How Luigi Mangione's case became a battleground in America's culture wars
As schools across the country continue to implement cell phone bans, a new Pew Research Center survey shows they continue to gain support. Seventy-seven percent of US adults support banning cell phones in middle and high school classes, and 48 percent support…
The US Department of Justice announced on Friday that TikTok will pay $400 million to settle a lawsuit filed in 2024 over allegedly violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). In the lawsuit, the DOJ alleged that TikTok collected data from…
The FBI, the EPA, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have stopped short of officially blaming Iran for a spate of cyberattacks on Minnesota's water systems, but consensus is that Iran is likely behind them. That, of course, hasn't…
ABC is suing the Federal Communications Commission over claims the agency "waged a retaliatory campaign" against its networks over the content they broadcast. In a lawsuit filed in federal court on Tuesday, ABC and its parent company Disney accuse the FCC of …
NBC News Senior National Politics Reporter Jon Allen cruises down I-80 in his Drive to Decision Day series to talk to voters in several battleground congress...
SoftBank contributed $50 million to the Trump Presidential Library in January, just months before announcing that it's leasing land from the federal government to build a sprawling data center in Ohio. The Japanese company revealed the timing in response to a…
David Ellison courted Trump when seeking approval for his WBD deal. He argues in a new op-ed that his politics are "just like most Americans."
ABC filed its formal opposition to the Federal Communications Commission's effort to force it to submit to an early renewal of its broadcast station licenses, calling it an effort to chill the speech of broadcasters across the country. In a new filing with th…
Tim Montgomerie says his appeal will be a test of whether the party can tolerate free speech.
Some on Bluesky don’t seem to have noticed the “sports” part.
ABC News' Mike Dobuski discusses the latest on who is suing the president and prediction markets expert Robin Hanson shares more on the intersection of politics and prediction markets.
Today, I’m talking with Gaby Del Valle, a policy reporter here at The Verge, about the growing backlash against AI data centers. Gaby recently reported a fantastic piece about Hernando County, Florida, where last month the county commission unanimously appro…
New Yorkers who want to see their Instagram or TikTok feed curated by an algorithm, or receive notification after midnight, will soon have to verify their ages to access those features. New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) released a set of final rules…
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The POTUS himself and his co-star, Jim Rash, talk about their new 'Rick and Morty' spin-off.
In some of the most critical races this election cycle, several Democrats are sharing how their faith has shaped their views and politics.
Today I’m talking to Ben Smith, the editor-in-chief of Semafor. Everywhere you go, people say they don’t trust the media — and yet they’ve never consumed more of it. Audiences have moved on from legacy names in favor of Substacks and podcasts and TikTok news …
Talarico leads Paxton 42-39 in the new UT/Texas Politics Project poll. Abbott leads Hinojosa in the governor's race, and data center opposition holds.
Sen. Ted Cruz called the Paxton-Talarico race a $200 million fight as Gov. Greg Abbott said the choice for Texans in November will be easy.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren wrote a letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. seeking more information about the administration's "calamitous" response to cyclosporiasis.
On the Political Scene podcast: Democrats talk a lot about affordability. Could a message of prosperity be more powerful?
PONTIAC, Mich. - Michael Sutton, 18, is new to politics, but he says he’s convinced it’s broken. Sutton walked this working-class neighborhood of bungalows n...
A new poll shows Democrat Gina Hinojosa within 3 points of Gov. Greg Abbott, while the Texas AG race between Middleton and Johnson sits at 1 point.
President Donald Trump announced his desire to change the name amid an escalating trade dispute with Canada.
The primary to replace Rep. Dan Newhouse is a rare opportunity for Washington's Republicans to seek federal office. Candidates representing different wings of the party are testing Trump's influence.
Democrats are making the case that now is the time to tackle anti-corruption reforms — to serve as a check on Donald Trump and to overhaul a system voters say is co-opted against their interests.
US House Democrats have decided that AI agents breaking loose from their test environments is a matter for Congress, and on Monday they put that view in writing. Two letters went out, one to OpenAI and one to Anthropic, each demanding an account of how the co…
We’re about to find out what he really means for the left.
The bipartisan backlash against data centers reaches the Lone Star State.
