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Rachel Maddow brutally checks Trump’s State of the Union

By Frank M. EverettFebruary 25, 2026

By design, Rachel Maddow doesn’t pay much attention to Donald Trump’s comments on her show MS NOW. Maddow doesn’t stream…

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Trump steals money from troops to give them checks

By Frank M. EverettDecember 18, 2025

The phrase “Congress controls the purse strings” means exactly what you think it does. The president cannot issue checks to…

Technology

A profile of Byron Cook, an Amazon vice president who is leading the company’s efforts to reduce AI hallucinations with a feature called Automated Reasoning Checks (John Pavlus/Fast Company)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 6, 2025

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: AI Device Wars heats up, RIP Metaverse?, Netflix acquires Warner Brothers The Big Technology Podcast…

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French authorities have fully lifted the travel ban on Telegram CEO Pavel Durov and removed the requirement for regular police checks as of November 10 (Gaspard Sebag/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 13, 2025

Featured Podcasts Great discussion: It turns out there is one more line (don’t make fun of the Pope) A podcast…

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Sources: China tightens customs checks on chip imports, starting with Nvidia’s H20 and RTX Pro 6000D, after urging local tech companies to avoid Nvidia products (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 10, 2025

Financial Times: Sources: China tightens customs checks on chip imports, starting with Nvidia’s H20 and RTX Pro 6000D, after urging…

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A French law forcing adult sites to carry out age checks and block users under the age of 18 has become applicable to sites based in France and outside the EU on April 11 (Politico)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 13, 2025

Politico:: A French law forcing adult sites to carry out age checks and block users under the age of 18…

Award-winning Burmese journalist Shin Daewe released from prison – Radio Free Asia

RFA welcomes release of Shin Daewe, RFA contributor in Myanmar – Radio Free Asia

Soft power ‘wins’ Beijing as Chinese medical ship treats 5,400 people in PNG for free – Radio Free Asia

US to establish fuel depot in Philippines to support operations in South China Sea – Radio Free Asia

Japan’s combat role in Philippine war drills signals shift in regional strategy – Radio Free Asia

Netflix has long been “a builder, not a buyer.” Are those times over?

Some grocers are using AI to reduce food waste and increase profit margins

Trump names Erica Schwartz director of CDC

RFK Jr.’s Peptide Policy Could Boost Hims & Hers as Its GLP-1 Business Scales

Netflix (NFLX) Q1 2026 Results

Jared Kushner under investigation for potential violations of federal bribery and foreign agent laws

Trump’s Broken Brain Tries to Fool America With Iran War Hallucinations

Donald Trump has lost his power to America

RFK Jr. collapses in front of the country during a hearing at home

Democrats decide to impeach Pete Hegseth for recklessly endangering US troops

Autonomous vehicle startups raised a record $21.4 billion through 34 deals through April 15, compared to $5.9 billion raised through 99 investments globally in all of 2025 (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

Some Mac Mini and Mac Studio models are unavailable or facing wait times of up to 12 weeks in the United States, with analysts citing strong demand from power users of AI agents (Nicole Nguyen/Wall Street Journal)

What some executives think about using universal basic income to mitigate AI-related layoffs: Musk calls it the "best way"OpenAI policy document mentions a public wealth fund (Siladitya Ray/Forbes)

Sources: Recursive Superintelligence, a four-month-old startup developing self-learning AI and founded by former DeepMind and OpenAI engineers, has raised more than $500 million (Financial Times)

Cerebras files for IPO on Nasdaq, reports 2025 revenue of $510 million, up 76% year-over-year, with net profit of $87.9 million, compared to net loss of $485 million in 2024 (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Browsing: checks

Rachel Maddow brutally checks Trump’s State of the Union

Trump steals money from troops to give them checks

A profile of Byron Cook, an Amazon vice president who is leading the company’s efforts to reduce AI hallucinations with a feature called Automated Reasoning Checks (John Pavlus/Fast Company)

French authorities have fully lifted the travel ban on Telegram CEO Pavel Durov and removed the requirement for regular police checks as of November 10 (Gaspard Sebag/Bloomberg)

Sources: China tightens customs checks on chip imports, starting with Nvidia’s H20 and RTX Pro 6000D, after urging local tech companies to avoid Nvidia products (Financial Times)

A French law forcing adult sites to carry out age checks and block users under the age of 18 has become applicable to sites based in France and outside the EU on April 11 (Politico)