As DOGE revisionism picks up, a contrast with the civic tech movement it displaced illuminates its failure

Weeks before the midterm elections, the cost crisis is hammering food pantries in red and blue states

A CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States.

A period of global dominance has ended in plain sight.

House Republican leaders cancelled votes planned for Thursday. Members won’t return to Washington until Nov. 9.

A Russian disinformation operation has turned its attention to the US midterm elections, unleashing a series of deepfake videos that depict celebrities attacking Democrats, researchers said, with more...

The documentary paints the tech trillionaire as a power-hungry megalomaniacal conman with a god complex. Musk accuses filmmaker Alex Gibney of compiling "hit list" against him.

ROCKWOOL Foundation

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A school district's unsettled lunch debt was substantially paid down by a group of inmates.

The technology needed for industrial-scale observation exists — and is already in widespread use

Lawsuit claims automated database exposes innocent drivers to illegal stalking, tracking.

New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Rhode Island will have to pay the entire cost of recovery from a major February snowstorm.

The U.S. military has killed hundreds of noncombatants since gutting its Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response mission last year. After significant blowback, the Defense Department is considering part...

The widow of an Alabama airman has revealed she and her children are not eligible for some benefits because the Iran war has not officially been declared a war

A $30M fine. Five first-round picks taken away. Steve Ballmer suspended for a year. ESPN's NBA insiders break down the harshest punishment in league history.

EPISODE 423: The biggest punishment in NBA history.

Six former Virginia State University professors who said they were wrongfully terminated now have confirmation that the school violated its own policy. But four months later, they say the school st…

“If we have to do this, we have to do this, but there’s no guidance yet so I think we’re all in the same boat,” a secretary of state spokesperson said Monday.

A “might is right” mentality consumes our government and infects the media

For years, conservative litigants flocked to Judge Reed O’Connor’s district. Now, North Texas has become a favorite destination of the Justice Department.

Attacking immigrants and Black voting power. Gutting election security. Voter purges. Threats of arrests and raids. And so much more. Trump’s assault on elections is truly unprecedented.

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