Taiwan’s foreign minister visits Arizona to open a new de facto consulate in Phoenix.

Coast Guard suspends search for 6 people aboard a medical transport jet that mysteriously vanished while flying from Bermuda to Boston.

FBI Director Kash Patel, 46, announces his engagement to country singer Alexis Wilkins, 27.

FBI arrests California woman accused of spying for China & surveilling the Taiwanese president’s son in the U.S.

White House airs taxpayer-funded ad featuring President Trump vowing to “expel the warmongers from our government.”

Flávio Bolsonaro surges in the odds to win Brazil’s presidency after today’s first round — potentially extending Latin America’s shift to the right. 84% chance he wins the runoff.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett declines to endorse James Talarico in the Texas Senate race, months after he defeated her in the Democratic primary.

Brazil’s presidential election is officially headed to an Oct. 25 runoff between Flávio Bolsonaro & President Lula.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declares the world needs to “accept some bad things happening” in exchange for the benefits of AI.

Nicaragua withdraws from the Central American Parliament, effective immediately.

NYC Mayor Mamdani says Americans now feel they have “better odds playing the lottery” than achieving the American Dream.

U.S. withdraws all bombers from UK’s RAF Fairford following the alleged terror plot near the base, which officials say has “strong indications” of Iranian involvement.

10 y/o boy in China intentionally gains 33 lbs in just months so he could become heavy enough to donate bone marrow to save his father’s life.

Bitcoin surges back above $86,000.

Chuck Schumer demands Flock Safety delete all personal data on Americans not connected to crimes.

Bolsonaro now projected to win the first round of Brazil's presidential election. 68% chance.

Ex-Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon to testify before NYC lawmakers tomorrow as they consider new AI safeguards, alongside representatives from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, & Meta.

Chinese hackers allegedly impersonated an Anthropic employee, using a fake request about “Military Integration of Claude” to target a U.S. AI policy expert with malware.

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Hakeem Jeffries declares “the sky’s the limit” for AOC in 2028 as she weighs a presidential bid or U.S. Senate run.

Democratic Senate nominee Adam Hamilton tells Kamala Harris to “stay in California” rather than campaign for him in Kansas.

Authorities investigate Flydubai co-pilot hijacker’s alleged ties to Australia.

Ted Cruz is now more likely to launch a 2028 presidential bid than Marco Rubio.

Russian anti-plague researcher dies of “unknown infection” after a Siberian lab accident involving a suspected dangerous pathogen.

Ukraine uses heavy lift drones to deliver nearly 400 packages of food & medicine into Russian-occupied Oleshky.

Anthropic has reportedly been “aggressively lobbying” the Vatican to take AI consciousness seriously after Pope Leo XIV declared AI cannot think or feel.

Italy defeats Cuba to win the 2026 Blind Baseball International Cup, a version of baseball played entirely by blind & visually impaired athletes.

Lula projected to finish first in today’s opening round of Brazil’s presidential election, with a runoff expected later this month. 66% chance.

New study finds a potential link between GLP-1 obesity drugs & “significant” hair loss in men.

AI.⁠si domain listed for sale for $699,995 as Silicon Valley increasingly shifts from “AI” to “SI” — superintelligence.

President Trump declares “I AM ON THE BALLOT!” as he seeks to motivate Republican voters ahead of the midterms.

UFO whistleblower David Grusch claims U.S. troops opened fire on 7-foot “reptilian” beings found alive at the wreckage of an alleged alien spacecraft.

Trump reveals he takes a “monster” full-strength aspirin every day, saying he’s ignored doctors’ advice to switch to a lower dose for 35 years.

President Trump officially appoints DNI Jay Clayton to lead the newly formed “Super Intelligence Force.”

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Trump launches “Super Intelligence Force” tasked with assessing the risks of AI & recommending what role the federal government should play.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung orders sweeping investigation into personal data leaks across the country’s financial industry.

