Articles I Want to Read…Later
- The tangled path of US capital punishment takes a new turn on Wednesday as Idaho becomes the first state to adopt the firing squad as its primary form of execution, embracing the brutal killing technique even as concerns grow that it can inflict excruciating pain and suffering.The state’s department of corrections (IDOC) says it has […]
- (Photo illustration by Bill Kuchman/The Bulwark | Photos: Shutterstock)THIS MAY BE THE HOTTEST summer you remember. And yet—unfortunately for our planet—it may still be the coolest summer for some time.A heatwave cooked much of Europe this past week, breaking records and claiming lives. France alone recorded a thousand excess deaths over a four-day period, with […]
- The latest jobs report just dropped.This is the most timely and accurate indicator of the state of the economy. Of course — like any data — it’s imperfect, but here’s today’s big story:The U.S. economy is not sinking, but it’s also not surging. It’s treading water.According to this report, employment grew by 57,000 in June. […]
- A grand jury in D.C. has indicted a Maryland man for allegedly vandalizing the newly refurbished Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, according to two people familiar with the matter.The panel recommended at least one charge against David Hearn, a three-time Olympian who competed in the canoe slalom, amid a wider Trump administration push to crack down […]
- An Air Force major was arrested on the steps of the Capitol on Wednesday after calling for President Trump and Vice President Vance’s impeachment. Peaceful demonstrations are permitted on Capitol grounds, but a protester must remain alongside a member of Congress to speak openly from the steps. Originally, Air Force Maj. Jason P. Watson was […]
- I’ve said it before: since Donald Trump took office for the second time a year and a half ago, the United States has been the largest single driver of global political risk. Not Moscow, not Tehran, not Beijing – Washington. When the leader of the most powerful country in the world – the one that […]
- I’ve said it before: since Donald Trump took office for the second time a year and a half ago, the United States has been the largest single driver of global political risk. Not Moscow, not Tehran, not Beijing – Washington. When the leader of the most powerful country in the world – the one that […]
- KYIV — Russia pounded the Ukrainian capital with airstrikes overnight, killing at least 17 people, injuring more than 90 others and causing fires throughout the city, officials said Thursday. It was the latest major attack on the Ukrainian capital as Moscow finds its war stalling and casualties mounting, with little prospect of renewed ceasefire or […]
- President Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at an investment forum in Washington, D.C. last year. brendan smialowski/AFP/Getty ImagesDUBAI—More than 100 U.S. military aircraft were taking off from bases and warships across the Middle East as part of an effort to crack open the Strait of Hormuz this past spring when they hit […]
- Folarin Balogun, center, is consoled by Gio Reyna and Timothy Weah after receiving a red card. Carlos Barria/ReutersSANTA CLARA, Calif.—Over the first four games of the World Cup, U.S. striker Folarin Balogun was nothing short of a revelation. But shortly after he gave the U.S. the lead against Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday, Balogun became the […]
- OpenAI has proposed handing the U.S. government a 5% stake in the company, the Financial Times reported Thursday, as the artificial intelligence startup seeks to defuse mounting political pressure in Washington. A 5% holding would be worth roughly $42.6 billion, after the AI lab closed a record-breaking funding round in March at a post-money valuation […]
- A hiring sign is seen in a cafe as the U.S. Labor Department released its July employment report, in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., August 5, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tabWASHINGTON, July 2 (Reuters) – U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in June and payroll gains for the prior two […]
- JERUSALEM (AP) — It was the deadliest reported strike in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. Most of the victims were children.In almost any other conflict, these haunting truths would be seared into national memory. Yet more than 120 days since at least one U.S. missile struck an Iranian primary school, there remains no final accounting […]
- Everyone’s worried about affordability right now, including the companies that make cars. Especially the companies that make electric cars, which cost an average of $55,000.That makes America’s newest and cheapest electric truck a welcome addition to the market—and an odd duck. Officially unveiled last week, the small, modular offering from Michigan-based automaking upstart Slate costs […]
- Facing a steady drumbeat of signs that the Justice Department could soon seek to indict him, former CIA director John Brennan took the unusual step Wednesday of asking a federal court to intervene before any charges against him have been filed. Give a gift that they can use all yearFor a limited time, just $40 […]
- Hey guys—I’m sitting in for JVL today. Happy Fourth of July week, and happy Canada Day to our readers up north. A little programming note: I just recorded a video with two top immigration experts and our own Adrian Carrasquillo answering questions from the Bulwark community about SCOTUS’s immigration decisions. That should be out this […]
- Artificial intelligence researcher Cameron Berg chugged his drink when he spotted OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman at a party in 2024, and hustled over to ask the CEO whether he thought the emerging technology could be conscious or self-aware.Get concise answers to your questions. Try Ask The Post AI.Few tech executives talked about the possibility […]
- Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh, in comments Wednesday at the ECB Forum on Central Banking, declined to give any signal as to what the central bank may do at its meeting later this month, but did note that inflation was too elevated.“We’re all in the price stability business, that might not be our only business, […]
- The United States will not extend its trade pact with Canada and Mexico by today’s deadline, instead kicking off a process that could result in a refreshed agreement or an investment-sapping succession of annual reviews.Under the 2020 U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the three countries have until today to extend their deal for 16 years or continue negotiating […]
- The majority also said Cook had been denied due process, writing that she “could not properly dispute the charges the President laid against her.” But the justices declined to weigh in on whether mortgage-fraud allegations could, if proven true, eventually serve as grounds for her dismissal.“Today’s interim ruling does not decide whether the president may […]