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Mice, a Caved-In Ceiling, and Cloudy Water: The GSA’s New Office Is Falling Apart
“Do we need to look at the ceiling before going to the bathroom? Can we actually trust the water is safe to drink?” asks one GSA worker.
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Influential right-wing conspiracy theorists and MAGA-aligned pundits are falsely claiming that the Covid vaccine killed Dolly Parton, the vaccinatio…
A Judge Has Blocked the Pentagon’s Attempt to Blacklist Anthropic
A federal judge has called the Department of Defense’s designation of Anthropic as a national security supply-chain risk “illegal and baseless.”
Submit Your Questions: The Great Data Center Backlash
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Democrats Just Might Win the Senate
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Waffle House Teleporter Gregg Phillips Is Still on the Trump Administration’s Payroll
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All the ways Instagram and Facebook are changing for teens
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Candidates Are Signing a Pact Promising Action on Data Centers and AI Safety
More than 15 politicians from across the country have signed on to the AI Pact, vowing to regulate data centers and AI. “We’ve got to get this right…
‘Darth Vader’ Wants You to Know He Definitely Supports Flock Surveillance
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Trump is upping the price of Big Tech’s favorite visa
In the span of a few hours on Monday, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it would be implementing a fee of over $103,000 on H-1B vis…
The Supreme Court’s Mail-In Ballot Ruling Is a Step Toward Chaos in the Midterms
The Supreme Court has removed one roadblock from the Trump administration’s attempts to impose severe restrictions on voting.
Border Wall Construction Threatens 6,000 Years of History on Private Lands
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OpenAI subpoenaed by Alabama AG over Hugging Face hack
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TikTok will pay $400 million to settle DOJ child privacy lawsuit
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A MAGA County’s Top Election Official Wants to Hire Election Denial Superstar Tina Peters
Tina Peters was convicted of seven counts related to election interference in 2024. Now, she’s fielding an offer from a county that’s become a hotbe…
Elon Musk Is Expected to Point His Money Machine at Texas Politics
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Meta Ran Ads for an App That Promised to Nudify Female Politicians
One advertisement featured a pornographic video with a deepfake closely resembling a prominent US politician. Apple removed the app from the App Sto…
ABC sues the FCC over Trump and Carr’s campaign of threats
ABC is suing the Federal Communications Commission over claims the agency "waged a retaliatory campaign" against its networks over the content they…
Trump’s dumb border wall
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Election Officials Are Preparing for Prediction Markets to Sow Chaos in the Midterms
From threats to the safety of poll workers to voters who can’t distinguish between odds and results, prediction markets are already scrambling the p…
FTC Strikes Deals to Ignore Unlawful Credit Discrimination
The agency signed agreements to not enforce parts of three federal court orders against auto dealers accused of discrimination—and didn’t notify jud…
The Trump admin will start letting private firms launch international cyberattacks
The Trump administration is launching a new program that will allow private firms to perform cyberattacks against foreign criminals, as reported ear…
Flock CEO: ‘We got this one wrong’
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The White House Is Going to Expand Its AI Policy
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Brendan Carr is one firing away from an unchecked FCC
President Donald Trump already holds a Republican majority in the agency tasked with regulating America's communications systems. But with a new nom…
FEMA's ‘Shadow Administrator’ Was Paid by a DOGE Member's Startup for Months
Details from recent court filings show that DOGE's influence within government—and potential conflicts of interest—extend further than previously kn…
A Candidate Named ‘Count Binface’ Is the Most Normal Part of This Pivotal UK Election
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Claude will apply invisible watermarks to AI text and images
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Census Proposal Would Stop Counting Undocumented Immigrants—and Ignore Race and Sexual Orientation
A draft rule reviewed by WIRED would prevent the census from counting undocumented immigrants. To protect against “distortions,” it would also bar q…