Garbanzo beans and seeded bread are some of the many things I buy at Trader Joe's for easy meals. Serena Pratt I'm a registered dietitian who relies on Trader Joe's for easy and nutritious meal options. Some of my favorite breakfast items include the store's Greek yogurt, bread, and frozen fruit. Trader Joe's frozen rice medley and steamed lentils help me make quick and easy meals. As a registered dietitian, my happy place is wandering the aisles of a grocery store — especially Trader Joe's. It's been one of my favorite stores since I was a child, and it's still one of the first places I go when I want to pick up items that make nutritious eating feel more realistic. Here are some of the many items I always add to my cart. Trader Joe's roasted-garlic hummus is satisfying on its own or when paired with veggies. Serena Pratt Hummus is one of my favorite foods for rounding out snacks and meals. Since it's made primarily from chickpeas, it adds fiber, plant-based protein, and iron in a form that's easy to eat. I use the roasted-garlic version as a dip, sandwich spread, salad dressing, or addition to a snack plate, and I especially love pairing it with Trader Joe's mini cucumbers for the perfect no-prep snack. Plain, nonfat Greek yogurt is one of the most versatile items in my fridge. Serena Pratt The combination of protein and live probiotic cultures makes Trader Joe's Greek yogurt one of my most-used staples. I use it as a breakfast base with fruit and chia seeds, as a smoothie thickener, or in savory meals as a sour-cream substitute. I usually buy the plain version with no added sugar, so I can add my own fruit or chia jam, and control the sweetness myself. Strawberry kefir is easy to drink on my way out the door. Serena Pratt As a fermented dairy product, kefir contains a wider variety of probiotic strains than yogurt and can help support healthy digestion. The strawberry version from Trader Joe's is drinkable and lightly sweet, without the pronounced tartness plain kefir can have. On mornings when I don't have time to put breakfast together, I'll pour a glass alongside a piece of seeded toast or fruit for a quick, gut-health-boosting breakfast. One thing to note: Trader Joe's flavored kefirs contain added sugars, so if you're looking to avoid that, I suggest going for the plain version. Trader Joe's frozen rice medley is a major time-saver. Serena Pratt I love having Trader Joe's rice medley in my freezer because it provides a more interesting base for dinner. The mix of whole grains adds more fiber than white rice alone and pairs well with curries, stir-fries, and roasted vegetables. I just microwave it in the pouch for three minutes. Garbanzo beans provide protein, fiber, and so many options. Serena Pratt Each half-cup serving of Trader Joe's garbanzo beans contains both fiber and plant-based protein, making this a must-have item in my pantry. There are so many ways to prepare these beans. I air fry them for a crunchy snack, toss them into salads and grain bowls, stir them into soups, add them to dense bean salads, or blend them into sauces. Since they're shelf-stable, I always have a can (or three) on hand to make a filling meal with minimal prep. The sesame-crunch salad kit is a low-effort meal that's ready in under 5 minutes. Serena Pratt I love salad kits that taste good because they make me far more likely to prepare lunch instead of defaulting to takeout. Trader Joe's sesame-crunch chopped salad kit has pre-shredded vegetables, a flavorful sesame dressing, and crunchy toppings that make it feel like a real meal instead of a side salad. To make it more substantial, I like to add grilled chicken and edamame. Trader Joe's steamed lentils make it easy to add fiber and protein to my diet. Serena Pratt Lentils are one of my favorite foods for adding plant-based protein and fiber to a meal. I especially like Trader Joe's precooked version because it saves me a lot of time. I use them in a shortcut for lentil soup, as the base of bowls, and even in tacos when I want a plant-forward meal. They're also a good source of iron, which is another reason they're a staple in my fridge. Frozen turkey burgers are a lean protein source that can be served with or without a bun. Serena Pratt Trader Joe's turkey burgers are one of the freezer staples I rely on most when I need dinner ready quickly. Turkey is a complete protein and provides a good source of B vitamins like B6 and B12, which support energy production, mood, and cognitive function. These burgers cook quickly in the air fryer or on the stove, and I use them in burger bowls, on salads, or with a whole-grain bun and sweet-potato fries for a quick weeknight meal. The frozen fire-roasted bell peppers and onions make taco night easy. Serena Pratt Bell peppers are a great source of vitamin C, and the fire-roasting process gives them a depth of flavor you wouldn't expect from a frozen vegetable. I add these to tacos, fajitas, and grain bowls when I want a vegetable that's already chopped, cooked, and ready to eat. This product saves me time, adds color and flavor, and makes it easier to eat my servings of vegetables. Edamame is a great source of fiber. Serena Pratt Edamame is one of the few plant-based foods that contains all nine essential amino acids — AKA the ones the body can't make on its own and, therefore, has to get from food. The legume is also an excellent source of fiber, which supports digestion, helps stabilize blood sugar, and sustains fullness. I keep a bag in the freezer at all times, and like to steam a bowl for a mid-afternoon snack. Frozen fruit is just as nutritious as fresh, and this berry blend never goes to waste. Serena Pratt Frozen fruit is one of the easiest ways to keep a healthy option on hand without worrying about it going bad. Plus, since frozen fruit is picked and processed at peak ripeness, its vitamin and antioxidant content is comparable to that of fresh versions. I especially like picking up Trader Joe's Very Cherry Berry blend, which provides a nice variety of cherries, blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries. It's perfect for smoothies or as an oatmeal topping. I always grab a loaf of Trader Joe's organic seeded bread. Serena Pratt Trader Joe's organic seeded bread makes toast or a sandwich feel more substantial. The seeds are a great source of healthy fats, magnesium, and fiber. I especially like using this bread for turkey and avocado sandwiches at lunch, and I'll have it with peanut butter and banana before a workout. Keep reading our Trader Joe's diaries here. Read the original article on Business Insider

