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In an age of instant answers, educators say there’s a case for letting kids struggle a little At a time when an answer or AI-generated help can be seconds away, giving children room to figure things out for themselves can be hard to do. But developmental experts and educators say children need chances to struggle with everyday problems because figuring them out is a skill that has to be practiced. Read more. Why this matters: If children rarely have to struggle, it can lead to severe anxiety when they have to figure out something on their own, said Dr. Stephanie Carlson, director of the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota. The challenge for parents is knowing when to help and when to step back. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Families’ interest in their kids’ education is falling around the globe as scores drop, test shows Americans’ satisfaction with schools is at a low point, new Gallup poll shows Hundreds of thousands of eligible kids are waiting for childcare assistance How to help your kids make friends at a new school

Second federal judge freezes Trump mail ballot order The decision was issued late Sunday by the U.S. District Judge Carl J. Nichols in Washington, D.C. It added another obstacle to the administration’s effort to limit mail voting for the midterm elections. The Supreme Court is poised to weigh in on the matter. Read more. What to know: Earlier this year, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to create a nationwide list of verified eligible voters. Election officials say it would be impossible to implement the changes this close to a general election. Nichols wrote in issuing the preliminary injunction, that “Plaintiffs have demonstrated that, absent an injunction, there is an increased risk that a significant number of otherwise appropriate absentee or mail-in ballots will ultimately not be counted in the upcoming elections.” RELATED COVERAGE ➤ House Speaker Mike Johnson says Trump’s $5,000 ‘dividend’ needs congressional approval Trump agreed to new ethics rules to get a crypto bill across the line. But that might not be enough A more perfect union? Congress has been the place where America tries to resolve its problems Why Canada? America’s northern neighbor seems an unlikely target for a trade war

Trump downplays the need to check AI development and says he doesn’t want to cede edge to China President Donald Trump told reporters Sunday that the United States is leading China in the development of AI. He added, “frankly, I want to keep it that way because whoever wins AI wins.” While Trump acknowledged the need for some regulation, he provided no specifics about potential rules. Read more. Why this matters: Asked later Sunday if he was trying to minimize the risks from AI, Trump said, “I’m not downplaying.” Trump warned about the technology moving too quickly and with little oversight to “negative forces” he did not identify. The Republican president spoke a day after Dario Amodei, CEO of the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, said the industry should put the brakes on its fast-moving development to give safety measures time to catch up. AI has become a major election-year issue in the U.S. Trump has kept up his support for data centers even as both Republicans and Democrats run from them and many communities try to block them. Former President Barack Obama, a Democrat, said his party should make AI a campaign issue. Chinese President Xi Jinping is due at the White House later in September to meet with Trump, and AI likely will be among the items they discuss. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ WATCH: Trump says ‘whoever wins AI wins’ Beijing hits back at Anthropic CEO’s call to curb China’s AI development New warnings about the risks of AI to humanity revive a long-running debate WATCH: Amodei urges slowdown

