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Il contributo per nuclei familiari residenti in Italia, composti da almeno tre persone con almeno un minore: a chi è destinata, come viene erogato e quando Nuovi aiuti per le famiglie meno abbienti destinati alla spesa alimentare. Per il quarto anno consecutivo torna la 'Carta Dedicata a Te', la misura introdotta dal Governo Meloni per sostenere i nuclei familiari in difficoltà economiche e favorire al tempo stesso il consumo di prodotti agroalimentari di qualità. Oltre 1,1 milioni di famiglie coinvolte. Saranno coinvolti 1.177.597 nuclei familiari residenti in Italia, composti da almeno tre persone con almeno un minore, con Isee inferiore a 15.000 euro e privi di altri strumenti di…

Ai due sfidanti è andato lo 0,05% dei voti Ramzan Kadyrov è stato rieletto leader della Cecenia con il 99,85 per cento dei voti, ha reso noto la Commissione elettorale centrale dopo il completamento delle operazioni di scrutinio nella regione del Caucaso. L'uomo forte di Grozny è riuscito a superare se stesso e i risultati bulgari che da tempo coronano il suo regime repressivo e gli abusi di cui si è reso responsabile: aveva vinto il 94,8 per cento dei voti nel 2016, il 99,7 per cento nel 2021, ricorda l'agenzia russa Tass. Contro Kadyrov, al potere a Grozny dal 2007, si sono presentati a queste elezioni due candidati: Ismail Deniklhanov, di Russia giusta, presidente della Camera pubblica…

I dati di oggi e i listini Continua a macinare record il prezzo del gasolio alla pompa, con l’aumento dell’accisa sui carburanti in vigore da venerdì che nel fine settimana si è compiutamente riversato sul prezzo medio nazionale, balzato abbondantemente sopra quota 2,33 euro. Rincara la benzina, a poco più di sei centesimi dal record storico del 17 marzo 2022. Nel frattempo, tornano a salire anche le quotazioni dei prodotti raffinati sul mercato del Mediterraneo. Lo segnala la Staffetta Quotidiana osservando come oggi il prezzo medio dei carburanti in modalità self service lungo la rete stradale nazionale è pari a 2,155euro/l per la benzina (+6 millesimi rispetto a venerdì), 2,336 euro/l…

Leader 'Popolo della Famiglia': "Sono il primo italiano nella storia a subire questo tipo di arresto" Mario Adinolfi, giornalista ed ex parlamentare, ai domiciliari dallo scorso luglio, va in carcere. Ad annunciarlo su Facebook è lo stesso leader del Popolo della Famiglia. "Mi portano in carcere perché scrivo su Facebook. Sono il primo italiano nella storia a subire questo tipo di arresto", scrive sui social, postando una foto con l'ordinanza del gip, Giulia Arceri. Il pm aveva chiesto l'aggravamento della misura cautelare a cui era sottoposto per la "reiterata violazione, da parte dell'indagato, del divieto di utilizzare, salvo che per i contatti con il difensore, i dispositivi telefonici…

Che tempo farà fino a mercoledì 23 settembre, le tendenze meteo Alta pressione in arrivo, male piogge resistono al Sud. La nuova settimana vedrà infatti l’espansione dell'Anticiclone delle Azzorre a garanzia di una maggiore stabilità atmosferica su gran parte dell'Italia, faranno tuttavia eccezione il Sud e la Sicilia, ancora interessati da una residua circolazione depressionaria responsabile delle ultime piogge. Sono queste le previsioni meteo degli esperti per la giornata di oggi, lunedì 21 settembre, e per i giorni a venire. Mattia Gussoni, meteorologo de iLMeteo.it, conferma l'espansione dell'Anticiclone delle Azzorre sull'Europa occidentale e su parte del bacino del Mediterraneo. Si…

