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Why Labour's London squeeze exposes a fragmented modern British politics

London offers an insight into the dilemma Labour faces about which direction to take.

What an AI-designed car looks like

The cars rolling off production lines right now are filled with old ideas. From beginning to end, the creation of a new vehicle can take five years or longer - which is plenty of time for a lot of tastes, politics, and gas prices to change. That's one reason …

Analysis: Many Labour MPs are blaming the boss for elections body blow

Sir Keir Starmer is facing what looks like a coordinated attempt to get him to set a timetable for his departure.

I didn't tell my boyfriend my age when we started dating. I worried he might end things

Two couples tell BBC News about overcoming social stigma in their age-gap relationships.

Steve Rosenberg: Kremlin's tightening grip on internet fuels public discontent

Throughout Russia, internet usage has become seriously restricted. Citizens are drawing comparison to Soviet censorship and today's digital blackouts.

PM turns to old Labour hands after election losses but some MPs left baffled

Sir Keir Starmer is attempting to shore up his position after his party suffered heavy election losses.

An expert on Iranian politics reviews the status of negotiations to end the war on Iran

NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks to Mehrzad Boroujerdi of the Missouri University of Science and Technology about the status of the Trump Administration's negotiations to end the war on Iran.

Google's Internal Politics Leave It Playing Catch-Up On AI Coding

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: At Google, leaders are anxious about falling behind in the race to offer AI coding tools, especially as rivals like Anthropic PBC offer more effective and popular tools to businesses, according to people fam…

Data center disputes have been local. But the midterms might change that

Anger over the data center boom has spilled into politics with voters unseating local politicians who support them. It's become an issue hard to ignore in the midterm elections.

Opinion - Leftists terrified as their progressive poster child Mamdani fails in New York

Politics and wishful thinking cannot cure what is wrong with the Empire State, or the Big Apple.

Trump fires the entire National Science Board

Multiple sources are reporting that the Trump administration has dismissed the entire National Science Board (NSB). The NSB advises the president and Congress on the National Science Foundation (NSF), which has already been funding research at historically lo…

Wes Streeting resigns as health secretary - his letter in full

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has announced his resignation from government.

From the Himalayas to Newt Gingrich, the 'tree-huggers' prevail

On Earth Day, we take a look back at the rocky history of "tree-huggers." The term originated in the 1970s in the Himalayas and was later co-opted by American politics in the 1990s. Now, environmentalists are reclaiming the word.

Hasan Piker, Self-Described ‘Ayatollah of Woke,’ Wants AI to Die

The far-left Twitch streamer says AI is rotting our brains. He’s also addicted to Twitter and listens to at least eight podcasts.

Maury Povich shuts down Joy Reid’s claim that Senate Democrats ‘do not play politics’

Gorsuch says ideological divides on Supreme Court come down to ‘how you read law,’ not politics

Dem donor’s massive taxpayer-funded payday blows up into felony case roiling state politics

New York Mayor Uses Mario Kart To Explain Politics: ‘We Need To Beat Bowser On The Rainbow Road’

Zohran Mamdani's analogy using the Nintendo hit is surprisingly apt

The Idea That Reshaped Identity Politics Has a Complicated Backstory

Kimberlé Crenshaw gave us the terms “intersectionality” and “critical race theory.” Her new memoir shows that she isn’t done fighting over what they mean.

AI failure could trigger the next financial crisis, warns Elizabeth Warren

"I know a bubble when I see one." That's what Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), who led the push to create a new consumer financial regulator in the wake of the 2008 recession, told a crowd at a Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator event in Washington, DC on Wednesday. …

US arrests soldier who allegedly made $400k on Maduro Polymarket bets

We knew someone made over $400,000 on suspicious Polymarket bets around the US operation to capture Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, but now we have a name: Gannon Ken Van Dyke. The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced Thursday that…

Pentagon strikes classified AI deals with OpenAI, Google, and Nvidia — but not Anthropic