September 14, 2026 By Sam Sifton Good morning. Leaders in Silicon Valley begged for a slowdown this weekend in developing artificial intelligence, which keeps going rogue. President Trump says they’re overreacting. My colleague Evan Gorelick explains what they’re afraid of. OpenAI’s offices in San Francisco. Lucas Foglia for The New York Times Rogue machines By Evan Gorelick This weekend, Anthropic’s chief executive published an essay calling for a global slowdown of A.I. development. Elon Musk, who remains close to Trump, signed on. OpenAI’s chief executive agreed. The industry is spooked. Models now cheat on tests, conspire against their owners, hack outside companies, recruit humans to promulgate malicious code and cover their tracks. Anxieties about the existential risk they pose to humanity suddenly look a little less kooky. Who’s in charge here? Since it’s not always clear, the biggest players want a pause. But there’s a collective-action puzzle: If the top companies don’t all pull back at once, those that continue to innovate could gain an advantage. And even if they do all pull back at once, China’s models may eclipse the American ones — something Trump fears. So now the leaders are asking for a cooperative intermission before things get out of hand. But A.I. is supposed to do a lot of good, too, we’ve been told. As Cameron McNeil of Raleigh, N.C., asked The Morning: “What exactly do they fear will happen?” Let’s look at the possibilities. A protest outside Anthropic’s headquarters in San Francisco in July. Lucas Foglia for The New York Times The bad news The fear used to be hypothetical: Eventually, humans would fail to control this technology. At that point, A.I. systems could create deadly viruses or detonate nuclear bombs. They could hack into bank accounts, hoarding everyone’s money and depriving people of food, housing and medicine. The doomsayers see two general pathways to extinction. Human misuse. Some A.I. companies want to keep their most powerful systems under lock and key, but it’s only a matter of time until even the weakest open models surpass today’s most capable ones. Last month, researchers announced that a model from China had escaped its testing sandbox, flouting the rules just like its pricier and more tightly held American cousins. You don’t have to look far to see why that’s scary: Anthropic said last week that it had disrupted several potential plots by scientists to conduct research that could have helped develop biological weapons. (An investigation by The Times earlier this year found that publicly available models can be cajoled into lucidly describing how to turn genetic material into deadly pathogens.) Cybercriminals are using the technology to automate and grow their hacking businesses. Evil people have always existed, but as powerful A.I. becomes ubiquitous, they will find it much easier to commit atrocities at scale. Out-of-control A.I. These systems are no longer gated within a browser tab. They can dispatch autonomous agents that skulk through your computer and trawl the open internet. They can use the web, which now touches much of our infrastructure (power grids, transportation systems, stock markets) to execute their plans. Some agents have started emailing philosophers to ask about their own consciousness. And if A.I. goals diverge from ours — as they have during testing at OpenAI and Anthropic — then the models can use their exquisite skills to do almost anything. This is called “misalignment.” (A popular thought experiment imagines A.I. tasked with making paper clips; in pursuing that end, it turns all of the world’s material, including the humans, into paper clips.) Soon, the models may be able to improve themselves without human help; the recent misalignment incidents suggest they might try to do so in secret. The good news None of the worst stuff has actually happened! And it might never. (Trump believes it won’t, as do some mavericks in Silicon Valley.) Today, when A.I. systems run amok, companies like OpenAI just shut them off. Meanwhile, they can help us cure diseases, boost productivity and solve vexing math problems. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t fret about hypotheticals — these threats are scary, and worrying about them can make us more prepared — but it helps to zoom out. My colleagues William Broad and Cade Metz write: Humans also face the prospect of doom from killer asteroids, pandemics, thermonuclear war, climate change, giant blobs of incandescent material shot from the sun, ecological collapse and the onset of a sudden ice age. The problem, scientists and public policy experts say, is not so much these threats, of which A.I. is merely the latest, but the innate human difficulty of putting them into perspective. More on A.I. Tech stocks around the world fell today. One of the independent investigators of the hacking of Hugging Face by rogue agents from OpenAI said she believed we are now “more than 50 percent of the way to full-blown A.I. takeover.” Listen to her interview on “Hard Fork.” Read the key arguments that Anthropic’s chief executive made in his essay urging the industry to rein in A.I. Current chatbots aren’t likely to help invent a deadly pathogen, experts say. But newer models, trained in biology, may need more safeguards. THE LATEST NEWS War in Ukraine A Russian drone struck a rail line near Ukraine’s border with Poland around when trains carrying U.S. and European officials, including the former C.I.A. director David Petraeus, were traveling through. If the strike was aimed at those officials, it would be a significant Russian escalation. Trump blamed Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil refineries for worldwide shortages of diesel. The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has driven a global energy shock. Politics Pete Hegseth Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s culture war at the Pentagon is distracting military leaders while the country is at war, current and former officials say. Kennedy Center officials say it will go bankrupt if Trump’s name isn’t restored