Former GOP Senator Jeff Flake endorsed Democrat Jon Ossoff for a U.S. Senate seat in Georgia, in interview with Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
New TSU poll shows Abbott, Patrick, Middleton and other GOP candidates leading Democratic challengers in six statewide Texas races before November.
It’s been over three decades since the Sunshine State elected a Democratic governor, but polls suggest the MAGA favorite could be in for a tight race in Nove...
A humanoid robot named Lightning Bolt ran 100 meters in 9.39 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, edging Usain Bolt's record.
Recent polling shows Democratic candidates closing gaps or pulling ahead in key Texas statewide races this November. Here's what to know.
Abdul El-Sayed's narrower-than-expected victory underscores that his most significant challenge begins now -- building the coalition he'll need to win in November.
Federal agents launched a sweeping undercover surveillance operation earlier this year targeting progressive organizations, labor unions and other groups pro...
Today, I’m talking with Evan Smith, who is cofounder and CEO of Altana, a company that develops software tools to manage big, messy supply chain networks around the world. We last had Evan on in early 2025 to talk about how Trump’s first few waves of tariffs …
A U.S. soldier's wife who spent more than a month in federal immigration detention said she is back home after officers removed her from a deportation flight...
A new poll shows Democrat James Talarico leading Republican Ken Paxton by 5 points in the Texas Senate race. Here's a deeper look into what we know.
President Trump says he has signed two new orders targeting birthright citizenship. And, Iran is aiming to ban U.S. ships from the Strait of Hormuz.
Demis Hassabis is shifting to a new role that plays to his interests — and is crucial to helping Google make big leaps ahead.
Having money isn’t at odds with wanting a fairer economic system.
Nigerians urged Tyla to cancel her concert in Lagos over anti-migrant protests in South Africa.
Elections officials are grappling with voters using artificial intelligence chatbots, such as ChatGPT or Claude, to get information about upcoming election dates.
Imran Khan has been imprisoned since 2023 on corruption charges which he says were politically motivated.
Trump signed an executive order aimed at reducing the number of childhood vaccines.
Today, Vox is launching The Midterms, Actually, a new weekly newsletter from Astead W. Herndon examining the big ideas and key people behind the political shifts shaping the 2026 elections — and what they reveal about where American politics is headed next. E…
NBC News Now will debut Christine Romans’ new show on Monday, with a two-hour morning program featuring breaking news and politics, as well as segments on finance, business and technology. The 10 a.m. ET program is called Current with Christine Romans and was…
The Trump administration's upending of years of vaccine advice puts many pediatricians in a quandary. Some are steering patients away from the CDC to other authoritative websites, including their own.
A week after the Michigan primary, tests of progressive power will play out in the Midwest, raising questions of whether far left candidates can win come November or if the GOP can pick up moderates.
US President Donald Trump is struggling to extract the United States from a war that he started almost six months ago – alternating between claims that Tehra...
A president used to bending US politics to his will faces two stinging losses in a matter of days, writes the BBC's Anthony Zurcher.
Donald Trump’s big gains with Black, Hispanic, and young voters suggested a major shift. Less than two years later, the president has lost those new supporters.
The dustbin themed candidate got 9,455 votes and came second to Nigel Farage
The self-styled intergalactic space warrior finished second to Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson vows another $87 million for ad buys. Opponents accuse him of buying the election.
When President Donald Trump took the political world by storm in 2016, his rise was often described as a “populist” one. He seems to have abandoned that bran...
Kai Bird and Susan Goldmark on the lawyer who showed an outer-borough striver how to ignore the rules, avoid a paper trail, and make up a good story for the media.
It turns out you can fight city hall.
Reveals that 85 percent of the platform's most powerful editors are anonymous, how conservative sources are blacklisted, and that the CIA has edited content.
Since taking office in early May, the new Hungarian government has lost no time dismantling Viktor Orbán's legacy.
When President Donald Trump helped orchestrate Darline Graham’s appointment to finish Sen. Lindsey Graham’s term, many Republicans in South Carolina saw it a...
All the ins and outs of One Night Only’s dystopian world, to the extent that they can be figured out.
