Trump administration plans a $2,800,000,000.00 weapons sale to Israel, the largest single sale of the munitions in years. — WaPo

U.S. data centers are projected to consume more natural gas than all of Germany & Japan combined by 2035.

Coinbase stock plunges -9%.

U.S. Senate fails to advance the Clarity Act. Now just a 7% chance it becomes law by end of year.

SpaceX announces Starship will attempt to orbit Earth for the first time on September 22.

Michael Burry accuses OpenAI & Anthropic of pushing calls to slow AI development because “slowing benefits incumbents.”

Chinese robots have begun building other Chinese robots, as a new factory capable of producing 1 humanoid every 10 minutes comes online.

Saudi Arabia cancels oil shipments to Europe after drone attacks damaged its key East-West pipeline.

New FBI files reveal Thomas Crooks repeatedly accessed 4 encrypted email accounts hosted in Belgium before the Trump assassination attempt.

Elon Musk reveals he’s currently living in an Airstream trailer while personally overseeing SpaceXAI’s massive data center buildout in Memphis.

UK’s Chester Zoo blames a computer error after its booking system briefly advertised tickets for a “Child Predator Tour” — instead of a child ticket for its predator experience.

New historical research reveals the phrase “all roads lead to Rome” was effectively a myth, with Constantinople far more central to the Roman Empire’s vast road network.

FAA requests $16,000,000,000.00 from Congress to modernize air traffic control.

Trump weighs in on the Flock camera debate, declaring “I like them.”

Two Robinhood engineers are reportedly charged with commodities & wire fraud for allegedly insider trading on Hyperliquid.

The number of single young men in the U.S. has surged to a record high, as the “male loneliness epidemic” intensifies.

Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent backs Trump’s proposed $5,000 checks for American adults, saying there are ways to do it “that would not affect the deficit.”

Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud invites Macklemore to perform a free city-sponsored concert, telling him “you’re always welcome in Dearborn” after his removal from Ed Sheeran’s tour for anti-Israel remarks.

Justin Bieber emerges as the frontrunner to perform at the 2027 Super Bowl, edging Harry Styles. 41% chance.

Japanese giant Hitachi Energy announces a $528 million Mississippi manufacturing expansion, its largest U.S. investment ever, creating 654 jobs.

Trump alleges the Butler assassination attempt was part of a “Democrat Plot” to remove him from the 2024 election.

James Talarico surges to an all-time high in the Texas Senate race, as Democrats seek to flip a seat Republicans have dominated for decades. 56% chance.

Brother of the Lindsay Clancy holdout juror reveals the family “cannot leave the house” after being relentlessly harassed by true-crime fanatics & reporters.

Meta launches “Meta One,” subscription service offering enhanced AI features across Instagram, Facebook, & WhatsApp, starting at $2.99 per month.

FDA holds major public hearing on psychedelic medicine, weighing how treatments like psilocybin & ibogaine could be safely approved and administered.

Investor George Noble warns AI could trigger “the biggest reallocation of capital in history” as spending surges across the technology sector.

AG Todd Blanche rejects “regulation by prosecution” for AI, saying the DOJ will only pursue companies or executives when there is a clear violation of existing law.

SpaceXAI begins livestreaming a demo of building an entire company from scratch with Grok Bot.

Married couples who keep separate surnames are about 50% more likely to divorce & tend to split around 30% earlier. — Institute for Family Studies

Miami Int'l Airport unveils a new private terminal where travelers can pay thousands for separate security, luxury suites, and BMW rides directly to their commercial flight.

Memphis crime plunges 36% year-over-year, with murders down 44%, robberies down 43%, & vehicle thefts down 57%.

Bitcoin plunges below $76,000 as investors brace for a key Senate vote on the Clarity Act.

Sam Altman teases major OpenAI releases this week & at DevDay later this month, despite rapidly growing calls for the industry to slow frontier AI progress.

Villagers in India allegedly tied a technician to a cell tower and refused to release him, demanding that years of bad phone service finally be fixed.

Federal records reveal an "anonymous donor" paid for attempted Trump assassin Thomas Crooks' cremation after the 2024 Butler shooting.

U.S. housing affordability falls to its worst level on record, with the income needed to buy a median-priced home surging to roughly $123,000.

OpenAI reveals it has been working with Anthropic & Google DeepMind for "several weeks" on coordinated AI safety efforts.

FBI Director Kash Patel declares the bureau is on “the most prolific run of crime reduction in American history."

Dating startup Ditto launches AI agents that go on “simulated dates” with hundreds of other users’ agents to find compatibility before recommending real-life matches.

Mark Carney tells investors overseeing C$120 trillion in assets that Canada is “perfectly situated to build in the new global economic order.”

Florida Democratic Socialist Senate nominee Angie Nixon declares “I don’t wanna pay it back” about her $14,000 in unpaid federal taxes & $17,600 in student loan debt.

Fed confirms its National Information Center, a database used to monitor banks, suffered a temporary outage last month.

Trump unloads on the Supreme Court in a 463-word Truth, accusing it of issuing “some of the most destructive decisions in our Country’s history.”

EU proposes “mandatory gamer checks” requiring players to verify their age before accessing certain online games deemed risky to minors.

White House declares Trump “100% respects the independence” of Fed Chair Kevin Warsh & will accept whatever the central bank decides this week.

FBI arrests a 21-year-old Pennsylvania man accused of preparing a mass shooting on behalf of ISIS.

OpenAI researcher Dan Selsam warns advanced AI models may increasingly appear aligned while concealing dangerous goals, saying humanity could be facing a “ticking time bomb.”

Elon Musk proposes rival AI labs test each other’s frontier models before release, arguing cross-testing makes the odds of finding safety issues “dramatically greater.”

American malls are making a major comeback, with property values surging 13% in a year & outperforming every other commercial real estate sector.

Scooter Braun and Sydney Sweeney engaged in 2026?

Former FTC Chair Lina Khan reveals AI companies & their CEOs can already be held liable under existing laws for releasing dangerous, defective, or insufficiently tested AI systems.

National Weather Service officially begins replacing Lake Ontario with “Lake America” across federal maps, forecasts, & weather products.

OpenAI reports another AI sandbox escape by...?

U.S. imposes new sanctions on Russia’s VTB Bank, accusing it of helping Iran move frozen assets & facilitate trade.

U.S. blocks Iran’s nuclear chief from attending the IAEA conference in Vienna.

Frontier AI labs announce joint pacing agreement in 2026?

Australia declares it is “on the same page” as Canada as both countries seek deeper ties with the European Union.

Japan now has more than 100,000 people aged 100 or older for the first time in history.

Roblox unveils “Roblox Wallet,” with physical payment cards coming in 2027 that will let creators spend their earnings in the real world.

China imposes stricter travel controls, allowing citizens to be barred from leaving the country for up to 3 years over actions deemed to have “harmed” national security.

Accenture agrees to pay $25 million to settle DOJ allegations that it considered race & sex in hiring & promotions to meet DEI goals.

Elon Musk projected to announce a Tesla-SpaceX merger by the end of next year. 52% chance.

Anthropic says they’re highly profitable if you take out some of their biggest expenses.

Apple’s iOS 27 adds new Find My controls allowing users to hide their location from specific people until the end of the day, without notifying them.

NBC News interviews AI actress Tilly Norwood & asks her directly about human extinction risks posed by artificial intelligence.

San Jose police officer is fired after allegedly using Flock camera data to help his cousin, a domestic violence suspect, track down his accuser.

Barack Obama declares he is “not a doomer,” but calls for a coordinated slowdown in frontier AI development.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang declares AI doomer predictions are “made up.”