened on goods from Indonesia to 19% from a planned 32%.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:AIDS program PEPFAR may escape White House attempt to cut its budget
The White House backed off $400 million in immediate cuts it was proposing in the global fight against HIV and AIDS and potentially other high-profile health programs. It's part of the package of cuts facing the Senate over the next two days. Lisa Desjardins reports.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:New evidence revealed in Minnesota politician and her husband's murder
A decision on whether to seek the death penalty "will not come for several months" and will be up to US Attorney-General Pam Bondi.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Venezuela Urges Global Solidarity: “Palestina Vivirá, Palestina Vencerá” , Call for Emergency Ministerial Meeting on Palestine Genocide
Venezuela, led by President Nicolás Maduro, calls for urgent global action against the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people, demanding an immediate end to occupation and apartheid, and proposes a global peace summit to restore justice. Related: ‘Palestine to Overcome!’ Thousands Chant at Residente’s Concert in Spain In an impassioned message dated July 14, 2025, […]
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Five changes domestic violence experts say could make NT women safer
Facing the highest rates of domestic and family violence in Australia, experts in the Northern Territory's DV sector have identified five ways the NT can become a safer place for women and children.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Traitor or patriot? Retrial begins for spy chief who assassinated a president
Kim Jae-gyu was executed for killing dictator Park Chung-hee. Now South Korea is revisiting his case.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Projects bringing water to drought-ridden land could end with USAID’s dismantling
As the Trump administration ends USAID's mission, a project to bring water to drought-ridden lands is now in peril. In partnership with the Pulitzer Center, William Brangham and producer Molly Knight Raskin traveled to a community in central Kenya to look at the legacy of American foreign aid.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Tariffs partially to blame for inflation bump
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story What to know about the latest inflation report Inflation moved up in June, due partially to businesses passing tariff costs onto consumers. Getty Images Despite the uptick, President Trump is on the warpath for the...
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Ukraine updates: Trump says Kyiv 'shouldn't' target Moscow
Donald Trump says the US is "not looking" to supply Ukraine with weapons to reach deeper into Russia. Meanwhile, the EU has failed to reach an agreement on an 18th round of sanctions against Moscow. DW has more.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Air India crash report raises questions about mental health care for pilots
New and troubling questions are emerging about what caused the Air India crash that killed 260 people. A preliminary investigation ruled out mechanical issues and found that the plane's fuel cutoff switches had been flipped seconds after takeoff. Experts believe it’s most likely that one of the pilots was responsible. William Brangham discussed more with aviation correspondent Miles O’Brien.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Top scientists sound alarm over damage caused by prescribed burns
A group of Australia's top environmental scientists calls for changes to prescribed burning after government documents confirm hundreds of trees in an ecological hotspot have been destroyed by a government-lit fire.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Palestinian American comedian uses humor to process the war in Gaza
Comedy has long been a way to bring a different, lighter lens to heavy topics. That holds true for Palestinian American comedian Sammy Obeid, who has taken to the stage to spotlight the pain of the war in Gaza. Amna Nawaz sat down with Obeid for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Waltz leaves mostly unscathed from hearing
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Waltz emerges largely unscathed despite Signal chat scrutiny President Trump’s former national security adviser, Mike Waltz, emerged from a Senate confirmation hearing largely unscathed over his role in mistakenly adding a journalist to a group chat...
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:'What is the point?' Scheffler questions golfing success ahead of The Open
Three days out from the final golf major of the year, American star Scottie Scheffler has questioned the point of his brilliant and lucrative sporting career, saying he would much rather be a great father than a great golfer.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:A Brief But Spectacular take on agrivoltaics
Byron Kominek returned to his family's Colorado farm with a bold idea: grow crops and harvest solar energy. At Jack’s Solar Garden, Byron has transformed hay fields into a thriving hub, demonstrating how farming and clean energy can grow side by side. He gives us his Brief But Spectacular take on agrivoltaics.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:A closer look at where Senate Republicans stand on Trump’s rescission request
Let’s lay out what is happening and why it matters.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:New York rejects Texas's second attempt to punish doctor for prescribing abortion pills
A New York county clerk rejected the state of Texas’s second attempt to punish a doctor for prescribing and sending abortion medication to a Texas woman. The Lone Star State last weektried to force New York, again, to recognize its ruling against Dr. Margaret Carpenter for allegedly prescribing and mailing abortion pills to a...
