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Sam Altman is having a really weird week
2+ hour, 36+ min ago (629+ words) Open AI's CEO Sam Altman speaks at the AI Summit in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. AP Sam Altman wants you to know that he's just fine. Sure, his company, Open AI, is reportedly building technology that it fears'and some…...
Is the Don's con gone?
1+ hour, 25+ min ago (624+ words) Donald Trump after speaking about the Iran war at the White House on Wednesday. Alex Brandon/AP A con man's challenge is to stay ahead of his con. If his marks begin to see too many signs that they are…...
A Judge Ordered Her Return After a Wrongful Deportation. Now Comes the Hard Part.
8+ hour, 8+ min ago (426+ words) Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez, left, kisses her daughter Damaris Bello after being reunited. Mother Jones illustration; Courtesy Courtesy Damaris Bello "There were some moments where it was even hard for me to breathe," Estrada Ju'rez said during a video…...
Trump's EPA chief delivers the keynote at a conference of climate change deniers
1+ hour, 34+ min ago (829+ words) Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), gave the keynote speech at a conference on Wednesday morning, one which was hosted by a prominent climate-denying think tank that previously compared those concerned about the climate crisis'to…...
The federal database that could upend the midterm elections
8+ hour, 8+ min ago (1166+ words) New Yorkers wait to cast their votes on November 2, 2025. Stephanie Keith/Getty President Donald Trump and the election conspiracy theorists he surrounds himself with are determined to exclude people from voting in the 2026 election based on one database: the Department…...
How your data is powering Trump's surveillance state
4+ hour, 38+ min ago (807+ words) If somebody'a police officer, a prosecutor, an FBI agent'were to get ahold of all this data, they'd be able to sketch out a pretty complete picture of my daily life. In most cases, I probably wouldn't even know that my…...
Even some Republicans are against Trump's violence in Iran
1+ day, 33+ min ago (557+ words) President Donald Trump departs after speaking with reporters about the war in Iran in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington. Alex Brandon/AP Even Republicans are joining congressional Democrats in calling for…...
A landslide in Wisconsin will make it much harder for MAGA to steal elections
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (560+ words) Tuesday's Wisconsin Supreme Court election received far less attention than a similar contest a year ago, when Elon Musk spent $25 million trying to flip the balance of power on the court. Back then, the world's richest man'who, at the time,…...
Trump's Iran War Is Tearing Apart His Catholic'Evangelical Coalition
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (939+ words) Kiera Butler18 minutes ago Last week, in a prime-time speech that was confused and discursive even by his own standards, President Donald Trump attempted to justify the current war in Iran. US attacks, he assured the American public, were "an investment…...
The Trump administration's latest target: This woolly American icon
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (1729+ words) An American Prairie bison herd at sunset. Amy Toensing/Getty/Inside Climate News The American buffalo'those ornery, hairy prairie beasts that reign as the official mammal of the United States'have joined wind turbines, electric cars, and climate researchers in the…...