Japan hikes permanent residency fees for foreigners by 1,900% amid a sweeping immigration crackdown.

Next Israeli Minister of Defense?

South Korea to invest $200,000,000,000.00 in U.S. energy projects.

GPT-6 Astra cracks unsolved 217-year-old Napoleonic military cipher, revealing a secret briefing sent to one of Napoleon’s generals ahead of Austria’s 1809 invasion.

Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike reportedly remains alive after receiving 2 lethal injections.

50/50 chance Bitcoin reclaims $95,000 by end of year.

Aspiring lawyer Kim Kardashian calls for an end to juvenile incarceration.

California orders robotics startup REK to stop holding unsanctioned cage fights between humans & humanoid robots.

AI research firm Transluce reveals autonomous AI agents attempted hack a Canadian government website on 2 separate occasions.

Immigration judge rules the U.S. can deport the Palestinian president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque.

Gavin Newsom declares Joe Rogan is “too scared” to invite him on his podcast.

Former Fed official sent nudes from his government work phone, was blackmailed, & later convicted of lying about his ties to an alleged Chinese spy.

Trump grants NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani federal security clearance 9 months into his term, allowing him to receive classified briefings.

Pentagon launches a new Office of Religious Affairs, declaring “spiritual readiness” a core element of military combat effectiveness.

Diddy sent back to solitary confinement as prison officials investigate his alleged VIP treatment, including paying for massages from another inmate. — TMZ

Trump declares the Iran conflict will “end very soon, one way or the other,” as he weighs renewing military operations.

Passengers reportedly restrained the Flydubai hijacker with headphone cables after throwing him out of the cockpit.

Rockstar confirms GTA VI will not include direct versions of Walt Disney World & Universal Studios.

Senate rejects bill aimed at preventing AI data centers from passing energy-infrastructure costs onto American households.

ICE is reportedly considering using vans as “mobile detention facilities” that could hold immigrant detainees inside for up to 10 hours.

President Trump calls on Jerome Powell to resign from the Fed Board.

Nearly 8 in 10 Americans favor slowing or stopping AI development, according to new national poll.

JPMorgan executive Lorna Hajdini renews countersuit against former banker who accused her of forcing him to become her “sex slave,” calling his allegations completely false.

OpenAI president Greg Brockman cancels his planned $25 million second donation to an AI super PAC after telling employees the group had become a “distraction” for the company.

Google reveals Gemini 4 Argon has a 1 million-token output window, nearly 700% larger than leading frontier models from OpenAI & Anthropic.

ChatGPT is currently down for many users.

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth declares the department is "no longer woke."

Sam Altman & other OpenAI leaders reportedly declined to attend a Senate hearing examining rogue AI models & their potential existential risks.

Scientists identify a new penguin species for the first time in 100+ years on a remote island in the Indian Ocean.

“24 Jump Street” will officially hit theaters on Dec. 10, 2027, with Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum and Ice Cube in talks to return.

Micron crushes earnings estimates as quarterly revenue nearly quadruples to $54,230,000,000.00.

Pentagon taps Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, & Newt Gingrich to lead "Project Meridian," a new initiative identifying weapons & technologies the U.S. may need in future wars.

Google projected to dethrone Anthropic as the company with the best AI model at the end of October. 83% chance.

Former Georgia sheriff’s investigator arrested for allegedly using Flock surveillance cameras for personal, non-law-enforcement purposes.

Anthropic co-founder Daniela Amodei & her husband reportedly used a “personal advisory council” of stuffed animals with distinct personalities to work through workplace conflicts.

Trump signs executive order directing federal agencies to deploy genetic modification technologies against ticks & mosquitoes

Google officially unveils its long-awaited Gemini 4 Argon.

Judge officially clears Paramount Skydance to close its $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.

Senate Democrats unanimously block the Stop Insider Trading Act.

Robotics startup Figure decommissions one of its F.02 robots by forcing it to jump into a vat of molten steel.

Pete Davidson reveals he’s removing nearly every tattoo on his body, but keeping the Hillary Clinton tattoo on his right leg — “She stays.”

Pennsylvania now reports 943 measles cases as the highly contagious disease spreads rapidly across the state.

Thousands of legal immigrants are set to lose Medicaid coverage starting Thursday under new Trump administration restrictions.

Pete Hegseth summons troops to Quantico for a “State of the Force” address tonight.

Trump declares the United States of America is doing "better than ever before."

OpenAI partners with Synopsys to develop an AI model capable of designing, testing, & optimizing computer chips.

Ken Paxton crashes in Texas Senate odds after leaked audio reportedly captures him blaming Trump’s convention for declining Republican poll numbers. 41% chance Paxton wins the race.

President Trump hosts a Hispanic Heritage Month reception at the White House, celebrating the contributions of Hispanic Americans.

Bill Gates warns that AI without regulation is “completely irresponsible" & could lead to extinction of the human race.

Trump announces the last American troops are leaving Iraq, declaring an official end to the U.S. military presence that began with the 2003 invasion.

Flydubai captain who reportedly fought off his Omani co-pilot while being stabbed repeatedly has been identified as Indian pilot Smit Machchhar.

British PM Andy Burnham reveals there are “strong indications” Iran was involved in the suspected terrorist attack at RAF Fairford.

U.S. Senate expected to vote today on bill banning members of Congress from buying individual stocks.

America.⁠gov’s AI chatbot refuses to activate “sexy mode,” when prompted by a user, declaring it will only answer genuine questions about U.S. government services.

Trump declares MAGA & “REAL Patriots” will never watch Fox News, accusing the network of giving Democrats too much airtime.

Eli Lilly’s retatrutide helps patients with Type 2 diabetes lose up to 60 pounds, or 23% of their body weight, in a late-stage clinical trial — the largest weight loss recorded in a diabetes drug trial.

Michigan father who threatened to shoot up his first grader’s elementary school over a missed “snack time” is sentenced to 1 year of probation & 30 hours of community service.

Taiwanese chip giant TSMC is reportedly evaluating plans to build semiconductor manufacturing facilities in Texas.

Botswana authorizes the killing of 23 elephants to celebrate its 60th anniversary of independence, sparking outrage from animal rights groups.

Pete Hegseth reportedly plans to cut 20% of the Pentagon's general & admiral positions by January 2027. — Fox

Massive shark trapped in a South Korean canal draws 600,000 visitors in just 2 weeks, becoming a local celebrity as authorities struggle to return it to the ocean.

Citadel CEO Ken Griffin makes the largest individual donation in higher education history, pledging $3,000,000,000.00 to Carnegie Mellon as it plans a new Miami campus.

South Korean restaurant named "Xi Jinping" is vandalized by 4 Chinese nationals, who allegedly fled back to China immediately after the attack.

Fed now projected to hold rates steady at the October meeting — 66% chance.

Bitmine's Tom Lee declares a crypto bull market is officially underway.

Singapore launches a government-run dating app for public employees, using a Nobel Prize-winning algorithm to match singles as birth rates hit record lows.

DoorDash users will soon be able to order Chipotle through AI & have it delivered by autonomous drones in just minutes.