Syria’s president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, will on Monday hold talks with Donald Trump at the White House, the first such official visit by a Syrian leader since national independence in 1946. He is expected to push for a full lifting of the remaining sanctions on his war-ravaged country. Sharaa, whose Islamist rebel forces toppled the longtime…
States administering a federal food aid program serving about 42 million Americans faced uncertainty Monday over whether they can —… States administering a federal food aid program serving about 42 million Americans faced uncertainty Monday over whether they can — and should — provide full monthly benefits during an ongoing legal battle involving the U.S….
It has been an excellent year for neurotech, if you ignore the people funding it. In August, a tiny brain implant successfully decoded the inner speech of paralysis patients. In October, an eye restored sight to patients who had lost their vision. It would just be better, say experts, if the most famous investors in…
The Senate on Sunday made significant progress towards ending the longest US government shutdown in history, narrowly advancing a compromise bill to reauthorize funding and undo the layoffs of some employees. But the measure, which resulted from days of talks between a handful of Democratic and Republican senators, leaves out the healthcare subsidies that Democrats…
Landover, Md. — Following his eighth touchdown of the season, Detroit Lions receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown stood up in the end zone at Northwest Stadium and did what’s become known as the “Trump Dance.” St. Brown’s score helped the Lions beat the Washington Commanders, 44-22, on Sunday. President Donald Trump was in attendance. “I heard…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has reacted sharply to Sam Altman’s remarks about office productivity tools like Slack, saying that the ChatGPT-maker OpenAI will “compete directly with Microsoft”. Sam Altman, founder and CEO of OpenAI recently said that while there are many positives about Slack, it also creates a “lot of fake work”. In a now…
Investors in the West are underestimating the scale of innovation, entrepreneurship and economic momentum happening in China, leading to missed opportunities, according to William Ford, chairman and CEO of US private equity firm General Atlantic. “Investors avoid investing in China at their own peril,” Ford said in an exclusive interview with the Post on the…
President Trump said Sunday that most Americans would receive a $2,000 dividend payment as a result of his administration’s tariffs levied against foreign countries. Trump announced the potential payments on his Truth Social platform, calling opponents of his tariffs “FOOLS” in a post. “We are taking in Trillions of Dollars and will soon begin paying…
Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, emerged from seclusion to say he was ready to meet the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, to discuss the war in Ukraine and mending bilateral ties. It breaks a weeks-long absence of Lavrov from the public sphere after the collapse of attempts to stage a Putin-Trump summit in Hungary….
Elon Musk’s political lobbying is expected to wipe out about $1.4 billion in revenue for Tesla, according to Electrek — a shift that may affect electric vehicle buyers. Electrek links Tesla’s projected shortfall to regulatory changes by political candidates Musk has supported, noting that shrinking cleaner-vehicle incentive programs have reduced a revenue stream the company…