Politics

New York, 25 Years Later

Photographs by Sasha ArutyunovaLike most New Englanders of a certain generation, my parents viewed New York City with distrust. They associated their neighbor to the south with “The Bronx Is Burnin...

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AI insiders say their technology could doom humanity. Will Congress act?

Members of Congress are confronting a grim reality: They are ill-equipped to rein in advanced artificial intelligence that one expert warns could “kill us all” by the end of the decade.A viral soci...

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Dan McKee becomes first governor in 8 years to lose primary

Rhode Island Democratic Gov. Dan McKee became the first governor in eight years in the U.S. to lose a primary, falling on Wednesday to former CVS executive Helena Foulkes and becoming the latest vi...

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Newsom signs AI safety bills backed by Anthropic, OpenAI

SAN FRANCISCO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed two bills regulating how outside groups evaluate AI programs for safety after warnings from a former Anthropic and OpenAI researcher...

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‘A communist caucus’: Trump gives Republicans their midterms enemy

DALLAS — Republicans at the midterm convention wanted to pick a fight. And no one, they say, does it better than President Donald Trump.Trump, on the first night of the whirlwind two-day convention...

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Trump makes stunning first-of-its-kind cash promise in bid to rally GOP voters at Dallas midterm convention

DALLAS — President Donald Trump delivered the keynote speech on day one of the GOP's inaugural midterm convention, alternating between touting his successes in office and rallying thousands of supp...

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Celebrating 25 Years of FEED by M.T. Anderson

In 2027, the iconic YA dystopian novel Feed by M. T. Anderson will turn 25 years old, and today, Book Riot is revealing the new cover! Check out the high-resolution version, plus some be...

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Why the US is staying so measured about allies’ sanctions on Israeli settlements

The White House’s approach to U.S. allies hitting Israeli settlers with sanctions comes down to this: Say as little as possible and let it happen.President Donald Trump engaged on the issue Wednesd...

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The Democrats who aren’t criticizing John Fetterman

Sen. John Fetterman has faced a tide of public criticism from fellow Democrats as he stakes out lonely ground as a critic of the far-left wing of his party — and another wave rolled in Wednesday af...

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Dems plot to take on Hegseth if they win in November

Congressional Democrats are promising to target Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth if they win control of Congress in November.Emboldened by the possibility of a sweep at the polls, they’re plotting a ...

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He Helped Make Charlie Kirk a Star. Now He’s Confronting the Fallout.

PHOENIX, Arizona — Five days a week, or sometimes more if news requires it, Blake Neff takes his seat behind a V-shaped plexiglass desk on the set of the Charlie Kirk Show. Directly to Neff’s left,...

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Opinion | What Really Happened at the White House Lunch That Marc Andreessen Says Sent Him to Trump

Since the election of Donald Trump, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen has told one podcast after another of a May 2024 lunch in the Biden White House where he claims we and our colleagues shared a...

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‘For 2 years, we’ve held our tongues’: Democrats clap back at 1 of Silicon Valley’s biggest donors

A dominant origin story explaining Silicon Valley’s pro-Trump lurch in the 2024 election is getting a belated rebuttal from former President Joe Biden’s ex-aides — a dispute arising as Democrats st...

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Trump administration proposes dramatic overhaul of 2030 census that changes who counts as living in America

The Trump administration proposed a sweeping overhaul of how people in America are counted in the 2030 census on Wednesday, including moving to exclude immigrants in the country illegally from the ...

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The Ottawa insider at the center of Canada’s trade fight with Trump

Canada’s fight against President Donald Trump’s trade war is not Janice Charette’s first high-stakes geopolitical divorce.Prime Minister Mark Carney pulled the self-described hockey mom and esteeme...

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The Trump Administration's Long, Fruitless Hunt for Voter Fraud Comes to Rhode Island

On Wednesday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it would be "observing polling locations today in Pawtucket, Rhode Island," the last...

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Treasury CIO pulled from AI work after upsetting West Wing

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reassigned his chief information officer away from AI policy after the adviser relayed private misgivings over White House policy to AI companies.Sam Corcos, a form...

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Trump spared fishing gear and cement from his Canadian trade war. Voters may not care.

President Donald Trump spared cement and fishing rod parts from his latest Canadian tariffs to ease pressure on battleground Republicans. Few of the president's allies think that will make voters f...

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A Dem governor may go down today

A Democratic governor is facing steep odds in a blue-state primary — but not for the same reasons that have felled other incumbents this year.Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee’s sagging popularity has op...

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Florida Republicans’ AI fears buoyed by Anthropic researcher bombshell

MIAMI — Florida’s leading artificial intelligence skeptics — Gov. Ron DeSantis and state Attorney General James Uthmeier — got new supporting evidence Wednesday for their fight to slow down the sur...

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House Democrats weigh AI select committee

House Democrats are laying the groundwork for a select committee on artificial intelligence should they retake control of the House in November, 11 people familiar with the planning told POLITICO.H...

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