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NPR's Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including how Washington is responding to AI and data center concerns, Mitch McConnell returning to the Senate and how midterm voters feel about affordability and political corruption.

The companies had accused Apple of favouring OpenAI’s ChatGPT over rival AI chatbots.

Donald Trump’s blithe comments at the weekend were characteristically unhelpful. A careful and considered discussion on the subject has yet to begin A decade ago, the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) viewed Brexit as a potential gamechanger in the struggle to resist future pressure for a united Ireland. As the author and journalist Fintan O’Toole wrote in an essay published last year, the DUP hoped that the 2016 referendum would deliver “a double exit. Brexit would not simply mean the UK’s departure from the EU. It would also be an act of separation from the Republic. It would reverse the slow drift towards integration.” That proved to be, to put it mildly, a deeply flawed judgment. The direction of travel since 2016 has instead been the opposite. Rather than leading to a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland, which would have disastrously undermined the Good Friday agreement, the UK’s divorce agreement from Brussels eventually placed one in the Irish Sea. The logic of further economic integration between north and south within the EU’s single market was reinforced. Continue reading...

Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The South Australian premier, Peter Malinauskas , says there is optimism that steel making will continue in his state, after the closure of a major blast furnace at Whyalla was announced yesterday. Speaking to ABC News Breakfast from Whyalla and donned in some hi-vis, Malinauskas says there was disappointment, heartbreak, but also a sense of inevitability when the announcement was made. [Whyalla] has the capacity to be a viable operation but it hasn’t been recapitalised. The blast furnace is over 60 years old. It was first built in 1965 and blast furnaces of this age not to be realigned on a frequent basis. This hasn’t been done in 20 years. The fact it’s still going is a miracle. We need to have the plant recapitalised and that’s exactly the plan we have in conjunction with the federal government … if we lose this capacity behind me, this country doesn’t have structural steel-making capacity and we can’t afford that. If Pauline Hanson wants to take us down the road of Americanising our politics, so people in a family who disagree on political issues can’t speak to each other any longer, this is the pathway to do it … We’ve got lots of challenges facing Australia, but we’re not going to solve them by punching down on things that are brilliant about our country. So I think it’s rotten. I think it’s awful. I think it’s ugly. I just don’t agree with those comments. But I actually do agree with Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price when she says that there are serious issues that do need to be discussed. And these comments shouldn’t be a distraction from them. I mean, why aren’t we closing the gap? Continue reading...

US Secretary of the Air Force says the space weapon is necessary to safeguard US forces against hostile enemy action.

Decision allows states to send ballots under process followed for years even as president tried to limit system The supreme court on Monday rejected Donald Trump’s mail ballot restrictions for now, capping a flurry of last-minute legal action with voting in the midterm elections already underway. The decision allows states to continue sending out mail ballots under the same processes they have used for years. Continue reading...

The Supreme Court left intact a ruling that blocked the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing new regulations for mail voting, rejecting the Trump administration's effort to move forward with the rules in the midterms.

Attorney General Todd Blanche fiercely defended the Trump administration's push to impose tighter mail voting rules, telling CBS News the DOJ is examining election practices in multiple states.

Israeli rights group B’Tselem says Israeli settler violence aims to eliminate Palestinian existence.

While artificial intelligence leaders are uniting to slow development, lawmakers are split over the government's role in regulating the industry and how to balance safety concerns with efforts to stay ahead of China in the AI race. Democratic Rep. Sam Liccardo of California joins CBS News with his take.

The decision allows states to continue sending ballots under existing processes used by nearly one-third of voters.

The rule, which is expected to face immediate legal challenges, also could prevent future administrations from regulating greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, sources said.

Senior Democratic lawmakers vowed to investigate the new market that has sprung up around President Trump's pardons, citing CBS News video that aired in a 60 Minutes report.

