Is the artificial intelligence boom over before it really began? The question sounds absurd — and yet it’s precisely the kind of headline that’s begun creeping back into public discourse. However, talk of an “AI winter” is premature, and perhaps even a categorical error. This is a classic instance of the so-called Amara Law, which states […]
In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. Jeffrey Goldberg promises that former Vice President Kamala Harris’s forthcoming book […]
Zohran Mamdani is apparently ready to apologize to New York Police Department officers for calling them racist. It is his latest insincere attempt to smooth over his outlandish left-wing rhetoric. Mamdani on Thursday said that he intends to apologize for calling the NYPD “racist, anti-queer & a major threat to public safety” in 2020. Mamdani claims that […]
A Utah student who asked conservative activist Charlie Kirk a question on Wednesday, right before he was shot and killed, said he wished he would have asked something different. “I had been fluctuating between different ones. Now that I know, for sure I would’ve asked a different one. I just would’ve. 100 percent," Hunter Kozak,...
Missouri Senate Republicans on Friday passed a new set of congressional lines that aims to add one pickup opportunity for the GOP in the U.S. House ahead of 2026, sending it to Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) for his signature. The Missouri Senate advanced a new House map that would break up Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is funding a study on the widely debunked idea that vaccines cause autism, according to a government funding notice. While numerous large studies have disproved a connection between autism and vaccines — a cornerstone of the anti-vaccine movement — Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy...
Discord said Friday that the person accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk did not use the platform to plan the shooting or promote violence, after officials revealed he sent messages over the app. Law enforcement arrested 22-year-old Tyler Robinson after a multi-day search for Kirk’s killer. The suspect’s roommate shared Discord messages with...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is warning civilian and military employees that the Pentagon is “tracking” any comments from them that celebrate or mock the Wednesday assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “We are tracking all these very closely — and will address, immediately. Completely unacceptable,” Hegseth wrote Thursday on social media. Hegseth was responding to a...