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Earlier this year, the California attorney general said he was still in touch with his former chief of staff-turned lobbyist, who now leads Kalshi’s public affairs in the Golden State.

More than a year after President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard into Washington D.C. on a broad crime-deterrence mission,...

AI design tools make proteins that break bonds that are stable for hundreds of years.

A New York man in prison in the Hudson Valley for murder confessed to more crimes. Continue reading…

Could leaving a shopping cart behind cost you $2,500? The answer depends on where you are, and New York shoppers should know the difference. Continue reading…

Welcome back to Minor Dilemmas, where a member of Defector's Parents Council will answer your questions on surviving family life. Have a question? Email us at minordilemmas@defector.com.

This week, Albert answers a question about a child who has become Bible curious.

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On the Fox Business Network's Big Money in the Morning program, the panel were aghast at the latest inflation data, admitting inflation is outpacing workers' wages and worrying about an interest rate hike right before the midterms. Normally, they try to put lipstick on the...

OpenAI engineer faces 5 years and $250K fine as FBI lobs foreign spy charges.

Check out Gemini Audio: https://goo.gle/Every-Gemini-Audio Bet on founders who understand the technology, because their first idea probably won’t be the one that sticks. That’s the view of Matt Hartman, founder and managing partner of Factorial Capital. In 2016, as a partner ...

Volvo is already calling the EX60 a “game changer” as its highest-range, fastest-charging EV to date. After delaying US deliveries, Volvo’s new midsize electric SUV will remain limited, at least for now.

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On the last Sunday of September, a dozen volunteers gathered on the South Side of San Antonio alongside Republican candidates Jorge Borrego and Carlos De La Cruz. “This is where our efforts matter the most,” said Borrego, who is running for Texas House District 118. “If we win this district, it’ll get us over the […]

The post School Vouchers Take Center Stage in Texas’ Most Flippable State House District appeared first on The Texas Observer.

Anthropic says that, as of Sept ‘26, they were merging 30,000 code changes per day, a 12-fold increase from just four months earlier. The volume increased so much that they wrote their own Git alternative.

NASA’s JWST recently snapped this image of the Lion Nebula (NGC 2392). Massive stars undergo supernova explosions at the end of their lives, but these kinds of events are few and far in between. Most of the universe’s stars have lower masses, like the one belonging to NG...

Annie Andrews demands Darline Graham cut her family's business ties to China:

"It's inappropriate for a senator to profit from business with China. It's even worse to conceal those ties from the public."

John Morgan spent years crafting chart-toppers for Jason Aldean and other artists. Now his own song 'Kid Myself' is sitting at number one. Continue reading…

More evidence is piling up that contradicts the almost-but-not-quite denials given by administration officials in response to allegations about the DHS compiling a database to keep tabs on protesters. Just a few months ago, “Immigration Czar” Todd Lyons was trying to turn credible accusations into a nothingburger by deploying a few vague and trite statements […]

Tributes pour in for the man behind iconic Duke Nukem 3D levels and much more.

This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak:

• I’m speaking at ATTENTION: Democracy, Rebuilt in Montreal, Canada. The event runs October 21–23, 2026, and my talk is on Wednesday, October 21.
• I’m speaking at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at 5 PM ET on October 22, 2026.
• I’m speaking at [un]prompted in San Francisco, California. The event runs October 27–29, 2026, and my talk is at 11:35 AM PT on Thursday, October 29.
• I’m speaking at the Catalyst Summit in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, on Wednesday, November 18, 2026...

In terms of things you simply do not want to see happening at the club you support within the first two months of the season, one of your star players blasting the entire organizational hierarchy has to be pretty high up there. That's exactly what's happening at Manchester U...