La premier alla festa di Gioventù Nazionale parla di scuola, merito, università, social e intelligenza artificiale. E alle opposizioni dice ironicamente: "Vogliono pagare il bollo auto perché lo abbiamo tolto noi. Gli faremo un conto corrente dedicato per i nostalgici, così, lo possono pagare" Dal tendone con vista sul laghetto dell'Eur di Fenix, Giorgia Meloni continua la corsa per le elezioni politiche del prossimo anno. Tra una "carissima Elly" (Schlein) a cui si rivolge in romanesco, e un Giuseppe Conte citato quasi en passant per rimproverargli i buchi di bilancio lasciati dal Superbonus, il vero guanto di sfida la premier lo lancia a colui che, neanche per sbaglio, nomina: Roberto…

Due morti sul lavoro nel giro di poche ore nel Parmense e nel Potentino. Un operaio di 51 anni è deceduto a Polesine schiacciato da una tramoggia in una cava di sabbia, l’altro di 60 anni in un cantiere nell’area industriale di Sant’Arcangelo. L’uomo deceduto in Emilia Romagna stava lavorando accanto a un macchinario, probabilmente una tramoggia, quando si è ferito mortalmente per cause in corso di accertamento. L’operaio era al lavoro in una cava di sabbia a Polesine, nella Bassa Parmense. L’incidente è avvenuto intorno alle 8.30 di lunedì in Strada Argine Maestro del Po. Da subito le condizioni dell’uomo sono parse disperate a causa di un forte trauma da schiacciamento: a nulla è valso…

Il contributo d’accesso per la città di Venezia si prepara a cambiare volto. Archiviato il triennio di sperimentazione, a partire dal 2027 la misura assumerà una veste strutturale, accompagnata da una revisione al rialzo delle tariffe e da un possibile allargamento del calendario di applicazione. A delineare la nuova strategia, in un’intervista riportata dal Gazzettino, è l’assessore al Bilancio, Tributi e società partecipate, Michele Zuin, che chiarisce la necessità di superare le attuali quote da 5 e 10 euro, ritenute ormai inefficaci come deterrente per il turismo “mordi e fuggi”. L’obiettivo dell’amministrazione non è generare nuovo gettito fiscale, ma arginare materialmente i flussi…

I genitori del 13enne che venerdì ha aggredito con un coltello la professoressa Isabella Marsilio hanno inviato una mail di scuse alla docente. Il messaggio, secondo quanto si apprende, è stato spedito dal padre e dalla madre del ragazzino, che resta ricoverato nel reparto di Neuropsichiatria infantile del policlinico Umberto I di Roma, dove è seguito da un’équipe di specialisti. Intanto proseguono le indagini dei carabinieri sulla diffusione del video dell’aggressione. L’ipotesi investigativa è che chi ha pubblicato online le immagini fosse collegato in diretta al profilo Telegram utilizzato dal 13enne durante l’azione. Gli investigatori stanno quindi cercando di identificare gli utenti…

La sfida su immigrazione e sicurezza, il leader di Futuro Nazionale, a differenza della premier, è più libero da vincoli e più radicale nel posizionamento

- Published Several of the rebel groups which have been fighting the Ethiopian authorities in different parts of the country have announced they have formed an alliance to remove the government in Addis Ababa. The alliance brings together the Fano militia in Amhara, the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and four other smaller groupings in a coalition named Alliance for Survival. The seven groups accuse Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government of presiding over "war, genocide, mass destruction, and utter poverty", claiming Ethiopia is at risk of disintegration. Federal authorities have not yet responded. Ethiopia has faced years of armed conflict in Oromia…

- Published A former police officer accused of using his work gun to kill a Sydney couple was driven by a "jealous infatuation" with his ex, a court has heard. Beaumont Lamarre-Condon, 31, has pleaded not guilty to two charges of domestic violence-related murder and one of aggravated break and enter. Prosecutors allege Lamarre-Condon shot his ex-partner, 26-year-old TV presenter Jesse Baird, and Baird's new partner Luke Davies, a 29-year-old Qantas flight attendant, at a home in the Sydney suburb of Paddington in 2024. The couple's bodies were found in a rural area 200km away, hidden in surfboard bags. The trial is expected to run for three months. In his opening address on Monday…

