WAR (C. Todd Lopez) - Meritocracy at Center of Military Service, Hegseth Tells Cadets at Texas A&M
At Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told future officers that the U.S. military they will enter places a premium on meritocracy, and that once they put on their uniforms, they will march into formations that value them only for what they bring to the fight.
ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - Lawsuit says Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google made illegal agreement on AI slowdown
The suit argues that the leading AI companies violated antitrust laws.
ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - Trump to meet with Venezuela's interim president, other leaders at UNGA
It will be the first time that Trump and interim President Delcy Rodriguez will meet since the U.S. operation in Venezuela that captured Nicolas Maduro.
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Ocasio-Cortez signals Florida campaign swing to boost DSA-aligned Senate candidate Angie Nixon
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she plans to campaign in Florida for Democratic Socialists of America member Angie Nixon's Senate bid, a move that would put one of the national left's most prominent faces behind a candidate already under fire for quoting a convicted cop-killer on the trail. Ocasio-Cortez told the Floridian she is open to […] The post Ocasio-Cortez signals Florida campaign swing to boost DSA-aligned Senate candidate Angie Nixon appeared first on American Almanac .
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she plans to campaign in Florida for Democratic Socialists of America member Angie Nixon's Senate bid, a move that would put one of the national left's most prominent faces behind a candidate already under fire for quoting a convicted cop-killer on the trail. Ocasio-Cortez told the Floridian she is open to stumping in the Sunshine State for Nixon and for Pia Dandiya, the Democratic nominee in Florida's 22nd Congressional District. The New York congresswoman framed the trip as a response to demand from local campaigns rather than a top-down strategy. "Yeah, I mean, we'll see. I'm always open to wherever people want me to be there, so I look forward to being back in Florida soon," Ocasio-Cortez said in…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Foreign hackers hit two Colorado water utilities, altered pumps and disabled alarms
Foreign cyber actors breached two small Colorado water systems last month, tampering with pumps and disabling safety alarms before operators wrestled back control, the latest in a widening campaign targeting America's most basic infrastructure. Colorado state officials confirmed Thursday that hackers penetrated the computer networks of two unnamed water utilities, reaching past standard IT defenses […] The post Foreign hackers hit two Colorado water utilities, altered pumps and disabled alarms appeared first on American Almanac .
Foreign cyber actors breached two small Colorado water systems last month, tampering with pumps and disabling safety alarms before operators wrestled back control, the latest in a widening campaign targeting America's most basic infrastructure. Colorado state officials confirmed Thursday that hackers penetrated the computer networks of two unnamed water utilities, reaching past standard IT defenses and into the operational technology that controls physical equipment. The intruders changed pumping cycles, disabled remote-access capabilities, shut off alarms, and altered equipment settings. The two systems together serve roughly 400 people. Fox News Digital reported that operators eventually regained control, and Gov. Jared Polis' office…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - U.S. factory output drops in August, snapping seven-month streak as auto and aerospace production slide
American manufacturing contracted for the first time this year in August, with motor vehicles and aerospace dragging factory output down 0.3 percent and pushing capacity utilization to its lowest point in five months. The Federal Reserve's latest industrial production report, released Friday, showed U.S. factories reversing course after seven straight months of gains. Manufacturing output […] The post U.S. factory output drops in August, snapping seven-month streak as auto and aerospace production slide appeared first on American Almanac .
American manufacturing contracted for the first time this year in August, with motor vehicles and aerospace dragging factory output down 0.3 percent and pushing capacity utilization to its lowest point in five months. The Federal Reserve's latest industrial production report, released Friday , showed U.S. factories reversing course after seven straight months of gains. Manufacturing output had ticked up 0.2 percent in July. August's 0.3 percent decline wiped out that momentum and raised fresh questions about the durability of any domestic production recovery. Two sectors did the most damage. Motor vehicles and parts production fell 1.2 percent, the second consecutive monthly drop, after a 0.8 percent decline in July. Aerospace and…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Jack Newsome) - Glider pilot killed in mid-air collision over Upstate New York
A pilot died Friday after two glider planes collided in the air over Edinburg, New York, and one aircraft crashed into a remote, wooded area, leaving investigators with no clear explanation for how the collision happened. The crash occurred around 2:30 p.m. over the small town about 20 miles north of Saratoga Springs, New York […] The post Glider pilot killed in mid-air collision over Upstate New York appeared first on American Almanac .
A pilot died Friday after two glider planes collided in the air over Edinburg, New York, and one aircraft crashed into a remote, wooded area, leaving investigators with no clear explanation for how the collision happened. The crash occurred around 2:30 p.m. over the small town about 20 miles north of Saratoga Springs, New York State Police reported . One of the two gliders managed to land safely at Plateau Sky Ranch Airport. The second went down in a remote area, and searchers who reached the wreckage found the pilot dead at the scene. The deceased pilot was the sole occupant of the crashed glider. Authorities have not publicly identified the pilot, and the cause of the mid-air collision remains unknown. State police said their…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Jack Newsome) - Weekly jobless claims fall to 196,000, a level almost never recorded since 1969
New Labor Department data show initial unemployment claims dropped to a level reached only four times in more than half a century, a year-to-date pace not seen since the late 1960s. Initial jobless claims fell by 10,000 to 196,000 in the week ended September 12, the Labor Department reported Thursday, beating economists' forecasts by a […] The post Weekly jobless claims fall to 196,000, a level almost never recorded since 1969 appeared first on American Almanac .
New Labor Department data show initial unemployment claims dropped to a level reached only four times in more than half a century, a year-to-date pace not seen since the late 1960s. Initial jobless claims fell by 10,000 to 196,000 in the week ended September 12, the Labor Department reported Thursday, beating economists' forecasts by a wide margin. Wall Street had expected roughly 207,000 new filings. The actual number came in more than 11,000 below that estimate, a gap that is hard to dismiss as statistical noise. Before this year, weekly claims had dipped to 196,000 or lower just four times since 1969. Not once between 1970 and 2018 did the number fall this low. The current figure puts the labor market in territory that most working…Open
SUBSTACK (The Grayzone) - Trump's America is dying for Israel: Max Blumenthal at RPI
The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal addresses the 2026 gathering of the Ron Paul Institute on September 5, detailing how an Israeli influence campaign led the Trump administration to launch a failed war on Iran, triggering disastrous effects for the US economy and global standing.
Blumenthal offers observations from his reporting trip to Iran this July, and details the repressive measures he experienced at the hands of his government when he returned home.Open