“I don’t understand how we got so toxic and just so divided and so bitter,” former President Barack Obama lamented at a campaign event last week in a display of pretend innocence so shameless that it may provoke an instant chuckle. It was you, Mr. President. You did this to us. It’s worth a quick […]
Most Americans say they are frustrated and anxious about Election Day, now less than a week away, a new survey reveals. The poll, published Thursday by The Associated Press-NORC Research Center, shows 69 percent of adults in the U.S. have been "frustrated" with the current campaign cycle. The same number said the race has left...
there have been a few murmurs among analysts that the election endgame could repeat that of 1980, when pollsters erroneously projected a close race between President Jimmy Carter and Republican Ronald Reagan.
Computer scientists need to grapple with the possibility that they will accidentally create sentient artificial intelligence (AI) — and to plan for those systems’ welfare, a new study argues. The report published on Thursday comes from an unusual quarter: specialists in the frontier field of animal consciousness, several of whom were signatories of the New York...
The 2020 US presidential election will be held in the shadow of a growing global war, and the next president will be tasked with guiding America through this third world war, as the Russian, Chinese, Iranian, and North Korean threats are all interrelated.
In today’s issue: Americans still believe the economy, or at least their finances, are a wreck. Former President Trump while campaigning Wednesday called the economy “a disaster” and promised that if he’s elected, “we will rapidly defeat inflation.” But experts at the Commerce Department reported Wednesday that the U.S. economy grew at a brisk clip...
Oil and gas tycoons made significant contributions to the Trump campaign after the former president asked the industry for $1 billion to support his reelection bid — and reportedly said it would be a “deal” for them to do so. A source told The Hill earlier this year that the $1 billion request at an...
Vice President Harris could win the presidential election next week. But fingers in Democratic circles are already being pointed behind the scenes, in the event that she falls to former President Trump. While some Democrats say they are increasingly hopeful that Harris will win, others have expressed mounting frustration about a string of factors that...