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U.S. officials seeking details of reported Russian plague death, quarantines - Mon, 05 Oct 2026 PSTThe Trump administration is closely tracking reports of a death potentially related to pneumonic plague in Russia, with officials cautioning that much about the situation remains unknown.

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FTC launches broad investigation into Anthropic, OpenAIThe Federal Trade Commission has opened a broad investigation into the safety of artificial intelligence systems made by Anthropic and OpenAI, a senior agency official said Wednesday.

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Bessent Urges Fed to Keep ‘Open Mind’ on U.S. Inflation OutlookTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Federal Reserve policymakers should keep an “open mind” on interest rates, arguing that productivity gains from artificial intelligence and deregulation will help keep U.S. inflation in check.

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Trump dismisses AI concerns, but Northwest lawmakers in both parties mull regulationsWASHINGTON – When the House and Senate returned to work on Monday, an unusually high-stakes topic dominated Capitol Hill: Does artificial intelligence pose an existential threat to humanity?

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Trump to form ‘AI Force,’ name AI czar but rejects calls for constraintsPresident Donald Trump said he will name an official responsible for artificial intelligence and form an unspecified “AI Force,” rejecting calls from lawmakers and industry leaders for new guardrails on the rapidly advancing technology.

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Keeping kids safe in the age of AI: What safeguards does WA have?As artificial intelligence chatbots become more sophisticated and better at mimicking human characteristics, parents, researchers and lawmakers have sounded the alarm about how they’re affecting children and teens.

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Gates Foundation commits $1 billion to improving global AI accessAs debate rages over how to respond to the growing power of artificial intelligence, Bill Gates is throwing a billion dollars and some words of wisdom at the problem.

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Patel won’t rule out FBI at the polls on Election DayWASHINGTON — FBI Director Kash Patel refused to say whether agents would be present at the polls during the midterm elections in a contentious Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing Tuesday. The comments came as members from both parties questioned Patel over issues ranging from elections to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and a bizarre…

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FBI busts Chinese national in latest Detroit counterintelligence caseDETROIT — Federal prosecutors in Detroit charged a Chinese national Friday who is portrayed as working for her government's spy agency while meeting with current and former U.S. government officials, the latest in a series of counterintelligence cases that have raised national security concerns. Di Jin, 41, a resident of Tianjin Municipality in northern…

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Huawei heads to trial in U.S. over its business dealings in IranNEW YORK – Eight years after U.S. prosecutors secretly charged China's Huawei Technologies with defrauding HSBC and other banks over its business with Iran, the case is finally heading for trial. Huawei also faces charges of conspiring to steal trade secrets from five U.S. technology companies, and is accused of lying about its dealings in North Korea…

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