- Published Warning: This story contains distressing details and discussion of attempted suicide Patrick Clancy, the ex-husband of a US mother accused of murdering their three children, has said he would have been "eaten up inside forever" had he not forgiven her for their deaths. In an interview with CBS, he also said he did the best he could as his then-wife Lindsay Clancy struggled with mental illness in the months leading up to the day she strangled their children. Lindsay has not disputed that she killed them but her lawyers argued she should not be held legally responsible because she was suffering from severe mental illness. A judge declared a mistrial in the case earlier this month…

- Published Presley Gerber, the son of supermodel Cindy Crawford, has died at the age of 27. Gerber, a model, died at a rehab facility on Sunday, according to records filed by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner. The cause of death was not listed. Allie Jenkins, a representative for Crawford and her husband Rande Gerber, told the BBC's US news partner CBS: "The family is asking for privacy during this very difficult and painful time." Gerber had been a model like his mother and younger sister Kaia, making his runway debut for Italian label Moschino aged just 16. He went on to model for brands including Burberry, Dolce & Gabbana, and Bottega Veneta. His father Rande Gerber, a well-known…

'No surprises' as results emerge in Russian parliamentary election Preliminary results from Russia's elections suggest that the party backed by President Vladimir Putin, United Russia, will maintain its grip on parliament. The outcome comes as no surprise, according to the BBC's Russia editor, Steve Rosenberg, who has been following the elections from Moscow. The vote comes after more than four and a half years of war against Ukraine, a conflict which has seen huge battlefield losses for the Russian army and sparked economic hardship. The only anti-war party, Yabloko, was removed the ballot in the run-up to polling day – although some candidates remained in some constituencies.

- Published Many things about Russia are hard to predict. The result of this election wasn't one of them. In a political system tightly controlled by the Kremlin, the party of power – United Russia –had been widely expected to remain the largest in parliament by a large margin. There were no upsets. No surprises. No other party came close. Preliminary results suggest that United Russia, which is supported by President Putin, is on course to retain its constitutional majority in the State Duma - with even bigger numbers than last time round. And that's after more than four-and-half years of war on Ukraine, which have resulted in massive battlefield losses for the Russian army, economic…

- Published There is now a three-week international break with no Premier League games until 10 October. We are five matches into the league season and there is a long way to go in the campaign, but which teams have impressed so far and who have disappointed? You can have your say in the comments at the bottom of the page. Arsenal: Solid start to their title defence until they were ripped apart by Brighton having survived a penalty scare at Sunderland. 7 Aston Villa: Signs they are beginning to move in the right direction after losing so many key players during the transfer window. 6 Bournemouth: If games lasted 80 minutes the Cherries would be near the top of the table. Need to cut out…

- Published Top US and Chinese officials have discussed creating a new "notification mechanism" for AI incidents that could affect national security, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters on Sunday. Bessent made the comments after what he called "successful" talks with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in New York. The meeting came as US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are due to hold a summit in Washington later this week. AI has come under intense scrutiny in recent days after researchers warned of the potential risks posed by the technology and some of the industry's most high profile figures called for developers to take a more cautious approach. "We…

- Published The UK should "team up" with a proposed economic alliance between Canada and Europe, Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne has said. "This is all about the substance, to build an alliance of the future," he told the BBC. "The world has changed. America has changed. So we need to change." Champagne also gave a frank assessment of the Canada-US trade war after a deal collapsed last month, saying the country had "stood up for our industries, our workers, our country" by imposing tariffs. His comments come after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed "opening the door" to an associate EU membership for Canada, an unprecedented move for the…

Watch: Dramatic moment a cargo ship crashes into another vessel Videos circulating on social media appear to show the moment a cargo ship crashes into a fishing vessel, with dramatic footage capturing the impact. BBC Verify authenticated the clips, identified the ships involved and traced the collision to waters near Singapore, with evidence suggesting it likely happened on 17 September. It remains unclear whether anyone was injured or killed and why the collision occurred.

