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‘Blatant Corruption’: Donors Pouring $330 Million Into Trump Ballroom—and Reaping Benefits—Exposed

"Under Donald Trump, there’s a two-tiered justice system," said one watchdog leader. "Big Tech plays by a different set of rules because they bought …
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‘Blatant Corruption’: Donors Pouring $330 Million Into Trump Ballroom—and Reaping Benefits—Exposed

"Under Donald Trump, there’s a two-tiered justice system," said one watchdog leader. "Big Tech plays by a different set of rules because they bought …

Trump’s Democracy-for-Diesel Deal Shames Us All (shared)

If President Trump does not understand what will happen to him if he proceeds with his plan to trade away support for Ukraine’s democracy for Russian diesel, let me spell it out: He will enter the history books in the chapter on leaders who sold out their country’s democratic values to appease a …

What’s behind the BBC’s funding crisis? An expert explains

In the run-up to the renewal of the BBC charter in January 2028, the corporation is facing perhaps its greatest ever funding crisis. It is staring …

Ukraine Finds a New Set of Targets (shared)

As Donald Trump intervenes to protect Russia’s oil refineries, Ukraine plays the few cards it has left. Ukrainians have gotten used to awful news. But even by their standards, the past several days have felt dismal. Russian missile strikes are pounding Ukrainian cities relentlessly. Donald Trump …

Portfolio Reviews & the Beige Book (10/14/2026)

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Scammers Are Stealing Millions From Food Stamp Recipients. Congress Could Fix It — but Won’t.

It wasn’t the kind of call a grocery store gets every day. A customer with a thick Eastern European accent was on the phone saying he wanted to buy …

How Trump Is Selling Out Ukraine (shared)

The Ukrainian journalist Illia Ponomarenko on his new book, The Land of Tears and Hope, a history of his country Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube In this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum discusses President Trump’s announced diesel deal with Russia, the …

Fed Interest Rate Hike Seems More Likely This Month After Alarming Inflation Data

New inflation data released on Wednesday is raising the odds of a Federal Reserve interest rate hike later this month, potentially putting a …

Houthis reportedly strike Saudi national oil company headquarters

Iran-backed Houthi fighters reportedly hit the headquarters of Saudi Arabia’s national oil company in overnight strikes, stoking a conflict that …

Operation Vivaldi: success of Ukraine’s counteroffensive shows it has learned to manoeuvre on a drone-filled battlefield

Russia’s drone and missile attacks on Ukraine’s population and infrastructure continue to dominate coverage of the conflict. But on the ground, …

Inflation worsened last month to 3.7% in sign that prices remain elevated as midterm elections near

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. inflation accelerated last month as gasoline and many other goods and services became more expensive, evidence that rising prices remain an economic challenge just a few weeks before midterm elections that have focused heavily on affordability. The consumer price index rose …

Across the US, people don’t want data centers coming to their communities

Regardless of their views on politics or climate change, most Americans oppose the development of data centers in their communities. These large …

Why the Paramount-Warner merger is a problem for democracy

Media critic Ben Bagdikian warned in 2004 that five corporations had accumulated “more communications power than was exercised by any despot or …

The Forces Driving Up Bond Yields Take a Troubling Turn (shared)

Some analysts say investors are demanding a higher “term premium” to buy government debt, reflecting growing worries about debt levels and deficits. Analysts have attributed much of the rise in government bond yields this year to inflationary pressures from the war in Iran and the bullish growth …

Inside Trump, Netanyahu’s dilemma: Strike Iran before elections or wait

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Trump last week discussed the possibility of launching a major new operation against Iran …

Choose Your Overlord (shared)

Musk vs. Bezos The Adriatic has been crossed by Odysseus and Caesar, by Venetian fleets and Napoleon’s navy, by countless men bent on dominating the world. It has seen its share of courage and folly. But one day in June 2025, off the island of Cres, it witnessed something genuinely new: a man worth …

Two Years On, We Can See What Trump Has Done To The U.S. Economy

As we approach the two-year mark since Donald Trump’s second election victory, it’s a good time to do a little economic scorekeeping. Before getting …

Donald Trump aligns with Vladimir Putin yet again, leaving Ukraine – and US relations with Europe – under pressure

The deal struck by Donald Trump with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on October 9 to allow Russia to sell millions of tonnes of diesel is a …

Trump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal Clear (shared)

The president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender. In the past 72 hours, Donald Trump has dropped all pretense, torched a couple decades of American policy, and undermined 18 months of his own diplomacy. He lifted sanctions on the import of Russian diesel …

How bionic eyes are becoming a reality

If you’ve delved into the worlds of Star Trek, The Terminator or William Gibson’s cyberpunk novel Neuromancer, you’ll know that enhanced, electronic …

US threatens to cut intel sharing, arms shipments to Ukraine to protect Russian oil refineries, sources confirm

The Kyiv Independent has learned that the Trump administration threatened senior Ukrainian military and government officials in a push to protect …

Money Talk: Two trades on Phil Davis’s radar

Two trades on Phil Davis's radar PayPal and Wix.com are the latest companies on Phil Davis’s radar. Previously posted clips from the Money Talk Show: How AI...

Trump Is an Easy Mark for Putin (shared)

The president’s diesel deal sells out Ukraine, and does nothing for Americans. Late last night, President Trump announced a “massive” deal to buy diesel fuel from Russia. For the American truckers and farmers Trump claims to be serving, the deal means little or nothing. Trump may not know or may not …

The United States is now importing fuel from Russia, per President Trump.

A personal note: Watching our country slide toward autocracy is deeply troubling, saddening, and disgusting. Trump’s actions seem to grow worse by the day,...

A Lab-Leak Story You Haven’t Heard (shared)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. believes that RSV originated in a government science experiment. You’ve almost certainly had RSV. Most of us catch it before we turn 2. Usually it feels like a cold: runny nose, cough, maybe a fever. But RSV (short for “respiratory syncytial virus”) can take a dangerous turn. …

How bionic eyes are becoming a reality

If you’ve delved into the worlds of Star Trek, The Terminator or William Gibson’s cyberpunk novel Neuromancer, you’ll know that enhanced, electronic …

Clues to Why a Breakthrough Pancreatic Cancer Drug Eventually Stops Working (shared)

Researchers are asking why patients, like former Senator Ben Sasse, inevitably develop resistance to the drug daraxonrasib. Last week, the former senator from Nebraska Ben Sasse announced that his Stage 4 pancreatic cancer had developed resistance to a cutting edge treatment. Cancer specialists were …

‘Consumers Will Pay the Price’: Fury as Trump Pushes Through Rule Change to Make Vehicles Less Efficient, More Polluting

"Oil companies will get a windfall from gutting the fuel economy standards, but the rest of us are going to be handing over more of our hard-earned …

An AI model has found a new ‘CRISPR-like’ biological system. Here’s what it means for science

Anthropic announced today that its Claude artificial intelligence (AI) system identified a previously unknown biological system in the DNA of viruses …

What the U.S. Supreme Court’s pesticide ruling means for gardeners and farm workers

In June, the United States Supreme Court ruled that state goverments’ duty-to-warn laws do not oblige chemical manufacturer Monsanto to disclose a …

Will AI really kill us all? The science behind the hype

Nature examines whether the technology might spell the end for humans, and why AI companies are calling for a slowdown. Concerns that artificial …

How would AI actually kill all humans? Here are the top 5 scenarios

Earlier this month, artificial intelligence (AI) researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic after just four months. In an announcement on X, he …