American senator and lawyer, Minnesota’s senior U.S. senator since 2007
A French trans player Tetart, aged 34, says she would consider playing in the WNBA if allowed by country, while debates over transgender participation in women’s sports continue. Tetart led France’s Ligue 2 last season with 21.2 points and 20.2 rebounds per game, earning multiple player awards.
South Carolina has held a special Republican primary to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham and has produced a runoff. Darline Graham and Rep. Ralph Norman have advanced; Rep. Russell Fry finished a close third. The Aug. 25 runoff will almost certainly decide the GOP nominee who will face Democrat Annie Andrews in November.
Muslim public officials face rising anti-Muslim rhetoric from some Republican figures after Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan primary win. CAIR warns that such rhetoric targets Muslim officials nationwide, while other Republicans condemn the tone amid a charged political climate.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has published an essay calling for a deliberate slowdown in frontier AI development and has committed Anthropic to embed third‑party evaluators with employee‑level access. OpenAI’s Sam Altman and xAI’s Elon Musk have publicly backed the proposal, markets and lawmakers are reacting, and President Donald Trump has rejected a slowdown.
Democratic leaders and AI executives are pushing for tougher guardrails as concerns over safety and job disruption grow. California has begun implementing state-led safety measures, while Congress remains divided and the White House weighs executive action.