- Published Many things about Russia are hard to predict. The result of this election wasn't one of them. In a political system tightly controlled by the Kremlin, the party of power – United Russia –had been widely expected to remain the largest in parliament by a large margin. There were no upsets. No surprises. No other party came close. Preliminary results suggest that United Russia, which is supported by President Putin, is on course to retain its constitutional majority in the State Duma - with even bigger numbers than last time round. And that's after more than four-and-half years of war on Ukraine, which have resulted in massive battlefield losses for the Russian army, economic…

- Published An Indonesian teacher convicted of sexually assaulting a student at an Islamic boarding school has been secretly released from prison early, a BBC Eye investigation has found. Moch Subchi Azal Tsani or Bechi, as he is known, is the son of an influential Islamic religious leader. His trial sent shockwaves through Indonesia, a Muslim-majority country where millions of parents send their children to Islamic boarding schools. He was arrested in 2022 at his father's school in East Java where he had taught, after a 15-hour siege involving nearly 1,000 riot police - his family's supporters had gathered in large numbers to prevent his arrest. He was sentenced to seven years in prison…

- Published When a mass grave was unearthed in northern Sri Lanka last February, it was not by design. Workers were digging to extend a cremation ground in the Chemmani area of the Jaffna region when they suddenly discovered human remains, prompting an investigation. By August, archaeologists had completed the third phase of the excavation at the site, during which they found the skeletal remains of 572 people, including children and infants. Among the dead were artefacts from their lives – bangles, a school bag, a milk bottle. It is believed to be the largest mass grave site ever uncovered in Sri Lanka. There had been whispers of its existence before - a soldier on trial for the rape and…

- Published The sister of Pakistan's imprisoned former prime minister, Imran Khan, has been arrested ahead of next week's protests held in his support, his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party has said. Aleema Khanum was detained in the eastern city of Lahore on Sunday afternoon, PTI officials said, calling it an "illegal detention". Her son is demanding her return. The order for Khanum's arrest, which came from Lahore's deputy commissioner, alleged that she was mobilising Imran Khan's supporters "through social media and public meetings". It added that she will be detained for 30 days. Khanum is a vocal critic of her brother's detention, regularly speaking to his supporters and the…

Trump’s Taiwan retreat tests his chief China hawk’s influence Ivan Kanapathy, a longtime China hawk, is a top Asia adviser at the National Security Council at a time when the Trump administration has been particularly conciliatory with Beijing. It’s a tough time to be a China hawk inside the White House. Ivan Kanapathy probably knows that better than most. Kanapathy, the senior director for Asia at the National Security Council, has devoted his career in Washington to warning of China’s expanding military footprint and arguing for the U.S. to prioritize defending Taiwan. But halfway through Trump’s second term, that viewpoint is losing out. Trump has upended decades of U.S. support for…

Poll: Here’s what really matters for ‘electability’ An experiment from The POLITICO Poll shows what voters do and don’t care about in choosing their candidates. Voters are perfectly fine supporting candidates who aren’t white men. But they do show small preferences for candidates who are younger and Christian, according to new results from The POLITICO Poll. And voters were most likely to penalize transgender candidates in hypothetical matchups, though Democrats were more likely to support them than GOP voters were. The results cast a new light on a simmering, yearslong public conversation within both parties about what it means to be electable and whether putting forward candidates of…

Voters are waking up on AI safety. So are these Senate Republicans. Political and existential risks have spurred at least three GOP senators into taking action on artificial intelligence. House Republicans have left Washington till November. President Donald Trump is decrying concerns about the issue as a “HOAX.” But a few Senate Republicans are trying to nudge their party into doing something — anything — about artificial intelligence. There isn’t much binding them together aside from the “R” next to their names, but Sens. John Curtis, Josh Hawley and John Kennedy have each been closely attuned as voters suddenly grow alarmed — not only about the data centers powering the AI industry, but…