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Trump-backed crypto regulation bills fail to clear key hurdle in Congress
Republicans who voted against the cryptocurrency regulation legislation said they objected to how the bills were structured.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:How I house-sat my way to solo home ownership at 42
At 42, Amna did not want to join a share house or spend all her money on rent. She turned to house-sitting to save a deposit.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Empty seats and big delays mean World Cup issues will trouble Trump's America
Despite FIFA's claims the Club World Cup was "a world-class stage", it faced significant challenges that could also impact the 2026 World Cup in a country governed by the uncertainty of Donald Trump.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Senate GOP nails down deals on DOGE cuts in bid to avoid tax bill tumult
Senate GOP leaders are looking to avoid a repeat of the lengthy and sometimes bewildering floor process that led to the passage of the Trump tax bill by locking down key details with holdouts before the chamber moves to a vote-a-rama Wednesday on a bill to claw back funding. A number of rank-and-file members indicated...
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:The seaside Queensland city where families are buying bigger for less
Families hunting for a better lifestyle say they are buying bigger homes for less money in this Queensland industrial city, where the median house price has risen by 74 per cent in five years.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Westinghouse plans to build 10 large nuclear reactors in U.S., interim CEO tells Trump
The company made the announcement at an energy and artificial intelligence conference attended by President Donald Trump on Tuesday.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Trump Energy secretary: AI race is next Manhattan Project
Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Tuesday compared the race to dominate artificial intelligence (AI) to an American atomic bomb program during World War II. “The AI race is the second Manhattan project,” Wright said in a Tuesday post on the social platform X. During the World War II, the U.S. government’s Manhattan Project eventually succeeded...
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:FirstFT: Donald Trump announces US-Indonesia trade deal
Also in today’s newsletter, China’s GDP grows 5.2%, and Trump asked Zelenskyy if Ukraine could hit Moscow
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Childcare workers struggling to care for children over 'non-contact' tasks
A University of Sydney-led paper undertook Australia's first peer-targeted study of unpaid work for childcare workers, amid a crisis of confidence across the sector.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Appeals court upholds West Virginia's medication abortion ban
A divided federal appeals court panel on Tuesday upheld West Virginia’s ban on medication abortion, ruling that the law does not conflict with the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) ability to regulate the drug. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit dismissed mifepristone manufacturer GenBioPro’s effort to strike down West Virginia’s near-total abortion...
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Police lay charges over dramatic chase in which man leapt from van
A man has been charged with a string of alleged offences following a dramatic police chase through Melbourne last week.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:PEPFAR survives rescissions
Presented by AstraZeneca {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story PEPFAR survives rescissions Senate Republicans are removing a global anti-HIV program from the White House’s rescissions request amid concerns from within the caucus. Getty Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) and Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought told reporters that the White...
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Trump admin limits bond hearings for those seeking release from immigration detention
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is directing attorneys to no longer allow bond hearings for those in the U.S. illegally, forcing them to remain in detention while fighting their deportation. A new memo, confirmed by the agency and the Department of Homeland Security, said migrants should be detained “for the duration of their removal...
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Israel bombs Syrian forces entering Druze city after sectarian clashes
At least 200 people have reportedly been killed since fighting between Druze militias and Bedouin tribes erupted in Suweida on Sunday.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:UN rapporteur demands global action to stop Israel’s ‘genocide’ in Gaza
Francesca Albanese addresses delegates from 30 countries to discuss ways nations can try to stop Israel's offensive.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Live: More than 10 million illicit vapes seized in government crackdown
More than 10 million illicit vapes have been seized by Australian Border Force in the past year, the federal health minister says. Follow live.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:House GOP wants to cut EPA by 23 percent
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story House GOP bill guts EPA budget In their appropriations bill, House Republicans take a whack at the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) budget, proposing to slash its funding by 23 percent. Greg Nash While dramatic, the cut is still not as severe as the...
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