Poland shoots down several Russian drones. President Trump denies authoring Epstein birthday letter. White House focuses on Charlotte train stabbing. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has those stories and more on the World News Roundup podcast,
A U.S. district court issued a preliminary injunction barring President Donald Trump from ousting Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook, which means she can stay in her job while she fights her dismissal. The central bank is largely supposed to be insulated from politicians. However, this is unlikely to be the final word on the matter. And later, consumers have choices for many services. Why is that not the case with electricity providers?
From the BBC World Service: President Donald Trump is calling on the European Union to hit China and India — two major buyers of Russian oil — with tariffs of up to 100%. Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, has been defending her trade agreement with the U.S. at a State of the Union address. Also, protesters in Mexico City have held several demonstrations recently over the growing issue of gentrification.
Bill Vass is the Chief Technology Officer of Booz Allen. Vass joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss how governments can harness AI to cut redundancy and deliver better citizen services. Tune in to hear his inside view on LLM deployments from the VA to the International Space Station and the difficulty of modernizing mass bureaucracies. We also cover autonomous driving, humanoid robots, and quantum computing’s first real use-cases. Hit play for fascinating look into public sector AI, along with deep perspective on technology’s state of the art.
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Plus: A federal judge blocks President Trump from removing Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board. And, Ozempic-maker Novo Nordisk cuts 9,000 jobs as weigh-loss drug competition bites. Kate Bullivant hosts.
A.M. Edition for Sept. 10. Russian drones went further into NATO-territory than ever before during the Ukraine war, with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk calling the attack a large-scale provocation. WSJ editor Dan Michaels details the allied response and what we know so far. Plus, weight-loss drug giant Novo Nordisk slashes thousands of jobs. And, WSJ’s Hannah Erin Lang details Robinhood’s plans to launch a social-media platform, in a bid to get traders off Reddit. Caitlin McCabe hosts.
Israel targeted Hamas leaders in Qatar as they were considering a deal to release all hostages, several people were killed but Hamas says none of its leaders were hit. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker spoke with Steve Inskeep as the Trump administration launches “Operation Midway Blitz “ in Chicago— sending hundreds of immigration agents to the city. And, the White House unveils its Make Our Children Healthy Again plan — with more than 100 recommendations on kids’ health, but critics say it leans heavily on RFK Jr.’s vaccine skepticism.
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Fifteen years ago, then-CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad. His vision was for a lean-back device used mostly to consume content. Now, with the latest iPadOS 26, the device is evolving into something different — and perhaps something more useful. Craig Grannell got early access to iPadOS 26 and wrote about the system's laptop-like qualities in Wired magazine.
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