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The overwhelming victory by the Democrats in the midterm elections shook up Wall Street this week.

Tesla’s Cybertruck, the hulking, stainless-steel pickup that inspired devotion and derision with its science-fiction looks, will cease production next year.

President Donald Trump was publicly humbled by inflation in the midterm elections, as public anger over rising prices caused a blistering set of losses for Republicans.

A brutal sell-off swept through Wall Street, led by stocks tied to the buildout of AI data centers.

Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress, delivering a decisive rebuke of Republican governance in Washington and ushering in a new era of congressional resistance to President Donald Trump.

There's plenty of angst among U.S. voters on the eve of Election Day.

A localized ceasefire in Oleshky, Ukraine, held for a third day and humanitarian aid is expected to arrive soon.

The Pentagon's watchdog is refusing a bipartisan request to investigate recent disruptions to Starlink and Starshield satellite internet service to Ukraine.

The far-right British activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, who is better known by his pseudonym Tommy Robinson, has been found guilty of harassing two journalists and causing them to fear being subjected to violence.

President Donald Trump told Texans they’d better accept data centers in their communities and floated making Venezuela the 51st state as he stumped for Republican Ken Paxton.

Republicans have spent an estimated $183 million on television ads focused on transgender-related attacks against Democrats in the final phase of this year’s midterm elections.

Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico has decried a “corruption crisis” he says is plaguing the U.S. political system.

AI stocks led Wall Street higher.

Asian stocks are mostly higher, with benchmarks in Tokyo and Seoul lifted by buying of AI-related stocks.

U.S. stocks climbed amid a shaky day for markets worldwide, as AI stocks kept swinging and Brazilian stocks tumbled.

Ukrainian officials have disputed Elon Musk's claims that their military violated Starlink’s terms by using it for offensive drone strikes.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is drawing big crowds as she campaigns for progressive Democrats before the Nov. 3 election.

As automated vehicles such as robotaxis become more common on American streets, transit systems are debating whether to go driverless as well.

Ukraine's access to Starlink and Starshield satellite links has been restored to previous speeds, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The U.S. Senate race between Democrat James Talarico and Republican Ken Paxton is heating up in Texas.

The latest shudder for AI stocks pulled markets lower around the world.

Tesla posted a drop in profit for the latest quarter as it prepares for a possible merger with Elon Musk’s other big business, SpaceX.

Stocks of Elon Musk's two biggest companies are rising Wednesday after he suggested a combination was in the works to form a trillion dollar colossus in possibly the biggest deal ever.

President Donald Trump’s political groups have spent more than one-quarter of a billion dollars to bolster Republicans in the final stretch of this year’s midterm elections.

Shortly after the reveal of Tesla’s new Roadster sports car last week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has vowed to “make sure” that it will be legal in the Sunshine State.

U.S. stocks climbed following strong profit reports from SpaceX, Capital One Financial and other big companies.

SpaceX reported a bigger quarterly profit than expected Tuesday as its satellite communications and artificial intelligence businesses boomed.

As they steam toward massive public offerings on Wall Street, the companies at the forefront of artificial intelligence have begun sketching plans to share their wealth with the public.

Most of the U.S. stock market rose Tuesday following strong profit reports from Equifax, Hasbro and other companies.

The relationship between the United States and Ukraine is careening toward a possible breaking point.

Billionaire Elon Musk on Monday pledged to give one share of his company SpaceX to “every kid in America” next year.

Downloads of new artificial intelligence agents — like Meta's Muse and OpenAI's dots — are booming.

Ukraine is in talks with SpaceX and the Pentagon to lift a speed cap on its military satellite communication service.

Tesla has unveiled its new Roadster sports car, which can thrust itself in the air, among other engineering bells and whistles.

White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is transitioning out of the role after a brief and rough tenure as President Donald Trump’s chief spokesperson.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is exploring potential investments in Texas to expand chip production in the U.S. The company says it is open to collaborating with Elon Musk’s planned “Terafab” chip manufacturing complex in Texas.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in a watchdog’s lawsuit seeking public records about trillionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

Elon Musk has been vocal against Alex Gibney's documentary “Musk,” calling the filmmaker names like “idiot” and “horrible human.”.

Trillionaire Elon Musk has quietly become the biggest known spender in this year’s midterm elections, doling out more than $276 million since July to try to save Republican majorities in the House and Senate.

President Donald Trump celebrated tech billionaires such as Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at an event with arguably awkward timing.

The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed.

President Donald Trump has announced that all Americans under age 18 are being automatically enrolled in Trump Accounts, which are set up by the government to invest in stocks.

Republicans are facing anxiety as they enter the final month of the midterm campaign.

Argentina is putting a price on citizenship as President Javier Milei searches for dollars to help the country meet its debts.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has introduced a new AI agent called Dot, described as “remarkably capable, always-on.”.

President Donald Trump says that he and a large group of leaders of artificial intelligence companies had signed a voluntary accord that will include internal and external reviews of the technology during a meeting at the White House.

NASA is throwing extra support and money behind Boeing's troubled astronaut capsule to get it fixed and flying again as soon as possible.

SpaceX has launched its enormous Starship into orbit for the first time and successfully delivered the newest and most advanced Starlinks yet.

The European Union says it's ready to defend a 120 million euro fine issued to social media platform X.

Donald Trump has hosted a state dinner for China's leader Xi Jinping, highlighting the glitzier side of diplomacy with a tech-heavy guest list and lavish details.