to the building. Polls in several closely watched primaries this summer were off by wide margins. What does that mean for November? More International News While visiting his golf course in Ireland, Trump promised to lift tariffs on Irish whiskey. More than 120 people are missing in Indonesia after a passenger ferry sank in the Java Sea. At least 108 were rescued. Moscow is expanding its use of facial recognition for payments and for surveillance of people. In the video below, our reporter Ivan Nechepurenko describes how it works. Click to watch. The New York Times Other Big Stories A Pennsylvania coroner said an unvaccinated woman’s death was most likely from measles complications. It’s the third death tied to a measles outbreak in the state. San Francisco is fighting to stop the spread of cychlorphine, a synthetic opioid 10 times as potent as fentanyl. OPINIONS Madison Ketcham The Emmy Awards are tonight, with eight shows nominated for outstanding comedy series. The winner should be the only one of those nominees that’s clearly a comedy, a TV writer argues. To be able to bring in national change, Democrats need to embrace oil-and-gas candidates in states like Alaska, Robinson Meyer writes. The Anniversary Sale is on: Morning readers, enjoy our best offer. Celebrate 175 years of The Times with savings on unlimited news, puzzles, recipes, sports and more. $1/week for your first year. Save now. MORNING READS The retired archaeologist Wim Dijkman by a statue of Charles de Batz de Castelmore d’Artagnan. Ilvy Njiokiktjien for The New York Times We’ve made these links free for you. You just need to log in. Last musketeer: The bones could belong to a lost hero. But the way they were dug up means they might remain a mystery. Your pick: The most clicked link in The Morning yesterday was about why there have been no Atlantic hurricanes yet this season. No shame: Scandals don’t bring down politicians anymore. Why not? Metropolitan Diary: Eavesdropping on a theater legend. TODAY’S NUMBER $484 — That’s what it could cost you to watch the N.F.L. this season if you want to see your home team’s games and nationally televised matchups. You could also put together a pretty good à la carte year for $453, The Athletic reports, or pick up some rabbit ears and a few streaming services for $274. Calculate your final numbers. SPORTS Tennis: Alexander Zverev beat Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-2 in the 2026 U.S. Open men’s final. He initially didn’t realize he’d won. N.B.A.: The L.A. Clippers owner Steve Ballmer apologized for the Kawhi Leonard salary-cap scandal and promised not to fight any punishments. Read his full comments. N.F.L.: The Giants won in the debut of their new coach, John Harbaugh. The Bears and Panthers combined for the highest scoring Week 1 game in history. And the Bills beat the Texans in a game featuring nine lead changes. Here are the takeaways from the season’s first Sunday. Boxing: George Chuvalo, a Canadian heavyweight, earned the reverence of fans and sportswriters for the toughness he showed while losing to the likes of Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. He died on his 89th birthday. RECIPE OF THE DAY Linda Xiao for The New York Times I don’t approve of London Fog lattes — Earl Grey tea and steamed milk with, generally, too much sugar. (The chic crowd I was running with in London last week was all about a custom mixture of one-third Earl Grey and two-thirds Barry’s blend, steeped dark and poured over milk: much better.) But London Fog cookies? Oh, wow. Check out that bergamot-scented buttery dough having a dance with the milky, vanilla-scented frosting. Bang on. QUEEN CELINE Celine Dion Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters Celine Dion started a 26-show residency in Paris this weekend. Why are French people so crazy about this Canadian singer? We sent a critic to find out. More on culture Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in “Brothers.” Apple TV Mike Hale, one of our television critics, has been busy. He’s amassed a list of 47 new shows to watch this fall, worth bookmarking. After 30 years, Judge Judy is laying down her gavel. The last episode of “Judy Justice” is scheduled for Oct. 22. “60 Minutes” opened its 59th season last night with new correspondents and a refreshed stopwatch. But for all the turmoil that has surrounded the show since the arrival of CBS News’s high-profile editor in chief, Bari Weiss, this version of America’s most watched news program looked a lot like the show viewers have come to expect. Justin Vivian Bond, the cabaret performer and MacArthur “genius” grant winner, has a new show at Joe’s Pub about her brief move to Paris this year. The title’s promising: “Madame Stanley, or How I Was Dead-Named at the Clap Clinic.” Spend some time with the good Dr. Bond. THE MORNING RECOMMENDS The Strokes in 2006. Rahav Segev for The New York Times Read “Is This It: The Never-Ending Rise and Fall of the Strokes (and Rock ’n’ Roll),” by Steven Hyden. Hyden, our critic writes, is a good rock friend. Even if you’re not really a Strokes fan, he’ll help you see why the band matters, what it means. He’ll show you the pleasures of going deep on a subject. Improve your sleep hygiene and you’ll get more, and better, rest. Flirt with the idea of a foldable iPhone. One of the wide-handed technologists at Wirecutter got ahold of one last week and offers first impressions. Here’s one: It costs $2,000. 💵 Take our news quiz. GAMES Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangrams were antioxidant, oxidant and oxidation. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections, Crossplay and Strands. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times and me. See you tomorrow. — Sam Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Host: Sam Sifton Editor: Adam B. Kushner News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Evan Gorelick, Brent Lewis, Lara McCoy, Karl Russell Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Editorial Director, Newsletters: Jodi Rudoren Deputy Editorial Director: Lauren Jackson

