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Elon Musk is calling for the federal government to issue direct payments to Americans displaced by artificial intelligence, framing the proposal as a necessary response to what he sees as an inevitable wave of automation-driven unemployment.

A new Gallup poll released Thursday shows more young men in the U.S. say religion is "very important" in their lives compared to young women - the first time young men have surpassed young women on this measure of religiosity going back 25 years.

A Pentagon panel examining the hectic U.S. pullout from Afghanistan five years ago reviewed more than 9 million documents and interviewed over a dozen high-ranking military officers, including the former commander of U.S. Central Command and the last American soldier to leave Kabul.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's new "tax the rich" plan drew condemnation from President Trump, a Queens native, who slammed the policy that would affect his business.

The Senate approved a short-term renewal until April 30 of a controversial surveillance program used by U.S. spy agencies, following a chaotic, post-midnight scramble in the House to keep the authority from expiring.