Democracy Hack: Chatbots Quietly Move Votes
AI persuasion bots matter because they collapse an old democratic assumption: that political influence is too costly, too slow, or too human to scale...
Judge Hammers Meta Over Teen Harm
Meta’s New Mexico loss matters because it turns a familiar cultural complaint about social media into a court-backed finding of consumer deception, youth harm,...
Widening War Warning From Gen. Flynn
The central fact is simple: Michael Flynn is arguing that a U.S.-Iran war is already widening, that it would be difficult to escape once...
Meta’s Legal Shield CRACKS — Big Trouble
The legal shield that protected social media companies from liability over how their products are built — not what users post on them, but...
Trump Says Strait of Hormuz ‘Sort Of Open’
The Strait of Hormuz has become less a yes-or-no question than a contest over control, revenue, and risk; Trump’s latest comments fit a pattern...
$300M Taxpayer-Funded Rx Kids Program Questioned
When a state writes a nine-figure check to deliver unconditional cash to expectant parents, the central question isn’t whether the idea is popular or...
How Socialists Are Taking Hold of the Democratic Party
The Democratic Socialists of America have moved from the margins of U.S. politics to become a disciplined, agenda‑setting faction inside the Democratic Party, wielding...
Will WNBA Team Sign Transgender French Basketball Player?
One French center’s dominant season in a second-tier league has become a flashpoint for a much bigger question: what happens when a willing, high-performing...
Talarico Voted From Parents’ House in Five Elections
The central issue is not whether James Talarico used an old address on his voter registration; it is whether, under Texas’s unusually elastic residence...
Medi-Cal Crisis: Taxpayer Burden Looms
California’s scramble to patch a fast-growing Medi-Cal hole collides with Washington’s spending fight, leaving employers bracing for higher costs and taxpayers wondering who will...
