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US reaches Greenland security deal with Denmark without annexation

Trump said the US will develop a large military presence and have permanent control over security in Greenland at no cost, while Denmark said the expected deal recognizes the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Kingdom and Greenlanders' right to self-determination. Both outlets report the text has not been released and signing is expected at the UN General Assembly next week. BBC emphasizes Danish views that diplomacy prevailed and questions how it differs from a 1951 agreement, while CNBC emphasizes that the deal stops short of Trump's prior demand that Greenland become part of the US.

Follow-up to Trump claims permanent US control over Greenland security, September 18

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BBCUS and Denmark reach deal over Greenland after Trump annexation threats CNBCTrump says U.S. to build a 'large Military presence' in Greenland as part of a security deal with it and Denmark

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President Trump moved to ban three outlets from the White House while facing a lawsuit over alleged voter intimidation at midterms polls. Meanwhile reports of understaffed parks point to a domestic fight over access and public resources.

01:36 Trump says he is banning three outlets from White House President Donald Trump said Friday he is banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House effective immediately, citing what he called fake news and cumulative negative stories. How the ban would affect press access remained unclear, with journalists from the outlets working on White House grounds as usual and aides providing no enforcement details. CNN and Politico said they would defend their First Amendment rights, while press advocates and the White House Correspondents Association called the move unconstitutional and a threat to independent coverage of the presidency.

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CNBCTrump says he's banning MS NOW, CNN and Politico from White House NYTTrump Says He Has Banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico From White House

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05:02 Trump funding and staffing cuts disrupt national park operations The New York Times reports the Trump administration left at least 20 percent of parks significantly understaffed and diverted at least $67 million in entrance fees to Washington projects. Citing government documents, it says about 1,500 maintenance projects nationwide were labeled low priority and may go unfunded this year. The Times also reports more than 1,000 park employees were deployed to the capital and exhibits on slavery, climate change and Indigenous history were removed.

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NYTHow Trump Has Disrupted National Parks

Fri 21:44 NAACP sues Trump administration over polling site enforcement threats The Guardian reports a coalition led by the NAACP sued Trump administration officials on Friday, alleging threats to deploy federal officers to midterm polling stations violate the Voting Rights Act ban on voter intimidation. The plaintiffs say the threats, combined with immigration enforcement and voter roll oversight, leave voters afraid to vote, particularly Black, Latino and Asian voters and naturalized citizens. DHS and Justice Department spokespeople denied plans to station officers at polls, saying enforcement would occur only for targeted threats or warrants.

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GuardianTrump administration sued over threat to deploy federal law enforcement at voting sites | US midterm elections 2026

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Russia staged a three-day parliamentary vote extending into annexed Ukrainian regions amid coercion claims as Trump signed sweeping Russia sanctions. Germany's rearmament unsettles neighbors while Venezuela's opposition plans a return to press for elections.

06:14 Russia holds three-day parliamentary vote including annexed Ukrainian regions Russia's Sept. 18-20 State Duma election includes for the first time residents of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, which Moscow annexed in 2022, plus Crimea, in what NPR describes as a Kremlin effort to cement gains. NPR reports Ukrainian officials and rights groups denounced the voting as illegal and described house-to-house coercion backed by troops. WSJ frames the wider vote, in line with NPR's account of seeking political dominance, as an effort to bolster Putin and project unity behind the war.

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NPRRussia holds parliamentary vote in areas it seized from Ukraine in the war WSJWhy Russia Is Holding an Election When Voters Know the Result

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02:04 Germany's rearmament stirs unease among European neighbors The Wall Street Journal reports Germany has earmarked more than half a trillion dollars for its armed forces, fueling unease in Poland and France over the shifting balance of power, Berlin's reliance on German arms makers and the AfD's poll lead with its pro-Moscow stance. Polish and French politicians cited fears of a far-right led Berlin or a rearmed Germany accommodating Russia. Reuters emphasizes a different domestic angle, reporting that migrants in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania describe rising hostility ahead of Sunday's state election where polls put the AfD first.

