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The Real Threat to the Midterms Is Regular Americans Thinking Violence Is the Answer
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The Real Threat to the Midterms Is Regular Americans Thinking Violence Is the Answer

Robert A. Pape, a leading authority on political violence, wants Americans to understand that the threat is coming not from the fringes, but from the mainstream.
David Gilbert
Madison Square Garden’s James Dolan Is Spending Big on New York’s Governor Race
New York Forever

Madison Square Garden’s James Dolan Is Spending Big on New York’s Governor Race

Noah Shachtman
The White House Is Starting to Panic Over the Midterms
Inner Loop

The White House Is Starting to Panic Over the Midterms

Hugo Lowell

Inner Loop

A US-China AI Hotline Won’t Be Ready for a While

A US-China AI Hotline Won’t Be Ready for a While

As the US and China race to become the dominant power in the AI industry, the countries also appear to be figuring out ways to communicate on national security issues.
Hugo Lowell
Washington Won’t Be Regulating AI Anytime Soon

Washington Won’t Be Regulating AI Anytime Soon

Even with mounting concerns about AI models going rogue, legislation appears unlikely, and the White House is outright opposed to oversight.
Hugo Lowell
A Year After Charlie Kirk’s Death, Turning Point Plans to Spend Big on the Midterms

A Year After Charlie Kirk’s Death, Turning Point Plans to Spend Big on the Midterms

Turning Point will spend tens of millions on ads and turnout, sources say, with a focus on New Hampshire, Arizona, and Nevada.
Hugo Lowell
Democrats Have a Plan to Force Trump’s Associates to Cooperate With Investigations

Democrats Have a Plan to Force Trump’s Associates to Cooperate With Investigations

Donald Trump’s West Wing renovations and DC arch could be on the chopping block, should Democrats win the midterms—they could also be leverage.
Hugo Lowell

Policy

She’s 28, Loves God and Her Family, and Might Be the Reason You Can’t Have Kids

She’s 28, Loves God and Her Family, and Might Be the Reason You Can’t Have Kids

No IVF. No surrogacy. No polygenic tests. Emma Waters is leading a national fight against fertility tech—with her hot husband’s permission, of course.
Emi Nietfeld
AI, Tariffs, Rare Minerals: What to Expect From Trump’s Upcoming Summit With Xi Jinping

AI, Tariffs, Rare Minerals: What to Expect From Trump’s Upcoming Summit With Xi Jinping

Washington and Beijing have grown ever more linked in the AI boom, making hardware exports and technological restrictions hefty bargaining chips in negotiations.
Javier Carbajal
The EU Wants to Break Up Kids and Their Chatbots

The EU Wants to Break Up Kids and Their Chatbots

ChatGPT, Character.ai, and Snapchat’s My AI will all be in the crosshairs as the EU Kids Act aims to strip minor-facing chatbots of all the things that make people love them.
Isabella Ward
The FBI Doubles Down on Easing ‘Bestiality’ Hiring Standards

The FBI Doubles Down on Easing ‘Bestiality’ Hiring Standards

FBI director Kash Patel claimed to US senators that the removal of a bar on hiring people who had engaged in bestiality was aimed at protecting sexual assault survivors.
Tim Marchman

Disinformation

Waffle House Teleporter Gregg Phillips Is Still on the Trump Administration’s Payroll

Waffle House Teleporter Gregg Phillips Is Still on the Trump Administration’s Payroll

In June, a FEMA official infamous for claiming to have teleported to a Waffle House was reportedly ousted. He’s still employed by the government, though—and meeting with a Trump fixer.
David Gilbert
A MAGA County’s Top Election Official Wants to Hire Election Denial Superstar Tina Peters

A MAGA County’s Top Election Official Wants to Hire Election Denial Superstar Tina Peters

Tina Peters was convicted of seven counts related to election interference in 2024. Now, she’s fielding an offer from a county that’s become a hotbed of voting-related conspiracy theories.
David Gilbert
The Group Behind 2000 Mules Is Back With Another Election Conspiracy Film

