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Trump keeps using “national security” to do what he wants
8+ hour, 47+ min ago (538+ words) In his second term, Donald Trump has taken the use of "national security" to new, absurd extremes.Kent Nishimura/AFP/Getty President Donald Trump has a favorite justification for everything he does: “It’s a national security matter.” Of course, American…...
Ted Cruz pushed his college sports bill on ESPN—and was booed mercilessly
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (305+ words) Senator Ted Cruz talks to Rece Davis on ESPN about his Protect College Sports Act. Fans booed him for nearly 10 minutes.Screenshot via ESPN Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was on the receiving end of a nearly 10-minute chorus of boos…...
The treatment for a fatal cat disease wasn’t legally available. So cat lovers created an international black market.
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (338+ words) In 2023, Marlena Arjo adopted a one-eyed kitten with a penchant for destruction. She named him Otto, and over the next eight months, Otto grew into his own little chaotic personality. “ He’s laying on houseplants, he’s tearing books out of the…...
ICE at the polls? Ain't never gonna happen, says this voting expert
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (504+ words) David Becker speaks to reporters during a zoom call on Friday, September 11, 2026. At a press briefing on Friday, David Becker, a longtime voting rights advocate and the founder and director of the Center for Election Innovation & Research, a “fiercly nonpartisan…...
Don't be fooled—Congress isn't cracking down on OpenAI
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (447+ words) A Republican-led Senate subcommittee on disaster management is now investigating the July incident where OpenAI’s autonomous models hacked Hugging Face, another AI startup, during internal testing. Axios first reported the Senate probe on Thursday, providing a letter by Sen. Josh…...
Will Putin's decade-long war on US elections hit the midterms?
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (437+ words) In July 2025, Tulsi Gabbard, then–director of national intelligence, strode into the White House briefing room to press the case that Barack Obama had mounted a “treasonous conspiracy.” Trump and his allies embraced her lies, even though they were easy…...
Trump's Venezuela deal helps his rich friends—and that's it
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (898+ words) President Donald Trump speaks to Venezuelan Americans at Florida International University in Miami on Feb. 18, 2019.Andrew Harnik/AP The Trump administration announced an arrangement with Venezuela last week that would see the US take control of 65 billion barrels worth of…...
Trump's mysterious $45,000 cash gift to Natalie Harp
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (409+ words) The national gossip over Natalie Harp, President Donald Trump’s most devoted aide and “human printer,” has now reached the natural stage to which most stories closely associated with the president land: a glaring, potentially illegal ethics violation. According to financial…...
Data centers now facing backlash over contaminated wastewater
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (1362+ words) A rendering of Meta's Cheyenne, Wyoming, data center campus.Meta When officials in Wyoming conducted a routine test on the water that was being discharged from a massive under-construction Meta data center, it was a shock to find it contained…...
Ashley Hinson fought to save private equity’s favorite loophole
1+ week, 2+ day ago (428+ words) Hinson, running against Democrat state Rep. Josh Turek, is looking to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA).Charlie Neibergall/Getty On her campaign website, Rep. Ashley Hinson, the Republican nominee in Iowa’s toss-up US Senate race, says she’s “laser focused…...