Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei appeared by video during a U.N. Security Council meeting on artificial intelligence during the General Assembly in New York on Sept. 23, 2026.
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An AI Force would likely push China to create its own. That arms race could turn a technology already slipping out of human control into a weapon.
President Donald Trump shows off a signed copy of his executive order at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, flanked by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, right, and Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council.
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No, the US Space Academy wouldn’t be a real-life Starfleet Academy. But what it would be is still a little unclear.
In February 2025, Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown, center, was fired as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by President Donald Trump.
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The highest-ranking military officer in the country, the chairman has no direct command authority. His role is as a presidential adviser rather than a decision-maker.