Trump names housing official Bill Pulte as acting US spymaster
The head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, who pushed for criminal charges against Trump’s foes, will step in as acting Director of National Intelligence.
He was a reality show villain. Can he be the mayor of one of America’s largest cities?
Republican Spencer Pratt, known for his TV role on The Hills, appears to be in a tight race with two Democrats in Los Angeles.
The Trump administration aims to pull science funding under tighter political control
A Trump administration rule could shift how science funding works in the U.S. The administration says its an effort to deter waste, but science advocates
MAHA vs. the FDA: Dredging up old anti-regulation revisionist history
Recently, I’ve noticed articles from outlets aligned with MAHA calling for the elimination of the FDA. It’s all recycled “health freedom” revisionist history and ahistorical
Ukraine hits St. Petersburg as ‘Putin’s Davos’ gets underway
Ukraine launched hundreds of drones at Russian targets early Wednesday, sending smoke rising above the historic heart of St.
California’s race for governor and other key primaries remain undecided
California’s crowded, protracted gubernatorial primary is going to take a little more time to settle
Trump’s late-night posting sprees reveal a president who is ‘spiraling’: biographer
President Tweety McTreason has been on a lot of late-night posting sprees lately, and one of his biographers thinks it shows the president is spiraling
ChatGPT hits 1 billion monthly users faster than any app before it
One billion is the number apps spend years chasing and most never reach. ChatGPT got there faster than anything before it. OpenAI’s app crossed 1
Bari Weiss just set off an ‘underwater earthquake’ at CBS by firing Scott Pelley: expert
A media expert warned CBS chief Bari Weiss on Tuesday night that she just set off an “underwater earthquake” at her network by showing veteran
OpenAI is turning Codex from a coding tool into an enterprise work platform, and non-developers are adopting it 3x faster than engineers
OpenAI announced a major expansion of Codex on Tuesday, transforming its AI coding agent into a broader enterprise work platform with three new capabilities: Sites
Enterprise Spotlight: Rethinking cloud strategy in the age of AI
Cloud computing has reached a crossroads. The high cost and data sensitivity of AI workloads are raising the appeal of private clouds, even as neoclouds
Unfancied Brazil will stay sharp at the World Cup, Casemiro says
Brazil are aiming for a record-extending sixth world title at the 2026 tournament in North America.
Ukraine drone attack kills 7 in Russian-held territory in new escalation
The Russian-installed head of Donetsk, Denis Pushilin, says a drone hit a bus travelling between Moscow and Simferopol.
Outrage over UK police arrest video of dying student
Footage of police arresting a dying student has set off heated protests in the UK.