AI could end up too cheap to control
In recent weeks, Chinese companies have released two AI models — Kimi K3 and Qwen3.8 Max — that are nearly…
The Covid debate that never ended
It’s been six years, and America is still litigating the perceived errors of the pandemic.
Trump wants the Supreme Court to give him the unilateral power to rewrite election law
Trump threatened to arrest state election officials who distribute mailed ballots. Then, the courts got involved.
Costco’s organic chicken isn’t what it seems
Costco’s organic chicken isn’t what it seems.
The primary pitting an 80-year-old progressive against an insurgent the left loathes
Markey wants another term. Moulton is taking him on. What does the Democratic base care about more?
We’re running out of ways to get oil out of the Middle East
Saudi Arabia had found a workaround for the Strait of Hormuz. Then the Houthis showed up.
The Trump asylum change that could fast-track deportations
The Trump administration’s latest anti-asylum move, briefly explained.
Why Europe is warming twice as fast as the global average
The wildfires sweeping France and Spain this week are the largest blazes either country has faced in modern history.
Trump’s Saudi nuclear deal is making Israel uneasy
The nuclear context of this week’s Trump-Netanyahu meeting.
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