The FBI would not clarify whether the action is tied to the 2020 election, but last month the Department of Justice announced it's suing Fulton County for records related to the election.

The central bank cut rates at its three previous meetings in an effort to support the job market. But with inflation still elevated, the Fed is cautious about additional rate cuts.

The operation in Washington, D.C. alone is projected to cost upwards of $660 million if it runs through the end of this year as expected, according to new data released by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

President Trump calls global warming "a hoax." As the U.S. faces more severe storms and extreme weather events, the New York Times' David Gelles describes what this means for climate change policy. 

To satisfy Republicans opposed to last summer's cuts to health care, the Trump administration launched an ambitious 5-year initiative known as the Rural Health Transformation Program.

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

At his first Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing since U.S. forces seized Nicolás Maduro, Secretary of State Marco Rubio warns the U.S. could still use force to pressure Venezuela's government.

NPR obtains documents showing the Trump administration secretly cut nuclear safety rules to fast-track new reactors. And, investigators blame systemic failures for a deadly midair crash near D.C.

In the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from WHO, California is the first state to participate in the agency's disease monitoring network. Are others following?

Experts say federal immigration agents' skills are a dangerous mismatch for urban settings such as the Twin Cities

Tehran says its armed forces are ready "with their fingers on the trigger" to respond to any aggression.

Wounded demonstrators tell the BBC they are relying on medics willing to risk their own safety by treating them at their homes.

Geography student Ethan Brown should have been awarded a 2:1 degree but was wrongly told he could not graduate.

Sir Keir Starmer is one of a number of world leaders heading to Beijing

King Charles explains his philosophy of harmony in a film for Amazon Prime Video.

Dramatic footage shows wheel falling off a British Airways aircraft shortly after take-off from Harry Reid International airport.

A firm founded by a GP tried to evict 100 people from flats while planning to move asylum seekers in.

Ross Davidson, known as Ross Wild on stage, was known for singing with the 80s band Spandau Ballet.

The prime minister says he has discussed the deal with Donald Trump, but there are concerns in Whitehall the US could withdraw support for the agreement.

The first woman to lead the Church of England in its history is officially confirmed at St Paul's Cathedral.

Russians, Chinese spies, run-of-the-mill crims …

Come one, come all. Everyone from Russian and Chinese government goons to financially motivated miscreants is exploiting a long-since-patched WinRAR vuln to bring you infostealers and Remote Access Trojans (RATs).…

Redmond has pledged to be carbon-negative by 2030

It's no secret that datacenters use a ton of water for cooling, a demand that can strain local supplies. Despite reported internal forecasts showing sharply higher water use by 2030, Microsoft continues to splash cash on new AI bit barns.…

AI automation, now as simple as point, click, drag, and drop

Hands On For all the buzz surrounding them, AI agents are simply another form of automation that can perform tasks using the tools you've provided. Think of them as smart macros that make decisions and go beyond simple if/then rules to handle edge cases in input data. Fortunately, it's easy enough to code your own agents and below we'll show you how.…

More work for admins on the cards as they await a full dump of fixes

Things aren't over yet for Fortinet customers – the security shop has disclosed yet another critical FortiCloud SSO vulnerability.…

Only the biggest businesses are up to the challenge, says Redis CEO

Anyone scanning the news might think it's pedal to the metal as far as AI agent implementations go, but there is a slump in rollouts as many organizations figure out what to do next, Redis CEO Rowan Trollope told The Register.…

Memory boom funds $10B punt on 'solutions' outfit that's still light on details

SK hynix is surfing the AI hype wave by setting up what it nebulously describes as a solutions biz to further exploit the hysteria.…

How a cold morning, failed O-rings, and flawed decision-making led to tragedy

Forty years ago, Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds into its flight, killing its crew of seven and exposing the management culture and decision-making process that led NASA to launch on a freezing January day.…

Chatbot banned – for now – after it dreamed up West Ham match that never happened

West Midlands Police's acting Chief Constable has suspended use of Microsoft Copilot following a controversy that led to the early retirement of his predecessor over a recommendation to ban Israeli football fans from a Birmingham match.…

Google researcher sits on UAC bypass for ages, only for it to become valid with new security feature

Microsoft patched a bevy of bugs that allowed bypasses of Windows Administrator Protection before the feature was made available earlier this month.…

If only there were some technology to boil things down to bullet points

Opinion Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has published a novella-length essay about the risk of superintelligent AI, something that doesn't yet exist.…

Congress recently grilled the acting chief on mass layoffs and a failed polygraph.

Despite proof-of-concept video, EA's Frostbite Engine servers are difficult to pick apart.

"This is an attempt to learn more..."

The Auto Browse agent is available to AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers, but there are some limits.

Mark Zuckerberg's social media platforms are assisting the Trump administration.

Over 400,000 H200 chips coming to tech giants as China tries to balance tech needs with self-reliance.

Since start of the year, South Carolina's outbreak has accelerated dramatically.

The tradeoffs for the $499 9850X3D make it hard to get excited about.

A 5,500-year-old fossil from Colombia has scientists rethinking syphilis origins.

The open source "Jarvis" chats via WhatsApp but requires access to your files and accounts.