The Group Behind 2000 Mules Is Back With Another Election Conspiracy Film

True the Vote is working with a Detroit pastor to produce a new documentary called Trapped, based on claims that have already been thrown out in court.
David Gilbert
China Didn’t Make Americans Hate Data Centers

China Didn’t Make Americans Hate Data Centers

GOP lawmakers, tech investors, and even OpenAI have tied the anti-data-center movement in the US to Chinese interference. Experts say it’s much more complicated than that.
Molly Taft

Extremism

A Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western Civilization

A Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western Civilization

Kurt Schlichter was part of a task force rooting out so-called woke ideologies at the military’s war colleges. He has called to bar childless adults from voting.
David Gilbert
These Extremists Are Running for Election in November

These Extremists Are Running for Election in November

With the threat of political violence at unprecedented levels, state and federal GOP candidates are openly sharing racist, pro-militia, anti-vaccine, sexist, antisemitic, and secessionist views.
David Gilbert
Gen AI Tools Are Now Being Used to Push ‘Slop Jihad’

Gen AI Tools Are Now Being Used to Push ‘Slop Jihad’

A new generation of Islamic terror supporters are using AI to spread ‘Slop Jihad’ to new audiences on TikTok.
David Gilbert
A White Supremacist Youth Group Helped Orchestrate the Belfast Riots

A White Supremacist Youth Group Helped Orchestrate the Belfast Riots

After Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson stoked anger over a horrific knife attack in Belfast, a youth group linked to a global neo-Nazi movement quietly orchestrated anti-immigrant riots.
David Gilbert

Global Elections

The Supreme Court’s Mail-In Ballot Ruling Is a Step Toward Chaos in the Midterms

The Supreme Court’s Mail-In Ballot Ruling Is a Step Toward Chaos in the Midterms

The Supreme Court has removed one roadblock from the Trump administration’s attempts to impose severe restrictions on voting.
David Gilbert
Election Officials Are Preparing for Prediction Markets to Sow Chaos in the Midterms

Election Officials Are Preparing for Prediction Markets to Sow Chaos in the Midterms

From threats to the safety of poll workers to voters who can’t distinguish between odds and results, prediction markets are already scrambling the political process.
David Gilbert and Kate Knibbs
A Candidate Named ‘Count Binface’ Is the Most Normal Part of This Pivotal UK Election

A Candidate Named ‘Count Binface’ Is the Most Normal Part of This Pivotal UK Election

Clacton's parliamentary race has it all: Nigel Farage, a man dressed as a trash can, a Union Jack bikini, white nationalist conspiracy theories, and 34 candidates on the ballot.
Isabella Ward
Trump Endorsed the MyPillow Guy as Minnesota Governor. The State GOP Isn’t Buying It

Trump Endorsed the MyPillow Guy as Minnesota Governor. The State GOP Isn’t Buying It

After Trump publicly backed pillow salesman turned election denier Mike Lindell for governor of Minnesota, the local GOP pushed back strongly.
David Gilbert

Politics News

It’s Donald Trump Versus MAGA on Data Centers

It’s Donald Trump Versus MAGA on Data Centers

The president has doubled down on data centers and AI. His base is running in the opposite direction.
Molly Taft
Trump Probably Won’t Give $5,000 to Every US Adult if Republicans Win the Midterms

Trump Probably Won’t Give $5,000 to Every US Adult if Republicans Win the Midterms

The eyebrow-raising proposal, delivered during the president’s speech at the midterm convention, would cost $1.2 trillion and would need congressional approval.
Hugo Lowell
Why China Is the Bogeyman Data Center Enthusiasts Just Can’t Quit

Why China Is the Bogeyman Data Center Enthusiasts Just Can’t Quit

Polls show that overwhelming majorities of Americans hate data centers. China makes a perfect scapegoat for tech leaders and their allies—the only problem is a lack of evidence.
Molly Taft
Milo Yiannopoulos Detained by ICE in Louisiana

Milo Yiannopoulos Detained by ICE in Louisiana

The longtime far-right operator and troll, a UK citizen, is being held in ICE custody pending his removal from the United States.
Miles Klee

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