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What is DeepSeek, the Chinese AI company upending the stock market?

Jan. 27, 2025 18:57 PM EST

A frenzy over an artificial intelligence chatbot made by Chinese tech startup DeepSeek was upending stock markets Monday and fueling debates over the economic and geopolitical competition between the U.S. and China in developing AI technology. DeepSeek's AI assistant became the No. 1...

Belarus frees American woman from detention as strongman leader looks to extend 30-year rule

Jan. 26, 2025 15:50 PM EST

Belarus has “unilaterally” freed an American woman from detention, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Sunday, as the Kremlin-allied country held an orchestrated election poised to give strongman President Alexander Lukashenko yet another term on top of his three decades in power. ...

Trump uses mass firing to remove independent inspectors general at a series of agencies

Jan. 25, 2025 22:33 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has fired about 17 independent inspectors general at government agencies, a sweeping action to remove oversight of his new administration that some members of Congress are suggesting violated federal oversight laws. The dismissals began...

Loyalty tests and MAGA checks: Inside the Trump White House's intense screening of job-seekers

Jan. 25, 2025 12:47 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Job-seekers hoping to join the new Trump administration are facing a series of intense loyalty tests, with White House screening teams fanning out to government agencies to check for “Make America Great Again” bona fides and carefully parsing applicants' politics and social...