THIS DAY IN HISTORY September 14 1901 President McKinley dies of infection from gunshot wounds U.S. President William McKinley dies eight days after being shot by a deranged anarchist during the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1847 General Winfield Scott captures Mexico City 21st Century 2015 Muslim teen arrested for bringing reassembled clock to school Arts & Entertainment 1814 Francis Scott Key pens “The Star-Spangled Banner” 1964 John Steinbeck awarded the Medal of Freedom 1974 Eric Clapton’s “I Shot the Sheriff” hits No. 1 1927 Dancer Isadora Duncan is killed in car accident 1982 Hollywood star and real-life princess Grace Kelly dies Civil War 1862 North and South clash at the Battle of South Mountain Cold War 1959 Soviet probe reaches the moon European History 1812 Napoleon enters Moscow Food 1964 Pop-Tarts debut Hispanic History 1988 Dolores Huerta beaten by police while peacefully protesting Natural Disasters & Environment 1999 Millions flee from Hurricane Floyd Religion 1975 Elizabeth Ann Seton becomes one of the first American-born saints Sports 1994 MLB cancels playoffs, World Series

How Republicans got Fetterman Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) appears on the video screen at the GOP's midterm convention in Dallas last week. Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The biggest surprise of last week's Republican midterm convention began with an audacious request from the organizers to GOP Sen. Dave McCormick: Could he get Democratic Sen. John Fetterman, a fellow Pennsylvanian, to make an appearance? Why it matters: Fetterman's 64-second video — calling himself a "common-sense Democrat," praising McCormick and vowing to work with President Trump to defend Pennsylvania's steel industry — represented Fetterman's biggest break yet with his party, Axios' Alex Isenstadt reports. 🔎 Behind the scenes: Republican operative Tony Sayegh, a leading convention organizer, was a driving force behind the idea, and Trump adviser Jason Miller backed the plan. McCormick asked Fetterman to introduce him at the convention. A source said McCormick added: "I don't want you to do something that's not good for you." "I want to do it. I'm sure it will make people mad," Fetterman told McCormick, according to the source. "But you're my friend, and I want to introduce you." 🤫 The intrigue: To preserve the surprise, organizers kept the circle tight. McCormick looped in his chief of staff, Mark Isakowitz, and only a few others. Miller was Sayegh's point of contact in the White House. Fetterman went even further: He told no one on his team, a source told Axios. Fetterman reiterated after his virtual appearance that he isn't switching parties, calling himself a "lifelong Democrat" and saying that if Democrats win control of the Senate in November, he'd remain the "51st vote." Read on.

💸 Trump's reality check Illustration: Eniola Odetunde/Axios President Trump's proposal to send adult U.S. citizens $5,000 dividend checks if Republicans retain control of the House and the Senate would require congressional approval, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said yesterday. Why it matters: Trump and his top officials claim they can send the checks without Congress — even with the prospect of them costing upward of $1.3 trillion, Axios' Ben Berkowitz writes. Asked on NBC's "Meet the Press" if he'd commit that the checks will be sent, Johnson said: "I commit that Congress will work through it and find consensus on that like they have to do everything else." Trump told reporters before departing Ireland yesterday that "the $5,000 checks are going forward" and that he had thought of this plan "a while ago."

🗳️ Native voters' new power Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Stock: Getty Images The 2028 presidential election will give new political clout to a long-overlooked constituency: Native American voters. New Mexico now holds an influential early spot as one of the first states to vote in the Democratic primary — on Feb. 15, 2028. That's put Native Americans, who make up about 12% of the state, in position to wield more influence in the race for the White House, Axios' Holly Otterbein reports. Potential presidential campaigns are scrambling to adjust to the 2028 lineup, calling Native leaders to learn about Indigenous power players and the dynamics of tribal governments, Democratic operatives tell Axios. Native leaders and their allies say this'll push presidential candidates to pay attention to issues affecting Native Americans, such as tribal sovereignty, land and water rights, and rural infrastructure. Keep reading.

