The Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach.

I think it is possible to outline a list of features that are typical of what I would like to call Ur-Fascism, or Eternal Fascism. These features cannot be organized into a system; many of them contra...

A judge has ruled that the U.S. can deport the Palestinian-born leader of Wisconsin’s largest mosque on national security grounds. The Trump administration has sought to remove Salah Sarsour since

This interactive map reveals the intricate connections between surveillance companies, their funding sources and affiliations.

Madison police are investigating alleged hazing at an Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house after finding 30 pledges covered in food, condiments and liquids, with two 20-year-olds arrested and the chapter...

Former MAGA activist Rich Logis told Don Lemon that a powerful sense of community led him to overlook Donald Trump's controversies before he questioned the beliefs that bound him to the movement.

A billionaire-backed movement from Silicon Valley and populists like Bernie Sanders are eager to stop an AI disaster — but can they overcome their mutual distrust and work together?

Pending move comes over the objections of the NIH director.

Exclusive: Lawsuit exposes scale of detention at off-the-books interrogation warehouse while attorneys describe find-your-client chase ‘from a Bond movie’

Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro...

YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing "political" content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.

Progressives including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Greg Casar have favored stricter tech regulation compared with their centrist colleagues.

“The reality is that he isn’t working by choice; he is working for survival.”

Alternative response programs, where mental health clinicians respond to 911 calls instead of police, have proliferated since George Floyd's murder. What does it take to do this work well?

By Aaron Scher; endorsed by Bourgon, Soares, and Yudkowsky on behalf of MIRI.

The recent example of the U.K. Labour Party shows that “compromising” rarely stops at some acceptable midpoint.

The Iowa Farmers Union announced its endorsements of the five Iowa Democrats running for Congress.

The Trump administration is removing close to 760,000 people from Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage due to allegedly fraudulent enrollment, Vice President Vance announced Tuesday.  The cancel…

After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...

In Church, Merch, and State, Sarah Posner writes about the intersection of religion and...

Moscow Oblast came under a large-scale drone attack, with Russian air defenses downing 249 drones, according to local authorities.

The administration is casting effective altruists — who focus on reducing harm from the tech and heavily weigh advancement versus risk — as the enemy.

The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”

Washington D.C. — On August 26, 2026, the U.S. Departments of State and the Treasury designated a volunteer tech collective behind a popular activist blogging platform a terrorist organization.  Autis...

The Senate voted not to advance legislation that would confer financial legitimacy on the crypto industry.

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Nearly 1 of every 5 uninsured working-age adults across the 10 states that have not expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act are stuck in a health care insurance limbo known as a “coverage gap,...

Police raided a facility in Puebla's mountains and found 300 GPUs, electrical infrastructure, and satellite equipment.

A Wisconsin nurse took away oxygen from a hospice patient and made him suffer for 90 minutes, claiming "it's easier to do death paperwork than fall paperwork" after finding him on the floor, cops say.