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Just How Bad of an Idea Is a Gas Tax Holiday?
Economists and fiscal policy experts generally hate it, but not as much as they used to.
Man Allegedly Planned to Attack White House With an AR-15 and a ‘Hit List’ From TikTok
The man allegedly told investigators he wanted to “combat evil demons in the White House” by killing those in positions of power.
Trump Apparently Bought Into an Unhinged QAnon Conspiracy Involving Obama
It also involves Italian military satellites.
Drone Strike Victims In Yemen Are Desperate For Accountability from the U.S
As a new generation of Yemenis confronts the fear of U.S. attacks, they are taking action and demanding answers.
Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen’s Podcast Is Another Empty Appeal to Unity
Spotify's 'Renegades: Born in the USA' lets the two riff about their legacies and try to figure out why we can't all just get along.
A Yemeni Family Was Repeatedly Attacked by U.S. Drones. Now, They're Seeking Justice
Yemenis who say their families and lives have been destroyed by seven erroneously-targeted attacks seek to hold the U.S. accountable for its war on terror, and have filed a petition against the government.
Obama's Memoir Glosses Over His Horrific Drone War
The former president's 768-page memoir hardly mentions the drone program, which killed hundreds of civilians, and when it does it's pretty gross.
Obama Spills On Dealings With China In New Memoir
In his book "A Promised Land," the former U.S. president talked about his first official state visit to China and what he got wrong.
Chinese Dissident Tells Americans to Vote Trump, a Move Slammed by Fellow Activists
Chen Guangcheng said re-electing Donald Trump will “stop China’s aggression.” But other Chinese dissidents slammed his appearance at the RNC as “a disappointment.”
Obama's Devastating Convention Speech Made Trump Break His Caps Lock Key
"Donald Trump hasn’t grown into the job, because he can’t," Obama said.
This Image of a White Barack Obama Is AI's Racial Bias Problem In a Nutshell
The photo, which was upsampled from a pixelated image of the former president, depicted him as a white man and was created through artificial intelligence—bringing up the question of bias in machine learning generative models.
Ex-FEMA Chief Says Trump Owns the Coronavirus Crisis: 'You Don't Get to Blame the Other Team'
“If you've been in office for three and a half years, you don't get to blame the other team anymore. You own it.”