Biden promised faster trains, Amtrak delivered slower ones
When Amtrak's new NextGen Acela trains rolled into a station in August, they were gleaming pieces of modern machinery. Source link
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Voters sue to suspend Missouri's new congressional map until a referendum
The question of whether Missouri's new congressional districts are in effect for the 2026 elections will be up to a court to decide. Source link
December Was Deadliest Month in Deadliest Year in ICE Custody Deaths
It’s official: December was the deadliest month for immigrants in ICE custody since President Donald Trump returned to the White House. This year was already the deadliest for those in ICE…
What embedded finance needs to succeed
The fintech industry has spent the last decade obsessing over seamless experiences and bringing financial products inside the tools that consumers were already hooked on. Instant…
This supersonic stock is making headlines after a wild IPO. Here’s why
The stock price of Aerospace company Starfighters Space, which operates the world’s only commercial supersonic aircraft fleet out of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, was down by double digits…
Happy New Year! Trump Plans to Target Those With Student Debt in 2026
“As you know by now, I have taken the ‘short route’ home,” Epstein wrote, appearing to reference his later death by suicide. “Good luck! We shared one thing… our love and caring for young…
Justice Department discredits lurid claims about Trump in latest Epstein file reveal
Justice Department officials said Tuesday the latest publicized Epstein files contain "false" accusations against President Trump. Source link
Why Waymo went down in San Francisco
Last weekend, a gnarly power outage in San Francisco took out a number of traffic lights, which, in turn, sent a number of self-driving Waymo robotaxis into a sort of fugue state. Instead…
Controversial '60 Minutes' segment on Trump immigration policy leaks online
A controversial news segment that was abruptly pulled from the television show "60 Minutes," appears to have been leaked online this week after the last minute decision to pull the story…
The Heritage Foundation Implodes
Heritage has abandoned or downgraded its conservative commitments in pursuit of populist ideological fashions. Source link
Genocide Lie Enthusiasts Mourn the Collapse of the Genocide Lie
Anti-Israeli activists have never had much use for factual evidence – why start now? Source link
Consuming news from AI shifts our opinions and reality. Here’s how
Meta’s decision to end its professional fact-checking program sparked a wave of criticism in the tech and media world. Critics warned that dropping expert oversight could erode trust and…
JD Vance Desperately Tries to Win Over Manosphere as Poll Numbers Tank
No, JD Vance will not be our first “Chad” president. The vice president shared a series of photographs to X Monday showing himself valiantly running physical training drills with Navy…
FCC bans new foreign-made drones over national security concerns
The Federal Communications Commission on Monday said it would ban new foreign-made drones, a move that will keep new Chinese-made drones such as those from DJI and Autel out of the U.S.…
Justice Department Tries to Downplay Epstein Files Mentioning Trump
The Justice Department is now downplaying the Epstein files they took so long to release by claiming that they’re full of “untrue and sensationalist claims made against President Trump.”…
Japan will restart the world’s largest nuclear plant after clearing this last major hurdle
The governor of Niigata on Tuesday formally gave local consent to put two reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the north-central prefecture back online, clearing a…
Researchers are getting organoids pregnant with human embryos
Only none of it is happening inside a body. These images were captured in a Beijing laboratory, inside a microfluidic chip, as scientists watched the scene unfold. In three papers…
U.S. economy shows strong growth in third quarter, Commerce Department says
The U.S. economy grew at a surprisingly strong 4.3% annual rate in the third quarter, the most rapid expansion in two years, as government and consumer spending, as well as exports, all…
ICE Agents Break Into Women’s Bathroom: “Pull Your Pants Up!”
A bunch of masked male Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in tactical gear broke into the women’s bathroom of Cato nutrition bar factory in New York, even forcing a stall open…
Quantum computing stocks soar, then fall, in holiday week trading. What’s up with D-Wave, Rigetti, and IonQ?
Santa keeps delivering for quantum computing investors this year. On Monday, shares of well-known quantum computing firms shot up by double digits, with D-Wave Quantum stock up almost 15%…
Feds Discovered Steve Bannon’s Photo of Trump and Ghislane Maxwell
“As you know by now, I have taken the ‘short route’ home,” Epstein wrote, appearing to reference his later death by suicide. “Good luck! We shared one thing… our love and caring for young…
ServiceNow agrees to buy cyber startup Armis for US$7.75 billion
The deal aims to deliver a strategic cybersecurity shield for real-time, end-to-end protection for all technology estates ServiceNow has reached a deal to buy the cybersecurity startup…
Silicon Valley says to skip college
Across the country, a growing sentiment suggests the university degree is an artifact of a bygone era, a depreciating asset in an economy obsessed with speed. A recent Gallup poll confirms…
The 7 biggest design trends of 2025
We used to argue whether design was about aesthetics or about functionality. But in 2025, those conversations seemed downright quaint. Simpler debates for a simpler time. Now we’re…