Heather Knight / New York Times: Inside Andon Market, billed as the first retail boutique run by an AI agent; the Andon Labs experiment uses a Claude Sonnet 4.6-based agent to run the boutique  —  Andon Market in San Francisco is billed as the first retail boutique run by an artificial intelligence agent.

Mint Images/Getty Images This post originally appeared in the BI Today newsletter. You can sign up for Business Insider's daily newsletter here. A bummer for benefits It's no secret that the era of generous employee perks is fading. Free food, on-site laundry, and gym subsidies are all becoming less common. Even full-time remote work is becoming increasingly rare. Amid all the cutting, I really thought certain benefits like paid time off and parental leave would be untouchable. I was wrong. Earlier this month, my colleague Polly Thompson reported a bombshell scoop that Deloitte plans to pare back or cut several core benefits for some of its employees. Internal documents and a meeting recording revealed the consulting firm is planning cuts to parental leave, PTO, pensions, and IVF funding for workers in internal support roles such as admin, IT support, and finance. And it's not just Deloitte. Zoom is also scaling back its parental leave. Birthing parents now get 18 weeks of paid parental leave, down from 22—24. Non-birthing parents get 10 weeks, down from 16. Here's the thing: Once a few big companies put the most prized benefits on the chopping block, others may follow suit. These moves aren't happening in a vacuum. Companies are prioritizing measurable output over loyalty. They are raising performance expectations and tracking AI usage, all with eyes on improving the bottom line. To be sure, some employees might prefer having their benefits cut rather than losing their jobs altogether. Just this past week, Meta said it plans to cut 10% of its staff next month and eliminate 6,000 open roles in an effort to "run the company more efficiently." Employees didn't hold back in their reactions. "Welcome to 28 days of hell," one Meta employee posted on an internal forum, referring to May 20 (the date the cuts are expected to happen). Also on Thursday, Microsoft said it was offering one-time buyouts to long-serving US employees. The package is aimed at workers who want to retire. With companies squarely in efficiency mode, they are sending a clear message: Job cuts are en vogue, loyalty is dead, and no benefit is off-limits anymore. Read the original article on Business Insider

