This weekend, content creators found themselves in an intense ethics debate. What was the catalyst? A ChatGPT-sponsored, summer camp-themed, Hudson Valley “brand trip” and, more broadly, the idea of what it means to “sell out”.  A group of influencers who post on a range of topics — business, interview skills, and cyberdecks among them — […]

Just days after ExxonMobil and Chevron reported blockbuster second-quarter profits, President Donald Trump said the oil giants are “making too much money” and urged them to lower prices at the pump. The numbers On Friday, Chevron reported quarterly net income of $12 billion — nearly five times higher than the same quarter a year earlier. […]

Todd Blanche’s nomination to become the U.S. Attorney General will now advance to a full Senate vote after Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to approve his nomination. Tuesday’s 12-10 vote along party lines comes after weeks of standoffs and delays, with Republican Sens. Thom Tillis and John Cornyn threatening to block his nomination […]

The U.S. has reportedly expanded its intelligence activity in Cuba as the Trump administration increases pressure on the island’s government. Two people familiar with the administration’s plans told Politico the move is part of a broader campaign to pressure Havana into major changes, with one describing the goal as reform or a loss of power […]

In a recent article in The Washington Post, reporters laid off from Voice of America lamented the demise of an industry. One ex-journalist who lost his job last year now works at a Trader Joe’s, another at a coffee shop.  The story was about the tumultuous state of the news business under President Donald Trump. […]

California’s Democratic Party is endorsing a ballot measure that would tax billionaires on their wealth despite opposition – even from within their own party. Hundreds of party members met over the weekend and narrowly voted to back the measure, known as Proposition 40, after previous votes on the matter failed. “Every endorsement we make is […]

Two people have died in Michigan as a result of the cyclosporiasis outbreak, the state’s health department reported Monday. The deaths — apparently the first in the multi-state outbreak — come as cases in the Great Lakes State top 11,000 infections.  Both people had “significant underlying health conditions” that could have been affected by cyclosporiasis […]

The Navajo Nation law enforcement is significantly understaffed. Leaders are turning to a highly controversial technology in hopes of filling the gaps across its vast tribal territory.  The Nation partnered with Flock, a license plate surveillance program, last week to bring license plate readers to 27,000 square miles of tribal land.  Americans across the country […]

Voters from five different states will head to the polls tomorrow to choose who they believe will best represent them. From a fight between moderate Democrats and the party’s socialist-leaning faction in Michigan to a jungle primary in Washington state that could see two Republicans on the ballot for Congress in November, Tuesday’s elections feature […]