Ro Khanna claims California’s proposed 5% tax on billionaire wealth could raise $4,000,000,000,000.00 over 10 years.

Trump demands the Senate immediately pass permanent daylight saving time, declaring more evening sunlight is “better” & could help fight crime.

New website “Have I Been Flocked” lets drivers check whether law enforcement has searched their license plate in Flock camera databases.

Anti-AI activists storm OpenAI’s office dressed as “rogue AI agents.”

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicts AI could make it possible to “cure most human disease” within 5-10 years.

Nicki Minaj officially endorses Byron Donalds for Florida Governor.

CZ declares owning 1 full Bitcoin could become “difficult even for millionaires” as supply tightens.

New South Wales launches a gun buyback program after the Bondi Beach attack, offering owners up to A$10,000 to surrender firearms.

California Uber driver reveals Tesla’s Full Self-Driving now handles 95% of his driving, with his Uber safety score rising from 70% to 98%.

Mark Cuban declares chips will become “the new crypto” as an asset class.

Trump hints at a 2028 presidential run in latest Truth Social post.

Tesla & SpaceX merger projected to be announced by the end of next year. 55% chance.

Prince Harry & Meghan Markle’s new documentary “Cookie Queens” was beaten at the box office by a compilation of viral cat videos.

Hundreds of migrants rush toward Spain’s Ceuta enclave weeks after the massive border rush, with Moroccan police making over 100 arrests.

New bioengineered chewing gum slashes HPV levels by up to 93% while targeting bacteria linked to head & neck cancer.

Democrats officially make South Carolina the first contest of the 2028 presidential primary calendar.

Hurricane Lala strengthens to Category 1 as it approaches Hawaii’s Big Island, which has not seen a direct hurricane landfall in 155 years.

The number of U.S. homebuyers falls to the lowest level on record, with sellers outnumbering buyers by more than 50%.

Further substantive progress on the Riemann Hypothesis by…?

Belgian construction workers find $10 million in gold bars & coins bricked into a cellar wall during renovations.

Minnesota officials reveal Cam Higby may face legal consequences after wearing a burqa & posing as a voter to test election safeguards.

President Trump reflects on his relationship with Kim Jong Un, declaring the two “get along GREAT.”

Tesla reportedly planning to demo a “flying” Roadster as early as this month, using SpaceX-developed thrusters with the car remotely operated & nobody inside.

Missouri farmer offers up his land for a data center after the county halted a 500-acre project.

Canadian petition to expel U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra surpasses 170,000 signatures.

Virginia high school student Mia Heller invents a filter that removes roughly 96% of microplastics from drinking water.

Dr. Anthony Fauci declines a request to testify before a second Senate panel after Republicans voted to hold him in contempt.

Stripe reportedly in talks to acquire PayPal. 33% chance.

6 year old rescue pug Jinny Lu wins the 2026 “World’s Ugliest Dog” contest.

UFC 330: Islam Makhachev vs. Ian Machado Garry

India holds massive military parade in New Delhi to mark its 80th Independence Day.

South Korea proposes talks with North Korea to formally end the Korean War.

Alibaba’s Qwen becomes the world’s No. 1 open AI model by downloads, topping 3 billion globally.

Which week will OpenAI release Astra?

DSA national co-chairs refuse to say whether Cuba, Venezuela, & Nicaragua are dictatorships during an interview.

Putin announces Russia & North Korea are cooperating “across all areas” & coordinating on regional security.

British diplomats will no longer receive extra “hardship” pay for being stationed in Buenos Aires or Santiago.

Taipei Mayor Election Winner

Chad’s president pardons jailed opposition leader Succes Masra, his main political rival.

India announces plans for up to eight new chip plants & five nuclear reactors, targeting 100 GW of nuclear capacity by 2047.

Next DeepSeek Pro released by...?

U.S. revokes the visa of former Mexican President López Obrador’s son.

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.