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Last year, Yale University President Maurie McInnis formed a committee of Yale faculty members to “undertake a project of thorough…
In brief Elizabeth Warren accused Paul Atkins of potentially misleading Congress about the SEC’s falling enforcement activity. New data showed…
from the i’d-throw-my-computer-in-a-lake dept We’ve been covering Brendan Carr’s censorial ambitions for a long time now. When Trump first picked…
The best sign of a U.S.-Iranian compromise is both sides insisting that they aren’t giving anything up. On Friday morning,…
Brussels, April 17, 2026—European Union officials and foreign ministers should call for a full or partial suspension of the EU-Israel…
In brief Researchers show Anthropic-style exploits can be reproduced with public AI, report claims. Study suggests vulnerability discovery is already…
Texas Tech has two months to shut down its sex and gender courses after the university system passed sweeping new…
When the Trump administration tore up a trade agreement that allowed fresh tomatoes to be imported from Mexico without tariffs,…
Washington, D.C., April 17, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on lawmakers to protect press freedom by rejecting an unamended…
In brief Blockchain data shows the U.S. government transferred more than $600,000 worth of Bitcoin connected to the 2016 Bitfinex…
from the his-own-people-are-still-the-worst dept Just to be clear, when I refer to “Trump” in terms of his administration, I’m referring…
The Firearm Revolution: From Renaissance Italy to the European Empires, by Catherine Fletcher, Princeton University Press, 352 pages, $35 The…