Streamer N3on used to pay clippers to post bad PR about him to help grow his audience. John Sciulli/Getty Images for Global Gaming League Livestreamer N3on pays an army of "clippers" to post snippets of his content on social media. Clipping is one of his top expenses: He paid out over $1.4 million in a recent five-week period. The clipping economy can expand a streamer's audience and also incentivize inflammatory content. You may have never tuned into N3on's livestream. Thanks to "clipping," he might have popped up in your social feeds anyway. The top-10 Kick streamer, 21, belongs to a group of livestreamers who have gained mainstream attention in recent months thanks to clipping, where people are paid to post grabby moments from longer videos or podcasts on social media platforms like TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram. An hourslong stream might only get 40,000 live viewers, but a successful clip can fetch millions of views, helping a streamer land partnerships with brands and celebrities. Streamers like N3on have helped create an elite class of professional clippers who command high prices. Clipping is one of N3on's largest expenses. In a recent five-week period, he paid out over $1.4 million to 303 clippers, according to a document his team shared. In any given month, he estimated that he's paying at least one clipper upward of $100,000. "I feel like my life is clipping now," he said. N3on, whose real name is Mikyle Rafiq, said he has a network of around 1,000 clippers. About half belong to a group he and fellow streamer Adin Ross built. The rest are paid by Kick. Other top creators also have clippers who post on their behalf. YouTuber MrBeast has his own clipping platform, Vyro, that helps promote his content. Rates for clippers can vary depending on factors such as a streamer's level of fame. Rafiq pays clippers on the higher end of the market for a big Kick streamer — $40 per 100,000 views, or $50 if he especially wants to incentivize them. Clipping has its defenders and critics Clipping can help a creator reach a wider audience that might not be watching their livestream or podcast — and get them into the center of internet discourse. On the other hand, the clipping economy can incentivize creators to create inflammatory moments and stretch the truth. "A lot of it is staged," said Mustafa Aijaz, VP at SoaR Gaming, a digital entertainment company and creative agency. "Audiences will call it out as clip farming. But people will still watch it." Rafiq, who's been trying to reform his negative public image, said he used to do "crazy stuff" and even paid clippers to post bad PR about him to keep his name relevant. He said sometimes eye-catching clips can come from subpar streams. One of his most-viewed clips came from a stream he and former rapper Iggy Azalea did from a yacht that ran into technical problems and was barely seen. "The clippers made it seem like it was this insane, crazy stream," Rafiq said. "No one actually watched the stream. They just saw the clips, and they're like, 'Wow, N3on and Iggy had a great time on this yacht.'" Read the original article on Business Insider

