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Bondi will face questions in April regarding his compliance with the Trump administration’s Epstein File Transparency Act.Published March 17, 2026March 17, 2026A U.S. Congressional subcommittee has subpoenaed Attorney General Pam Bondi and forced her to testify in a closed-door hearing as part of its investigation into convicted former sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The subpoenas were issued Tuesday after the U.S. House Oversight Committee voted in favor of issuing them earlier this month.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listIn a letter Tuesday, committee chairman James Comer explained that Mr. Bondi is required to file an affidavit on April 14th.”The committee has…
BuzzFeed, the US-based media company best known for its quizzes, articles, and at one time its Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism department, is reinventing itself for the AI era. At least, that’s the pitch. At the SXSW conference in Austin, BuzzFeed co-founder and CEO Jonah Peretti introduced the company’s next foray into media, a spinoff called Branch Office, which he said will explore artificial intelligence in consumer apps designed for creativity and connection. The new company is an extension of years of experiments BuzzFeed has conducted with AI technology, Peretti explained in a halting presentation that began with a glitch in a…
Asia-Pacific markets ended mixed, with auto and tech stocks rising after Nvidia announced solid earnings forecasts for its leading chips and partnerships with automakers in the region. Memory maker Samsung Electronics, a decades-long partner of Nvidia, rose 2.76%. Taiwan’s TSMC, the world’s largest chipmaker and maker of Nvidia’s advanced AI GPUs, rose 1.36%.Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said at Nvidia’s annual developer conference on Monday that he expects orders between Blackwell and Vera Rubin chips to reach $1 trillion by 2027. However, SK Hynix reversed and fell 0.41%.Stock prices of Hyundai Motors, Nissan Motors, and Isuzu Motors and China BYD and…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Tuesday pointed to a fast-growing AI project called OpenClaw as a major step forward in how people interact with artificial intelligence.”This is now the largest, most popular and most successful open source project in human history,” Jensen told Jim Cramer in an interview on “Mad Money” on the sidelines of Nvidia’s GTC event in California. “This is definitely the next ChatGPT,” the CEO declared.OpenClaw is an open source autonomous AI agent platform that goes beyond traditional chatbots. Instead of answering questions, these agents can complete tasks, make decisions, and take actions with minimal input from…
Colombian and Ecuadorian leaders raised trade suspicions after President Gustavo Petro announced that 27 charred bodies had been found at the border.Published March 17, 2026March 17, 2026BOGOTA, Colombia – Colombian President Gustavo Petro says 27 charred bodies have been found on the country’s border with Ecuador, just one day after suggesting that Ecuadorian forces may have bombed Colombian territory.”The bombings along the Colombia-Ecuador border do not appear to be the work of armed groups. They do not have aircraft. They do not appear to be the work of Colombian security forces. I did not order them,” Petro wrote in a…
Jared Anderson will make his first British boxing appearance on May 9th in Manchester.The American heavyweight is on the verge of signing a contract with Queensberry Promotions and will next face Daniel Dubois in the UK on the undercard of Fabio Wardley’s world title defense. The deal is a co-promotion with Top Rank and is expected to be announced this week. Anderson is one of the best young American heavyweights, with just one loss in 19 professional fights. Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player Jared Anderson stopped Andriy Rudenko in five rounds. Veteran title contender Martin Bacall…
After a dramatic falling out, Anthropic and the Department of Defense don’t seem to be getting back together. Instead, the Pentagon is building tools to replace Anthropic’s AI, according to a Bloomberg conversation with Cameron Stanley, the Pentagon’s chief digital and AI officer. “The Department is actively seeking to introduce multiple LLMs into appropriate government-owned environments,” he said. “Engineering work on these LLMs has begun and they are expected to be operational soon.” Anthropic’s $200 million contract with the Department of Defense (DOD) collapsed in recent weeks after the parties could not agree on the extent to which the military…
The United Arab Emirates reopened its airspace on Tuesday after a brief closure as the conflict with the United States and Israel enters its third week and Iran continues to launch missile and drone attacks.The UAE Ministry of Defense announced on Monday that its air defense forces have so far intercepted more than 300 ballistic missiles and more than 1,600 unmanned aerial vehicles.The General Civil Aviation Authority said the decision was made after a comprehensive assessment of the operational and security situation and in coordination with relevant authorities. It added that real-time monitoring of the situation continues to be carried…
While President Trump has vowed to do something with Cuba in the near future, the US government continues to block fuel supplies to the island nation.Published March 17, 2026March 17, 2026U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Cuba “needs to put a new person in charge” as U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration continues to increase pressure on Cuba.Rubio made the comments Tuesday during an event in the Oval Office, saying Cuba “has an economy that doesn’t work with a political and governmental system.”Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listHe spoke as the United States continues to impose a de…
Sky Sports expert Tamsin Greenway says Jess Thirlby’s surprise departure as England netball head coach comes at a strange time.On Tuesday, it was announced that Thirlby would step down with immediate effect after serving in the role for nearly seven years. Her departure comes just four months after the Commonwealth Games. Thirlby cited a desire to focus on supporting her family as the main reason for her decision, with Anna Stenbridge moving from assistant coach to oversee England’s upcoming campaign in Glasgow. Last month, England lost the series 2-1 against South Africa, which was Thirlby’s final act as head coach.”There’s…