After returning to office, President Trump gutted an FBI team taking on public corruption, killing a massive cash-for-contracts investigation into Lindsey Graham and Jim Clyburn. / ProPublica As the White House ramps up allegations of noncitizen voting, an interactive explanation of how claims of widespread fraud in 2024 fell
More than one in four Americans say they haven’t been able to afford basic needs in the past year. / Pew Research Center Visualizing wealth inequality in America: “Since 2012, even the rich between the top five and twenty percent are worse off. Only the top five percent are better
People living near conflict zones are finding their webcams have been commandeered by enemy combatants. / The Wall Street Journal [$] Paris loses its oldest covered market, le Marché des Enfants-Rouges, to fire. / Le Monde In an attack on hundreds of French supermarkets, hackers force refrigerators up to 50 degrees Celsius
Newly released records show New York City officials allowed residents to return to homes caked in toxic dust after Sept. 11, offering little guidance on its dangers. / The New York Times [$] The ICE officer who shot a man in a car with a five-year-old has previously faced multiple
Five women’s lawsuits reveal the Hollywood network and key players wielding the power to destroy careers. / The New York Times [$] An Arizona congressional candidate was attacked and raped while repairing campaign signs in Maricopa County. / Phoenix New Times For rape survivors in America, seeking medical treatment can wind up
For the first time since 2002, the US will exclude European officials from monitoring its elections, joining only Russia and Belarus. / MS NOW In a new poll of more than 100 countries, the US is the only one where people who disapprove of their nation’s leaders have higher confidence
A new study upends the notion that nature bounces back when species are lost. “The ecological benefits keep climbing as diversity rises, which means they fall as we lose species.” / Phys dot org See also: A federal judge halts border wall construction in Big Bend, a project the Trump administration
Flávio Bolsonaro surged past Lula in Brazil’s presidential election yesterday, with both candidates now headed to a runoff later this month. / Associated Press Related: Ahead of the election, Brazil’s spy agency “confirmed the existence of interference from the United States as well as Russia.” / Common Dreams According to
American taxpayers are footing the bill for Trump’s pro-Republican midterm TV ads that the White House claims are “public service announcements.” / CNBC To deal with rising food costs, Golden Corral reorganized its buffets to pair more and less pricey foods into “modules”—also, they replaced the beef with
Even after OpenAI banned her account, a school shooter continued planning her attack by asking ChatGPT how to evade moderation: “You can still be twisted. Just be clever about it.” (Content warning) / Mother Jones Google seems pretty certain the small data center it’s launching into orbit next week will
