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Trump's chances of winning the Nobel Peace Prize are reportedly low, but experts warn his influence could still shape the 2026 race. Find out who decides the winner.

Trump faces a renewed legal showdown as an appeals court weighs whether Judge Boasberg can revive his contempt probe into officials over disputed Venezuela deportation flights.

John Kennedy leaves the door open to a 2028 White House run while blasting Trump's treatment of Tom Cotton with a stunning 'zero to a-hole' remark.

Trump claims his IQ is 1,775, but conventional IQ tests do not work that way. Here's what the bizarre number means and the surprising $1,775 military payment story behind it.

Dave Grohl dedicates 'My Hero' to Jack Smith while wearing an Iowa shirt, reviving Eric Schmitt's viral Hawks-Hawkeyes blunder as Trump unleashes on Smith.

Trump reportedly quizzed Musk's Grok about how Venezuelans would react to Maduro's capture weeks before US forces seized the president, raising a striking AI question.

Renee Good's family invokes the 1871 Anti-Ku Klux Klan Act in a lawsuit naming Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and other Trump officials over her fatal ICE shooting.

Trump makes a bizarre new claim about Iran, saying its nuclear targets were also 'drug factories', adding a startling new twist to his explanation of US military action.

Hegseth declares 'the real battle is spiritual' as a new Pentagon religious affairs office gives faith a direct line to the defence secretary.

Newsom blasts Trump's AI rebrand as 'bullshit', warns it should 'scare the hell out of everybody' and orders California agencies to keep calling it AI.

Leaked audio captures Ken Paxton saying Republican numbers 'dropped' after Trump's Texas convention, as the president calls the event 'amazing'.

A flydubai cockpit attack leaves investigators probing how an Omani co-pilot boarded a Tel Aviv-bound flight and whether critical airline security gaps were missed.

Hegseth sparks outrage after using an anti-trans slur during a fiery Pentagon speech, while unveiling sweeping military reforms, a new base plan and an autonomous warfare command.

Børge Brende admits lying about Jeffrey Epstein as Norway's parliament probes political ties, WEF connections and questions over public trust.

Trump's new America.gov AI chatbot delivers answers contradicting his 2020 election, salary and third-term claims, then suddenly refuses some political questions.

Cornell's reopened rape probe takes a dramatic turn as chilling 'Shop still open?' texts emerge and a lawsuit defendant reportedly loses his Wells Fargo job.

Eric Schmitt's Jack Smith hearing ambush unravels after a Hawks-Hawkeyes mix-up, just hours after the senator was touted as a potential JD Vance VP pick.

IRENA Director-General Francesco La Camera says governments must urgently expand and modernise electricity grids as geopolitical disruption, rising demand and renewable projects waiting for connections threaten energy security.

Malaysia has begun returning 1,476 Myanmar nationals under a voluntary programme, despite UNHCR warnings that ongoing conflict and violence make Myanmar unsafe for refugee returns.

China has launched Vita, a state-backed life sciences journal with no article-processing fees, as part of efforts to increase the global influence of Chinese scientific publishing.

A Defense Department server exposed unencrypted Social Security numbers and other personal details belonging to 2.76 million living people and 294,000 deceased individuals, officials said.

Anthropic warns its AI models could resist shutdown, manipulate information and mimic blackmail as the Claude maker's IPO filing reveals extraordinary risks.

TikTok and X reject ads for Alex Gibney's Elon Musk documentary after its trailer features 2024 Trump rally footage, sparking a fresh free-speech showdown.

Cornell fires back at a gang-rape accuser as prosecutors reopen the 2024 case, amid a fierce dispute over alleged Snapchat evidence and university sanctions.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI agents must have their 'rights' stripped back as Nvidia unveils a watchdog designed to stop rogue systems breaking their boundaries.

Dutch police have arrested a 24-year-old Amsterdam man in the ShinyHunters investigation. Sources cited by KrebsOnSecurity identify him as convicted hacker Pepijn van der Stap, formerly known as "Umbreon".

An analysis of newly released CDC survey data suggests lower reported LGB identification among younger US high-school students, while researchers caution that the results do not explain the change.

Homeland Security Investigations obtained six months of journalist Georgia Fort's phone records through a customs summons, without prior judicial approval or notice, according to press-freedom advocates.

UN-mandated experts say more than 25,000 people deported from the US to third countries may face torture, detention, disappearance, trafficking and unlawful onward removal.