America Has Become a Torture Chamber for Smart People Staying informed feels like an endurance test, but you’re doing better than you think.

America Has Become a Torture Chamber for Smart People
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The Derailment That Never Ended Three years after the East Palestine disaster, everybody’s gotten paid — except the victims.

Three years after the East Palestine disaster, everybody’s gotten paid — except the victims.
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These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities.

These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents
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Freeze Funding for ICE | NEA In the wake of horrific shootings and the federal occupation in Minneapolis, Congress must pause and reassess funding for ICE and the Department of Homeland Security

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Google’s AI Knows What You’ll Pay Google Gemini’s real business model isn’t chat. It’s price control.

Google Gemini’s real business model isn’t chat. It’s price control.
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