Startups take different strategies with token spending, from hard budgets to minimum quotas. Hassan Ismail; Brennan Lupyrypa; Kavitta Ghai Tokenmaxxing is all the rage in Big Tech. For startups, the trend is opening up debate. Some founders told Business Insider that they spent big on tokens; others used capped subscription plans. One founder called tokenmaxxing "extremely stupid." Another said: "You've got to spend money to make money." Kavitta Ghai wants her startup's engineers to spend more tokens. The 29-year-old cofounder of Nectir started setting minimum quotas for Claude Code use. First it was at least $100 in tokens a week, then $200. Now, the expectation is that her engineers each spend a couple thousand in AI tokens a month. The strategy has been successful, Ghai said. Some of Nectir's senior engineers were previously skeptical of AI coding tools; now, they call it their "army of coders," she said. But she doesn't think Nectir is "tokenmaxxing," the buzzword du jour for techies racing to spend as much as they can. "We don't really play into the Silicon Valley trends," Ghai said. "We live in our own world, and we're competing against ourselves." Across Big Tech, engineers are racing to spend as many tokens as possible. A token is a measure of AI compute. The more tokens burned, the more the engineer employs AI tools. Employees at Meta reportedly competed on a token leaderboard before it was taken down. What of the little guy? Startups are an edge case: relatively tiny teams that want to be on the cutting edge of tech but might not have the same money to spend. Some startup leaders told Business Insider that big token bills helped them succeed. Others scoffed at the idea, preferring to stick to the lower-cost subscriptions. The startups spending big on tokens Aron Solberg doesn't want the competition of a token leaderboard — but he does want the mindset behind it. The 44-year-old cofounder of Risotto sees token spending as a "force multiplier" for a small team. The company uses OpenAI and Anthropic's models, and said it spends $4,000-5,000 per month on tokens. Six months ago, Risotto says he spent one-tenth of that sum. "It's trending up a lot," Solberg said. "There's an old adage that rings true," he said, whether it was for hiring new employees or spending liberally on tokens: "You've got to spend money to make money." Aron Solberg called AI coding a "force multiplier." Risotto Quang Hoang is similarly spending big. He wrote in an email that his startup, Vybe, has an "unlimited credit policy" and was thinking about minimum quotas. Investors are also incentivizing spending — and might foot the bill. Hoang tells founders he invests in to allocate "at least their salary amount to tokens." (Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made headlines last month for saying he would be "deeply alarmed" if one of his $500,000 engineers did not consume at least $250,000 of tokens.) Accelerators like Y Combinator offer free token credits to their participants. "At YC, we let our engineers let it rip," CEO Garry Tan wrote on X. Those credits help some founders to spend big. These founders aren't tokenmaxxers, but do believe that there are productivity benefits. Traverse cofounder Lance Yan believed in Tan's message: "We usually just let it rip." The 19-year-old said he uses the best models with the maximum effort, not worrying about the costs. Between his Claude Max subscription and the credits that offered by YC, he can spend big without hitting a limit. He's not a fan of rationing tokens. "That's stupid," he said. "You're just harming your own startup." 26-year-old Boris Skurikhin said that the YC credits helped his startup Docket get off the ground. He's mostly run through them now, except for the models he uses less frequently. Skurikhin said he noticed a 10x increase in productivity in his own work when he used the tools. "It is expensive to build with tokens," he said, but "not as expensive as having another engineer." Many of these startups are in the AI game, after all. Nectir's Ghai said that token spending instilled "AI literacy" — something that's especially important, given their product. "The team itself needs to be the best versed at it first, before we try to go sell it to anyone else," she said. Boris Skurikhin credited Y Combinator's free tokens for his productivity gains. Boris Skurikhin The startups saying no to tokenmaxxing Rishabh Sambare wishes he could spend more on tokens. The 23-year-old cofounder of Gale prefers to build with Zed, an AI IDE similar to Cursor, but can't stomach the company's usage-based pricing. The subscription deals from OpenAI and Anthropic are so deeply subsidized that he uses them instead. "It sucks, because I hate their products," he said, calling Zed "more polished and less buggy between releases." Sambare is Gale's only engineer, though the company often has 2-3 interns. He hasn't hit a rate limit, but one of his interns has. They got him a second subscription, he said; it was still far cheaper. These subscriptions — sending $100 to $200 to Anthropic for its "Max" tiers or $100 to OpenAI for its "Pro" plan in exchange for a stable of discounted tokens — were popular among the founders I spoke to. Hassan Ismail, the 24-year-old founder of Argos Research, said the Claude Max subscription was a "no-brainer," and that all five team members have a $200 a month subscription. Others were more philosophically opposed to the trend. Weave's Brennan Lupyrypa didn't mince his words: "It's extremely stupid for any company to be tokenmaxxing." Weave is still spending big on tokens because it doesn't want to "kneecap" its engineers, its 25-year-old founding engineer said. The company set up a notification for when an engineer hit $500 in token spending a month; Lupyrypa said most hit it within two weeks. But Weave doesn't incentivize the spending itself, which Lupyrypa said was the wrong proxy. He predicted the downfall of tokenmaxxing within the next three months. "CFOs won't be happy," he said. Still, some tokenmaxxers hold strong. I asked Risotto's Solberg about these token-hesitant founders. He said that they likely hadn't found their product-market fit yet. "It makes complete sense to spend a lot of money on tokens, because you know that the growth is coming soon after," Solberg said. "If you're a venture-backed business, that's what you signed up for." Read the original article on Business Insider

