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Political groups linked to President Donald Trump are spending $10 million on television and digital ads in the Texas Senate race, according to documents filed Saturday with the Federal Election Commission.This is the first time MAGA has spent heavily in a general election, and reflects how a once-safe Republican seat in Texas is becoming more viable for Democrats with the candidacy of 37-year-old state Rep. James Talarico.Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is a candidate in the Republican race. With Trump’s support, Paxton defeated incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the May primary runoff.Public disapproval of President Trump over the economy and…

A drilling rig stands at the Farbo Energy geothermal site under construction near Milford, Utah, on November 26, 2023.Ellen Schmidt APMILFORD, Utah — Deep in the Utah desert, a few miles down a gravel road from the big city. furbo energy At a time when U.S. electricity demand is increasing significantly for the first time in decades, it’s betting that heat from the Earth’s core could be economically harnessed for electricity, potentially producing tens of gigawatts of baseload, emissions-free power.Geothermal power generation is not new. Traditionally, it required specific geological formations, severely limiting its possibilities. Now, Fervo aims to prove…

BECKY QUICK:  Welcome back, everybody.Berkshire Hathaway first invested in Japan’s five main “trading houses” just over six years ago, and it consistently increased its position. Berkshire now owns more than 10 percent of each of the top five. And the company’s CEO, Greg Abel, is in Japan right now.He joins us for a business update and what he’s seeing there. And, Greg, it’s great to see you. Thank you for joining us.GREG ABEL:  Good morning, Becky. Great to be on “Squawk Box”.BECKY QUICK:  Good morning. Although I — I see it’s evening there in Japan as we would anticipate.Greg, let’s talk…

Three hikers were rescued from California’s Mount Shasta this week after using Google’s AI chatbot Gemini to plan their expedition, the Chicago Tribune reported. According to a Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office report, the three youths began their hike at 3 a.m. and reached the summit at 7 p.m., although hikers were told to turn back if they had not reached the summit by noon. The three then attempted to descend in the dark, called the sheriff’s office for directions, spent the night in Mud Creek Canyon, and were rescued the next morning by Forest Service rangers and volunteers. It’s not…

I and many others were looking forward to a luncheon with Dress for Success, a women’s workforce development organization, at the end of September. Gloria Steinem was scheduled to be the keynote speaker, sharing her insights on “the importance of empowering women to create meaningful change,” according to the invitation. Mr. Steinem died Wednesday.”Gloria’s unwavering commitment to women’s equality, opportunity and empowerment helped shape generations of changemakers and inspired countless individuals to speak out, pursue their ambitions and challenge barriers,” Joanie Billie, CEO of Dress for Success Worldwide, said in a statement to CNBC Make It. The organization plans to…

The Trump administration is seeking to expand deportations to third countries and has so far signed more than 30 agreements with foreign governments.Published September 5, 2026September 5, 2026Guyana has announced it has accepted six people deported from the United States as President Donald Trump’s administration ramps up deportations to so-called third countries.Guyana’s Foreign Minister Robert Persaud announced that a group of Cubans and Afghans arrived in the South American country on Saturday after being deported over an immigration dispute.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listPersaud told The Associated Press that “the United States has not made any further requests”…

President Donald Trump speaks with new Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh after the swearing-in ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, May 22, 2026.Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesTen days before the Fed is likely to consider raising interest rates, the Trump administration appears to be pressing the entire court to halt the hike.Over the past week, the president, vice president, treasury secretary and one of the president’s senior economic advisers have urged the Fed not to raise rates, or even to cut them, in an unusually wide-ranging public pressure campaign even by the standards of President…

The nation’s largest school district now has the strictest guidelines for allowing younger students to use artificial intelligence tools in school (at least temporarily). Some education experts say this is a step in the right direction for schools to effectively utilize AI to benefit children.New York City schools will ban the use of generative AI tools by elementary and middle school students during the next school year, Mayor Zoran Mamdani announced Wednesday. Mamdani said in a statement that the one-year suspension, which affects more than 600,000 students, will give the city’s education authorities time to “study the impact of this…

OpenAI has acknowledged its role in a recently reported incident in which an AI agent took over a German wiki forum. The company also said it is “past time” to “define standards” for how it shares information about incidents where its technology behaves in unexpected ways. In a post about X, OpenAI previously said it had “treated the mismatch[when AI models and agents pursue goals different from those of their creators and users]primarily as a research question, as communicated in research publications.” However, the company said its approach needs to be “extended to match this new stage of model capabilities”…

A Walmart delivery van is parked in front of Walmart Torrance Market on April 3, 2025 in Torrance, California.Jay L. Clendenin | Getty Images News | Getty Imageswalmart Dunkin’ iced coffee and maple donuts will be available soon. The nation’s largest retailer announced this week that it would begin delivering Dunkin’ products from its own stores, but then plans to expand the program over the next year to include most of the nation’s 10,000 donut chain stores, most of which are outside Walmart stores. The out-of-store experiment builds on a similar delivery program the retailer has run with its in-store…