The Pentagon has struck deals with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, Elon Musk's xAI, and the startup Reflection, allowing the agency to use their AI tools in classified settings, according to an announcement on Friday. At the same time, the Defense …

X agrees to crack down on illegal hate and terror content in the UK

British online safety regulator Ofcom says it has accepted new commitments from X that aim to better protect UK users from seeing illegal hate and terror content on the platform. Under the agreement announced today, X says it will withhold access in the UK to…

Jensen Huang Joins Trump’s Tycoon Entourage in China

Dry your eyes. The billionaire CEO of the world's most valuable company gets to go on this once-in-a-lifetime trip.

James Talarico’s Tough Sell

In deep-red evangelical Texas, does his brand of Christian politics have a chance?

Why welfare isn't winning elections in India like it used to

India's welfare politics still matters, but voters increasingly want jobs, growth and dignity too.

Indian politicians are campaigning while holding fish. What is going on?

In West Bengal polls, fish moves from plate to politics, symbolising identity and cultural pride.

Mark Sanford quits House race after one month, says fighting national debt is better done outside politics

Trump’s posting even more AI-generated Trump-Jesus fanart

Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about Big Tech power plays in Washington and beyond. (And when I say beyond, I mean the great beyond, like Heaven, maybe.) If you've found your way to this newsletter from the wild, annual sub…

A Very Pretentious Form of Propaganda

The United States tried to swerve away from politics at this year’s Biennale and ended up saying nothing at all.

'The hood is off': Virginia Republican steps onto America's most obvious rhetorical landmine

American politics continues its long-running experiment in seeing whether public figures can pretend not to understand obvious racial subtext, with Rep. Jen Kiggans now facing backlash after nodding along to a phrase that arrived trailing several centuries of…

The Most Frightening Shooters Are the Smart Ones

A manifesto-like email allegedly sent by the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner shooter suggests a murderous obsession with Trump’s politics.

Has Steve Kerr Had Enough?

The head coach for the Golden State Warriors talks with Charles Bethea about his future with the team, his complicated relationship with Draymond Green, and whether he might give politics a try.

Pope Leo takes aim at 'handful of tyrants' spending billions on war.

Pope Leo XIV condemns "tyrants" fueling war with billions. His calls for global peace during his Africa trip come amid rising tensions with President Trump.

X Rolls Out AI-Powered Custom Timelines for Premium Users

X, formerly Twitter, has announced it is launching a custom timelines feature that allows users to pin specific topics to their home tab in the X app for iOS. The company says custom timelines are powered by Grok AI, which understands the social media pl…

The FCC is going after the broadcast licenses of Disney-owned ABC stations

The Federal Communications Commission has ordered the ABC stations owned and operated by Disney to file for an early license renewal, as reported earlier by The New York Times. In a filing on Tuesday, the FCC claims it made the decision as part of an investig…

Conspiracy theories are swirling about the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting

On Saturday evening, a room full of journalists, media personalities, and senior members of Donald Trump's administration descended into chaos as gunshots rang out at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Nobody was hurt, and the suspect was taken into cust…

ABC and Disney accuse Trump admin of violating First Amendment rights

ABC is accusing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of violating its First Amendment rights by making "major shifts in policy and practice" that the network claims will chill free speech. The network is asking the FCC to "affirm its long-standing appr…

Trump administration defends right to ban content moderation experts from US

The Trump administration is fighting for the right to keep some social media moderation advocates out of the US. On Wednesday, US District Court Judge James Boasberg heard arguments in a lawsuit between the nonprofit Coalition for Independent Technology Resea…

Democrats want to ban ICE from turning warehouses into detention centers

A bill introduced by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) would prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from converting warehouses and similar buildings into immigrant detention centers, an attempt to slow President Donald Trump's mass deportations campaign. The Ba…

The Trump phone still isn’t real

Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. We're back to being ignored, and the phone seems no closer to an actual launch. Last week Trump Mobile overhaule…

