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Senate Democrats demand tariff refunds begin 'immediately'

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and other Democrats are demanding refunds for their constituents after the Supreme Court struck down the bulk of President Trump’s tariff agenda last week. Their request came in a Friday letter addressed to Treasury Secretary Scott

Democrats Slam Trumpist Takeover of Warner Bros.

Democratic lawmakers slammed Paramount Skydance’s advancing efforts to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, after Netflix announced Thursday that it would back away from the months-long bidding war to purchase part of the company. Paramount Skydance is owned by Larry Ellison, a Trump

Pentagon official: Anthropic CEO 'has a God-complex'

A top Pentagon official accused Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Thursday of having a “God-complex,” as the Defense Department (DOD) and the company face off over the terms of use for its AI models. “It’s a shame that @DarioAmodei is a liar and has a God-complex,” Under Secretary

US hockey player knocks White House TikTok: 'Clearly fake'

Brady Tkachuk said Thursday a video posted on the White House's official TikTok page after the U.S. won gold during the Winter Olympics that appeared to show the American hockey player speaking ill of Canadians was "clearly fake." The video, which provides a disclaimer that it

Block laying off 40 percent of staff, citing AI advancements

Block, the parent company of payment apps Square, Cash App and Afterpay, is laying off more than 40 percent of its staff, pointing to recent advancements in AI that are “enabling a new way of working.” The company’s CEO, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, announced Thursday the

Harrison endorses Flanagan in Minnesota Senate race

Former Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Jaime Harrison is backing Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (D) in the Democratic primary against Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) to succeed retiring Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.). “Peggy and I share a deep understanding of what it means

Thune warns Texas Senate seat could flip to Democrats

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is warning that the Texas Senate seat long held by Sen. John Cornyn (R) could flip to Democrats in the November election if the incumbent is defeated in the GOP primary. “Honestly, if you look at the polling in a general election

Trump Is Determined to Poison His Own Voters

As Trump moves to undo decades of work—begun by Republican President Richard Nixon—to protect people and nature from toxic chemicals, two recent pro-polluter policies are especially likely to harm his own voters. Last week, Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency—when will they

The big new controversy over the Epstein files, explained

When the Department of Justice released more than 3 million pages of documents relating to the convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein on Jan. 30, the sheer volume of the material was dizzying. It always seemed plausible that important elements of the release would take time

The Nationwide Revolt Against Flock Safety Cameras

Len Phillips had just finished posting a yellow sign underneath the camera when an elderly man pulled up, exited his pickup truck, and shuffled over to take a look. “A.I. camera,” the sign read. “Your movements have just been logged into a private searchable database.” The man