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We’re Suing ChatGPT—And Trump Just Got Involved.

The other day I asked ChatGPT about a political moment I’ll never forget: “What was the 47 percent story about?” Its answer: The “47 percent...

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Monika Bauerlein

Everybody Wants to Rule the World (of AI)

On Thursday, Nvidia, the tech giant that develops chips that power AI tools like ChatGPT, announced its acquisition of Hugging Face for nearly $13...

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Alex Nguyen

Flock Is Cancelled—And Their Competitors Are Profiting

“If you want to get in your car and you want to go down to Buc-ee’s in St. Augustine, it’s really none of the government’s damn business if...

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Sophie Hurwitz

Mamdani Issues AI Moratorium In NYC Schools

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a one-year moratorium on AI use for elementary and middle school students on Wednesday. The decision,...

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Alex Nguyen

We Got Max Miller’s Old High School Yearbook

For the past few months, Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) has been embroiled in a growing list of scandals and allegations of harm. Miller’s ex-wife, the...

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US Forest Service Chief With Industry Ties Pushed for More Logging on Public Lands

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Donald Trump this month...

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Dharna Noor

The Fight for America’s Future Is Happening in the South

Tennessee Rep. Justin J. Pearson first caught national attention when he was expelled from the state’s House of Representatives after demonstrating...

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Reveal

Lawmakers Push DHS to Cancel Its Shock Gloves Contract

Last week, DHS finalized its $16.7 million purchase of 6,650 pairs of electric shock gloves from the Kentucky-based company Compliant Technologies....

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Sophie Hurwitz

The Relentless Work of Being Sick

In late 1984, dozens of people in the region of Lake Tahoe, California, would go to the doctor with a variety of symptoms, including debilitating...

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Julia Métraux

Politicians’ Reckless Rhetoric Is Putting Federal Judges in Danger

One judge had to build a safe room at home. Others were so scared they wouldn’t let their children play outside; another stopped grocery shopping...

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Samantha Michaels

A Federal Judge Just Killed New York’s $75 Billion Climate Bill for Polluters

On Monday, an Obama-appointed federal judge ruled that New York State could not enforce its 2024 Climate Change Superfund Act, a landmark law that...

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Rachel Santarsiero

It Looks Like Hegseth Is Replacing Top Military Officers With Loyalists

US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is set to depart the Pentagon in the next few days, following a months-long feud with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth...

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Alex Nguyen

Here’s Why We’ve Been Seeing So Much Food-Borne Illness

This story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Summer is supposed to be the best time...

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Dylan Scott

What the Deportation of Milo Yiannopoulos Tells Us About the State of MAGA

Before last week, Milo Yiannopoulos was one of the most noxious, divisive, and broadly unpopular far-right figures in the country, having whittled...

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Anna Merlan

Trump Is Growing Desperate on Iran

The Trump administration is back on the warpath. Over the weekend, the government resumed military attacks on Iran for the first time in a month,...

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Alex Nguyen

Trump Is Unraveling a Hard-Won Rule to Reduce Toxic Pollution From Chemical Plants

This story was originally published by Yale E360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In April 2024, Tish Taylor and her...

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Beth Gardiner

Trump: Communities That Oppose Data Centers Will Be “Backwards and Poor”

On Monday, President Trump promoted continued data center construction and criticized opponents, despite growing bipartisan backlash ahead of the...

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Alex Nguyen

Just How Ridiculously, Hellishly Hot Are New York City’s Subways? Jack Can Tell You.

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On a recent August day in the...

30.08.2026 5

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Oliver Milman

A New Documentary Follows Doctors Into Gaza

Poh Si Teng couldn’t bear the silence as the Israeli government killed hundreds of Palestinian journalists in Gaza. Some were her former colleagues...

29.08.2026 8

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Sophie Hurwitz

Tennessee’s Governor Loves Dolly—But Not the LGBTQ People She Stood Up For

Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee has declared his support for renaming Nashville’s airport for Dolly Parton, days after the beloved singer’s...

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Sophie Hurwitz

The Florida GOP’s Red Scare Is Losing Steam

For Republicans in Florida, the midterm message to voters is clear: All Democrats are socialist. In televised interviews and social media posts since...

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Laura C. Morel

Wyoming’s Primaries Were a Preview of Trump’s Midterm Interference

Wyoming’s governor is speaking out about what he calls “aggressive” and “irregular” behavior on the part of Department of Justice employees...

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Sophie Hurwitz

The Race Equation

In medical school, Aaron Baugh, like most doctors in training, was taught that Black people have smaller lungs than white people. His professors...

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Here’s One Federal Clean Power Program Trump Hasn’t Destroyed Yet

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The United States has never been one of...

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Jake Bittle

The Tucker Carlson–Kremlin Bond Just Got Stronger

A version of the below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and...

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David Corn

Trump Orders Americans to Call Lake Ontario Lake America

President Donald Trump on Thursday followed through on a threat to rename Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” issuing an executive order to “Make...

