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Conspiracy Theorists Think Trump’s Speech Paves the Path to the Insurrection Act

Midterms

Conspiracy Theorists Think Trump’s Speech Paves the Path to the Insurrection Act

David Gilbert

The Group Behind 2000 Mules Is Back With Another Election Conspiracy Film

Election Denial

The Group Behind 2000 Mules Is Back With Another Election Conspiracy Film

David Gilbert

The CDC Has a Cyclospora Lab. DOGE Downsized It Last Year

Reaping, Sowing, Etc.

The CDC Has a Cyclospora Lab. DOGE Downsized It Last Year

Emily Mullin

Pete Hegseth’s Plan for ‘High T’ Troops Is a Junk-Science Fever Dream

Pump You Up

Pete Hegseth’s Plan for ‘High T’ Troops Is a Junk-Science Fever Dream

Miles Klee

Why Apple Sued OpenAI, New York Takes on Data Centers, and What to Know about Cyclosporiasis

Uncanny Valley

Why Apple Sued OpenAI, New York Takes on Data Centers, and What to Know about Cyclosporiasis

Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger, and Emily Mullin

Here’s Why Anthropic Is Pushing States to Regulate AI Faster

Model Behavior

Here’s Why Anthropic Is Pushing States to Regulate AI Faster

Maxwell Zeff

Intel Officials Predict the Pentagon’s Bill for the Iran War Will Exceed $100 Billion

Inner Loop

Intel Officials Predict the Pentagon’s Bill for the Iran War Will Exceed $100 Billion

Hugo Lowell

OpenAI Staffers Are Funding a Rival Super PAC to Take on Their Boss

Internal Conflict

OpenAI Staffers Are Funding a Rival Super PAC to Take on Their Boss

Maxwell Zeff

The UK Is Planning a Social Media Curfew for 16- and 17-Year-Olds

Anti-Social

The UK Is Planning a Social Media Curfew for 16- and 17-Year-Olds

Miles Klee

DOGE Used AI for Housing Policy. The Government Won’t Say How

Redacted

DOGE Used AI for Housing Policy. The Government Won’t Say How

Vittoria Elliott

There Are Endless Conspiracy Theories About Lindsey Graham’s Death

Whodunit

There Are Endless Conspiracy Theories About Lindsey Graham’s Death

David Gilbert

White Supremacists Love Armie Hammer’s New Movie

Movie Magic

White Supremacists Love Armie Hammer’s New Movie

David Gilbert

Maine’s Senate Race Implodes, Meta’s Threads Rivals Musk’s X, and the Trump Phone Arrives

Uncanny Valley

Maine’s Senate Race Implodes, Meta’s Threads Rivals Musk’s X, and the Trump Phone Arrives

Zoë Schiffer and Leah Feiger

A Majority of European Lawmakers Voted Against Letting Big Tech Read Our Messages. They’re Going to Anyway

Chat Control’s Back

A Majority of European Lawmakers Voted Against Letting Big Tech Read Our Messages. They’re Going to Anyway

Isabella Ward

Federal Investigators Say Certain DOGE Records Were Deleted

DOGE Inquiry

Federal Investigators Say Certain DOGE Records Were Deleted

Vittoria Elliott

Republicans Gleefully Celebrate Midterms Chaos in Maine

Inner Loop

Republicans Gleefully Celebrate Midterms Chaos in Maine

Hugo Lowell

This Former DeepMind Exec Thinks the AI Arms Race Could End in Disaster

Compute And Conquer

This Former DeepMind Exec Thinks the AI Arms Race Could End in Disaster

Joel Khalili

The Onion’s Infowars Parody Is Here. Alex Jones Is Going to Hate It

Shock Jocks

The Onion’s Infowars Parody Is Here. Alex Jones Is Going to Hate It

Miles Klee

The DEA Plans to Ban Opioid-Like Kratom Compound 7-OH

Drug War

The DEA Plans to Ban Opioid-Like Kratom Compound 7-OH

Manisha Krishnan

Anthropic Added a New Security Measure to Get Back Into the Trump Administration’s Good Graces

Inner Loop

Anthropic Added a New Security Measure to Get Back Into the Trump Administration’s Good Graces

Hugo Lowell