Trump Is Taking Over D.C. Police Because He’s a Racist Thug
It’s still possible, despite my daily exposure to horrific announcements from the Trump administration, for a White House press conference to make me sick with dread. On August 11, the…
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Trump’s D.C. Takeover Is a Fascist Spectacle
“If D.C. doesn’t get its act together, and quickly, we will have no choice but to take Federal control of the City, and run this City how it should be run, and put criminals on notice that…
The (Sort of) Win Over Google and Meta That Trump and Biden Agree On
Yet, even as they may break the long-standing monopolies of Google and Meta and open important digital markets to rivals, these lawsuits leave the harmful business model of the companies…
Lisa Su Runs AMD—and Is Out for Nvidia’s Blood
While everyone else has been talking about Nvidia’s GPUs, Lisa Su has discreetly turned AMD into a chipmaking phenom. And as the US-China tech war rages, she’s at the center of it all.…
How to lead with focus during a company-wide transformation
Sam was barely a month into his CIO role when he saw the writing on the wall. The company’s much-touted AI transformation was already unraveling. AI had been declared the centerpiece of…
Teachers are warming up to using AI in classrooms
Generative AI platforms have sent shock waves through the K-12 education sector since the public release of ChatGPT nearly three years ago. The technology is taking hold under the belief…
Japan's Nikkei races to record high, SoftBank leads tech surge
Japan’s Nikkei share gauge powered to an all-time high on Tuesday (Aug 12), driven by sharp gains for tech companies and renewed optimism over trade with the United States. With financial…
China urges firms not to use Nvidia H20 chips in new guidance
China has urged local companies to avoid using Nvidia’s H20 processors, particularly for government-related purposes, complicating the chipmaker’s attempts to recoup billions in lost China…
DBS, China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Development sign MOU to advance carbon credit trading
DBS China on Tuesday (Aug 12) has signed a memorandum of understanding with a subsidiary of China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Development Group (CSSD) – China-Singapore Suzhou…
Australia’s central bank cuts rates to two-year low of 3.6%
Australia’s central bank cut interest rates on Tuesday (Aug 12) for a third time this year and signalled further policy easing might be needed to meet its inflation and employment goals as…
RBA cuts interest rates, signals more to come as inflation slows
Australia’s central bank cut interest rates on Tuesday (Aug 12) for a third time this year and signalled further policy easing might be needed to meet its inflation and employment goals as…
Explosions at US Steel plant leaves two dead, 10 injured
MULTIPLE explosions on Monday at a US Steel plant near Pittsburgh killed two people and injured 10 others, according to the company and local authorities. The blasts at the Clairton Coke…
Rushing for the exit: Illegal immigrant population down 1.6 million under Trump crackdown
President Trump is booting out illegal immigrants faster than President Biden added them, according to the latest Census Bureau numbers that show an unprecedented drop in the number of…
Trump nominates conservative economist to head agency that compiles jobs, inflation data
President Donald Trump said Monday that he has nominated E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, to head the agency that compiles and publishes the nation's…
Trump says gold will not face tariffs after customs confusion
PRESIDENT Donald Trump said Monday that gold imports will not face additional tariffs, days after confusion flared on whether recent hikes applied to certain gold bars -…
SOS: Who will throw fact-checked reporting a life raft?
AI is gobbling up journalism for many of the same reasons humans do: to develop a concrete understanding of the world; to think critically; to differentiate between what is true and what’s…
Trump rejects D.C. leaders' crime numbers, cites high-profile incidents in local policing takeover
President Trump declaring an emergency over crime in the District comes as the commander-in-chief disputes the accuracy of police statistics showing a 30-year low in violence in the…
Reps. Massie, Khanna plan September press conference with Epstein victims
Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna said Monday they will hold a press conference next month on Capitol Hill with victims of Jeffrey Epstein who have yet to publicly speak out about his…
Texas GOP Ropes Public Safety Office Into Hunting Democrats
“I’m announcing a historic action to rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam, and squalor, and worse,” Trump told a packed room of reporters. “This is Liberation Day in…
Texas standoff enters second week as Democrats thwart GOP on new redistricting map
California Gov. Gavin Newsom called on President Trump to accept a ceasefire in the fight over redrawing congressional lines, vowing Monday to make the GOP pay if Texas follows through on…
The Biggest Criminal in D.C. Right Now Is Trump
The ironies ricochet in every direction. The only reason we don’t see Trump referred to regularly in print as a convicted felon is that the word felonoffends civil libertarians; the…
Hegseth’s Rant on D.C. Takeover Turned Into Evidence Against Trump
“I’m announcing a historic action to rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam, and squalor, and worse,” Trump told a packed room of reporters. “This is Liberation Day in…
Muriel Bowser Refuses to Call Trump’s D.C. Takeover a “Disaster”
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser does not think President Trump’s hostile takeover of the D.C. Police Department is a “disaster.” The mayor held a press conference on Monday after…
Life360 names COO Lauren Antonoff as its new CEO to succeed cofounder
Life360 has named Lauren Antonoff as its new CEO to succeed cofounder Chris Hulls. The move, which has been in the works since Antonoff joined the company in 2023 as chief operating…