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Sophie Hurwitz

Karen Attiah Fought the Washington Post and Won

In the frenzied, finger-pointing days following Charlie Kirk’s assassination last year, institutions across the country rushed to appease online...

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Sonel Cutler

“Corporate Greed”: Outraged Gary Locals Take Aim at Utility Over Prolonged Blackout

This story was originally published by Capital B and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As power slowly returns to homes...

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Calvin Davis

Here’s to Dolly: Union Member, Vaccine Hero, Literacy Giant, Staunch Gay Ally

Last night, I watched Straight Talk, the 1992 Dolly vehicle in which the singer plays, yes, a straight-talker from Arkansas who, through a series of...

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James West

Meta Doesn’t Want to Be a Social Media Company Anymore

A nationwide social media addiction trial against Meta came to an abrupt end on Wednesday, with the company announcing a sweeping settlement with 52...

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Anna Merlan

The Cult and Corruption of Cryptocurrency

Ben McKenzie might seem like an unlikely choice to launch an investigation into the complicated world of cryptocurrency. But the television actor...

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Canada Is Spending Billions to Help Its Workers Survive Our Tariffs

On Tuesday, Canadian officials announced funding to back businesses, workers, and industries, as they implement dollar-for-dollar counter-tariffs on...

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Alex Nguyen

Deal /No Deal, Trump’s Iran Contradictions

On March 9, President Donald Trump said the war in Iran was “very complete, pretty much.” That was Day 10 of the conflict. Now it’s nearly Day...

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David Ritsher

It Just Got Way Easier to Sue Fossil Fuel Companies Over Climate Change

Deadly heatwaves in May smashed records in the UK, France, Spain, and parts of North Africa. India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh saw April temperatures...

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Rachel Santarsiero

SCOTUS Hands Trump a Temporary Win In His Crusade to Restrict Mail Voting

The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily handed President Trump a key victory in his crusade to restrict mail-in voting. The unsigned opinion by the...

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Ari Berman

Trump’s Plan to Allow Drilling Near New Mexico Heritage Site Sets off Global Alarm

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Trump administration’s...

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Oliver Milman

Rallygoers Meet the Trans Athlete Culture Wars With Celebration

As women’s sports continue to be used as a battleground over trans rights, hundreds of people attended a rally before a New York Liberty game...

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Alex Nguyen

There’s No Good Reason Why Hakeem Jeffries Should Work With Jared Kushner

Democrats and critics of the Trump administration have criticized House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries as reports came out Sunday that he met with...

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Alex Nguyen

The Threat of Human Extinction Will Get Congress to Act on AI Safety…Right?

As many AI researchers have been increasingly fraught with existential terror about their own creations this summer, their alarm is spreading among...

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Satchel Walton

Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump’s 75-Country Visa Ban

This January, Secretary of State Marco Rubio directed consular officers to refuse to process immigration visas for people from 75 countries because,...

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Sophie Hurwitz

A Natalie Harp Conspiracy Theory (Not Really)

A version of the below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and...

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David Corn

The Fight Over Spraying Roundup in California’s Forests Has Only Gotten Bigger

This video was created in partnership with PBS NewsHour. The record amounts of glyphosate being sprayed in California’s forests—revealed in a...

22.08.2026 10

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Reported By Nathan Halverson

40 Acres and a Lie Part 3

The loss of land for Black Americans started with the government’s betrayal of its “40 acres” promise to formerly enslaved people—and it has...

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In the Wake of a Toxic Disaster, Roseland Parents Still Struggle to Keep Their Children Safe

This story was originally published by Capital B and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As a young boy in the 1960s, almost...

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Adam Mahoney

Florida’s GOP Has a Very Short Playbook: Call Everyone a Socialist

In a bright red power suit, Ashley Moody, the former Florida attorney general who nabbed the state’s GOP Senate nomination in Tuesday’s primary,...

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Laura C. Morel

Flock Execs Are Taking Credit For Catching Bad Cops Now

Flock Safety is having a hard month. The surveillance technology company, which has sold more than 120,000 automated license plate reader cameras to...

21.08.2026 10

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Sophie Hurwitz

Partisan’s Exit Suggests DOJ Is Getting Better at Politicized Prosecutions

Ed Martin, a trench-coat donning former “Stop the Steal” advocate whose work at various senior Justice Department jobs was charactered by brash,...

21.08.2026 10

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Dan Friedman

Why Cancer, Not Affordability, May Be the Biggest Issue in Iowa’s Midterms

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In Iowa, one of the key...

21.08.2026 10

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Chris Stein

Trump Enraged South Korea to Please the North. It Didn’t Work.

North Korea launched several ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Thursday, according to South Korea’s military—just a day after the...

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Alex Nguyen

Republicans Are Realizing That No One Wants Data Centers

The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued a memo Tuesday suggesting that, if incumbent Republican Ohio Sen. Jon Husted loses his upcoming...

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Sophie Hurwitz