How a book Mark Bray wrote in 2017 led to death threats and Bray relocating his family to Spain.

If the federal government is deadset on punishing states run by Democrats, what options do those states have?

From vandalized subway ads to ChatGPT billboards, A.I. startups are flooding traditional marketing spaces and getting backlash for it.

Trump’s peace deal pressed pause on a move to expel the country from UEFA.

Is Weiss perpetually on the rise, or is media coming down to her level?

Silicon Valley wants your police department to use artificial intelligence. Do you?

Is the administration priming the American people to accept military intervention in the midterms?

As much of the government faces layoffs, slashed funding, and a shutdown, ICE’s budget has been tripled, and they’re casting a wide net for new recruits.

They blew up the Chicken Man in Portland last night…

We break down the surprising reactions to Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl and what it says about her current relationship to the internet.

Donald Trump’s premature announcement demonstrated just how much leverage he has over the situation.

How prediction markets are turning everything from elections to football games into wagering opportunities.

Conversion therapy, racial redistricting, the president’s power to fire anyone he wants—are the conservatives lining ‘em up to knock ‘em down?

What state investment in the video game company means for the industry.

A new EA Games deal has players worried about censorship of their beloved franchise.

At the start of a “new” term that never really ended, a slew of cases could supercharge Trump’s American takeover.

Hegseth and Trump strut in a theatrical flex over an audience of distinguished military leaders; the government shuts down as both sides dig in; and Russia wages unsettling hybrid warfare with drones over Europe.

Time to find out if claiming you have total power over the government means that people blame you when it shuts down.