Helion Energy, the fusion power startup backed by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, will benefit from funding released by the Department of Commerce for research and development, which the Financial Times said is the single “largest commitment” by the department for a single company.
The 2026 midterms in the U.S. are turning out to be the first major test for elections in the age of AI-generated images and videos that have become so advanced that viewers are often left unsure about what they just watched.
Republicans have a deeper war chest than Democrats as the midterm elections approach in the U.S., with GOP-aligned Super PACs having $683 million to disperse on various campaigns, compared to $484 million for PACs aligned with Democrats, according to data compiled by the Financial Times.
President Donald Trump returned to power in 2025 and envisioned Americans his presidency to usher in a “Golden Age,” but a report last week in the Financial Times showed that the president has come up short on many of those promises.