The Iranian women Trump ‘saved’ from execution are simultaneously real and AI-manipulated

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump claimed to have secured the release of eight Iranian women condemned to execution for protesting the regime. Only the night before, he had posted on Truth Social about the imminent executions of these women, quoting a scre…

Meta isn’t doing enough to keep kids off Facebook and Instagram, rules EU

Meta is breaching Europe's Digital Services Act (DSA) rules by failing to prevent children under 13 from using Facebook and Instagram, according to a preliminary decision issued by the European Commission. The Commission announced the ruling on Wednesday afte…

The Trump phone starts shipping this week, CEO claims

The Trump phone may finally be here: Trump Mobile's CEO told USA Today that the phone will begin shipping to buyers this week. The announcement comes as reports have gone viral this week alleging that preorders for the phone have been canceled. Trump Mobile C…

X is fighting Andrew Tate’s attempt to unmask his critics

X is fighting for its users' right to anonymity against the far-right influencers and accused human traffickers Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are seeking to unmask their online critics. The Tate brothers filed suit against the owners of more than a dozen socia…

Stagecoach Is the Festival of Murky Politics

What do Sydney Sweeney, Chet Hanks, and Theo Von have in common? Besides sometimes questionable politics, they all performed at Stagecoach this weekend—in their own unique way.

The Supreme Court case that could redefine your digital privacy

Police in Virginia used a technique called geofencing to tap into Google's databases to find out who was near the scene of a bank robbery. The Supreme Court will consider whether it is constitutional.

Behind the unraveling of Dan Crenshaw

In 2019, a 36-year-old Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), newly elected to Congress, was photographed for the inaugural Time 100 Next List, wearing a dashing eye patch and looking upwards with hope. A Harvard-educated Navy SEAL who'd lost his legs while fighting the T…

We translated the Palantir manifesto for actual human beings

Palantir CEO Alex Karp is a man in charge of one of the most important and frightening companies in the world. Karp's new book, co-written with Nicholas Zamiska, is called "The Technological Republic." After claiming "because we get asked a lot", Palantir pos…

Money Talks: Risky Business

Futurist Scott Smith explains the phenomenon he calls “risk-maxxing.”

White House Considers Vetting AI Models Before They Are Released

The Trump administration is reportedly considering an executive order to create a working group that could review advanced AI models before public release. The shift follows concerns over Anthropic's powerful Mythos model and its cyber capabilities, with offi…

Family of imprisoned Chinese journalist pleads for his release over health concerns

Family members and activists have called for the release of imprisoned Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu due to health concerns. Dong, an editor at a major state...

A new Republican privacy bill could be ‘worse than no standard at all’

Congress is once again attempting to pass a national data privacy law. But while it would introduce new protections in some states, it would weaken privacy rights in others - and it's missing several elements that privacy advocates deem necessary. The SECURE …

Former FCC officials want to force a vote on the ‘weapon’ Brendan Carr has invoked against broadcasters

Several former Federal Communications Commissioners and staffers across parties are urging a federal appeals court to force a vote on the FCC's news distortion policy, which they argue should be repealed after being abused by Republican Chair Brendan Carr. On…

What Would You Have Done on the Season Finale of ‘Invincible’?

Mark has to make an impossible decision about the fate of billions. Would you have made the same choice?

The Best Deal in Video Games Just Got Even Better

With the addition of 'Shadowbringers,' the free trial for the critically acclaimed MMO now lets you experience some of the best of 'Final Fantasy' for nothing.

What a John Ternus Era Means for Apple

An engineer will soon run Apple. Will that change anything?

Record-breaking DHS shutdown ends. And, May Day protests to draw crowds nationwide

Congress has ended the record-breaking shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. And, May Day demonstrations across the U.S. are expected to draw crowds protesting the Trump administration.

