The Democratic campaign for Alaska's U.S. Senate seat was involved in efforts to place on the ballot a candidate with the same name as Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan in a bid to confuse voters in a race that could determine which party controls the chamber, The New York Times reported Wednesday. read more
Fortune Pentagon orders bases to plan for 90 days without the grid as Britain urges families to stockpile food and water ... read more
Hunger. Sickness. Blackouts. Abandoned streets. The withering of the state is shocking to behold. read more
Michigan Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens, in a stunning move, endorsed Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers over Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed on Sunday. read more
CNN polling across four key Senate races in the final days of the midterm campaign finds Democrats well-positioned in Michigan and Texas, with no clear leader in the races in Maine or Kansas. read more
Phillips P. O'Brien writes about the actions that have been eroding the institutional norms and the long-held codes of honor held by America's military: "Militaries can change radically much more quickly than people understand -- and usually that change will be a rapid decay that is not understood until it is too late. This is the reality of what the US military is facing." read more
"It's offensively cheap" After defying projections, solar's dramatic growth means it is now overtaking nuclear as a global power source. read more
It says it's building a 1GW virtual power plant, but it's really just paying people to turn off their appliances so others can use that electricity instead. read more
According to TRM Labs, which tracks the industry, digital assets worth more than $6.3bn (4.7bn) have been taken from Binance by North Korean hackers. This would be the largest cryptocurrency hack to date -- and one of the biggest in financial history. read more
Rather than flood his feed with protracted presidential prose on key election issues for American voters such as the cost of living, the failing economy, or his war on Iran, Trump expended 1,322 words moaning about comedian Bill Maher being mean to him. read more