On Capitol Hill, lawmakers returning from the summer recess are weighing in with differing views on how much government regulation on artificial intelligence is necessary. New York Times congressional correspondent Robert Jimison joins to discuss.

Moscow maintains military foothold in the Mediterranean following talks with Damascus

The Environmental Protection Agency is moving to axe a restriction that limits greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. Bloomberg News reporter Zahra Hirji joins CBS News to discuss.

US President Donald Trump dismisses calls to slow the development of AI, saying that claims of it "taking over the World" are a "HOAX".

The talks come amid continued fighting and disputes over the implementation of key security commitments.

The 84-year-old said he was prepared to cast his first vote after rampant speculation about his health Mitch McConnell, the former Republican Senate majority leader, returned to the Capitol on Monday and cast his first vote after a months‑long absence that fueled rampant speculation about his health. One of the highest-profile figures in Congress , the 84-year-old senator has been away from the Senate since mid-June, following what his office said was a fall that left him hospitalized. After weeks of silence, that spurred demands for greater transparency and stoked online conspiracies, McConnell disclosed that he had been “briefly unconscious” and “also had to deal with a mild case of pneumonia”. He was discharged from a rehabilitation center last month. Continue reading...

The Supreme Court on Monday blocked the Postal Service's new rules for mail ballots while a legal challenge plays out, in a blow to President Trump's agenda. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson breaks down the ruling.

Opposition bloc leads in tight Swedish election with 95% counted.

CENTCOM disputes the IRGC claim that the Panama-flagged oil tanker El Gaia hit naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz.

The £72m heading towards Reform UK's coffers is transforming the debate at Westminster about politics and money.

The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's request to allow mail-in voting restrictions under a U.S. Postal Service plan for the midterm general election.

Relocation schemes offer support for people who want to swap big cities for a cheaper, quieter life.

Also, the E.P.A. erases limits on climate pollution from power plants. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.

The move would unwind Biden-era policies to crack down on pollution from coal and newly built natural-gas-fired power plants.

Amazon data centers in the U.A.E. and Bahrain are still offline months after being hit in the Iran war, testing the region’s multibillion-dollar ambitions.

A wearable device has revealed nighttime hormone surges that may expose a frequently missed cause of high blood pressure. The discovery could help explain why primary aldosteronism often escapes standard blood tests and point toward a more accurate way to diagnose it.

The little fish are swimming in nutrients.

Low vitamin D levels may make recovery from breast cancer surgery more painful, according to a study of 184 women undergoing mastectomy. Patients with vitamin D deficiency were three times more likely to experience moderate to severe pain during the first 24 hours after surgery and also used substantially more of the opioid painkiller tramadol. They received slightly more fentanyl during surgery and experienced more postoperative nausea as well.

Sucralose, the artificial sweetener used in Splenda, came under scrutiny after a study found that a related chemical damaged DNA and weakened the gut barrier in laboratory experiments. But later findings have complicated that alarming picture.

The president wants the Smithsonian to add a colossal George Washington statue—and remove another work of abstract art in D.C.

The more the logic of capitalism pervades the rest of life, the less room there is for compassion, honor or heroism.

After the Trump administration blocked a new ambassador to Washington, the country expressed regret for a post from a French official social media account.

Other lost items include hair ties, dozens of lens caps, AirPods, and even an inhaler. The post Yellowstone National Park retrieved 280 hats from hydrothermal vents this summer appeared first on Popular Science .

Why is JD Vance campaigning in a red state?

Vice President JD Vance is beginning a key final stretch of midterm campaigning by dropping in on the Senate race in Kansas, where Republicans were long seen as heavily favored.

The election, in an area long known for violent separatists, was marred by a shootout that killed three, officials said.

The crash has put a spotlight on 21 Air and owner Jim Crane, the logistics magnate and owner of Houston Astros baseball team.

Mama bear #224 splashed down to collect her cubs. The post Katmai bear cubs tumble over waterfall appeared first on Popular Science .