- Aug 21
Voter backlash over AI data centers scrambles 2026 US midterm races as states impose building freezes
Political candidates across both parties are moving to restrict AI data centers after local opposition blocked $130 billion in projects and Gallup polling revealed 71% public opposition to nearby facilities.
- Jul 26
Trump returns to rescheduled correspondents' dinner, swaps jokes for insults aimed at CNN, Don Lemon and Ilhan Omar
Speaking at the Waldorf Astoria in Washington, the US president blended self-pity with personal attacks, calling the assembled journalists 'the largest group of people with Trump derangement syndrome ever brought together.'
- Jul 25
Trump defends free speech, jokes about third term at correspondents' dinner rescheduled after shooting
President Donald Trump, 80, spoke on July 24 at the Waldorf Astoria, three months after a gunman interrupted the original event. He gave reporters his phone number and joked about a third term, mixing praise for the Secret Service with attacks on journalists and political rivals.