Could the AI panic hurt Nvidia’s influence campaign on the Hill? The technology powerhouse wants Congress to back off attempts to restrict its ability to sell chips to China. Nvidia boss Jensen Huang has been a powerful force pushing back on Congress’ recent efforts to restrict high-end computer chips. The all-consuming artificial intelligence safety debate is about to test that clout. In the past year, Huang and his army of lobbyists have had some success convincing lawmakers to peel back regulations that would hamper the multi-trillion dollar company’s ability to sell its advanced chips to the world, particularly China. But the political landscape has shifted in a matter of days, and the…

Moscow is moving to expand its capacity to make tens of thousands of the killer drones it deploys in attacks on Ukrainian cities, according to plans from a Russian state company obtained by POLITICO. The expansion of state firm Rosatom’s Alabuga-Volokno factory in Russia’s Tatarstan region would allow Moscow to make an additional 500 tons of military-grade aerospace carbon fiber each year by 2029. The strong lightweight material is key to building the drone’s airframe. The production increase would translate to an additional 28,000 weaponized drones every year, according to one expert estimate — a 78% increase in production of weapons like the one that struck a passenger train on the Polish…

‘He is kryptonite’: Republicans start breaking with Trump Candidates in tight races are publicly distancing themselves from a president whose low approval rating is dragging the party down. In late January, when President Donald Trump endorsed his close ally Rep. Tom Tiffany in Wisconsin’s gubernatorial race, Tiffany said he was “especially honored” and promised to “make Wisconsin great again.” But in recent weeks, he’s taken a different tone. Tiffany responded to Trump renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America” by declaring “the Great Lakes are the Great Lakes,” brushing aside the edict. He broke with Trump’s pro-data centers position, criticized the easing of tariffs on beef imports, and…

RFK Jr.’s movement now has corporate sponsors The upcoming Make America Healthy Again Summit is brought to you by companies with business before the Health Department. When devotees of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again movement meet for a summit Sept. 29 in Washington, titans of American industry will pay the bill. Walmart, America’s biggest retailer and a leading purveyor of the ultraprocessed foods MAHA decries, is among the sponsors. So are two artificial intelligence giants, OpenAI and Anthropic, whose chief executives recently asked Washington to regulate them in order to prevent their tools from wiping out humanity. In exchange, they’ll get to attend…

‘He needed to be more empathetic’: GOP donors say Trump missed the mark with latest AI comments GOP donors see Trump brushing off public fears about AI as a problem. But they see affordability as an even bigger one. President Donald Trump dismissed concerns over artificial intelligence this week. Republican donors wish he hadn’t. Some donors, all of whom were granted anonymity to speak candidly without reprisal, told POLITICO that Trump’s learn-to-love-it broadsides about AI are the latest example of a president who can at times seem out of touch with voter anxieties, likening it to his glibness around cost of living concerns. Trump has now called both affordability and fears over AI’s…

Inflation is throwing a wrench into Republican messaging on housing affordability. GOP lawmakers went to great lengths this summer to draw bipartisan support for sweeping legislation to make housing more affordable, passing the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act in June — even defying President Donald Trump’s demands to add his controversial elections bill to the legislation. But Trump’s war against Iran has sent energy prices soaring, pushing up inflation that increases the price of home loans. The interest rate on mortgages reached almost 7% this past week — the highest point since the beginning of the president’s second term. And the Federal Reserve’s move Wednesday to raise its benchmark…

Trump says his triumphal arch to be ‘top grade military complex’ The president says the monument would house drones, snipers and ammunition. President Donald Trump’s long-envisioned triumphal arch is getting a tactical upgrade — before it has even been built. Trump announced Sunday that he had agreed to turn the planned monument — which will be placed at the head of the Memorial Bridge over the Potomac River — into what he described as a “top grade Military Complex/Triumphal Arch,” complete with drones, snipers and ammunition storage. The president said on Truth Social that the changes come “At the strong request of the United States Military, and for National Security purposes.” He offered…

