The US president has moved fast to create the conditions for an authoritarian regime. America can fight back, but is running out of time, explains world affairs editor Sam Kiley
When parents gain the right to work from home, children do better in school, and the effects show up in outcomes that shape later opportunities.
The Hill•Gleb Tsipursky, opinion contributor22 Sept
Oscar-winning film-maker Barry Levinson’s docuseries Bucks County, USA examines the political divide in one town in a revealing and infuriating manner Like many teenage best friends, Evi and Vanessa have a penchant for finishing each other’s sentences. Whether enmeshed on a couch or telling a story, one, a red-headed musical theater nerd with a personality nearly as boisterous as her signature puffy skirts, collides with the other, darker in hair and disposition, their speech bubbling with indecipherable affirmations and giggles. In a heady chorus of “duuude” and “no, you!”, it can be difficult to tell where one girl ends and the other begins. Except, that is, at their respective homes. Evi’s mother, Lela, who like her daughter, espouses views considered left of liberal in the US context, speaks in support of LGBTQ students at local school board meetings and advocates for fact-based history lessons. Vanessa’s father, Paul Martino, is a right-leaning venture capitalist who likes to brag about installing school board members by spending $500,000 on local campaigns, an effort triggered by what he saw as unjustified school closures in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading...
The Guardian•Adrian Horton22 Sept“This journey across America offers a glimpse into a new era of aviation. Autonomy has an important role to play in the future of flight, allowing us to connect remote communities, deliver critical supplies, respond faster to disasters, support military operations, and keep pilots out of harm’s way.” Source: JoeBen Bevirt, Founder and CEO of Joby Aviation, in comments made as Joby Aviation announced that an aircraft equipped with its autonomy technology has completed the first-ever autonomous flight across the United States.
Aero-News Network22 Sept
Germany is leading European drive to reduce dependence on America for space-based intelligence, says US group’s CEO
"America's Got Talent" is the latest TV show debating moving production out of California ... TMZ has learned. Sources close to production tell TMZ … the NBC competition reality show, judged by Simon Cowell, Sofia Vergara, Howie Mandel, and Mel…
TMZ•TMZ Staff22 Sept
Polls show momentum for the Democrats heading into November elections, but winning control of both the House and Senate could still be tough.
The New York Times•Katrin Bennhold21 Sept
SpaceX is one of a host of potential beneficiaries identified by Morgan Stanley as ways to play the intensifying AI power shortage.
The Trump White House’s guest list reads like a map of corporate America’s exposure to China — from Tesla’s Shanghai factory, to Nvidia’s blocked AI chips, to Citi’s long-awaited brokerage license.
Owen Zidar and Eric Zwick spent a decade mining tax data to identify an under-the-radar class of American wealth.
"It's always going to be a human that manages the airspace in America,” Duffy said.
The Hill•Sean Noone21 Sept
Fuel price crisis triggered by president’s war in Iran rattles legislators from rural America’s heartlands
The Forbes 2026 list of America's 400 richest billionaires includes just 10 people under 40. Many owe their fortunes to the booming AI industry.
The writer-performer takes the country and its fractious multitudes to therapy in her new multicharacter solo show in Brooklyn.
The New York Times•Laura Collins-Hughes21 Sept
‘Pests like this can threaten America’s resources and wreak havoc among our most important economic sectors,’ one official said
Following three decades of scaring each other to death, Americans are tired and longing for change.
The Hill•John Kenneth White, opinion contributor21 Sept
Corporate America may be broadly using AI, but an analyst noted that some management teams are hesitant to bring it up with investors because it won’t translate to financial results just yet.
South Park has finally come for e-bikes. And perhaps surprisingly, underneath all the explosions, biker gangs, racist caricatures, and general South Park-ness of it all, the show actually managed to make some pretty insightful observations about the current state of e-bikes in America. more…
Electrek•Micah Toll21 SeptAmerica's best mountain area with European Alpine vibes is North Cascades National Park in Washington. It feels like a Switzerland dupe.
The Trump presidency has been an exhausting crisis-a-day affair, profoundly damaging to the American spirit and its mission in the world. The crises will continue. But some good will come from them if we buckle up for the rough road ahead, recommit to that spirit, and unite to fix the damage democracy has endured.
The Hill•William S. Becker, opinion contributor21 Sept