Republicans flinch at rare chance to slash spending

Congressional Republicans, who finally have the power to reduce massive federal spending, are paralyzed over how to make cuts and could instead scale back their plan to slash taxes.

TSA’s facial recognition is better than 99% effective

The government's civil liberties watchdog gave a relatively clean bill of health to the TSA's use of facial recognition technology to screen travelers, saying it's strikingly effective and is largely immune to abuse.

Trump floats 80% tariff on China

President Trump says an 80% tariff "seems right," setting a potential guidepost ahead of weekend talks in Switzerland between the U.S. and Chinese sides.

Sins of omission

Long before Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, Sir Humphry Davy, a British chemist and inventor, created the first incandescent light by passing an electric current through a thin strip of platinum. This produced an incandescent electric light to create the first “electric arc lamp” between charcoal electrodes. Like many early innovators, Davy is […]

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