Only the finest sheets of copy paper held up with the best tape outside the Oval Office. Though judging from how mangled that piece with “The” printed on it, this might have been done by a 1st grader with a pair of safety scissors, so maybe we should cut them some slack.
New industry-backed research shows how waste from deep-sea mining could have far-reaching effects on fish and their food.
“All these nuke bros who know nothing about operating a reactor, they just want a free pass,” Allison Macfarlane, former chairman of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, tells Bloomberg. “They can have their free pass, but then they will have an accident.”
The former FTC head and antitrust watchdog was named alongside three others as transition co-chair today, following Mamdani’s victory last night. Khan praised Mamdani’s support for small businesses in a September New York Times editorial, describing their struggles in “a marketplace increasingly dominated by corporate giants and gatekeepers that use coercive and abusive tactics to squeeze them out.”
The government has been operating with just essential staff for 36 days, beating the 2019 record. Some senators are reportedly predicting the stalemate could break this week, but in the meantime, thousands have been furloughed, gadgets awaiting regulatory approval are stalled, and SNAP benefits are in jeopardy.
He was credited for being popular on TikTok, but New York’s new mayor spent his time on the city’s streets.
Just months after IRS Commissioner Billy Long said the free tax filing is “gone,” NextGov reports that the agency has sent an email to states, saying “IRS Direct File will not be available in Filing Season 2026.” The message reportedly adds that “no launch date has been set for the future.”
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Donald Trump’s vicious, meme-driven ethos has started seeping into the US government’s official internet presence.
As the Oregon National Guard lawsuit proceeds, it’s become clear that right-wing content creators have a direct line to the federal government and are shaping national policy itself.
Alongside retweeting a post calling Wisconsin’s voter rolls “crooked,” Musk purports to believe New York’s long-running fusion voting system (which boosts visibility of minor political parties) is a “scam” disfavoring independent candidate Andrew Cuomo. Musk endorsed Cuomo over Democratic frontrunner Zohran Mamdani — whose name Musk also purports not to know.
Under a proposed rule by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) could demand biometric information including DNA from immigrants and associated US citizens, and even children under age 14. That would be a significant expansion of the information the agency currently collects.
