Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a special election for the Texas state Senate on Saturday, flipping a reliably Republican district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024.

President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has instructed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem not to intervene in protests occurring in cities led by Democrats unless local authorities ask for federal help.

In nearly two dozen interviews, Houstonians expressed everything from admiration and relief to skepticism and dread following the seizure of leader Nicolás Maduro.

Hundreds of groups hold protests against federal immigration operations, calling for an end to ICE surge. Demonstrators challenge Minneapolis-based retailer Target.

The collapse happened Wednesday due to heavy rains at the rebel-controlled Rubaya mines. Congo is a major supplier of coltan, which contains a key component in the production of smartphones.

The two independent journalists face federal charges related to the interruption of a church service in Minnesota earlier this month. Lemon and Fort say they were there to cover a protest.

A judge has ordered the U.S. to release a father and 5-year-old son who were taken into custody during the immigration crackdown in Minnesota. A judge previously ruled that they could not be removed from the U.S. for now.

The actor was best known for playing Lamont Sanford, opposite Redd Foxx's Fred Sanford in the hit 1970s sitcom. Wilson died Friday from complications related to cancer, his publicist said.

An ICE unit from the US Department of Homeland Security is playing a role providing security at the Winter Games. At past Olympics, their involvement would have been unremarkable. But after the violence in Minneapolis, many Italians protesting in Milan say ICE agents are no longer welcome.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi praised the ruling on social media, calling it "another HUGE" legal win for the Justice Department.

The woman, then in her 20s, says the alleged encounter happened at Royal Lodge in 2010.

Marius Borg Høiby, the crown prince's blond stepson, is accused of 38 charges in a case that has attracted global interest.

In the wake of the Beckhams’ estrangement, a mother and daughter explain what it takes to reconcile.

The industry data suggests that despite Asda embarking on a turnaround, it has been losing ground to rivals.

The detention of pre-schooler Liam Conejo Ramos, pictured wearing a blue bunny-shaped hat and a Spider-Man backpack, sparked national outcry.

Sir Keir Starmer suggests Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should testify over his dealings with the convicted sex offender.

Three million new documents include hundreds of mentions of Trump and emails between Epstein and a person called "The Duke".

More unedifying pictures and words mean it doesn't get any better for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

Miroslav Lajčák steps down after newly released exchanges showed him discussing girls and diplomacy with the late sex offender.

The Greens' new leader has generated a lot of excitement. Can he translate the buzz into electoral success?

Is there life on Mars? Well, there's Claude in the machine

Anthropic's Claude machine learning model has boldly planned what no Claude has planned before – a path across Mars for NASA's Perseverance rover.…

Many European CSPs are being cut loose, sources say, forcing customer transitions

exclusive Broadcom this week brought the hammer down on the Advantage Partner Program for VMware Cloud Service Providers (VCSPs) – and the clock is now ticking for any third parties working to close sales.…

Consider yourselves compromised, experts warn

Ivanti has patched two critical zero-day vulnerabilities in its Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) product that are already being exploited, continuing a grim run of January security incidents for enterprise IT vendors.…

Lying means dying

Lying means dying, at least for one falsehood-peddling government AI. A Microsoft-powered chatbot that New York City rolled out to help business owners answer frequently asked questions – but was often wrong – has been silenced as the city grapples with a $12 billion budget shortfall.…

Network access from China and side hustle as AI upstart CEO aroused suspicion

A former Google software engineer has been convicted of stealing AI hardware secrets from the company for the benefit of two China-based firms, one of which he founded. The second startup intended to use these secrets to market its technology to PRC-controlled organizations.…

Parent company Cognizant hit with multiple lawsuits

Thousands more Oregonians will soon receive data breach letters in the continued fallout from the TriZetto data breach, in which someone hacked the insurance verification provider and gained access to its healthcare provider customers across multiple US states.…

Fewer humans, more bots - just in time for filing season

Tax season 2026 could be an interesting one as the IRS seeks to replace the staff it sent to the unemployment line with AI. Bots could handle tasks ranging from reviewing an org's request for tax-exempt status to processing amended individual filings.…

The western US saw the most activity overall

Cloud storage firm Backblaze says that a sharp rise in AI-driven data traffic to neocloud operators may signal a shift from internet-style traffic patterns to large, high-bandwidth flows characteristic of large-scale model training and inference work.…

Big Red promises 'new era' as long-frustrated contributors weigh whether to believe it

Oracle is taking steps to "repair" its relationship with the MySQL community, according to sources, by moving "commercial-only" features into the database application's Community Edition and prioritizing developer needs.…

AI vision systems can be very literal readers

Indirect prompt injection occurs when a bot takes input data and interprets it as a command. We've seen this problem numerous times when AI bots were fed prompts via web pages or PDFs they read. Now, academics have shown that self-driving cars and autonomous drones will follow illicit instructions that have been written onto road signs.…

A lip-syncing robot, Leonardo's DNA, and new evidence that humans, not glaciers, moved stones to Stonehenge

The effect of microdosing have been overstated, at least when it comes to depression.

With virtually no content and limited benefits, 8K TVs were doomed.

Global Entry and Precheck revoked three days after incident, court filing says.

The website is delayed as senators seek answers from health department watchdog.

Moltbook lets 32,000 AI bots trade jokes, tips, and complaints about humans.

"This program has laid the groundwork for our company's future success."

Alleging fraud in California, Carr proposes making enrollment stricter nationwide.

Ars spoke to several software devs about AI and found enthusiasm tempered by unease.

Just about anyone with a Gmail account could access Bondu chat transcripts.