In a story published Sept. 24, 2026, about how Washington area residents have been affected by federal job cuts, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Nicoletta Barbera said she and her husband have full-time jobs doing consulting work.

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar are introducing legislation that would ban artificial superintelligence, pause development of advanced AI systems and create a new Department of Artificial Intelligence.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Washington, where he was met with a rare planeside greeting from President Donald Trump, who was there to welcome his counterpart on the tarmac instead of waiting for him to drive up to the White House.

A federal judge has refused to block the Trump administration from giving SpaceX more than 700 acres of wildlife refuge as part of a land swap in Texas.

A new lawsuit claims that Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google illegally agreed to slow their AI development.

The first state visit by the leader of China in more than a decade takes place next week when President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington for high-stakes talks at the White House with President Donald Trump.

Amid growing panic over the risks posed by rapidly developing AI technology, potential 2028 Democratic candidates are scrambling to respond — trying to show they are doing something, even as they acknowledge they need a reluctant Washington to step up.

Anthropic has announced that its AI model, Claude, is significantly aiding in the development of building its successor.

Former Sen. Sherrod Brown is asking Ohio voters to send him back to Congress just two years after they rejected him.

Concerns about artificial intelligence evading human control have intensified in recent days.

The United Nations chief is urging global competitors in artificial intelligence to cooperate in addressing threats from the technology, warning that “the world cannot afford a race to the bottom on AI safety.”.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says it's up to each AI company to ensure its technology is safe, distancing himself from calls for a coordinated slowdown in AI development.

Leading voices in AI, including Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and OpenAI’s Sam Altman, agree that AI development needs to slow down.

The technology industry is urgently warning about the potential harm of artificial intelligence, but political inaction in Washington poses a challenge.

The U.S. stock market slipped as oil prices and the bond market cranked up the pressure on Wall Street.

The Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to restrict mail ballots ahead of the midterms.

An increasing number of Democratic leaders have begun to push back against their party’s unflinching support for the transgender community this midterm season.

President Donald Trump is playing down the need for his administration to check the development of artificial intelligence.

Wisconsin Democrats are hoping to unseat a Republican congressman with close ties to President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump repeatedly mocked Ken Paxton at the Republicans’ midterm convention.

President Donald Trump says he plans to give every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections.

A new documentary about Elon Musk uses a CGI avatar and artificial intelligence voice syncing to simulate an interview with the SpaceX and Tesla CEO using things he’s really said in interviews.

The Venice Film Festival has showcased several high-profile films Tuesday, including Alex Gibney’s Elon Musk documentary, a thriller with Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, and a drama from Casey Affleck.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has doubled down on pushing through unpopular reforms to Europe’s largest economy after a far-right party surged to a landslide victory in a regional election, with a very good chance of forming the first far-right state government since the Nazi era.

Alex Gibney's new documentary “Musk” premieres this week at the Venice Film Festival.

Elon Musk sent dozens of self-driving Cybercabs missing steering wheels and brake pedals onto Austin, Texas, streets Thursday in a bet Americans will get over their fears of “no control” rides and hop inside.

Democrats are eyeing upset midterm election wins in House districts from rural Nebraska to central Kentucky and from Nevada's high desert to a newly redrawn district in Texas.

When Aaron Sorkin made 2010’s “The Social Network,” he had heard of Facebook, he said at the time, “the way I’ve heard of a carburetor.”.

Six months after the U.S. and Israel launched their war against Iran, the direst economic predictions haven't come true.

The Venice Film Festival is set to kick off the fall film festival season with its 83rd edition.

SpaceX has pulled off its biggest salvage operation yet, recovering its most recently launched Starship from the Indian Ocean.

Hours after Lindsey Graham's funeral last month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told U.S. lawmakers his country needed the Russia sanctions bill they were considering, as a morale booster in the long war.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has awarded Elon Musk Ukraine's Order of Freedom for his role in supporting the country.

Elon Musk’s space company plans to spend $100 billion to build a new spaceport in Louisiana to launch rockets.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says actions by dismissed Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov were misguided.

President Donald Trump appeared on his former fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen's radio show.

China has successfully recaptured the first stage of a rocket on land for the first time, state media reports, as the country seeks to advance its space program.

Opening statements started Tuesday in a pivotal trial for Meta Platforms in a California federal court, where states are seeking billions of dollars in damages for social media harms to children.

Alaska Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former congresswoman Mary Peltola have advanced to November’s general election.

The number of people worth more than $100 million whom President Donald Trump has appointed to his administration is more than four times the combined total of the three previous presidents.

Brazil's presidential candidates have kicked off their campaigns ahead of what is expected to be tight election in October.

A new study suggests a protective vest tested on a manikin during NASA's first Artemis moonshot could slash the radiation exposure of lunar astronauts during severe solar storms.

U.S. President Donald Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last year that he had “no cards" in the fight against Russia.

The Vietnamese aerospace company VinSpace has signed a contract with SpaceX to launch its first satellites in 2027, marking a big step in Vietnam’s efforts to develop its space industry.

Russia and Ukraine exchanged more strikes that killed civilians and injured many others on both sides, local authorities reported.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Serbia for talks on economic ties and security issues.

In a story published Aug. 7, 2026, about financial markets, The Associated Press erroneously reported that as of Friday the markets saw a 42% chance of a Federal Reserve rate cut in September, according to CME FedWatch.

Some of the savings being touted by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency are incorrect or lack supporting evidence.