A Department of Energy letter obtained by a U.S. senator confirms it. Bill Gates held a Q clearance from June 11, 2014, until December 6, 2021. That is more than seven years of eligibility for some of the most sensitive nuclear-related information the United States possesses. He is a private citizen. He has never held […]
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Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2624 on Saturday. Republicans call it the Stop Nick Shirley Act. The law expands the state’s existing Safe at Home address-confidentiality program to cover employees and volunteers who work for nonprofits providing immigration support services. Those workers can now get substitute mailing addresses that government agencies must accept. It […]
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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced a new round of sweeping restrictions on artificial intelligence data centers on Tuesday, marking a swift reversal of his original views on the issue. “Many politicians and political candidates, noticing growing public opposition to data centers (at least some of it resulting from dark money campaigns against these central features of the American economy), […]
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The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel dropped an opinion on Friday that cuts to the core of who runs American foreign policy. The Foreign Service Grievance Board’s power to overrule the Secretary of State on discipline and terminations is unconstitutional. Final authority must rest with an officer accountable to the President. That means the […]
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The Defense Department fired the publisher, the editor-in-chief, and a reporter at Stars and Stripes on Friday. The official reason was insubordination. The real reason is that the paper’s leadership decided it answered to the press club instead of the troops and the chain of command that funds it. Max Lederer, the longtime publisher, Erik […]
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The pro-Israel political machine has spent tens of millions this cycle trying to stop candidates who attack the U.S.-Israel relationship. In several high-profile Democratic primaries the checks cleared but the candidates still lost. Now even a solidly pro-Israel Republican Senate nominee in Michigan has asked the group to stay out of his race. That is […]
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Data centers are about as popular as cancer right now, and my latest battleground polling proves it. In Wisconsin, the consummate swing state, approval for data centers falls to an abysmal 19% overall. Even worse details emerge from the poll crosstabs and a comparison to polling from the same period late last year. This TIPP Insights polling […]
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Sami Winc: Victor, the midterms. Florida was the big attention, I think. And it looks like Oliver Larkin lost out to Jared Moskowitz, a Democratic representative candidate, and Oliver Larkin was the [Democratic Socialists of America] candidate. So the DSA did not do well in that case. Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of […]
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American warships now enforce a blockade on Iranian ports while guaranteeing safe passage for everyone else through the Strait of Hormuz. Millions of barrels move daily under U.S. protection. Iranian oil does not. That single fact has rewritten the energy map, the leverage of adversaries, and the strategic calculations of every major power. This is […]
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Google spent years insisting its products were neutral tools for the world. Then its own artificial intelligence started refusing to draw white people. When users asked for images of the Founding Fathers, Viking warriors, or 1940s German soldiers, the system spat out diverse casts that erased the actual historical populations. Ask for a white person […]