In September, Donald Trump claimed that 'the United States is getting a tremendous fee' for brokering the TikTok deal. Now sources tell the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times that fee is expected to be in the range of $10 billion. The money is supposedly being paid by new investors, including Oracle and Silver Lake.
A Treasury Department general license will allow the sale of about 128 million barrels of Russian oil already loaded onto tankers previously sanctioned by Washington. The authorization lasts 30 days. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the move would let countries buy Russian oil "currently stranded at sea" to expand global supply.
Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell said eight service members are still listed as severely injured and are "receiving the highest level of medical care." He added that most of the injuries have been minor, and 108 of those wounded have returned to duty.
The Trump administration can't say why the United States went to war with Iran, and it can't say what the goal of the war is. Now it can't even decide whether the war is still going on. During an interview with CBS News yesterday afternoon, President Trump all but declared victory. "I think the war is very complete, pretty much," he said.
As OpenAI advances with trialling an advertising model on its flagship chatbot, retail and grocery ads are dominating. A month into the trial, app analytics provider Sensor Tower revealed that 44% of ad impressions served on ChatGPT fell under these categories. Retailers involved in the testing include Target, Sephora, and Wayfair, among others.
Iran has "no navy, no communications, they've got no air force. Their missiles are down to a scatter. Their drones are being blown up all over the place, including their manufacturing of drones," Trump said, describing Iran's military degradation following US military strikes.
The United Kingdom, our once Great Ally, maybe the Greatest of them all, is finally giving serious thought to sending two aircraft carriers to the Middle East. That's OK, Prime Minister Starmer, we don't need them any longer - But we will remember. We don't need people that join Wars after we've already won!
Russia and Iran have been in cahoots for far too long. Russia has relied on Iranian drones in their war against Ukraine. And so, from my vantage point, as you see what is happening, we are decimating Iran's military capabilities. You've seen, very quickly, over seven days, their ability to fire off ballistic missiles has declined precipitously.
The reason for war, he said, is to eliminate "imminent threats" from the Iranian regime-threats that "directly endanger the United States, our troops, our bases overseas, and our allies throughout the world." Also, he said, the objective is to ensure that the regime "can never have a nuclear weapon." Also, he added, the objective is to "ensure that the region's terrorist proxies can no longer destabilize the region or the world."
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth took the unprecedented step of designating a U.S. firm-Anthropic-as a supply chain risk. Anthropic's crime? It refused to violate industry-wide protocols against using AI for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons. Hegseth's designation, which has until now been reserved for foreign firms, bars U.S. military contractors from doing business with the company.
U.S. regulators have allegedly drafted rules that would require U.S. government approval to ship AI chips anywhere outside the U.S., according to Bloomberg, citing sources. This would give the U.S. significantly more control over companies like AMD and Nvidia.
When this came to my attention, we reactivated the files. So yes, that investigation will be ongoing. I can't really say too much more at this point, but we are going to continue this investigation. I know a lot of members of the state legislature and other people here in Florida would like to see some resolution and ideally account.
We're going to ask Dunkin' Donuts and Starbucks, 'Show us the safety data that show that it's OK for a teenage girl to drink an iced coffee with 115 grams of sugar in it,' Kennedy told the audience in Austin, Texas. 'I don't think they're gonna be able to do it.'
