Sam Altman is stuck playing defense. It all started a week ago.

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Sam Altman looks ahead during congressional testimony
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

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A key Paramount ally makes the case for using Middle East money to buy Warner Bros.: 'The world is changing.'

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Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia (middle) sits next to Elon Musk (right) and U.S. Treasury secretary Scott Bessent (left) at a U.S.-Saudi business conference in Washington, DC., November 2025.
In the second Trump administration, American businesses and government officials have been eager to do deals in the Middle East. Paramount's deal to acquire Warner Bros.

Bill Gates’ TerraPower Finally Has a Permit for a Nuclear Reactor, but No Reliable Way to Fuel It

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Commercial quantities of the required fuel are currently only available from one vendor: the Russian state.

Tech leaders pledge to power their own data centers during meeting with Trump

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Executives from eight tech companies joined Trump at the White House on Wednesday.

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The US is urging Americans to leave 14 Middle Eastern countries amid the Iran conflict. Here's what's happening in each.

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Flight radar shows planes avoiding Middle Eastern countries amid Iran conflict.
The US State Department is urging Americans in over a dozen Middle Eastern countries to "depart now."

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I ate an RFK-approved diet for a week. It sparked a food fight.

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There is no "right" way to eat. You wouldn't know that, though, given how much we scrutinize each other's diets.

Big Law thought it won its battle with Trump. That lasted a day.

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The Justice Department walked back its decision to drop an appeal of four judges' decisions to strike down President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting Big Law firms.

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Bill Clinton says he can only remember sending 2 emails in his life

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Clinton said in a House deposition that he's "not sure I've sent one" email since the 1999 Kosovo War.

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Zohran Mamdani is rolling out his first wave of free childcare. See which NYC neighborhoods get free 2-K this fall.

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New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani interacts with children during his visit to a childcare center in Manhattan, New York, U.S., on December 11, 2025.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani visited a childcare center before getting sworn in.

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Trump in phone call: Iran is 'running out of launchers'

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President Donald Trump

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