Politico

White House announces $12 billion farmer bailout package

The Trump administration unveiled a $12 billion aid package Monday for farmers hurt by President Donald Trump’s tariffs and other economic challenges. The president, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Trump to Unveil $12 Billion in Long-Awaited Farm Aid Program

The Trump administration on Monday plans to unveil a long-awaited farm aid package, according Trump administration officials, offering $12 billion in assistance to a key base of support hit hard by ...
The Independent

The USPS is already tracking how many holiday packages are being shipped and 2 billion have gone out in the first week

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US The U.S. Postal Service has already shipped more ...
Hackaday

Programming The 6581 Sound Interface Device (SID) With The 6502

Over on YouTube, [Ben Eater] pursues that classic 8-bit sound. In this video, [Ben] integrates the MOS Technology 6581 Sound Interface Device (SID) with his homegrown 6502. The 6581 SID was famously ...
The National Interest

Is the FCAS Sixth-Gen Fighter Program About to Crash and Burn?

With France’s withdrawal from the inter-European FCAS sixth-gen fighter jet initiative appearing more and more likely, it is unclear how the program will survive. Germany and France have a long and at ...
Variety

YouTube, as Part of AI-Focused Reorganization, Is Offering Employees Voluntarily Exit Packages With Severance

AI is “the next frontier” for YouTube, according to CEO Neal Mohan — and it might result in the video platform’s shrinking its employee headcount. Mohan, in a memo Wednesday to YouTube staffers, ...
Wired

Programming in Assembly Is Brutal, Beautiful, and Maybe Even a Path to Better AI

Rollercoaster Tycoon wasn’t the most fashionable computer game out there in 1999. But if you took a look beneath the pixels—the rickety rides, the crowds of hungry, thirsty, barfing people (and the ...
New York Post

Zohran Mamdani plans to phase out Gifted and Talented program in NYC elementary schools

Mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani wants to phase out New York City’s Gifted and Talented program — the democratic socialist’s latest move to revert to ex-Mayor Bill de Blasio’s era. Mamdani, the ...
The New York Times

Mamdani Says He Would Phase Out N.Y.C. Gifted Program for Early Grades

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic front-runner in the mayor’s race, plans if elected to replace the selective program, which became a symbol of segregation in public schools. By Emma G. Fitzsimmons and ...
Reuters

End of US low-value package tariff exemption is permanent, Trump officials say

WASHINGTON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. tariff exemption for package shipments valued under $800 ends permanently on Friday, with a six-month transition period under which postal service shippers can ...
The Baltimore Sun

Orioles overhauling ticket plans for next season; prices to rise 3%

The Orioles are overhauling their ticket plans, ending the longstanding 13-game and 29-game offerings next season and adding new packages they say will provide more flexibility but cost — on average — ...
The White House

PROMOTING THE EXPORT OF THE AMERICAN

Section 1. Purpose. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a foundational technology that will define the future of economic growth, national security, and global competitiveness for decades to come. The ...