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Meta-Powered Military Chatbot Advertised Giving “Worthless” Advice on Airstrikes

The marketing of a new military tech tool powered by Meta’s artificial intelligence is “irresponsible” and “clumsy,” experts said.

TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump participates in a tour of a Honeywell International plant that manufactures personal protective equipment in Phoenix, Arizona on May 5, 2020. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden Made “Record Time” on Worker Protections for Heat. Trump Could Quickly Stamp Them Out.

The OSHA heat regulation was one of the few to have broad public support, but Democrats can’t ever seem to get their act together.

Pam Bondi, Trump’s New AG Pick, Lobbied for Private Prisons and Amazon

Pam Bondi has replaced Matt Gaetz in Trump’s attorney general slot. Her lobbying clients include the GEO Group, among many others.

OpenAI ChatGPT website displayed on a laptop screen is seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on September 9, 2024.

The Intercept’s Lawsuit Against OpenAI Advances on Claim It Removed Reporters’ Bylines

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Rep. Summer Lee on the Fight of Our Lives

Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announces involuntary manslaughter charges against three Alameda Police Officers for the in-custody death of Mario Gonzalez, Wednesday, April 17, 2024 in Oakland, Calif. (Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Oakland Homicides Dropped 30 Percent. The County Still Recalled Its Prosecutor.

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House on July 25, 2024 in Washington, DC.

Israel’s War on Gaza

War Crimes Have Never Stopped the U.S. Before

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Rep. Summer Lee on the Fight of Our Lives

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Radical Action Under Trump

Voices

US President Joe Biden meets with US President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 13, 2024.

Voices

Take Out the Trash: A Proposal to Clean Up the Democratic Party

ORLANDO, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 5: Orange-Osceola State Attorney-Elect Monique Worrell speaks at an Orange County Democratic Party election night watch party on November 5, 2024 in Orlando, Florida. Worrell won her job back after being suspended by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2023. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Voices

Elon Musk Quietly Tried to Oust a Reform DA. Here’s Why He Failed.

Politics

President-elect Donald Trump attends UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, in New York, with Kid Rock, Dana White and Elon Musk.

Congress Could Protect Journalists From Surveillance. Trump Is Lobbying to Stop Them.

BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 19: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas. SpaceX’s billionaire owner, Elon Musk, a Trump confidante, has been tapped to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency alongside former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Israel’s War on Gaza

The House Just Blessed Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook by Passing Nonprofit-Killer Bill

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 19: U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), joined by fellow senators U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and U.S. Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT), departs from a news conference on restricting arms sales to Israel at the U.S. Capitol on November 19, 2024 in Washington, DC. Sanders held the news conference to discuss Wednesday's Senate floor vote on a Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRD) to block the sale of certain offensive arms to Israel. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Israel’s War on Gaza

Bernie Sanders Lost Vote to Block Arms for Israel, Says U.S. Is “Funding the Starvation of Children in Gaza”

Jessica Washington, Matt Sledge

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaking at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC.

Israel’s War on Gaza

Senators Have a Chance to Halt Weapons Sales to Israel. Will They Take It?

Jessica Washington

Justice

San Francisco’s Biggest Hospital System: Don’t Talk About Palestine

Israel’s War on Gaza

From Campus to the Courts, the “Palestine Exception” Rules University Crackdowns

Akela Lacy, Yazan Mohammad

Oceanside Police patrol the parking lot prior to the Yankee Doodle Dinghy Parade in Oceanside Harbor on July 04, 2021 in Oceanside, California.

How California Got Convinced to Lock More People Up

DOUGLAS, ARIZONA: Democratic Presidential nominee for President Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about border security and immigration issues with Arizonans during a campaign event at the Cochise College Douglas Campus in Douglas, Arizona on Friday September 27, 2024. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Voices

Harris Ran to Trump’s Right on Immigration — and Gained Absolutely Nothing For It

National Security

An Iraqi man waits for the release of his relative detained in the Abu Ghraib prison May 21, 2004.

Abu Ghraib Detainees Awarded $42 Million in Torture Trial Against U.S. Defense Contractor

America’s Shadow War in Yemen Has Its Own Racist Military Swag

A juvenile detainee stands in a solitary confinement cage in the Abu Ghraib Prison October 27, 2005.

Abu Ghraib Torture Trial Against Virginia-Based Defense Contractor Begins Again

TOPSHOT - Motorists drive their vehicles past a billboard depicting named Iranian ballistic missiles in service, with text in Arabic reading "the honest [person's] promise" and in Persian "Israel is weaker than a spider's web", in Valiasr Square in central Tehran on April 15, 2024. Iran on April 14 urged Israel not to retaliate militarily to an unprecedented attack overnight, which Tehran presented as a justified response to a deadly strike on its consulate building in Damascus. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

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How the Israeli Attack on Iran Could Seed a New World War

World

U.S. President Joe Biden departs after speaking to the media at the White House on July 1, 2024 in Washington, DC.

White House Staffers to Biden: “You Are Running Out of Time” on Gaza

Palestinian children wait to receive meals distributed by charity organizations, as people struggle with hunger and Israeli attacks continue in Nuseirat Refugee Camp of Deir al-Balah, Gaza on November 12, 2024.

Israel’s War on Gaza

“A Final, Deadly Exclamation Point”: Biden Backs Down on 30-Day Israel Arms Ultimatum

KHAN YUNIS, GAZA - SEPTEMBER 03: Teacher Alaa Abu Mustafa gives lessons at a tent school built over her house which was destroyed after Israeli attacks in Khan Yunis, Gaza on September 03, 2024. Despite the limited and difficult conditions, teacher Alaa strives to ensure that primary school students are not deprived of education. (Photo by Hani Alshaer/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Israel’s War on Gaza

With Gaza’s Education System in Ruins, Parents Take Matters Into Their Own Hands

A congratulatory billboard showing elected U.S. President Donald Trump on November 7, 2024 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Donald Trump on "history's greatest comeback."

Israel’s War on Gaza

While America Voted, Israel Set the Stage for Annexing Northern Gaza

Technology

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks with former president Donald Trump during a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa.

Trump’s Election Is Also a Win for Tech’s Right-Wing “Warrior Class”

FILE -Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 Conference, July 27, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Crypto Sweep Puts Congress on Notice: Vote With Us or We’ll Come After You With Millions

Trump Might Get Unfettered Surveillance Powers. How Did We Get Here?

Senegal Army General Amadou Kane and US Army General Donald Bolduc at the inauguration of a military base in Thies, 70 km from Dakar, on February 8, 2016 during a three-week joint military exercise between African, US and European troops, known as Flintlock.

U.S. Military Makes First Confirmed OpenAI Purchase for War-Fighting Forces

Environment

The FBI’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Program Has a New Target: Animal Rights Activists

Secret Recordings Show Ugly Conditions Ahead of Denver’s Slaughterhouse Ban Referendum

Natasha Lennard

ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA - SEPTEMBER 28: Heavy rains from hurricane Helene caused record flooding and damage on September 28, 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina. Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida's Big Bend on Thursday night with winds up to 140 mph and storm surges that killed at least 42 people in several states. (Photo by Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)

Hurricane-Struck North Carolina Prisoners Were Locked in Cells With Their Own Feces for Nearly a Week

Schuyler Mitchell

The towers of Drax Power Station, operated by Drax Group Plc, near Selby, UK, on Monday, May 13, 2024.

Climate Crimes

The Dirty Business of Clean Energy: The U.K. Power Company Polluting Small Towns Across the U.S

Camille Corcoran, Bertie Harrison-Broninski