Thursday, September 10, 2026
Sanders to host AI briefing for senators - Live Updates - POLITICO
“Congress needs SERIOUS discussions about this issue,” Sanders wrote. “That is why I will be convening a private briefing with some of the leading experts in the world to discuss this recent incident and the extraordinary dangers that AI poses for humanity.”…
Lawmakers urge Congress to act after AI researcher’s dire warning - Live Updates - POLITICO
“I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic,” said Coxon, who specialized in training models. “Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.”
He added: “The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a marketing stunt.”…
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/09/09/congress/congress-reacts-to-ai-warning-01068556
Citing the 'Deep State,' Trump overhauls the intelligence community : NPR
Steven Cash held multiple national security posts — at the CIA, the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Department of Homeland Security.
He resigned when Trump began his second term.
"I could not in good conscience keep working for a president who was going to take what I was working on and what others had spent careers working on, and turning it against Americans, which is exactly what he has done," Cash said...
A MAGA Activist Flooded Georgia With Voter Challenges. Now He Works for the State Election Board. – Mother Jones
“This man is trying to suppress votes, and he’s happy to suppress as many as he can for any reason he can.”…
Trump says Iran war will end ‘immediately’ after midterms - POLITICO
The president accused Iran of escalating the conflict to hurt Republicans in November, as soaring energy prices threaten to deepen voters’ economic concerns…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/09/trump-iran-war-end-midterms-01069191
Ballots discounted for late postmarks surged in Washington and Oregon after Postal Service changes | PBS News
The number of ballots rejected for late postmarks has soared in the vote-by-mail states of Washington and Oregon, according to newly released data highlighting concerns about recent changes in U.S. Postal Service operations ahead of this fall's pivotal midterm election...
Grief, fury, conspiracy: inside Turning Point USA after Charlie Kirk’s killing
Despite occasional reports of tension with campus chapters or lower-than-expected turnout at events, Turning Point is adamant that the surge of support after Kirk’s assassination continues unabated. “In my role, I see all the metrics. I see all the fundraising,” Justin Streiff, Turning Point USA’s COO, told me. Measured by donations, student interest, number of employees, social media reach and other factors, “there is no slowdown. Like, I don’t even mean a little slow.”
This year Turning Point has announced a number of new programs. Its political arm, Turning Point Action, also continues to aggressively intervene in Republican politics, particularly in its back yard of Arizona, to the point that some conservative strategists and politicians there complained to me that Turning Point was elevating fanatical pro-Trump candidates who do poorly with the general electorate.
Bowyer, the COO of Turning Point Action, disagreed with that tactical analysis. “The people that you’ve talked to, whoever you talked to, they’re wholly uneducated, haven’t looked at the numbers, haven’t looked deeply into it,” he told me in his office, as I listened from across his desk, in a significantly lower chair...
A new report finds many Chinese provinces are reducing their use of coal : NPR
China is the world's largest emitter of planet-warming pollution. But a new report this week finds the country is transitioning away from fossil fuels including coal...
‘Miserable and impossible’: food scarce in Kyiv as Russia targets supply chains
Supermarket shelves half-filled in Ukrainian capital as Moscow bombs warehouses supporting civilian life…
Oil prices rise above $100 a barrel for first time since July as Iran war escalates
The US military said it had “destroyed” multiple Iranian tankers, after Tehran attempted to strike a US navy warship with ballistic missiles. The exchange came after Iran-backed Houthis attacked four cities in Saudi Arabia the previous night, wounding more than 70 people and setting oil installations ablaze...
As midterms approach, new poll finds that few Americans trust campaigns or Trump | PBS News
Americans are more skeptical of government information than they were a few years ago, with majorities now saying they have little or no trust in federal government information about elections and politics, foreign affairs or the environment, a new poll finds...
European democracies are running out of time to turn away from the abyss
Far-right parties, Maga ideology and Kremlin money are conniving to suffocate liberal idealism for another generation…
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/09/far-right-europe-afd-germany-nigel-farage
Homeland security agent charged with child rape in Alabama, officials say
He “was directly involved with child exploitation cases, working with these cases and raising awareness”, Marshall added. “That’s why it’s so profoundly disappointing and frankly disgusting that we stand here today and tell you that we charged him” with crimes that are incongruent with “what his professional responsibility was”…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/09/alabama-hsi-agent-charged
Republicans in fight to hold on to majority look to ‘midterm convention’ to overcome Trump unpopularity
The convention represents perhaps Republicans’ final opportunity to make a large-scale, high profile pitch to Americans. Joe Gruters, the chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), which is organizing the convention, said the program will attempt to demonstrate how Republicans are “lowering costs, securing our border, making our communities safer, and putting American workers and families first”...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/09/republicans-midterm-convention-trump
Trump administration proposes dramatic overhaul of 2030 census that changes who counts as living in America - POLITICO
The changes, if approved and implemented for 2030, would have enormous political consequences. Census results determine how the 435 seats in the House are apportioned among states and form the basis for redrawing congressional maps. Race and ethnicity data collected through the census are also used to produce population data states receive for redistricting and to help enforce the Voting Rights Act and other civil rights laws…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/09/trump-administration-2030-census-citizenship-count-01068927
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