How 1925 press dismissed the Klan at peak power

In September 1925, a month after some 30,000 hooded Klansmen paraded down Pennsylvania Avenue in the largest Klan rally in Washington's history, the satirical weekly Judge declared the Ku Klux Klan effectively dead. What remained, the editorial argued, was a …

An Assassination Attempt and a Royal Visit to Washington

On The Political Scene Podcast, Antonia Hitchens joins Tyler Foggatt to contrast the scene at the White House Correspondents’ dinner with King Charles and Queen Camilla’s trip amid strained U.S.-U.K. relations.

This Ex-Trump Ally Said He Feels "Tormented" By His Support, And The Comments Are MAGA People Saying The Same Thing

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Heidi Klum Dressed Up As A Marble Statue For The Met Gala, And It's Haunting

She's...certainly unrecognizable.View Entire Post ›

Olive Garden's AI Hiring Test Is Going Viral On TikTok, And It's Weirder Than You Could Imagine

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Melania Trump Said Jimmy Kimmel Should Be Fired, Likely Because Of This Joke

Melania accused Kimmel of spreading "hate," something which the president has never done.View Entire Post ›

RFK Jr.'s Son Shared His 3-Word Text Response To The White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting

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A Fox News Host Ripped Into The WHCAD Security On Livestream Shortly Before The Shooting

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This Photo Of Donald Trump Dressed As A King At A Florida Grocery Store Is Going Viral, And It's Really Something

"Of all the dystopian simulations, we're stuck in a horror written by Adam Sandler."View Entire Post ›

GLP-1 Drugs May Help You Shed Weight ... And Possibly Hair

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The Person Most in Favor of Slashing NASA’s Budget? That Would Be NASA’s Leader

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The Stupidest Night in Fashion

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The DHS Just Got Rid of its Own ICE Detentions Watchdog

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We Should All Take a Page Out of Kesha’s Book and Make Placenta Jewelry

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Netflix Just Removed One of the Last Features to Make its UI Even Slightly Usable

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Demi Moore parrots some AI talking points at Cannes

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The Midterms Aren’t Stopping the Anti-Abortion Movement—Even as Trump Tries to Shut Everyone Up

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The world is a horny, repressed nightmare in One Night Only trailer

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Even Chinese Food is Getting Better Representation Than Women at the Trump-Xi Summit

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Margo's getting even more Money Troubles

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Hannah Einbinder has her priorities too straight to worry about a blacklist

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Kim Kardashian is Taking a Break From Failing the Bar

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The Curious Case of Why Helena Bonham Carter Was Replaced on The White Lotus

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“Petty, Loud and Obnoxious”: Surgeon General Nom Nicole Saphier’s Deleted Tweets About Trump

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Surprise! Two Most Powerful Men in America Can't Stop Being Awful to Women

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Are Catholic Converts Generally Encouraged to Call the Pope a Liar?

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The Details of Kash Patel’s Alleged Drinking Problem Just Keep Spilling Out

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A Teenager Died in ICE Detention. His Family Doesn't Believe the Government's Story.

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The Trump Admin Is Bringing Back Firing Squads like It’s 1890

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DHS Tried to Reveal the Identity of a Canadian Who Dared to Post About Trump and ICE

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Katie Porter Reminds Voters She’s an Awful Boss in New Campaign Ad

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Melissa Barrera Thinks Paramount Lied About How Much Money Scream 7 Made

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A Brief Summary of Who's Attending the Met Gala (Despite the Looming Bezos Presence)

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John Oliver Exposes the Fake Gas Station Pill Industrial Complex

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Unfortunately, We Do Have to Worry About the National Debt

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Another Week, Another Couple of Washington Sex Scandals

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Trump Admin Official Brags About Kicking 4.3 Million Americans Off SNAP

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Marco Rubio Discovers Ceilings During China Visit

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John Oliver explains how the Supreme Court keeps letting Trump get away with it

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You Do Not, Under Any Circumstances, Gotta Hand it to Marjorie Taylor Greene

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“There Was No Swimming Away”: Hayden Panettiere Opens Up About a Terrifying Hollywood Encounter

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