CFTC is investigating Kinzinger’s Kalshi trades related to Biden pardons

The Hill - Sep 30, 2026

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) launched an investigation into former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) over Kalshi trades related to pardons issued by former President Biden. The prediction market account — which was allegedly linked to the former lawmaker — made transactions between December 2024 and January 2025 concerning whether Kinzinger would receive a pardon,...

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CFTC is investigating Kinzinger’s Kalshi trades related to Biden pardons

Sep 30, 2026

CFTC is investigating Kinzinger’s Kalshi trades related to Biden pardons

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) launched an investigation into former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) over Kalshi trades related to pardons issued by former President Biden. The prediction market account — which was allegedly linked to the former lawmaker — made transactions between December 2024 and January 2025 concerning whether Kinzinger would receive a pardon,...

Watch live: Senate panel weighs national security risks of rogue AI

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Industry experts on Wednesday will face questioning from members of a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee panel about the national security risks posed by rogue AI. The hearing will focus on how autonomous AI agents — including OpenAI's model that unsuccessfully attempted to breach federal agency websites — could be used to launch...

Trump posts letter with ‘Unites States’ typo after AI meeting with tech CEOs

Sep 30, 2026

Trump posts letter with ‘Unites States’ typo after AI meeting with tech CEOs

The letter detailing President Trump’s pact with key AI leaders posted Tuesday following his meeting with technology leaders contains a typo, misspelling his title as “President of the Unites States." The letter, which Trump posted on Truth Social, outlined the voluntary agreement to implement certain guardrails following several high-profile cybersecurity incidents where AI chatbots escaped...

Cornell fraternity Snapchat messages could be key in Jane Doe rape case

Sep 30, 2026

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O'Reilly: 'I think you're going to have to have a new police agency' for AI

Sep 30, 2026

O'Reilly: 'I think you're going to have to have a new police agency' for AI

Political commentator Bill O’Reilly on Tuesday called for a new federal law enforcement agency dedicated to artificial intelligence, arguing that the AI industry’s ability to police itself would not go far enough to address the technology’s potential dangers. “I think you’re going to have a new police agency, federal, that all they do is look...

Trump finds close ally in Nvidia’s Huang at key AI juncture

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Altman unveils 'always-on' AI agent after OpenAI shelves model over safety concerns

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Trump, GOP leaders look to reclaim control over AI narrative

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President Trump and Republicans are seeking to reclaim control of the narrative surrounding artificial intelligence as Democrats use the issue to go on offense ahead of the midterms. Numerous tech leaders joined Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) at a Tuesday luncheon on “super intelligence” — the president’s new term for AI — where they...

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AI firms sign 'morally binding' self-policing pledge in White House meeting

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What would Jon Husted's data center bill actually do?

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Sen. Jon Husted’s (R-Ohio) Ratepayer Protection Act aims to mitigate high electricity costs associated with data centers, but even if it passes, it’s not clear if the bill would have any impact. The legislation, which easily cleared the House 417-3, requires states and some electric utilities to consider a standard under which data centers would...

Trump to sign order renaming AI as 'superintelligence'

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President Trump plans to sign an order Tuesday officially renaming AI as “superintelligence.” “We're going to be signing a document today at about 5 o'clock, renaming artificial intelligence because it's not artificial,” Trump said in public remarks, after hosting a luncheon with top technology executives at the White House. “We all agree on that, and...

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