Elon Musk is putting Sam Altman's credibility on trial Anna Moneymaker/Getty; Anadolu/Getty; Northern District of California court; Tyler Le/BI Elon Musk's lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI goes to trial on Monday. He says Altman and Greg Brockman deceived him by effectively making OpenAI a for-profit company. OpenAI says Musk is just jealous that Musk's own company, xAI, lags so far behind. In early 2023, when Elon Musk began attacking OpenAI in public, Sam Altman sent him a text. He was upset. "i am tremendously thankful for everything you've done to help—i dont think openai would have happened without you—and it really fucking hurts when you publicly attack openai," Altman said. The complicated and messy history between Musk and Altman is set to spill into a courtroom this week, where nine ordinary Californians will have the chance to render a verdict. The jury will be tasked with digging into Musk's grievances against Altman. Did Altman, as Musk alleges, deceive the Tesla CEO about his for-profit plans for OpenAI? The case gets to the heart of one of the biggest questions in our era of Big Tech: Can flawed human beings be trusted to run unimaginably powerful companies? The media buildup has been equally charged. Bloomberg has cast the case as a "showdown," while Wired called it a "battle for OpenAI's soul." Sam Altman's OpenAI has big ambitions for its ads push. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Questions about Altman's honesty have dogged him for years. His trustworthiness was recently the subject of a 16,000-word New Yorker article. OpenAI's board members cited his "candor" in removing him as the firm's CEO in 2023. Its first chief scientist has said Altman "exhibits a consistent pattern of lying." On X, Musk has called Altman a "swindler" and "Scam Altman." The issue continues to loom ahead of an initial public offering for the ChatGPT maker, which is expected to take place before the end of this year. Musk's lawsuit, first filed in 2024, has piled on to this narrative. As Musk tells it, his name and time — and about $40 million in contributions over the years — were crucial to making the nonprofit viable. In 2015, the two co-founded the venture devoted to developing safe artificial intelligence technology meant to benefit all of humanity. Musk came up with the name "OpenAI" and helped poach Ilya Sutskever from DeepMind, the Google-owned endeavor that OpenAI saw as a for-profit rival. Altman and OpenAI President Greg Brockman got greedy, Musk alleges. The two circumvented the Tesla CEO to build a for-profit arm of the organization, which partnered with Microsoft, he said. That betrayal created a "for-profit, market-paralyzing gorgon" that effectively became a "subsidiary of Microsoft" on the back of Musk's generosity, the lawsuit says. The story told by Altman and OpenAI in court filings is very different. In their version of events, Musk's lawsuit is nothing more than an attempt to hobble OpenAI while his own company, xAI, lags far behind, they say. They say Musk had agreed that OpenAI needed a for-profit arm to fund the computing power needed to advance its mission. When other OpenAI executives and board members refused to give Musk the control he demanded, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO quit the board, OpenAI says. Elon Musk in 2025 Bloomberg/Getty Images The case has shed new light on OpenAI's origins The litigation has produced a treasure trove of emails, depositions, and other records that offer a rare and rich look at OpenAI's origins. The records illustrate how Musk, Altman, and Brockman were driven to create a publicly beneficial counterweight to DeepMind, which they feared would be too powerful in the hands of a private company. They also show that Musk was involved in building a relationship between OpenAI and Microsoft — and, in fact, preferred it over Amazon as a partner. (Microsoft, for its part, has said it didn't know anything about the early beefs between everyone and shouldn't be held responsible for any promises anyone made.) The records also show the messy sniping, backroom politics, hurt feelings, and ballooning egos that emerged as OpenAI grew. In a September 2017 journal entry, obtained by Musk's lawyers, Brockman appeared to muse about ousting Musk and making $1 billion for himself. In another entry two months later, he appeared to acknowledge that transforming OpenAI's corporate structure could be viewed as deceptive. "it'd be wrong to steal the non-profit from him. to convert to a b-corp without him," Brockman wrote. "that'd be pretty morally bankrupt. and he's really not an idiot." Altman says he's ready to tell his side of the story in a public courtroom. In a recent podcast interview, he said Musk was "insane" for bringing the lawsuit and said he worried he'd drop it before trial. "My fear at this point is he decides to drop the case right before trial, and we don't get to do all this," Altman said. "But I am happy to explain all this to the world and have this chapter behind us." The ghosts of Sam Altman's past In addition to Musk, Altman, and Brockman, the witness list includes powerful executives who can testify about palace intrigue at OpenAI. Shivon Zilis, the mother of several of Musk's children and a former OpenAI board member, and Jared Birchall, his right-hand man, may testify about his contributions to the firm's finances and nonprofit mission. Sutskever is expected to tell the jury about OpenAI's early days. Bret Taylor, OpenAI's chair, is expected to talk about what its nonprofit structure looks like now. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and CTO Kevin Scott are both expected to testify about the software giant's collaboration with OpenAI. The jury is also expected to hear testimony from Mira Murati, the nonprofit's former CTO, who now has her own AI lab, about "Microsoft's support of OpenAI during Mr. Altman's November 2023 firing and subsequent rehiring," according to a court filing. Thinking Machines Lab CEO Mira Murati. Bloomberg/Getty Images Since Musk sued Altman over two years ago, xAI swallowed Musk's social media company, X, and then became a subsidiary of SpaceX, which filed for an initial public offering. The money could help Musk with his AI ambitions. While Musk's lawsuit accused OpenAI of effectively becoming a for-profit subsidiary of Microsoft, the relationship between the two companies has become more complicated. In search of more funding, OpenAI has struck deals with Amazon and other companies, effectively diversifying the tech giants that have a stake in its success. More importantly, OpenAI has gone through the reorganization that Musk sought to stop. In October, it completed its recapitalization, which restructured its for-profit arm into a public benefit corporation while leaving its nonprofit in charge. Musk has asked Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers to effectively sideline OpenAI in the AI arms race and ensure it stays neutral. He wants the judge to reverse OpenAI's corporate transformation, kick Altman and Brockman out of the organization's leadership, and disgorge it of "all ill-gotten gains" from its for-profit operations. Gonzalez Rogers said she'll determine the remedies at a later stage if the jury finds Altman, Brockman, and OpenAI liable in the trial. If a jury finds Altman not liable for the allegations Musk has brought against him, then it would demonstrate that nine ordinary people in California, at least, would have found him pretty trustworthy. Read the original article on Business Insider

