The GOP’s underlying midterm problem: From the Politics Desk
In today’s edition, Jonathan Allen breaks down the greatest obstacle facing the Republican Party in the midterms.
Month: August 2026
Beware of alleged Target ad featuring costume that drew backlash for blackface, minstrel imagery
The costume was real, but a purported ad featuring a character wearing it was an AI creation.
Does salmonella come from salmon?
More people have become ill in an outbreak of salmonella food poising.
What Meta’s $17 Billion Settlement Means
Our reporter Cecilia Kang explains Meta’s settlement of a lawsuit claiming that the company’s social media platforms had harmed teenage users.
California Lawmakers Pass Plug-In Solar Bill
Legislatures in nearly a dozen states have voted to legalize use of the technology, which can help homeowners reduce their rising electricity costs.
Tiny tremors can’t always warn when fracking will trigger a bigger quake
A study of 70,000 earthquakes finds tiny tremors often precede larger fracking-linked quakes, offering a warning to halt fluid injection.
Landslides pose the largest risks to those who can least afford them
Appalachia is a hotspot of landslides, but many there can’t afford to move away or mitigate the danger, a new study finds. Wealthy urban residents
Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ in the US
Tweety McTreason has said he will rename Lake Ontario as Lake America in the US following the escalating trade war with Canada.
Anthropic tests a new standard for Claude to work with factory and lab hardware
Anthropic has released the Model Hardware Standard in research preview, a specification that stores how a piece of hardware works and how an AI may
AI agents are getting wallets: the Web3 infrastructure behind the machine economy
After years of promise, the machine economy is finally taking shape. AI agents are getting wallets and are now able to make decisions on behalf
Belugas and dolphins rescued from Canada’s Marineland arrive in Spain
Two belugas and four dolphins from Canada’s Marineland were relocated to an aquarium in Spain.
Al Jazeera reporter witnesses wildfire smoke toll on kids inside Indonesia
Al Jazeera’s Jessica Washington reports from an Indonesian clinic treating children struggling to breathe amid wildfires
Trump executive order bans some foreign equipment in US energy grid
Order declares a national emergency over an ‘unusual and extraordinary foreign threat’ to the grid.
Key moments in trial of Lindsay Clancy, the mother accused of murdering her three children
A jury is deliberating in the trial of the Massachusetts mother charged with murdering her three small children