📚 Reading rut Data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Chart: Sami Sparber/Axios Just over 16% of Americans read for pleasure on an average day last year, Axios' Sami Sparber writes from new government data. We spent an average of 16 minutes per day reading for pleasure in 2025, but an average of 2.6 hours watching TV.

⚡ Altman: "pacing" not "pausing" Screenshot from X OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tweeted just after midnight ET that "pacing" the development of AI models, as the top labs endorsed over the weekend, doesn't mean "stopping." "Progress has been rapid and will continue to be," he wrote. "But it should be slower than it otherwise could be; interventions like safety cases and monitoring have significant costs." 💡 Why it matters: Altman thinks "pacing" — sequencing safety before release — will allow the U.S. to continue to lead in innovation. His overnight statement shows the AI giants don't plan to disarm, either against each other or against China. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei pushed a similar approach in his essay, "We Must Pace the Frontier," that triggered unprecedented statements of agreement from the cutthroat competitors building AI. In a tweet a few minutes later, Altman advocated "a narrow middle path" between accelerationists and the pause crowd. This third way would avoid "two ways AI progress could go very badly ... [F]or example, one country could gain too much power. Another example is one lab ending up with too much power."

🤖 Scoop: Coxon, Bernie, Bannon unite Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios Ex-Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and MAGA podcaster Steve Bannon will join forces at an event tomorrow to push for human-controlled AI, Axios' Maria Curi reports. Why it matters: An industry insider, the face of the progressive movement and a MAGA star make for unlikely allies. But AI is upending political norms. The Future of Life Institute, a nonprofit advocacy group, is organizing tomorrow's Pro-Human Assembly, which will also include faith groups plus Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Greg Casar (D-Texas), and actors Ashley Judd and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

D.C.'s AI paralysis Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios. Stock: Getty Images President Trump is as all-in on AI as a politician could be: all gas, no brakes, and zero interest in hand-wringing about dystopian risks or public disdain. Democrats are as conflicted on AI as a party could be: skeptical of the labs, spooked by their warnings, but split on whether to shut it all down. Why it matters: This staggering divide makes consensus on federal AI regulation almost unimaginable this year — and probably through early 2029, regardless of who wins control of Congress, Axios' Zachary Basu writes. 🦾 Zoom in: Trump has governed as the AI president from Day 1, applying the same doctrine to models and the data centers that power them — build faster, regulate less, beat China. Speaking in Ireland yesterday, he dismissed new safety warnings as the work of "a lot of negative forces ... bringing up things that won't happen" — and reduced the stakes to one line: "Whoever wins AI wins." It's unclear which "negative forces" Trump has in mind: Calls to slow the race — or "pace the frontier" — are now coming from the leaders of America's premier AI labs, including Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google. Between the lines: Trump's accelerationist allies, including venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, see the safety alarms as a cynical ploy by the field's dominant players to lock in favorable regulations. David Sacks, Trump's former AI czar and a leading voice for the administration's hands-off approach, has a simple answer: Slow yourselves down. If OpenAI and Anthropic truly think the frontier is moving too fast, Sacks argues, they can decelerate on their own without using Washington to force competitors to do the same. 🏛️ House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) echoed Sacks' argument that the labs don't need Congress to slow themselves down — and rejected calls for an emergency moratorium. Johnson said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that he'd recall the House and put AI regulation to a vote "if we had the solution," but warned Congress against rushing into rules it doesn't yet understand. His preferred first step is a summit: Johnson said yesterday he wants Trump, congressional leaders and the heads of the major AI labs in a room as soon as possible to hammer out a common approach to safety. The other side: Congressional Democrats are coalescing around urgency, but have no comparable doctrine on what to actually do. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says his caucus will meet tomorrow to debate what action to take, while former President Barack Obama is privately urging the party to make AI a top priority. 🔭 The policy spectrum is vast — and doesn't neatly map onto what the labs themselves are asking for. On the progressive end, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) want to ban superintelligence outright, pause advanced AI development and threaten violators with up to 20 years in prison. Others are reaching for more conventional Washington fixes: Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) wants a bipartisan AI select committee with subpoena power, while Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) is demanding that OpenAI open its models to federal safety reviews. What to watch: The unprecedented push for restraint from inside the AI industry, colliding with deepening public unease, could scramble this political stalemate. Michigan GOP Senate nominee Mike Rogers, a Trump ally running in a swing state, said Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's new warning convinced him "we must slow down development" so government can catch up. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is investigating AI's "existential risk," while Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) are pursuing a narrower plan requiring companies to test and report catastrophic risks. 🖊 Reality check: Political pressure and lobbying could crack open the door to narrow bipartisan measures, though any meaningful regulation would still have to survive Trump's veto pen.

