Government funding cuts are undermining the Bureau of Labor Statistics' ability to provide the reliable information that businesses and policymakers need to make sound decisions about the economy.

Avoiding a rise in unemployment is important for the RBA – but apparently not a dealbreaker * Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcast And here we are again. Hello darkness my old friend. Interest rates up again and talk of a recession if needed. The Reserve Bank’s enacting legislation gives it a dual mandate – “price stability [ie stable inflation] and the maintenance of full employment in Australia.” But in reality the RBA seems to ignore the “full employment” aspect overall, and we now need to worry about a recession. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here Continue reading...

Louisa officials reject altered power line path and call for a total end to the project.

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Across several states, a quiet chemical industry campaign is making it harder to hold polluters accountable.

The AMERICA Act is bipartisan legislation that gets at the heart of the problem of monopolistic digital ad tech, writes Public Knowledge's Patrick Gallaher.

Heatwaves and wildfires helped expose 34 percent of the world’s population to “extremely poor” ozone air quality in the first eight months of 2026, according to a European Union report published Wednesday. Asia recorded the highest exposure, while ozone pollution remained difficult to curb despite decades of progress in reducing other harmful emissions.

Six tech oligarchs signed Trump’s voluntary AI safety accord. Their companies hold billions in federal contracts. The conflict of interest is explicit: three helped design the rules meant to police th...

As Republicans face competitive midterm races, Iowa farmers sound the alarm over soaring costs.

Meta-spotted flaw could hand attackers arbitrary code execution via a maliciously crafted file

Under pressure from residents, the town council is reconsidering the Apex Police Department’s contract with Flock.

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A top Government Accountability Office lawyer told Congress the president doesn’t have the power to execute his latest 'pocket rescission.'

With the threat of political violence at unprecedented levels, state and federal GOP candidates are openly sharing racist, pro-militia, anti-vaccine, sexist, antisemitic, and secessionist views.

Money on the Left is joined by Grant Kester, professor of Art History at University of California, San Diego. We speak with Kester about his multi-decade career, researching and teaching the h…

Jenny Domino and Jen Weedon write that a human rights approach to AI risk demands a global, ecosystem-wide perspective.

No excuses for next leader of party, Adam Bandt says, while Bob Brown warns they must also be able to take on Pauline Hanson and One Nation * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The former Greens leader Adam Bandt says the party’s new leadership team, which could be chosen as early as today, will face mounting pressure from grassroots members to block the Labor government from approving any new coal and gas projects “by whatever means”. He told Guardian Australia there would be no excuses for the new leader, likely to be elected at a two-day retreat in Sydney which begins today, to allow the Albanese government to approve any new fossil fuel development. Continue reading...

The artist publicly objected after the ad began airing last week, saying he “would never authorize my music to be used for ANY political agenda or campaign.”

The provincial government has been approached by companies looking to develop AI data centres. Energy Minister Lloyd Parrott says the province is open for business, though some experts urge caution.