The Company Trump Can’t Ignore The president wanted to unleash AI. Then came Anthropic. In its complicated dance with Anthropic over AI regulations, the White House has come to learn any policymaking process will struggle to keep up with the rate of technological innovation. | Illustration by Lauren Bulbin/POLITICO (iStock; World Politics Archive/Alamy) On the evening of April 6, an unusual request began making its way from Washington to some of Wall Street’s most powerful executives. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wanted to see them first thing the next morning. The heads of Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo had already been in Washington for a…

Why Iran’s Lego Clips Are Anything but ‘Stupid’ Marco Rubio should not dismiss this new and highly effective form of propaganda. While answering a question in July about the prospects for negotiations with Iran, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio made a dismissive reference to an ongoing series of AI-generated Lego animation clips produced in Iran that mock U.S. and Israeli officials. Iran will be ready to do a deal soon, Rubio suggested, because “the price they are paying is very high, despite their tough talk and their flowery language and their stupid Lego videos they put out.” Rubio, speaking to reporters at a foreign ministers’ meeting in Manila, hadn’t even been asked about the…

Barack Obama and the ‘Most Electable’ Myth The candidate perceived as the riskiest choice can sometimes offer the clearest path to power. Democratic Party leaders are desperate to identify the so-called most electable candidates for the 2028 presidential campaign. As soon as the November midterms are over, the primary season begins. Political professionals will deploy armies of pollsters armed with the latest data and statistics to vet every individual who enters the race. Given the existential threat that many party members believe President Donald Trump and MAGA Republicanism pose to the nation, their highest aim is reclaiming power. For now, policy and ideological debates must be set…

BepiColombo has been on a bit of an Odyssey. The space probe—named after an acclaimed Italian scientist who developed the “gravity assist” trick that enables interplanetary journeys today—was originally scheduled to arrive at Mercury last year. However, after a malfunction with the propulsion, the probe was forced to change course so it could reach Mercury at reduced power. As a result, the arrival date was pushed back by nearly a year, and now after eight years in space, BepiColombo is beginning its descent to low orbit around Mercury. On September 3, ground control confirmed that the propulsion module had successfully separated from the rest of the craft, marking the final phase of the…

I saw Meta’s latest app, Muse, cross-promoted on another Meta-owned platform, Instagram, and decided to download the AI assistant. “Hand off everyday tasks like finding deals, booking reservations, and managing your inbox,” the pop-up read. “Muse keeps working while you get on with your day.” It’s free to use, and easily connects to other data sources, like my email and bank account. Muse’s default avatar is a beige-colored cross between an Ewok and a Labubu, with its arms outstretched, presumably to scoop up all my data. Meta’s Muse is a mainstream version of AI agents already popular in Silicon Valley for automating personal tasks, like OpenClaw and Instinct. It’s a hit for the company…

In March, the Federal Communications Commission banned new consumer internet routers manufactured outside the US, citing national security concerns. The ban doesn’t affect any routers already in American homes or currently on sale in the US, but all new routers aimed at the consumer market will need to be approved. That has inevitably included some of the best new routers to come out in the past six months. While the headline is that foreign-made consumer routers are banned, manufacturers can apply for exemptions, and some have been approved. There's no need to throw out your router, and you'll still find plenty of mesh systems on the store shelves. But what does this mean for you? Updated…

Pavlo Bazilinskyy still can’t believe he was on PornHub for work. He’s an assistant professor at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, and has spent more than a decade researching AI-driven interactions between humans and robots. But he found himself typing “public transport” into the search bar of a very specific website’s “amateur section.” 297 hits. “People are hard to predict,” Bazilinskyy says. It’s why he researches what he does. So his prurient pursuit had a point. Robotaxis without cabbies behind the wheel have started picking up passengers in a handful of countries, including the US. Meanwhile, there’s a long history of people getting up to antisocial behavior…

Just past 6 pm on a recent Wednesday night, half a dozen pet owners logged into a Zoom meeting to confess something they’re afraid to talk about in public: They’re fed up with their dogs. Before discussion began, Louise Crane, the president and cofounder of Dogs Anonymous, the organization hosting the meeting, recited the seven acknowledgements participants must agree to, the first being, “I admit that life with my dog is not what I imagined.” Crane wore a black T-shirt exclaiming “Abolish ICE” in thick white lettering. “I may need to be talked off a ledge,” one attendee said as conversation kicked off, mentioning that she wasn’t sure how to handle her dog’s mood swings. Her family had been…

