It was almost inevitable, really. This always happens the smarter computers get, right? They get more and more autonomy and develop more humanlike qualities, but somehow the worst of humanity starts shining through the digital cracks. And now, self-driving vehicles that have been known for their achingly cautious behavior, are suddenly driving more like New York cabbies.

For years while training on the streets of San Francisco and eventually transporting passengers, Waymos were the most polite drivers on the road. Pull up to a stop sign at the same time as a Waymo and it would wait, as if to say, “No, please, after you.” If you were trying to go around another car making a left, a Waymo was sure to let you in. In short, they were drivers you wouldn’t want to get stuck behind while in a hurry. But not so much anymore.

The Wall Street Journal reports that “the training wheels are off.” Like the rule-following nice guy who’s tired of being taken advantage of, Waymos are putting their own needs first. They’re bending traffic laws, getting impatient with pedestrians and embracing the idea that when it comes to city driving, politeness doesn’t pay: It’s every car for itself.

In September, police in San Bruno, California, pulled over a Waymo after witnessing it make an illegal U-turn. Just this past Sunday, a Waymo ran over a small, unleashed dog in San Francisco, the company has confirmed, weeks after hitting and killing a well-known neighborhood cat in the Mission district. TMZ has video of the signature white Jaguar cruising in downtown Los Angeles ... dodging bullets as it drove through the crossfire of a police standoff.

However, despite the high-profile infractions, Waymo recently released data covering nearly 100 million driverless miles in four American cities through June 2025, the biggest trove of information released so far about safety. A neurosurgeon spent weeks analyzing the data. The results were impressive. When compared to human drivers on the same roads, Waymo’s self-driving cars were involved in 91% fewer serious-injury-or-worse crashes and 80% fewer crashes causing any injury. It showed a 96% lower rate of injury-causing crashes at intersections, which are some of the deadliest he encounters in his job. “If Waymo’s results are indicative of the broader future of autonomous vehicles, we may be on the path to eliminating traffic deaths as a leading cause of mortality in the United States,” he says. “While many see this as a tech story, I view it as a public health breakthrough.”

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday was given a final copy of the completed Defense Department Inspector General report that examined his sharing sensitive military information on a Signal group chat back in March. The full version of the report has been sent to the Senate Armed Services Committee and is available to members of the panel for immediate review in a secure room, Axios reports.

The report outlines the findings of a more than eight-month investigation into Hegseth’s use of the app. A redacted and unclassified version will likely be released tomorrow. The internal review of the “Signalgate” controversy comes at a time when top military officials are under intense scrutiny over boat strikes off the coast of Venezuela.

You might recall, Trump administration officials were using Signal to discuss plans regarding military strikes in Yemen. The group chat became public when Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic, was inadvertently added. The inspector general review of the incident was opened the following month, after requests for an expedited review by top Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill. The Trump administration at the time shrugged off “Signalgate”, arguing that no classified information was shared in the group chat.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he did not want Somali immigrants in the U.S., saying residents of the war-ravaged eastern African country are too reliant on the U.S. social safety net and add little to the United States. Well, that’s putting it mildly. “Somebody said, ‘Oh, that’s not politically correct.’ I don’t care. I don’t want them in our country,” he said. “Their country’s no good for a reason. Their country stinks, and we don’t want them in our country.”

Trump was asked if he thought Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz should resign over reports of extensive fraud in Minnesota’s social services system, in which dozens of Somali individuals are accused of stealing millions in government funds over the past five years. The funds were intended for housing for disabled adults, food security for children and support for children with autism but allegedly were spent on personal luxuries, including cars and real estate. Trump answered the question by criticizing Walz and fellow Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar—neither of whom have been implicated in the scandal—as “incompetent” politicians whose state took in “garbage.”

“I always watch her,” Trump said, saying “she’s a real terrible person.” Trump's remarks come as a senior law enforcement official told NBC News that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning an operation in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area this week. The official said ICE officers are not specifically targeting the Somali community, but may be arresting some Somalis who are in violation of immigration laws.

For years now, it’s been a go-to for many office workers short on time but with plenty of cash in their pockets: build your own bowl chains like Chipotle, Sweetgreen and Cava. But suddenly, midday diners are tired of all those pick-your-own ingredients piled atop rice or greens. Instead, lunchgoers are choosing offerings with more texture, like sandwiches and tacos, that fill them up and often cost less.

Bloomberg was more blunt: Americans are increasingly over the “slop bowl”. It’s a term that has been (perhaps unfairly) tied to the three build-your-bowl brands since May, when New York Times writer Emma Goldberg pondered society’s slide into “mushy, purposeless dissociated slop,” or what she called “living the slop life.” In those bowls, Goldberg saw a metaphor for a broader movement toward homogeneity: with our fast fashion, our AI-driven social media content, and the overall lowering-in-quality of our lives in general.

But, really, the term “slop bowl” comes from social media, where fitness and nutrition influencers have long touted meals of protein on top of protein, with a side of protein, combined in a bowl as a vehicle for the “macros” that will allegedly make us stronger, more chiseled and (one assumes eventually) able to outrun the grim reaper, all of which is perfectly valid. But everything has a time—an era, if you will—and maybe the bowls are moving out of fashion. Even Steve Ells, the founder of Chipotle and the burrito bowl that rocketed the chain to lunchtime fame, has moved on to sandwiches.

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