The Trump administration is overseeing the largest one-year cut to the federal workforce in nearly a century, with 154,000 federal employees officially leaving the payroll this week. Those departing had accepted buyouts offered under President Trump’s plan to reduce the size and scope of the federal government.
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is preparing to release a new standalone app powered by its latest video-generation model, Sora 2. The app, designed to resemble TikTok, will feature a vertical video feed of AI-generated clips that users can create, share, and remix. Unlike TikTok, however, all content will be AI-generated rather than filmed by users.
Netflix has once again sparked outrage among parents after slipping a same-sex wedding and kiss into its children’s program Ada Twist, Scientist. In season four’s eleventh episode, titled Blue River Wedding, the animated show—targeted at preschool and elementary-aged children—features a gay couple exchanging vows, raising serious concerns about Hollywood’s growing effort to normalize adult sexual themes in programming meant for toddlers.
A military court in Kinshasa on Tuesday sentenced former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila to death in absentia, convicting him on charges of treason, terrorism, and war crimes. The sweeping verdict against the 54-year-old ex-leader included allegations of murder, torture, sexual assault, and conspiracy to support the M23 rebel insurgency in eastern Congo.
The Trump administration froze an estimated $18 billion in funding for two New York City infrastructure projects amid a concern over "unconstitutional DEI principles."
Greta Thunberg's flotilla drama deepened Tuesday after Israel’s Foreign Ministry revealed newly discovered documents linking Hamas to the Global Sumud Flotilla, an activist campaign backed by the climate agitator.
Planned Parenthood officially shut down its last two clinics in Louisiana. The state now joins Wyoming, North Dakota, and Mississippi as being Planned Parenthood-free.
The Northwestern antisemitism scandal escalated after hundreds of students refused to participate in a mandatory anti-Semitism training video required under President Donald Trump’s crackdown on campus hate.
The Supreme Court indicated on October 1 that it would hear oral arguments for Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook’s challenge to President Trump's effort to remove her.
