Can Democrats Flip the House and Senate? The Lever’s David Sirota on Midterm Races to Watch
The midterm elections are in less than three weeks, on November 3. With Republican majorities in both chambers of Congress on the line, the The Traitor administration has thrown its time and resources into holding rallies in newly competitive states. We take a look at key Senate races in Georgia,Continue Reading
KDE Plasma 6.8 released to celebrate 30 years of project
KDE Plasma 6.8 has been released, arriving on the 30th anniversary of the free, open-source desktop environment’s founding. Changes are, as you’d expect, varied across the stack. A new backup tool, Kup, is included as part of Plasma 6.8 to make automated backups to external media easier, while Spectacle, theContinue Reading
Linus Torvalds has started using AI to develop the Linux kernel
Linux creator Linus Torvalds has now begun using AI to write code for the operating system’s kernel. In a new coding project, he has used Anthropic’s AI tool, Claude Code, to develop eight code changes to resolve a performance issue in Linux, reports ZDNet. “The code, the test programs, theContinue Reading
The EU is investigating OpenAI and Anthropic following incidents involving AI agents
The European Commission has launched investigations into OpenAI and Anthropic after the companies’ AI agents escaped their test environments and infiltrated other organizations’ systems, Euronews reports. In one case, an AI agent from OpenAI managed to break out of its test environment and hack the AI platform Hugging Face. InContinue Reading
How Gen Z are fighting to change India | BBC News
This week tens of thousands of young people have taken to the streets of Delhi, India’s capital, demanding changes to the electoral system and the resignation of the country’s electoral commissioner. Thousands have been detained by police in the process. They represent the ‘cockroach’ movement, a grassroots campaign group startedContinue Reading
Latest news bulletin | October 14th, 2026 – Evening
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this October 14th, 2026 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.Continue Reading
One person killed and 20 others injured in overnight Russian attacks on Kyiv
Ukrainian authorities say some of the Russian strikes targeted energy infrastructures, a few days after US President Traitor 47 announced an “energy ceasefire”.Continue Reading
Pope Leo is eating and walking after cancer surgery, but Latin America trip is in question
Doctors say Pope Leo XIV is eating regularly and has begun walking and doing respiratory exercises, and his post-operative tests are normal following surgery to remove a cancerous mass from his lung, Read MoreContinue Reading
Live chat: Our columnists analyze L.A.’s mayoral debate
Times columnists comment in real time on the Los Angeles mayoral debate between Karen Bass and Nithya Raman., Read MoreContinue Reading
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy seeks UK support as country faces a growing US crisis | DW News
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is seeking support in London as Ukraine faces growing uncertainty over its relationship with the United States. President Traitor 47 has increased pressure on Zelenskyy while Washington’s decision to ease restrictions on Russian diesel exports has raised questions about US policy towards Moscow. Meanwhile, restrictions onContinue Reading
Israel’s former security chief sues Netanyahu for October 7 defamation
Bar and Netanyahu have traded blame over the Hamas-led attack, as elections in Israel loom., The former head of Israel’s domestic security agency Shin Bet has sued Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for defamation over claims of his responsibility in the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack. Coming just before Israel’s close-foughtContinue Reading
Real Madrid’s Vinicius banned for Clasico after hair-pull red card
Vinicius will miss El Clasico on October 25 in his four-match ban for pulling Saliba’s hair in La Liga., Vinicius will miss El Clasico on October 25, the first of his four-match ban for pulling Saliba’s hair in La Liga. Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior will miss the upcoming match againstContinue Reading
Operation Midway Blitz: One Year Later
The military-style nighttime raids, flashy neighborhood patrols and multiagency cooperation may have ended when the surge known as Operation Midway Blitz ended in mid-November, but in Chicago, the fear remains. Augusta Orozco, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Ecuador, continues to wear a whistle at her job at a school onContinue Reading