CENTCOM Says US Soldier Killed in Iraq, Bringing Number of US Troops Killed in Recent Days to Four

AIPAC-Targeted 'AK Guy' Set To Take GOP House Seat After Sex-Suicide Scandal His reputation shredded by a sex scandal involving a staffer who committed suicide, incumbent Texas Republican Congressman Tony Gonzales said he was no longer seeking re-election, handing the GOP nomination to YouTube gun personality Brandon Herrera. If his last bid for office is any indication, the self-nicknamed "AK Guy" could soon find himself in the crosshairs of AIPAC and other pro-Israel organizations. If he prevails in November, Congress could gain a Republican who feels no need to pander...

Rare Wartime Protests Across Ukraine As Zelensky Moves To Oust Defense Chief Rare wartime protests have broken out in Ukraine in the wake of President Zelensky sacking his popular Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov - which is reportedly in process but not finalized yet. The 35-year old defense chief was only six months into his tenure, and is widely hailed as a reformist innovator who has turned the tide of war, having overseen a strategy of punishing wave after wave of devastating drones on Russian energy infrastructure. via Associated Press The NY Times on Thursday...

Everything You Wanted To Know About Building A Cheap AI Setup (That Still Works) But Were Afraid To Ask Authored by Christopher Penn via 'Almost Timely News' substack, I’ve been putting together a new course for Trust Insights, AI for Writing (and Writers), which will be coming out August 25th, and during the process of creating that course, I realized I’ve never walked through setting up a discount agentic AI system. For a while now, many of us who work in “corporate” have had access to what feels like unlimited amounts of...