Conflict Hits 6 Months: Iran Says Diplomacy Can Return But "Pressure Doesn't Work"

Iran War Until 2029? Vance, Rubio Privately Warn Trump It Could Drag Through End Of His Term President Trump on Wednesday told reporters to expect more US attacks on Iranian tankers, as the war over the Hormuz Strait continues to escalate in piecemeal tit-for-tat fashion.  "The attacks are made by us. We’ve knocked out nine of their ships. I would say that the attacks are caused by us, and you’re going to see a lot more," the president told reporters on Wednesday, adding that many of the Iranian tankers are "donezo" -...

FTC Launches 'Rogue AI' Probe Of OpenAI, Anthropic - And Takes Aim At Their Regulatory Moat The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is launching a sweeping, aggressive probe into top frontier labs like OpenAI and Anthropic. However, the investigation goes far beyond simply asking questions about autonomous software run amok, and its chairman has made clear he won't let Silicon Valley use recent AI failures to build an insurmountable regulatory moat. According to administration officials who spoke to the New York Post, FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson is preparing to hit tech executives...

Why Insurance Fails To Protect Americans From Medical Debt Authored by Sylvia Xu via The Epoch Times, Having health insurance is no guarantee of avoiding medical debt, according to a recent study. About one-third of working-age Americans who have health insurance also have outstanding medical bills or debt, according to a Sept. 17 survey conducted by Commonwealth Fund, a private healthcare foundation. That includes people with an employer-sponsored health plan, an individual health plan, or Obamacare, according to the report. Hospitals are the main creditors, the survey found. Sixty-four percent of insured people with...