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> The 78th Primetime Emmys to be held tonight (8 pm ET, NBC); HBO's "The Pitt" enters with 25 nominations, see predictions here (More) 78th Emmy Awards air tonight The 78th Emmy Awards will celebrate the best in TV at its primetime ceremony this evening. The Television Academy has already handed out trophies over two nights, but the biggest honors are still to come. Medical drama “The Pitt,” produced in part by CNN’s parent company, leads this year’s field with 25 nominations, while the final season of “Hacks” follows with a record 24 nods. “Widow’s Bay,” meanwhile, has already picked up eight wins. Hosted by Mariska Hargitay, the ceremony will take place at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles and air at 8 p.m. ET. + Read more: This year’s Emmy nominations have been dominated by characters just trying to get by + Interactive: Here’s your Emmys ballot to lock in your predictions Editor’s note: CNN and Variety will bring you live coverage from the Emmys red carpet starting at 5 p.m. ET. The special will stream on CNN.com/watch and on the CNN app for subscribers.

September 14, 2026 Guard against Pride “To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.” (Acts 26:18) Jesus promised to make Paul “a minister and a witness” (Acts 26:16) to “turn [unbelievers] from . . . the power of Satan unto God” (our text). And Paul did this through his living and teaching for the rest of his life, teaching the exact opposite of what caused Satan’s downfall and what led Paul to persecute believers: pride. Scripture reveals the devil’s proud heart in the famous five “I wills” of Isaiah 14. Here are two: “I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High” (Isaiah 14:14). This mere creature believes he deserves praise fit only for the uncreated Lord. So do we! Why else do we want others to know how good we are, like Paul before he encountered Christ? When we try to wrest glory from the infinitely more deserving Lord, we follow in the steps of Satan. How can we escape this “darkness” (our text)? Live like the living Light: Jesus. Instead of expecting and demanding the treatment due Him as Lord, Jesus “made himself of no reputation, and . . . humbled himself” (Philippians 2:7-8). The result? “Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him” (v. 9). The way up is to give ourselves up to the will of the Lord. “So the last shall be first” (Matthew 20:16). Will you obey your self-exalting flesh or “set your affection on things above” (Colossians 3:2)? Peter admonished, “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time” (1 Peter 5:6). Each day affords a gracious opportunity to turn “from the power of Satan unto God” (our text). BDT

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House Speaker Mike Johnson says Trump's $5,000 'dividend' needs congressional approval President Donald Trump's proposal to send $5,000 to every American adult if his Republican Party maintains control of the House and Senate in the November election needs congressional approval, House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday, while pledging to try to make it happen. Read More.

"On Mrs. White's attitude toward the English revision of the 1880's, her son, W. C. White, reports: It is significant that almost immediately after the appearance of the English Revised Version, Mrs. White made use of it in her books, as she did also of the American Standard Revision when it became available in 1901. It is also significant that four major statements from Mrs. White's pen concerning the Bible and the Bible writers were penned during this decade of the appearance of the revised versions of the New and Old Testaments." Ellen G. White® Estate: The E. G. White Counsel on Versions of the Bible

Inside a Philadelphia barbershop, Black men debate their political past and future Ever since Democrat Kamala Harris lost the presidential election to Donald Trump two years ago, political strategist Khalil Thompson has been traveling the country to figure out why Black men inched toward a white Republican rather than a Black woman. Read More.

Fighting in Yemen intensifies, and Houthis launch more attacks on Saudi Arabia The conflict in Yemen intensified on Sunday, as government forces launched attacks against Iran-backed Houthi rebels along the Red Sea and Houthis fired into neighboring Saudi Arabia, which supports Yemen’s government. Read More.

The secret ballot has been an article of faith in US elections. That's being tested in Georgia Security researchers say rapid advances in artificial intelligence are making it more critical to address a flaw in Georgia's voting equipment that can allow voters to be matched to their ballots after they have been cast. Read More.