Casey Putsch and James Fishback built national followings almost entirely online. Both lost their respective Republican gubernatorial primaries by wide margins. The results warrant closer attention than a routine underdog defeat, because both campaigns were built on an identical and identifiably flawed theory of how digital attention converts into votes.  Putsch never had a realistic […]

Data centers power everything from streaming and gaming to AI chatbots and fraud detection. Here's how they quietly run the apps you use daily.

Saritha Komatireddy proposes a new Office of Civil Commitment after the Times Square fatal stabbing, saying New York fails mentally ill people.

Abdul El-Sayed claims he's not a socialist, but Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Democratic Socialists of America ties tell a different story.

Oman’s strategy of calculated neutrality has run out of road. Long celebrated as a quiet diplomatic bridge between Washington and Tehran, Muscat has shattered its careful balancing act. A desperate attempt to revive a paralyzed shipping economy has transformed Oman into a central participant in a military conflict between the United States and Iran. The […]

I would love to think that Mark Zuckerberg saw the light. Meta, Zuckerberg’s massive tech company that owns Facebook and Instagram, agreed to a $17 billion settlement with 47 state attorneys general who had sued the company for deliberately addicting children to its products. In addition to the financial penalties, Meta agreed to implement features […]

The United States and Saudi Arabia are in the final stages of a landmark nuclear arrangement. But a pact between longtime allies must not become a backdoor for America’s enemies. Congress must demand that the administration make the classified agreement public and put essential safeguards in place. On July 22, the White House announced that […]