Big Tech Asked for Looser Clean Water Act Permitting. Trump Wants to Give It to Them

There are currently more than 50 issued nationwide 404 permits—some of which still require pre-construction notifications—which are renewed once every ...
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Trump’s Anti-Bias AI Order Is Just More Bias

On November 2, 2022, I attended a Google AI event in New York City. One of the themes was responsible ...
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Paramount Has a $1.5 Billion ‘South Park’ Problem

“Right-wing humorists, the Joe Rogans and Andrew Schulzes of the world, they’re the ones occupying this offensive free speech space. ...
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Trump Says He’s ‘Getting Rid of Woke’ and Dismisses Copyright Concerns in AI Policy Speech

President Trump announced that the United States’ stance on intellectual property and AI would be a “commonsense application” that does ...
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Trump’s AI Action Plan Is a Crusade Against ‘Bias’—and Regulation

On Wednesday, the Trump administration unveiled its new artificial intelligence action plan geared at keeping US efforts competitive with China. ...
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The GOP’s Message for Tech Billionaires: Be Like Peter Thiel

“Thiel’s an interesting one,” a third GOP strategist tells me. “He’s spread his bets. Some have paid off, and some ...
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Trump’s Commerce Secretary Loves Tariffs. His Former Investment Bank Is Taking Bets Against Them

Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services company led by the sons of US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, is creating a way ...
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ICE Is Getting Unprecedented Access to Medicaid Data

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are getting access to the personal data of nearly 80 million people on Medicaid in ...
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Bring On the MAGA Revolt

“Honestly, I’m done talking about Epstein for the time being,” Kirk said on his podcast days later. “I’m gonna trust ...
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It’s Not Just Epstein. MAGA Is Angry About a Lot of Things

When President Donald Trump loses the support of posters on The Donald, it’s notable, to say the least. The ultra-pro-Trump ...
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