Utah Passes Nation’s Strongest Digital Identity Bill
Legislation includes a “duty of loyalty” of participants in an ID system to individuals
Live Coverage: No Kings National Day of Action
Follow for live coverage of the nationwide peaceful protests to condemn Tweety McTreason’s escalating abuses of power.
How One Playwright is Using Theatre to Expose the Surveillance State
As the ACLU fights to protect people’s privacy, playwright Matthew Libby discusses his play about the private companies fueling the government’s surveillance of immigrants.
Judge questions legal basis for Trump’s $10 billion case against IRS
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams asked whether there is a case if Trump, as president, is on both sides.
Justice Department ends criminal probe of Powell
The Justice Department announced it would end its criminal investigation into outgoing Fed chair Jerome Powell. NBC News’ Ryan Nobles reports.
31 sloths die in Florida before opening of attraction
Many died due to conditions at a Florida warehouse where they’d been shipped, while others arrived from South America dead, authorities say.
Thousands at risk after multi-million dollar Everest flood warning system left to rust
The flood warning system at Imja glacial lake has not been maintained since 2016, fearful locals tell BBC.
Meet the men calling out ‘masculinity’ trends
Influencers promoting looksmaxxing and narrow male beauty standards are being called out by a new wave of men on social media.
A nation built on pan-African principles faces questions about racism
Several black Zambians tell the BBC they sometimes feel like they are second-class citizens in their own country.
‘That dog don’t hunt’: MAGA commentator Scott Jennings gets all he can handle on CNN
MAGA commentator Scott Jennings found himself repeatedly on the defensive Friday during a tense CNN segment as host Kaitlan Collins and Democratic strategist Paul Begala
Kash Patel’s ‘giant self-own’ astounds legal analyst
FBI Director Kash Patel’s lawsuit against The Atlantic for reporting on his alleged drinking problems, absences from his job, and constant paranoia about being fired
Meta’s compute grab continues with agreement to deploy tens of millions of AWS Graviton cores
Meta is continuing its compute grab as the agentic AI race accelerates to a sprint. Today, the company announced a partnership with Amazon Web Services
CISA last in line for access to Anthropic Mythos
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) does not yet have access to Anthropic’s bug-hunting AI model, Claude Mythos, even though other government agencies
New York City is at major risk of flooding that could leave 4.4 million people exposed to extreme damage, study finds
The new flood risk index identified eight cities along the U.S. East Coast that are at high or very high risk of floods causing extreme