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Texas Democrats rallied around their nominee for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Republican Sen. John Cornyn during their convention Friday. Democratic Texas state Rep. James Talarico, a former public school teacher who is currently a Presbyterian seminarian, defeated Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett in the March 3 primary for the party’s nomination in the…

Soccer fans from around the world have been expressing their amazement for America while visiting for the first time to attend the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Oliver Henry, a British content creator, recently went viral after documenting his experience traveling to the United States for the first time. Henry came stateside after he was invited…

Trump-backed Republican Louisiana Rep. Julia Letlow bested State Treasurer John Fleming in a Saturday GOP primary showdown to replace an ousted senator who had voted to convict the president. Letlow won 56.5% of the vote in the Republican primary runoff to Fleming’s 43.5%, The Associated Press (AP) reported with 69% of ballots counted. Given Louisiana’s…

The debate over artificial intelligence has been shaped by several lawsuits since the technology became widespread. In the U.S., major players such as Anthropic and OpenAI vie for the top spot in the industry — all while the country’s AI race with China rages on. About 32.5% of the world’s more than 90,000 AI companies are…

European soccer fans have descended on the United States for the World Cup in recent weeks, and many are discovering a simple American luxury that remains frustratingly elusive back home: reliable air conditioning. In packed stadiums and hotels from coast to coast, they enjoy cool, comfortable environments even as temperatures climb. In Europe, by contrast,…

America’s AI debate keeps returning to the same question: how do we keep China from catching us at the frontier? It is the right question, but the answer that many consider is too narrow. Several policymakers point to semiconductor chips and their high computing power as the chokepoint limiting China’s AI development. Yet chips are…