Four years ago, I moved back to Texas from California. After two weeks of living here, I realized we were going to have to do something about the mosquitoes. In the 25 years I’d been gone, they seemed to have grown larger, more intelligent, and much thirstier. My skin had become a bepoxed nightmare within days. I immediately embarked on a mission to do something, anything, about the problem, quickly resorting to paying a local company to send a guy with a pesticide-blasting cannon strapped to his back to the house once every three weeks. The cannon, used to blast all the foliage on the property, was expensive—four figures yearly—and very effective at warding off bugs … for a mere 48 to 72…

Welcome back to Power Play! Each week, senior writer Molly Taft tackles a topic around this midterm season’s biggest issue: data centers. If you’ve got a question or thought for the column, feel free to shoot Molly an email at [email protected] or reach them securely on Signal at mollytaft.76. Molly McCann Sanders has a lot in common with many of the other women who helped Donald Trump win a second term as president. A pro-life Catholic who lives in Texas, she has staunchly conservative opinions on immigration and a fierce hatred of eminent domain—the practice of the government taking private property for public use. Sanders, the president of the Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund…

Join War on the Rocks and gain access to content trusted by policymakers, military leaders, and strategic thinkers worldwide. What do a rare earth mine in Brazil and a graphite mine in Mozambique have in common? Both have received significant United States government funding. The rub? Neither was subject, when the financing was committed, to the corporate governance standards that American listed companies are: an independent board, an independent audit committee, and audited disclosure to shareholders. There are strong national and economic security justifications for the recent push to use equity strategically to build secure American supply chains. Congress created the Development…

Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is traveling to the United States on September 21 to attend the U.N. General Assembly meeting. Since February, when the Bangladesh Nationalist Party came to power, Rahman has visited Malaysia and China. This is his third international visit as prime minister. Meanwhile, he didn’t join the BRICS summit in New Delhi. Officials said that Rahman was invited as BIMSTEC chair, not as prime minister of Bangladesh. As a result, he avoided the BRICS event. U.S. President Donald Trump praised Rahman recently and thanked him for buying 25 Boeing aircraft. “Boeing will not let you down, and I will not forget,” Trump wrote in an August 31 letter to the prime…

On Friday, Malaysia’s king granted imprisoned former Prime Minister Najib Razak a royal pardon, allowing him to serve the remainder of his prison term under house arrest, prompting an outcry and creating another potential political headache for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. Najib, 73, has been imprisoned since August 2022, when Malaysia’s top court upheld a conviction in a case linked to the multi-billion-dollar looting of the state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). In a statement, the government confirmed that Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar had granted Najib a “conditional pardon.” This will allow him to serve the remainder of his prison term under house arrest if he pays a 50…

How AI could make the next global catastrophe easier September 20, 2026 Every week on GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, Ian explains the key global stories of the moment, sits down for an in-depth conversation with the newsmakers and thought leaders shaping our world. Watch GZERO World on US public television and on GZERO's YouTube channel. GZERO WORLD with Ian Bremmer is a local public television program presented by THIRTEEN PBS.

Donald Trump aveva decisamente bisogno di un successo internazionale di cui poter esagerare la portata. L’accordo concluso dagli Stati Uniti con la Danimarca e la Groenlandia non merita l’enfasi con cui ne hanno parlato il presidente statunitense e il suo entourage. Sostanzialmente conferma la sovranità danese (laddove Trump voleva estendere la bandiera a stelle e strisce su tutto l’emisfero americano) e i rapporti esistenti da decenni tra l’esercito statunitense e la Groenlandia, un territorio che fa parte del Regno di Danimarca, paese della Nato. Detto questo, glorificare un presunto “successo” permette agli Stati Uniti di far dimenticare i fallimenti vari dell’amministrazione Trump, e…