Violent crime was already trending down from a covid-era spike when President Donald Trump presented a picture of unbridled crime in America on the campaign trail in 2024. Now his administration has eliminated about $500 million in grants to organizations that buttress public safety, including many working to prevent gun violence. read more
President Donald Trump's big bill making its way through Congress will cut taxes by $3.7 trillion but also increase deficits by $2.4 trillion over the next decade, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. read more
A senior official who dismantled the US government's Russian disinformation unit is married to a Russian woman with links to the Kremlin, The Telegraph can reveal. read more
Yunqing Jian (33) and Zunyong Liu (34), citizens of the PRC, were charged with conspiracy, smuggling goods into the US, false statements, and visa fraud. The FBI arrested Jian for allegedly smuggling into the US a fungus called Fusarium graminearum, a potential agroterrorism weapon. This noxious fungus causes "head blight," a disease of wheat, barley, maize, and rice, and is responsible for billions of dollars in economic losses worldwide each year. In humans and livestock the toxins cause vomiting, liver damage, and reproductive defects. Jian received Chinese government funding to research this pathogen. Jian's boyfriend, Liu, works at a Chinese university where he conducts research on the same fungus. He allegedly smuggled Fusarium graminearum into the US so that he could conduct research on it with Jian at the University of Michigan. read more
Supporters cite a prosaic DOGE announcement as evidence that a Social Security problem that never existed has been fixed. . read more
It's a tough time for the rank-and-file tech worker or computer science graduate looking for a job. The Silicon Valley giants have laid off tens of thousands in the past couple years. The longstanding threat of offshoring persists, while the new threat of AI looms. read more
Elon Musk on Tuesday tore into the massive tax-and-spending-cut bill backed by President Donald Trump, calling it a "disgusting abomination" that will explode federal budget deficits. "I'm sorry, but I just can't stand it anymore," Musk wrote in a post on his social media site X. "This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination," added the Tesla and SpaceX CEO. "Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it." read more
Supporters of President Donald Trump expressed anger and disbelief online following reports that his administration had advanced plans to create a national citizen database with technology firm Palantir. read more
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development slashed its U.S. growth forecasts Tuesday and took global expectations down as well, citing the pervasive impacts of tariffs. read more
President Trump pledged to bring business back to the U.S. His own company has been doing more business overseas than ever ... read more
Move that seeks political control of doctors' and scientists' published research fits a pattern of censorship by the Trump administration, veterans advocates say read more
A senior Iranian official told CNN the new nuclear deal proposal presented to Tehran in recent days is "incoherent and disjointed," as sources familiar with the progress of the talks said the momentum behind negotiations to secure a new deal appears to be collapsing. read more
Thomasz Szabo (26) of Romania, pleaded guilty to being the leader of a years-long conspiracy that targeted victims across the US with "swatting" and bomb threats. Szabo and his co-conspirators falsely reported ongoing violent emergencies at government buildings, houses of worship, and private residences, including the homes of senior government officials. One of those subordinates bragged to Szabo: "I did 25+ swattings today and created massive havoc in America; $500,000+ in taxpayers wasted in just two days." Szabo was extradited from Romania in November 2024. He pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and one count of threats and false information regarding explosives and will be sentenced on 23 Oct 2025. read more
U.S. manufacturing contracted for a third straight month in May and suppliers took the longest time in nearly three years to deliver inputs amid tariffs ... read more
Almost like it was a premonition, military analyst Max Boot warned in a Saturday Washington Post op-ed that the future of warfare wouldn't be fought with massive space-based missile shields, but with swarms of cheap, expendable drones. Less than 24 hours later, Ukraine delivered the proof. read more
U.S. trade policy is making China great again -- at the United States' expense, per an analysis from Morning Consult ... read more
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