It’s been almost imperceptible, but the Department of Homeland Security hasn’t been funded since February. Avenues to resolve the standoff keep getting cut off. On Wednesday, Sen. Markwayne Mullin ...

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The whole economy has been pumped up by unsustainable investment in AI. The unwinding will not be pretty—and could be catastrophic.

Companies like Starwood Capital Group, which benefited greatly from financial assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic, want a federal bailout on top of that.

Unfortunately, author William Cohan thinks the ousted Apollo co-founder is fascinating enough to quote him at length, while neglecting the impact of private equity predators.

Not in the streets so much, but in ads and statements from Republicans trying to salvage their doomed election campaigns. The key here is that on everything that matters, Trump and Republicans in ...

Seems to be, but overzealous Republican state legislators steamrolling new congressional maps onto baffled voters may end up in a world of hurt. After the Supreme Court gutted voting rights in ...

States giveth corporations the right to exist, so the states can taketh away their political spending power—or at least, Hawaii and Montana are trying.

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An appeals court made clear deportation flights to third countries must stop immediately, but flight data showed ICE may be violating the order.

A lot of rich and influential people have suddenly become very worried about artificial intelligence models’ danger to humanity, thanks to several recent episodes in which various AI “agents” carried ...