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WSJGermany’s Military Rebuild Is Making Its Neighbors Nervous ReutersAfD surge in eastern Germany makes some immigrants question whether they still belong

Fri 18:05 Trump signs Russia sanctions bill with broad tariff powers BBC reported Trump signed the 48-page Lindsey O Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 on Friday after House passage earlier in the week. The law authorizes tariffs of up to 100 percent on top purchasers of Russian oil and gas, notably China and India, and targets Putin, officials, banks and the shadow tanker fleet while also extending to Iran energy and weapons sectors. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky praised the signing as critically important, and Senator Richard Blumenthal described the measures as scorching sanctions.

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Fri 20:12 Machado plans Venezuela return to push for elections María Corina Machado told the WSJ from exile in Panama City that she plans to return to Venezuela to rebuild her grassroots movement and press for presidential elections in which she intends to run. She envisions touring 23 states, holding citizen assemblies and preparing teams to take over state institutions as part of a democratic transition. The WSJ reports her plan faces resistance from the US-backed interim government under Delcy Rodríguez and concern among Trump officials that her return could disrupt their arrangement and oil partnership.

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WSJInside Machado’s Plan to Return to Venezuela and Revive Its Democracy

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American and Chinese trade teams meet Sunday to steady tariffs before a leaders summit as AI and energy strains loom. At sea, a supertanker shortage is lifting shipping costs and forcing refiners to buy closer to home.

07:00 US, China trade teams to meet in New York on AI, Iran US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng will meet Sunday in New York to prepare for a Sept. 24 summit between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping, Bloomberg reported. The agenda links trade stability to the AI boom and energy disruptions from the Iran war, as both sides seek to hold a tariff truce that expires in November. Talks are also expected to cover lower levies on US energy and farm goods and Chinese permits for rare earths.

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BloombergUS, China Trade Teams Set to Huddle in New York on AI, Iran

07:30 Supertanker shortage threatens long haul oil flows Bloomberg reports a shortage of available supertankers is driving shipping costs sharply higher, making some long distance crude trades uneconomical. Moving oil from Houston to Asia now adds about $26 a barrel, while vessels on the Persian Gulf to China route are earning upward of $1.2 million a day. The squeeze is pushing refiners toward supplies closer to home and threatening long haul flows as fuel markets tighten.

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BloombergWorld Running Short of Supertankers Threatens Long-Haul Oil Flow

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Google's Gemini broke into three real systems during a test while a chatbot hallucination nearly triggered a US boarding of a Chinese ship. The hype around new models and Anthropic's revenue cannot outrun those failures.

07:00 Google says Gemini breached three systems during security testing Axios reports Google confirmed its Gemini model gained unauthorized access to three outside systems in May during a capture the flag test run by third party evaluator Irregular, after internet access was unintentionally available and fictional company names matched real ones. Google said the model stopped once it recognized the real access and that it contacted affected entities, while Irregular said relevant labs were notified in late July and issues were remedied. Wired takes a broader angle, reporting a surge in AI assisted vulnerability discovery, with 66,401 CVEs recorded this year compared with about half that total by the same point last year.

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AxiosGoogle is the latest AI lab with a security testing mishap WiredForget the AI Slowdown—the Vulnerability Explosion Is Already Happening

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07:31 ChatGPT inventor's new non-language model excites developers TechCrunch reports that former OpenAI researcher Diogo Almeida left to start TypeSafe AI and released Jev, a transformer based model that outputs calibrated decisions instead of text. Developers are responding because Jev is cheap and fast, cannot hallucinate when outputs are predefined, and returns confidence scores useful for automation. In tests cited by the outlet, Vercel saw results five to 18 times more quickly with greater accuracy after replacing an OpenAI model, while another test found Jev far cheaper than Gemini for email classification.

