To punish Senate Democrats for voting down an industry-backed bill, crypto interests have spent $55 million to defeat Sherrod Brown. The Big Tech money might hurt more than it helps. Democratic Ohio ...

For decades, the right has been trying to undermine Social Security via various privatization schemes, claiming that the money will not be there when you retire. Republicans have tried to make these ...

They must decide whether to sell their land for data centers or other facilities, without the transparency to determine if they’re getting a good deal.

His come-from-behind victory in Brazil’s presidential election spoils the storyline of right-wing dictators on the march.

But the more sophisticated interceptors rely on Starshield, the military version of Starlink sold by Elon Musk’s company SpaceX. Last week, without any warning, Starshield abruptly stopped working in ...

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The president’s PACs have intervened in a handful of House races, most particularly against a leading critic of data centers. Congressional gridlock has been a boost to the private equity-style shop ...

Congressional gridlock has been a boost to the private equity-style shop at the Defense Department that’s free to do their bidding with impunity.

The basic structure of Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act was this: savage cuts to social benefits of all kinds, including Medicaid, food stamps, and (implicitly) Obamacare, coupled to massive ...

On Live Nation, Paramount–Warner Bros., and more, state attorneys general are becoming the chief antitrust enforcer. Do they have the capacity to keep going? On Monday, the monopolization trial ...

The violence, political stalemate, and support for the extremes are a more vivid case of what is occurring throughout the West.

The two politicians received a rock-star welcome in Portland, but whether young people will vote this time around is still a very big question mark in a seriously close contest.