The paper's parting with the high-profile journalist came after days of publicly aired infighting sparked by a colleague's retweet of a crude joke about women. | Continue reading
The administration could soon lower tariffs if some power plays in Washington and Beijing take flight. | Continue reading
Some backers see FIRE moving to take on fights ceded by ACLU. | Continue reading
Mass shooters overwhelmingly fit a certain profile, say Jillian Peterson and James Densley, which means it’s possible to ID and treat them before they commit violence. | Continue reading
One program covers nearly three times as many vaccines today as it did when it was created three decades ago. Despite bipartisan calls for change, Congress has failed to act. | Continue reading
It's the latest instance of a tech company arguing that regulation would harm communities of color. | Continue reading
Video recordings of Republican Party operatives meeting with grassroots activists provide an inside look at a multi-pronged strategy to target and potentially overturn votes in Democratic precincts: Install trained recruits as regular poll workers and put them in direct contact w … | Continue reading
A group of Republicans tried to stymie what they alleged was a nefarious homosexual network within the campaign of their own party’s standard-bearer. More than 40 years later, the story can finally be told. | Continue reading
Built to survive a nuclear attack, these Air Force aircraft are expected to fly well past their 50th birthday. | Continue reading
Democrats see electric vehicles as an answer to climate change, and high fuel costs mean more Americans are interested. But inflation and a shortage of new cars are making that transition painful. | Continue reading
Democratic leaders want to crack down on Big Tech. Others in the party think it's too big of a risk. | Continue reading
Venezuela’s leader is courting a growing, more socialism-friendly generation in America by co-opting the language of the millennial left. | Continue reading
A rattled Supreme Court will meet Thursday for the first time since the abortion opinion was reported. | Continue reading
Oversight committees are finally getting serious about unidentified aerial phenomena. The question is whether national security agencies will follow their lead. | Continue reading
How has the Supreme Court kept a relatively tight lid on its workings compared to the CIA, the NSA, the Pentagon, the FBI and other government appendages? For one thing, it's smaller by multiple degrees. The fewer secrets you handle, the easier the job.(politico.com) | Continue reading
The former Trump critic leaned on a super PAC and his billionaire patron to put him in position for Trump's all-important endorsement. | Continue reading
Agencies need to “take this issue much more seriously,” one aide said. | Continue reading
Article URL: https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000180-874f-dd36-a38c-c74f98520000 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31243639 Points: 56 # Comments: 14 | Continue reading
Court watchers can’t recall a previous time when a draft opinion was publicly disclosed before a decision. | Continue reading
The wording of the court’s ultimate ruling and the line-up of justices who support it could change. Here are 10 important passages in the draft opinion. | Continue reading
Deliberations on controversial cases have in the past been fluid. Justices can and sometimes do change their votes as draft opinions circulate and major decisions can be subject to multiple drafts and vote-trading, sometimes until just days before a decision is unveiled.(politico … | Continue reading
He says the comparisons to George Orwell's "1984" are wrong. | Continue reading
Her anti-war protest on live Russian TV was seen by millions. But is she a Kremlin stooge? | Continue reading
Alex Berenson's lawsuit could be a test case for how the social media company will handle content moderation under Elon Musk's ownership. | Continue reading
Washington reporters have long considered the role of White House correspondent to be the crown jewel of American political journalism. It has launched high-profile television careers, scored countless reporters book deals and been bestowed on media veterans for years of ink-dren … | Continue reading
Lawmakers are eagerly preparing a wishlist for the estimated windfall. | Continue reading
Vijaya Gadde, a key executive involved in decisions to remove former President Donald Trump and ban political advertising, expressed uncertainty about the future of the platform. | Continue reading
The White House said that Harris, who is fully vaccinated and doubly boosted, was experiencing no symptoms. | Continue reading
American food prices are rising at the fastest rate in decades due to supply chain issues, labor shortages, climate challenges and the conflict in Ukraine. | Continue reading
A new trio of TV shows takes a closer look at the culture that gave us Theranos, WeWork and Uber. Why do the founders come off as sympathetic? | Continue reading
Meet Valeriy Zaluzhnyy, the commander in chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, who's quietly leading the fight against Russia's invaders. | Continue reading
A POLITICO investigation based on more than 50 interviews finds the FDA is failing to meet American consumers expectations on food safety and nutrition. | Continue reading
If Russia apologist Marine LePen wins the French elections, Washington fears she could unravel the Western NATO alliance. | Continue reading
There's been lots of buzz in recent days about people being infected after attending the Gridiron Club dinner and a few other events. | Continue reading
His political "revolution" sputtered. Then his disciples found cryptocurrency. Now, they want to force Washington to finally grapple with his strange ideas. | Continue reading
Democrats are desperately trying to understand what's roiling the electorate heading into a brutal midterm environment. HIT Strategies has been conducting weekly focus groups to find out in real time how Americans are processing events in 2022.(politico.com) | Continue reading
Many today fear the court is becoming just another partisan institution. But, in the past, justices sought elective office and counseled partisan allies. Some even coveted the White House themselves. | Continue reading
Current plans call for shedding troops and equipment in preparation to take on China. | Continue reading
The tech giant is lobbying, filing court briefs and recruiting allies from other big companies to oppose bills targeting gay and transgender people in states like Iowa, Texas and Florida. | Continue reading
Some current and former Treasury officials, foreign exchange traders and sanctions experts say the ruble's rebound doesn’t necessarily mean the West’s economic weapons are losing their punch. | Continue reading
Abolishing the Electoral College and creating a national popular vote are far-fetched ideas for now. But there’s a more targeted way to reform American elections by 2020—starting with the swing states. | Continue reading
It’s time to update a 1930s law for the Internet age. | Continue reading
A federal judge ruled Monday that President Donald Trump “more likely than not” attempted to illegally obstruct Congress. | Continue reading
Eric Schmidt has long sought influence over U.S. science policy. Under Biden’s former science chief, Eric Lander, Schmidt’s foundation helped cover officials’ salaries, even as the office’s general counsel raised ethical flags. | Continue reading
Their targets worked at more than 500 different entities, including the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, according to the indictment. | Continue reading
Sprawling lawsuit accuses a large cast of racketeering conspiracy over allegations that Trump was in Putin's pocket in 2016. | Continue reading
Disinformation is designed to sow apathy as well as confusion. Here’s how that works. | Continue reading