acting

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“We have to learn from what happened last night, and we will, but the first takeaway…is that the system worked,” said acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, who was also in attendance at the dinner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Court filings lay out how Altman tried to convince Musk to back OpenAI in 2015, acting as a co-founder for a non-profit lab whose technology "would belong to the world."

From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026

In posts on Truth Social, Trump said he was safe and praised law enforcement for acting “quickly and bravely,” adding that officials would determine next steps for the evening.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

The probe alleged that Powell was somehow acting nefariously in his oversight of the renovation at the Federal Reserve’s headquarters in D.C.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

The children were acting strangely, to be sure.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood