POLITICSGraham Platner’s Exit Sets Off Scramble for New Democratic Senate Candidate in MaineThe state Democratic Party has said it will pick a replacement through a nominating convention before a July 27 deadline. Candidates are already lining up.NY Times·4d ago
POLITICSMaine Democrats Hope to Replace Platner as Senate Nominee. Has That Ever Worked?Graham Platner is one of just a handful of candidates in recent decades who have withdrawn from a Senate race after securing a major party nomination.NY Times·4d ago
POLITICSGoogle will now disclose which ads are made with AIWhile Google prohibits misleading and deceptive ads, an ad can still leverage AI to create some type of synthetic or digitally altered content. Until now, that's something Google only required election ads to disclose.TechCrunch·4d ago
POLITICSHow did the government decide OpenAI’s frontier model was safe to release?"Exactly what that dialog looked like between the government and Anthropic and OpenAI is unclear."TechCrunch·4d ago
POLITICSOpenAI rolls out GPT-5.6 after government greenlight — and announces ‘ChatGPT Work’About two weeks after OpenAI's GPT-5.6 was caught up in regulatory drama - rolled out only to government-approved organizations during a "limited preview" period - the company has received the Trump administration's greenlight for a public rollout of the model. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called it "the bThe Verge·4d ago
POLITICSFurore in Nigeria over fake federal agency set up in government HQ<p>President orders investigation after fictitious body given funding, triggering renewed scrutiny of alleged corruption</p><p>A fictitious federal entity that was allocated 1.3bn naira (£700,000) in Nigeria’s 2026 budget has precipitated a political storm in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/newThe Guardian·4d ago
POLITICSFurore in Nigeria over fake federal agency set up in government HQ<p>President orders investigation after fictitious body given funding, triggering renewed scrutiny of alleged corruption</p><p>A fictitious federal entity that was allocated 1.3bn naira (£700,000) in Nigeria’s 2026 budget has precipitated a political storm in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/newThe Guardian·4d ago
POLITICSFurore in Nigeria over fake federal agency set up in government HQ<p>President orders investigation after fictitious body given funding, triggering renewed scrutiny of alleged corruption</p><p>A fictitious federal entity that was allocated 1.3bn naira (£700,000) in Nigeria’s 2026 budget has precipitated a political storm in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/newThe Guardian·4d ago
POLITICSAs the Telstra crisis unfolded, the Coalition fell victim to another communications failure<p>He should be upping pressure on the government over the second major telco breakdown in 12 months, but Angus Taylor can’t stop scoring own goals</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jul/09/australia-news-live-telstra-mobile-internet-down-outage-triple-zero-vThe Guardian·5d ago
POLITICSTrump wraps NATO summit on a positive note, after meeting ZelenskyyPresident Trump capped a NATO summit in Turkey meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and saying that the U.S. will give Ukraine a license to make Patriot air defense systems.NPR·5d ago
POLITICSSecurity Precaution Led Trump to Use Old Air Force One in Leaving TurkeyThe Secret Service is said to have asked that the president not use the Qatari-donated jet when he left Ankara. The swap deepens questions about the retrofitting of the new plane.NY Times·5d ago
POLITICSPlatner Suspends Senate Bid in Maine After Rape AccusationMr. Platner’s withdrawal, which comes after a woman accused him of rape, creates deep uncertainty in a race that both parties see as crucial to their hopes of winning the Senate.NY Times·5d ago