The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.

Brendan Carr likes to climb towers. This began in the spring of 2018, when Carr was a newly minted member of the Federal Communications Commission and looking for a lane. Visiting a South Dakota train...

A leading AI industry-backed Super PAC is targeting a pro-regulation candidate — and building a strategy that other politicians will have to contend with.

Can’t talk about it. Can’t live without it. From the White House to Capitol Hill, Washington relies on autopens. How did a machine that mimics human signatures become so essential—and sometimes conten...

A wave of triumph sweeps Israel in the aftermath of its campaign against Iran, even as Gaza’s suffering recedes from public view. Beneath the celebrations, a question nags: What is Israel becoming?

Pratik Chougule wants to make wagering on politics as popular and legal as wagering on sports. Is that all in good fun—or a bad bet for democracy?

Podcast Episode · The Realignment · 07/10/2025 · 1h 3m

I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.

Gail Slater, the head of the DOJ’s antitrust division, will show how serious the right is about bringing big tech companies to heel.

Tourists frustrated by the growing number of National Park Service properties refusing to accept cash have an ally in Sen. Cynthia Lummis.

Trump loves tariffs. Do Americans? It depends how pollsters ask the question.

Inside the Office of American Innovation.

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.

GOP chairman pledges to create growth through “agency actions on spectrum, infrastructure, and the space economy.”

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday revoked a 2023 executive order signed by Joe Biden that sought to reduce the risks that artificial intelligence poses to consumers, workers and national security.

The industries must display the full price of a hotel room, concert ticket or sporting event upfront to customers or face potential federal punishment.

Ocasio-Cortez has earned the support of the majority of the panel’s Democrats, based on interviews with a dozen members.

The Federal Trade Commission sued the largest U.S.

The liberal alternative to Elon Musk’s X platform reinstated me but never explained what my original offense was. That’s a bad message.

After years of challenging her party from the left, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, announced a bid to join its leadership ranks in Congress.

John Mack, a tech critic and visual artist, warns against our growing reliance on artificial intelligence and digital tools and makes the case for a more human-centered future.

US President-Elect Donald Trump says David O. Sacks will be the “White House A.I. & Crypto Czar,” according to a Truth Social post.

Podcast Episode · POLITICO Tech · 12/03/2024 · 15m

The outgoing transportation secretary talks about his record of holding airlines accountable, what might come next and whether to check a bag. (No.)

At WIRED's The Big Interview event, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber discussed the booming user numbers for the Twitter rival and why giving social media users more control is a recipe for success.

Conversations with a dozen insiders point to a party that is unsure about whether to leave or engage with the increasingly MAGA platform.

Bruce Reed had seen the pitfalls of letting Big Tech run roughshod over government. He is determined not to make the same mistakes on AI.