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Stephen Morris / Financial Times: Epoch AI: Google controls ~25% of global AI compute, with ~3.8M TPUs and 1.3M GPUs; Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian says demand and revenue justify the spend  —  Thomas Kurian, Google Cloud's CEO, says its AI chips and models can help the data centre business gain ground

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Axel Springer Senior Editor Tim Röhn describes low security to enter the White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 25. Read the original article on Business Insider

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on X using Gen Alpha internet slang, and it didn't really land. Bloomberg/Getty Images Sam Altman tried his hand at internet slang on Saturday. He got schooled by TBPN's Tyler Cosgrove on the right use of the terms "maxxing" and "mogged." Sam, it's OK — Gen Alpha internet slang is borderline incomprehensible anyway. Even as a perma-online millennial, I can relate to the struggle OpenAI CEO Sam Altman faced on Saturday, when he tried and failed to use a Gen Alpha internet slang term correctly. "we still get looksmaxxed on frontend a little but we IQmog hard now," 41-year-old Altman posted on X. Tyler Cosgrove of TBPN — which just got acquired by OpenAI this month — took it upon himself to correct Altman with this explainer on X. sam just so you know for next time this is technically incorrect usage of the "-maxx" suffix to "looksmaxx" is to improve oneself, it's not really a comparison between two different things ("-mogged" is a comparison however). so the correct usage here would've been something like: "we still get looksmogged on frontend…" or "we still need to looksmaxx our frontend…" Cosgrove is correct. There are also other uses of the "-maxx" suffix. Business Insider previously reported on the term "Chinamaxxing," where "-maxxing" describes going full-tilt into Asian-inspired lifestyle choices like practicing tai chi at dawn and drinking hot water. One X user weighed in on Cosgrove's explanation, venturing that "'Looksmog' doesn't exist you just say 'mog.'" "'lookmogged' maybe be needlessly repetitive in isolation but it provides useful context given the 'IQmog' that appears later in the sentence," Cosgrove responded. Anyway, Sam — don't feel bad. Lots of Gen Alpha internet slang is nearly incomprehensible to us millennials. Who among us did not at one point ask a friend or colleague what the "youth" mean when they're out here talking about "skibidi toilet?" Happy weekend, Silicon Valley. Now let's get back to work. Read the original article on Business Insider

In 2019, Business Insider's chief video correspondent Graham Flanagan spent three days inside the James J. Rowley Training Center in Laurel, Maryland, where future United States Secret Service agents are trained. After the 2024 attempted assassination of Trump, for which the Secret Service came under scrutiny, Business Insider shared this extended, never-before-seen version of the speech a group of new Secret Service recruits received on day one of their training in June 2019. In April 2026, the president again faced a security incident, this time at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner. One Secret Service agent was shot in his bulletproof vest. Trump said in a press conference following the event that the officer was "in great shape." The following is the original video published by Business Insider. NOTE: Lt. Christopher Fagan, seen speaking to new recruits in the video, died in 2023. Read the original article on Business Insider

