Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Elon Musk and Sam Altman are finally facing each other in a Northern California federal court in a case that could decide whether OpenAI is allowed to operate as a for-profit company — and potentially derail its IPO. The trial, years in the making, centers on whether Altman and OpenAI betrayed the nonprofit mission Musk helped found. Jury selection kicked off Monday in Oakland.
The Supreme Court has restored a Texas congressional map that was blocked by lower courts, handing Republicans a potentially decisive advantage ahead of November's midterm elections. The ruling arrives as Virginia's supreme court simultaneously weighs a rival Democratic redistricting plan that could flip multiple House seats. Both cases are live fronts in a national redistricting war with control of Congress on the line.
South Carolina has declared its measles outbreak over after nearly 1,000 infections — one of the largest US outbreaks in decades — but the disease is far from contained nationally, with more than 20 active outbreaks currently burning across the country. The numbers underline how quickly measles exploits gaps in vaccination coverage. Health officials have not named a single federal coordination effort to address the simultaneous spread.
Armed attackers killed at least 29 people gathered at a football pitch in Adamawa state, north-east Nigeria, in the latest episode of escalating violence in Africa's most populous country. The state borders Cameroon and is a known flashpoint for jihadist groups and criminal gangs. The attack follows a separate armed raid on an orphanage in Kogi state.
OpenAI has amended its foundational agreement with Microsoft, ending the exclusivity that had locked its models to Azure and clearing the way for OpenAI to run on Amazon Bedrock and other cloud providers. The move reshapes one of tech's most consequential partnerships — Microsoft invested over $13 billion in OpenAI — and signals OpenAI's push for commercial independence ahead of its IPO. The change takes effect immediately.