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrives in Kyiv to finalize major drone production deal with Ukraine & release €1 billion in military aid.

Netanyahu drops out before election?

USS George H.W. Bush arrives off Phuket, Thailand, with 4,800 personnel for “rest and recreation” after months supporting U.S. operations in the Middle East.

Britain’s second-richest billionaire David Reuben leaves the UK for tax-free Monaco, joining a growing exodus of ultra-wealthy residents.

NYC rappers & other artists can now receive up to $10,000 in city-funded grants under a new expansion announced by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Iraq transports 2 million barrels of crude through the Strait of Hormuz in its state tanker company’s first such operation in decades.

Vivek Ramaswamy nearly drops young child after telling him “I’m going to pick you up” during Ohio campaign rally.

Connie Chan, endorsed by Nancy Pelosi to succeed her in Congress, calls for a “full arms embargo” on Israel.

35-person hedge fund Castle Hook Partners agrees to pay $21.2M/year for penthouse office overlooking Central Park — roughly $600,000 per employee.

Federal judge rules a warrantless Flock search violated the Fourth Amendment, calling the system a form of “indiscriminate mass surveillance.”

OpenAI safety employee resigns after 3.5 years, declaring the company’s culture is broken & warning that “the time for trial and error is over.”

The remains of Bulgaria’s Czar Samuel return home more than 1,000 years after his death, following years of negotiations with Greece.

Trump says changing the clocks twice a year “discombobulates everybody.”

Tom Cruise’s “Digger” is shaping up to be one of the biggest box office bombs of his career, with the $180 million film tracking for a $6–7 million domestic debut.

Tyson Fury reveals he plans to ask “old buddy” President Trump to lead the ring walk for his blockbuster fight against Anthony Joshua in December.

Tavus unveils AI video model that can interrupt, laugh, & react like a real person — with 48% of participants in a “video Turing test” believing they were talking to a human.

Alternative health influencer with 500K+ followers drinks radioactive water from a jug containing uranium ore for 250 days straight, insisting it’s “perfectly harmless.”

Democrats projected to reclaim Latino men in the midterms, after Trump became the first GOP nominee to ever win the demographic in 2024. 90% chance.

Taiwan’s Coast Guard blasts a Chinese fishing vessel with powerful water cannons after it refused several orders to leave restricted waters.

More than 1,000 Somali asylum seekers have been ordered deported from the U.S. since February — more than half of them living in Minnesota.

Bernie Sanders warns the U.S. is at risk of becoming a “surveillance state” as Flock’s AI-powered cameras increasingly track Americans’ movements.

Bourbon mogul Wes Henderson accused of secretly recording 40+ guests in “intimate situations” at his $19 million Kentucky castle.

Trump doubles down on his $5,000 “Trump dividend,” promising checks to every adult U.S. citizen if Republicans retain control of Congress.

Tennessee’s prisons commissioner resigns following the botched execution of Christa Pike.

JD Vance declares the H1-B visa program is “completely broken."

ShinyHunters hacker “Rey” has reportedly been detained in Jordan & is walking investigators through his devices & messages to help the FBI locate his fellow hackers.

Trump publicly shares Sen. Tom Cotton’s cell phone number, urging Arkansans to call him over his opposition to the Sunshine Protection Act.

Kansas Senate race tightens as Methodist minister Adam Hamilton seeks to flip the seat blue for the first time since 1932. 34% chance.

Polish city reopens a Cold War-era air raid shelter amid intensifying threats from Russia.

Arizona court throws out a road rage killer’s 10-year sentence after his victim’s family used AI to recreate him speaking directly to his killer at sentencing.

Russia urges all foreign diplomats to immediately leave the city of Kyiv.

Vibecoder builds “AI torture chamber” that continuously subjects LLMs to simulated pain — sparking outrage from AI welfare advocates.

Air ambulance carrying 6 people mysteriously vanishes while flying from Bermuda to Boston, prompting a massive Coast Guard search.