CBS's Weijia Jiang is the chair of the White House Correspondents' Association. Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images CBS senior correspondent Weijia Jiang is getting accolades for her cool composure on Saturday night. Jiang was seated next to Trump when gunshots were heard at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. She was later seen in the front row of the White House briefing room, back at the reporting grind. CBS's Weijia Jiang is receiving praise for her poise under pressure during the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. The network's senior White House correspondent is the president of the White House Correspondents' Association, which hosts the annual dinner. She was seated next to President Donald Trump onstage when bedlam broke out in the Washington Hilton ballroom, after gunshots were heard. Jiang later took a front-row seat in the briefing room and asked the first question when Trump took questions from the media. "I came to the WH with President Trump, who is preparing for a press conference to brief reporters," Jiang posted on X before the briefing. "We hope to have more answers soon. A few of us are waiting in the briefing room. Thank God he, the First Lady, and everyone who was attending the WHCD was safe." "This badass went from running the dinner to leading the questions from the briefing room. @weijia you are just the best," Kristin Brown, the White House producer for CBS News, posted on X. "And phoning into CBS special coverage as she went from the ballroom to the briefing room!" Oklahoma State University media professor Dylan McLemore wrote on X. McLemore had earlier posted about watching Jiang "reporting by phone from the scene, which may explain why CBS is giving coverage an extended network window compared to their peers." CBS executives praised Jiang and her colleagues' quick response in a staff memo shared online. "We are so proud of our Weijia Jiang, who has dedicated so much care over the past few months to what should have been a beautiful evening. She handled the entire situation with grace and calm — and went directly from the dais to the White House lawn, where she is currently reporting," CBS's Bari Weiss and Tom Cibrowski wrote on Saturday night. Most journalists at the White House press conference appeared to have come straight from the dinner, clad in black tie. "Absolutely baller moment from #WHCD President @Weijia, dressed to the nines, poised at a godlevel, asking first question of @POTUS after shooting event," Florida Politics publisher and editor Peter Schorsch wrote on X. Jiang earned the praise online for her remarkable composure, a steadiness that became especially striking given how quickly the evening descended into chaos. Just after 8:30 p.m., shortly after Trump had appeared for the first time as US president at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, an individual breached the main doors of the event. In a security video, posted by Trump on Truth Social, officers in the video could be seen trying to grab the man, then drawing their weapons and pointing their guns at him. Inside, shouting at the front of the stage gave way to pushing and chaos as people started running, guests threw themselves to the floor, and hid under tables, according to Tim Röhn, the senior editor of the Axel Springer Global Reporters Network, who was at the event. Business Insider is part of the network. While Secret Service ushered Trump and Vice President JD Vance off the stage, heavily armed officers emerged from behind the curtains onstage and pointed their rifles at the crowd. For a short time afterward, video streams from inside the event room showed a lull as attendees appeared confused. Shortly after the incident, Jiang took the stage to say the night's programming would continue. She later addressed the crowd again, saying law enforcement had requested that everyone leave the premises "consistent with protocol," and that Trump would hold a press conference shortly, addressing the night's events. From there, she appeared at the press conference. Jiang's swift return to reporting became a striking visual of the night — a reminder that in Washington, even the most choreographed events can, without warning, turn into breaking news. Read the original article on Business Insider

Secret Service agents rushed President Donald Trump out of the White House Correspondents' Association dinner after shots were fired on April 25. Attendees were also evacuated. A suspect is in custody. Read the original article on Business Insider

Sasha Rogelberg / Fortune: Survey of 1,050 Australian teens: ~60% said they retained access to social media accounts after ban; two-thirds say platforms took no action to remove accounts  —  If teenagers have a will, they will find a way. … Evelyn, a 14-year-old in New South Wales, told The Washington Post in December 2025 …

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China said it will take necessary measures after the European Union added Chinese entities to its latest Russia sanctions package, warning that all consequences would be borne by the EU.

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