STAT News is an essential news source for all things Biomedicine (i.e., Big Medicine plus Big Pharma), from the delivery of health care in the clinic to the basic research that is the foundation of clinical care, to the unremittingly garish politics of the mo…
It’s not anything so obvious as an affair. It’s somehow worse.
The late singer was perhaps the only person in the United States who commanded nearly universal affection.
Republicans have no incentive to let them forget past excesses.
OpenAI's ad rules now allow some health and finance advertisers in ChatGPT, while placement restrictions still apply to sensitive conversations. The post OpenAI Allows Some Health & Finance Ads In ChatGPT appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Summer is still going full steam—and so are the new releases, so beat the heat with an escape to outer space, a fantasy land, or a supernatural world.
The problem-plagued revamp of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool? The increasingly unpopular war in Iran that has kept oil prices high, Trump’s approval r...
Karoline Leavitt announced she was stepping down from her position as White House press secretary to be the "best mom" for her two kids.
Thousands of students have been left in limbo amid a cheating scandal that erupted after the prestigious institution offered its exam online for the first ti...
President Donald Trump has played this hand before during the 5-month-old Iran war. It starts with a grim warning to Tehran that he's on the cusp of orderin...
NewsNation Chief Washington Anchor and On Balance host Leland Vittert gives you an early look at tonight’s 9 p.m. ET show.
As Michigan Democrats fracture over their Senate primary, the presumptive Republican nominee hopes to run against a state government he won’t be joining.
A government lawyer admitted in a court filing that the administration withheld grants based on whom states had voted for.
The president plans to raze the Kennedy Center and rename Lake Ontario if he’ s frustrated in one of his top legacy projects and his Canada trade war.
BRASÍLIA - When police arrived to arrest the suspect, the woman at the door insisted there must be some mistake. The girl she had taken into her home was onl...
Barf Bag: The former DHS goons returned to the sites of one of their cruelest immigration campaigns this week for a nice little bike ride.
Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff alluded to one of Trump's closest aides during a speech on Sunday, angering the White House. Here's what to know.
Welcome to From the Politics Desk, a daily newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail.
Welcome to From the Politics Desk, a daily newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail.
Welcome to From the Politics Desk, a daily newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail.
Peter Alexander’s new show on MS NOW will debut on Aug. 10, marking his switch from NBC News earlier this year. State of Play with Peter Alexander will air weekdays at 11 a.m. ET. Alexander also will serve as the MS NOW’s chief national reporter and breaking …
This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. The progressive populist Abdul El-Sayed won Tuesday’s Democratic Senate primary in Michigan — though the vot…
The world, as of right now, is doing a lot. It is doing considerably more than was agreed upon, and nobody has been adequately compensated for the inconvenience. The news is relentless, the group chat is overwhelming, and "per my last email" messages are stil…
Will disturbing abuse allegations cost Republicans the House?
Netlfix opened the floodgates with a new look at anime from 'Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2' to the glorious return of 'Blue Eye Samurai,' coming to the streamer later this year and early 2027.
Lauren Michelle Jackson on the self-described “race-realist” Nathan Cofnas, the death of the Cambridge professor Jason Arday, and controversies surrounding D.E.I.
Abdul El-Sayed's hardline campaign exposes a party, a media ecosystem and a debate over Israel in the US.
Abby Phillip has signed a new deal at CNN, where she has hosted the nightly show CNN Newsnight. A network spokesperson declined to comment on talent contracts. According to a source, Phillip recently renewed her deal to remain at the network, which she joined…
If you return to Twitter/X after leaving it out of principle, do you really still have those principles?
‘Solutionism’ envisages the technology ending everything from the climate crisis to cancer, but huge class divisions are a more probable outcome
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The pizza delivery was strange. No one at U.S. District Judge John McConnell’s home had ordered it. But it was the name on the order that...
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A nasty primary has put an establishment favorite up against a progressive insurgent. We've seen this movie before.
Trump alum and voluble Substacker Dean Ball is angling to shape the future of OpenAI, if he can get people to listen.
Globetrotting Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Marcus Yam has recovered from a work injury, completed a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard, and returned to the field, where he now develops, writes, and photographs features. [Read More]
President Donald Trump cast aside bipartisan precedent when he rejected eligible disaster requests from four blue states.