Fort Detrick the CIA’s Base for Mind Control Experiments

Today, it’s a cutting-edge lab. In the 1950s and 1960s, it was the center of the U.S. government’s darkest experiments. | Continue reading


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Liberty University officials describe a culture of fear and self-dealing

More than two dozen current and former Liberty University officials describe a culture of fear and self-dealing at the largest Christian college in the world. | Continue reading


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The oil industry vs. the electric car

Electric vehicles could make up nearly half the fleet of passenger cars and trucks by 2040. But oil and gas companies are striking back. | Continue reading


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EPA to revoke California’s power to limit vehicle emissions

The Clean Air Act gives California special authority to set more stringent pollution standards than the federal level, but only if EPA grants a waiver. | Continue reading


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California lawmaker trying to weaken privacy law is married to Ring executive

Assemblywoman Jacqui Irwin's husband, Jon Irwin, is chief operating officer for Santa Monica-based Ring, Inc. | Continue reading


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“Tieless Andrew Yang” – Body Language Expert Dissects Presidential Debate

Who was uncomfortable? Who was closed off? Who knows the secret to the best hand gesture? | Continue reading


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The tally represents the preliminary results of an Air Force review launched after POLITICO reported that an Air National Guard crew had stayed at Turnberry. | Continue reading


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The former FBI deputy director launched a counterintelligence probe into President Donald Trump after he fired James Comey in 2017. | Continue reading


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Vocational Education Got a 21st Century Reboot

With schools across 10 states, the P-TECH program prepares its students for good jobs that corporations pay well for. | Continue reading


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Israel accused of planting mysterious spy devices near the White House

The likely Israeli spying efforts were uncovered during the Trump presidency, several former top U.S. officials said. | Continue reading


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Trump: 'unfair' about Eich (2014)

The former Mozilla CEO stepped down after a backlash to his anti-gay marriage positions. | Continue reading


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We’re the Only Plane in the Sky (2016)

Where was the president in the eight hours after the Sept. 11 attacks? The strange, harrowing journey of Air Force One, as told by the people who were on board. | Continue reading


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'Someone's Gotta Tell the Freakin' Truth': Jerry Falwell's Aides Break Their Silence

More than two dozen current and former Liberty University officials describe a culture of fear and self-dealing at the largest Christian college in the world. | Continue reading


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Democracy is incompatible with human biases, will fail

Human brains aren’t built for self-rule, says Shawn Rosenberg. That’s more evident than ever. | Continue reading


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We may have to shoot down this aircraft

What the chaos aboard Flight 93 on 9/11 looked like to the White House, to the fighter pilots prepared to ram the cockpit and to the passengers. | Continue reading


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Air Force crew made an odd stop on a routine trip: Trump's Scottish resort

Now the layover is part of a broader House inquiry into military spending at and around the Trump property. | Continue reading


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Now the layover is part of a broader House inquiry into military spending at and around the Trump property. | Continue reading


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America, the Gerontocracy

Our leaders, our electorate and our hallowed system of government itself are aging. And it shows. | Continue reading


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CDC suggests vapers stop vaping as lung disease numbers rise

Indiana this morning confirmed a third death related to the vaping illness, following deaths in Illinois and Oregon. | Continue reading


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POLITICO Playbook PM: Ireland trip, G-7 at Doral now part of sweeping Hill probe

And the U.S. added 130,000 jobs in August. | Continue reading


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The Strange, Nostalgic World of Obama-Biden Fan Fiction

Yes, it’s a thing. If only it weren’t a total fantasy. | Continue reading


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Google to pay up to $200M to settle FTC YouTube investigation

The FTC voted 3-2 along party lines to approve the settlement | Continue reading


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Trump's trade war with China could undermine GOP chances of holding the White House and Senate in 2020. | Continue reading


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The four-term Republican is facing a formidable opponent, anger over her support of Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Democrats energized over the president's divisive politics. | Continue reading


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Trump’s Greenland gambit finds allies inside government

For advocates of pulling the ice-capped Danish territory into America’s orbit, the president’s rapt attention is a godsend — and an ironic stroke of bad luck. | Continue reading


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European officials draft radical plan to take on Trump and U.S. tech companies

In a bid to counter Trump, EU officials are proposing to unilaterally slap tariffs on the United States. | Continue reading


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The Surprising Surge of Andrew Yang

Turns out delivering a message of economic doom with a little self-deprecating humor can win over some people. Even a few disenchanted Trump voters. | Continue reading


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Trump's 'chopper talk' puts media on the defensive

Using Marine One as a backdrop, the White House has replaced formal briefings with impromptu chats where the president sets all the rules. | Continue reading


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One medical expert says Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Donald Trump are part of the population known as "superagers." | Continue reading


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Behind Nate Silver's war with The New York Times

The paper’s one-time data guru can’t stop kicking his ex-employer for its 2020 polling analysis and supposed capitulation to Trump. | Continue reading


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Video Games Can Hurt People. But the Victims Aren’t Who You Think

Instead of condemning interactive violence, politicians should help game developers stop the industry’s exploitation of its workers. | Continue reading


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'Typically, if you think of a coder, it's a white male' – POLITICO

The nonprofit Girls Who Code is working to help girls think of themselves as smart at science and tech, defying preconceived notions. | Continue reading


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'Using the Lord's name in vain': Evangelicals chafe at Trump's blasphemy

A Trump-supporting West Virginia state senator who represents many evangelicals got three phone calls from constituents complaining about Trump's profanity after a recent rally. | Continue reading


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Tech companies ignore pleas on rail safety

The National Transportation Safety Board asked Google, Apple and Microsoft in 2016 to add railroad crossings to their navigation apps. But they haven't. | Continue reading


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New York Times examining editor's 'poor judgment' on social media

Weisman made several gaffs on social media recently. | Continue reading


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U.S. Soccer hires lobbyists to argue women’s national team isn’t underpaid

The lobbyists have circulated a presentation that emphasizes the benefits the women’s team players receive, including a guaranteed salary and maternity leave, that players on the men’s team do not. | Continue reading


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White House drafting order on tech industry 'censorship'

The federal government has only limited options to police alleged ideological bias in the tech industry.
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@politico.com | 4 years ago

White House drafting order on tech industry 'censorship'

The federal government has only limited options to police alleged ideological bias in Silicon Valley. | Continue reading


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Why Liberals Just Turned on the New York Times

Even when it writes good headlines about Trump, the paper of record doesn’t want to be the paper of resistance. | Continue reading


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The Lost History of FDR’s Court-Packing Scandal

Some Democrats are talking about adding justices to the bench. But new revelations show almost no one understands what really happened back in the 1930s. | Continue reading


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How do you solve a problem like 8chan? – POLITICO

President Donald Trump's call for increased scrutiny on violent extremism online runs up against fringe websites that may be hard to pressure. | Continue reading


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'It feels like something out of a bad sci-fi movie' – POLITICO

A top climate scientist quit USDA, following others who say Trump has politicized science. | Continue reading


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Pentagon puts $10B cloud contract on hold after Trump swipe at Amazon

The president’s call for the review of the contract is just his most recent public spat with Amazon. | Continue reading


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Black journalists push media to cover 'hyper-racial' moment in politics

“Race and politics,” one reporter said, “is really the story of our time.” | Continue reading


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The Problem of Doctors’ Salaries

Why doctors get paid too much and what we should do about it. | Continue reading


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Undramatic, even boring? Yes, but undeniably professional throughout. | Continue reading


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How Legal Marijuana Is Helping the Black Market

Expensive regulation and high demand across the country have made the illicit trade more profitable than going legit. | Continue reading


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