Anthropic’s Amodei meets Wiles and Bessent at the White House in first step toward resolving Mythos standoff

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In short: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei met White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday in what the White House called “productive and constructive” talks over access to Mythos, the frontier AI model capable of finding thousands of zero-day vulnerabilities. The meeting signals a thaw in the standoff that […]

Penthouse pieds-à-terre: Bezos, Trump, and other billionaires facing Mamdani's proposed tax

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Jeff Bezos would be among the many billionaires impacted by a proposed pied-à-terre tax backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

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Work on Capitol Hill? Your boss may want to ban you from betting on prediction markets

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Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts was the first member of Congress to announce a ban on staff trading on prediction markets.

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MarineTraffic shows Hormuz Strait vessel activity after Israel-Lebanon ceasefire deal

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Tanker ships are sailing through the Strait of Hormuz. Here's what 'completely open' looks like right now.

NYC's first rest area for delivery workers isn't open 10 days after a flashy ribbon-cutting. I dug into why.

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A dark brown metal building rests on a New York City sidewalk outside the City Hall.
Big-name politicians attended the April 7 unveiling of the nation's first rest area hub for delivery workers. 10 days later, the doors remain locked.

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From inspirational quotes to depicting himself as Jesus, see how Trump's social media posts have evolved since 2009

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President Trump looks at his phone at the oval office desk.
President Trump began posting on the Trump-owned social media platform Truth Social after being banned from Twitter in 2021.

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'NYC is cooked': Business leaders and Wall Streeters erupt over proposed luxury second-home tax

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Zohran Mamdani grins toward the camera, flanked by photographers.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has backed a proposal by Gov. Kathy Hochul to tax second homes in New York City valued at over $5 million.

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Zohran Mamdani is still getting paid from his rap career

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Zohran Mamdani
Mamdani and his wife, Rama Duwaji, got $7,011 back from the government, according to his 2025 tax return.

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Trump is killing America's buzz

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Alcohol bottles, downward stock line, and Donald Trump

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Jury Does What Trump’s DOJ Wouldn’t, Deems Ticketmaster a Monopoly

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Imagine actually holding a corporation accountable.
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