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Democracy’s Machine Learning Problem

We can’t let either artificial intelligence or demagogic politicians tell us exactly what we want to hear.

Republican Stacy Garrity seeks to challenge Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s reelection bid

Stacy Garrity, Pennsylvania's two-term elected state treasurer, said Monday that she will seek the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro's reelection bid, setting up what could be a contest between a low-profile officeholder and a potential White House contender in 2028.

Trump targets mail-in ballots, ‘seriously controversial’ voting machines

President Trump announced Monday that he plans to sign an executive order to eliminate mail-in ballots and “seriously controversial” voting machines ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. In a statement on his Truth Social platform, Trump leaned into his long-standing disdain for mail-in voting, saying other countries have abandoned the practice “because of the MASSIVE...

Zohran Mamdani is a political risk Democrats shouldn’t take

There is a very real chance that Mamdani’s extreme, socialist policies put the entire party’s political fortunes in jeopardy. 

Sherrod Brown launches Senate comeback bid

Former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) launched a comeback Senate bid against Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) on Monday, giving Democrats a boost in the Buckeye State. “I didn’t plan to run for office again, but when I see what’s going on, I know I can do something about it for Ohio,” Brown said in his launch...

Military leaders must resist Trump’s politically motivated invasion of cities 

While Trump is in office, the U.S. military might be the last line of defense for protecting our democratic republic, since Congress and the courts have largely capitulated to his autocratic rule. 

Live updates: Trump set to discuss Russia-Ukraine peace with Zelensky, European allies

President Trump will meet Monday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a high-stakes Oval Office meeting, three days after flying to Alaska to discuss peace with Russian President Vladimir Putin. European leaders will be at the White House to back up Zelensky, a clear effort by Ukraine's allies to prevent the meeting from going off...

Zelensky: Russian attack ahead of Trump meeting ‘demonstrative and cynical’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said early Monday that a Russian attack hours before his high-stakes meeting with President Trump at the White House was “demonstrative and cynical." “This was a demonstrative and cynical Russian strike. They are aware that a meeting is taking place today in Washington that will address the end of the war,”...

Don’t reschedule marijuana — it’s not a safe substance

President Trump is reportedly considering rescheduling marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act, which would significantly liberalize the rules that currently regulated it. Former U.S. Attorney and Congressman Bob Barr recently argued in The Hill that Trump should go ahead and do it. But although his proposal is framed as...

Texas is taking digital surveillance to new extremes

The South has become a testing ground for how far this sort of digital control can go.

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