US Energy Chief Says Oil 'Fear Premium' Over Iran Is Temporary, Says Prices To Fall In 'Weeks, Not Months'

Federal Regulators Direct Banks To Scrutinize Loans To Illegal Aliens Authored by AG News Staff via American Greatness, Federal banking regulators have closed a long-standing loophole that allow illegal immigrants borrow money from U.S. financial institutions with little scrutiny of their legal status. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) jointly advised that banks "might consider" requiring customers to produce "evidence of continuing work authorization" and other documentation when assessing whether a borrower can repay a loan....

San Francisco Judge Dismisses xAI Trade Secret Lawsuit Against OpenAI Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, A federal judge dismissed a trade secret lawsuit filed by Elon Musk’s xAI against OpenAI, ruling that the plaintiff failed to demonstrate the competing artificial intelligence company improperly obtained confidential information. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin issued the order Monday in San Francisco, dismissing the case with prejudice, resulting in xAI being unable to refile an amended version of the complaint based on the same arguments. Lin found that xAI did not make clear that...

Russian officials said on Wednesday that a Ukrainian drone hit a bus carrying a children’s soccer team from Belarus in Russia’s Bryansk Oblast, as civilian casualties continue to rise in both Ukraine and Russia. For its part, the Ukrainian military denied responsibility, claiming that it wasn’t carrying out drone attacks in Bryansk at the time. […]