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Pete Buttigieg was the former transportation secretary.

Pete Buttigieg is currently acting as a high-demand campaign surrogate for Democrats, having traveled to nearly three dozen states. He is also weighing another presidential run for 2028.

Diesel prices are hitting record highs, which is affecting American farmers and rural residents. This trend is causing concern for Republicans as the midterm elections approach.

In terms of usage and sentiment: 80% of Chinese people use AI weekly compared to 54% of Americans; 84% of Chinese people say AI excites them compared to 38% of Americans; and 87% of Chinese people trust AI compared to just 32% of Americans. Furthermore, 54% of Chinese people want more AI in daily life, compared to 17% of Americans.

The four models are: Kimi K3 (Moonshot), which is noted for long, multi-step agentic tasks; Qwen3.8-Max (Alibaba); GLM-5.3 (Zhipu / Z.ai), which is a coding specialist; and DeepSeek V4 / V4.1-Flash, which is noted as being among the cheapest to use and is MIT-licensed.

China's advantages include abundance of power (with estimates suggesting China will add almost six times more generating capacity than the U.S. over the next five years), dominance in vital minerals for AI hardware (controlling all but one of 20 essential minerals), dominance in industrial robotics (receiving more than half of all industrial robots installed worldwide in 2024), widespread adoption of cheap open-source models, and leadership in self-driving cars and drones (with DJI holding over 70% of the global drone market).

China is facing an aging population (with nearly as many people over 60 as the entire U.S. population) that has seen its population shrink for four consecutive years, high youth unemployment sitting at 19%, a poor population outside of major cities, and a five-year housing crisis where prices are falling.

Jennifer Vanos notes that during strenuous outdoor work, a worker's own metabolism can become a major source of body heat.

California's Extreme Heat Action Plan aims to link the protection of heat-vulnerable groups, including workers, with expanding access to indoor cooling and strengthening energy systems to reduce grid strain and outages.

From 2022 to 2025, Oregon OSHA conducted 3,104 inspections addressing heat and issued 408 citations, which totaled $652,640 in initial penalties.

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration recommends that employers consider moving work to the early morning or late afternoon, shortening shifts, rotating workers, and reducing strenuous work during the hottest parts of the day.

The article was published on Thursday, September 24, 2026, at 09:00:00 +0000.

Economist Emmanuel Saez is one of the architects behind California's wealth tax proposal.