Cables of computers in the Data Center of the National University in Cordoba, Argentina, May 29, 2025. President Javier Milei wants to go all in on artificial intelligence even as other leaders struggle to get a handle on a technology many fear poses existential threats. (Sarah Pabst/The New York Times) By EMMA BUBOLA and DANIEL POLITI Santiago Oría, the personal filmmaker and media strategist for President Javier Milei of Argentina, was captivated when he saw the young influ

Military troops attend a ceremony with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, July 2, 2026. The number of National Guard soldiers on the streets of Washington has fallen to 2,921, according to a Pentagon task force in the city, down from a peak of 5,148 troops on July 10. (Alex Kent/The New York Times) By JOHN ISMAY The number of National Guard soldiers on the streets of Washington has fallen to 2,921, according to a Pentagon task force in the cit

Boys Town Junction, in Monrovia, Liberia, on Aug. 23, 2026. The U.S. deportation deal with Liberia is one of the largest third-country deportation agreements struck by the Trump administration. (Carielle Doe/The New York Times) By ABBIE VANSICKLE The Supreme Court earlier this week gave President Donald Trump a temporary victory on a central piece of his mass deportation agenda, agreeing the administration can, for now, resume rapidly deporting immigrants to countries other t

POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – El secretario del Departamento de Transportación y Obras Públicas (DTOP), Edwin González Montalvo, informó el miércoles que la imposición de multas administrativas de AutoExpreso comenzará nuevamente el lunes 19 de octubre y exhortó a los conductores a verificar sus cuentas y mantener fondos suficientes para pagar los peajes. “A partir del lunes, 19 de octubre, se reactivará la imposición de las multas administrativas de AutoExpreso como parte del cum

POR CYBERNEWS BAYAMÓN – Ciencia Puerto Rico (CienciaPR) establecerá una sede física en el Parque de las Ciencias de Bayamón como parte de un acuerdo con TV Educational Park Management LLC para desarrollar talleres, ferias científicas y otras actividades educativas bajo el enfoque de ciencia, tecnología, ingeniería, arte y matemáticas (STEAM). “Contar con una sede presencial en el Parque de las Ciencias nos permitirá continuar adelantando las metas establecidas en nuestro nuev

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN President Donald Trump is such an awful human being that just writing about him feels degrading. What president would denigrate his predecessor in front of China’s leader the way Trump mocked Joe Biden, now suffering from cancer, by pointing out that a framed picture of an autopen was hanging in the White House instead of Biden’s portrait? Alas, though, when someone as morally warped as Trump — whose first secretary of state called him a “moron” — assume

US stock futures steadied on Wednesday after Treasury yields advanced to fresh multidecade highs and investors awaited the latest signal on sticky inflation. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) and those on the S&P 500 (ES=F) rose just above the flatline. Contracts for the Nasdaq-100 (NQ=F) slipped into the red after stocks fell fractionally the day before. Stocks continue to be caught in the undertow of rising bond yields and volatile oil prices as the war in

By THE STAR STAFF Gov. Jenniffer González Colón on Wednesday announced the allocation of $26.5 million to cover school transportation costs for the Special Education Program and the renewal of technology services used by government entities, following the Financial Oversight and Management Board’s approval of the funds. “This approval, secured by my administration, allows us to direct resources toward an essential service for our Special Education students and their families,

José Roberto “Billi” Martínez Ramírez (1954-2026) (X via fundacionrhc) By PEGGY ANN BLISS Special to The Star José Roberto Martínez Ramírez, an adviser to governors on historical and political matters and a tireless promoter of the arts in a developing commonwealth, was widely regarded as a Renaissance man in a flourishing industrial society. Martínez served in multiple public roles, including director of the Puerto Rico Office in Washington, D.C., director of the island’s Eu

Insists firing was due to incompetence; Rep. ‘Cony’ Varela calls for House probe into contract pressure allegations By THE STAR STAFF Family Secretary Suzanne Roig Fuertes denied on Wednesday that the dismissal of Blanca Medina Díaz, director of the Administration for the Socioeconomic Development of the Family (ADSEF), was related to an alleged contract involving federal funds. “There has never been a contract here. OK, there has never been a contract. There wasn’t even a dr