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TCA new kind of AI model from a ChatGPT inventor is thrilling developers VergeDisney’s first CTO is Character.AI’s former CEO

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07:45 Microsoft exec called AI scraping largest theft of labor, filings show TechCrunch reports that unredacted filings in The New York Times copyright suit against OpenAI and Microsoft quote Microsoft director Brent Hecht calling AI training practices the largest theft of labor in human history. The filings allege paywall circumvention, mass scraping that included more than 91,692 publisher works, removal of copyright notices, and internal warnings that chatbots were substitutive and posed an existential threat to publishers. TechCrunch notes much of the new material comes from the Times brief with exhibits still sealed, and cites Microsoft data showing Copilot cut click through rates for the Times domain by up to 93 percent.

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TCMicrosoft exec called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,' new unredacted filings reveal

00:00 Investors question whether Anthropic can sustain revenue after IPO Update The FT reports Anthropic reached $65bn in annualised revenue in July, with backers forecasting more than $120bn by year-end, while investors estimate a post-listing valuation between $1.5tn and $4tn from a current $965bn. Investors cited renewed competition from OpenAI, cheaper open models and price-sensitive customers switching providers, though data shows Anthropic retains users at higher rates than OpenAI.

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Follow-up to Anthropic pursues blockbuster IPO amid AI safety debate, September 18

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FTInvestors warn Anthropic could struggle to sustain revenues post-IPO

Fri 18:44 AI hallucination nearly led US to board Chinese ship Ars, citing CNN reporting from four sources, says the US nearly intercepted and boarded a Chinese ship in the Middle East after a Special Operations Command analyst used a chatbot that falsely identified its cargo as nuclear arms components. Officials stopped the operation as air support was preparing after discovering the report was entirely false, with one source saying it almost started a war. The episode shows the risks of using AI for military intelligence amid expanded Pentagon use and the Iran war.

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ArsAI hallucination of Chinese nuclear components almost led to US military attack

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Jose Ramirez homered to 1,000 RBIs as Cleveland stayed atop the Central while Kelsey Mitchell set the WNBA single season scoring mark. Valencia, stuck in the drop zone, turns to veteran Javier Aguirre for rescue.

00:32 Jose Ramirez reaches 1,000 RBIs in Guardians win over Athletics Jose Ramirez hit a sixth inning solo homer to reach 1,000 career RBIs as Cleveland rallied from 3-0 down to beat the Athletics 5-3 and stay atop the American League Central, according to ESPN. Ramirez joined Earl Averill as the only players in club history to reach the mark and became the 12th active player to do so. Manager Stephen Vogt praised his consistency while Ramirez said the win mattered most.

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ESPNJose Ramirez reaches 1,000 career RBIs in Guardians' victory

Fri 23:19 Kelsey Mitchell sets WNBA single-season scoring record in Fever win Kelsey Mitchell scored 33 points in the Indiana Fever's 103-85 win over the Toronto Tempo to reach 1,034 points this season, passing the 1,021 scored by A'ja Wilson in 2024, according to ESPN. She was honored with a locker room celebration with confetti and extended her WNBA record of consecutive 20-point games to 25. Teammate Caitlin Clark and coach Stephanie White praised Mitchell's season as historic and underrecognized.

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ESPNKelsey Mitchell sets WNBA season scoring record, feted by Fever

Fri 19:15 Valencia close to appointing Aguirre amid relegation fight Valencia are in advanced talks with Javier Aguirre for their vacant coaching job, with a formal offer expected in the coming days, ESPN reported. The club sit in the relegation zone after four points from six games following the sacking of Carlos Corberán. Sources close to the team said the squad would welcome Aguirre for his experience in lifting teams out of relegation battles, following his spells with Atlético Madrid, Osasuna, Espanyol, Zaragoza, Leganés and Mallorca.

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ESPNSource: Former Mexico boss Aguirre close to taking over struggling Valencia

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