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Elon Musk, Donald Trump necessitate mulling the unthinkable
1 of 4 | Elon Musk's control of Starlink satellites give him control over Ukraine's access to information in its defense against the…
Donald Trump’s battle with U.S. justice system is stress test for democracy
About 80% of Republicans believe the Georgia indictment of former President Donald Trump over election-rigging is politically motivated, compared…
To fight climate change, we need to measure costs of extreme heat
Israeli children cool off in a water fountain near Jerusalem's Old City on August 13 as temperatures reach 102 degrees Fahrenheit, during a…
IRS using new funding on better technology to collect taxes
IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel released a plan in early 2023 promising that "technology and data advances will allow us to focus enforcement on…
U.S. spending billions to reduce forest fire risks; it’s not enough
1 of 4 | Members of a hot shot crew remove fuel along a containment line during the Caldor fire near Meyers, Calif., in 2021. File…
Infrastructure work holds greatest promise for U.S. economy
1 of 3 | President Joe Biden speaks about the government's investment in infrastructure at the White House in June. File Photo by Rod…
Modern warfare turns neighborhoods to battlefields; hope focuses on rebuilding
1 of 7 | People check a destroyed house after an operation by the U.S. military in the Syrian village of Atmeh, in Idlib province,…
Reimagining democracy: Technology may negate need for Congress
If an AI system could determine optimal policy solutions that balanced every voter’s preferences, would it still make sense to have…
In future, we could snuff out cyclones, but weather control brings new risks
1 of 7 | Project STORMFURY researchers seeded tropical storm Dorothy over the eastern Caribbean in 1970 and believed they had…
Real danger to U.S. isn’t Russo-Sino warships, it’s attack on Constitution
1 of 2 | Demonstrators hold signs outside the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse as former President Donald Trump is arraigned…