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AI models don’t have any understanding of reality and are simply attempting to complete the tasks they’ve been assigned. Executives at AI companies, on the other hand, can’t claim that excuse.

At this point, Trump has relatively few options available to blunt new price shocks, the effects of which may be visible not just at the pump but also at the ballot box.

Ongoing federal court cases have constrained or delayed some of Trump's intentions. But most other official checks and balances are currently neutral or skewed in his favor.

The next step in AI drone warfare is even more concerning: Swarming drones that can hunt in packs of a few to thousands and autonomously alter their behavior...

A diesel-export ban could offer short-term relief to some buyers while shifting costs to others or weakening production incentives.

Through commutations alone, Trump has canceled more than $300 million in penalties and restitution since he returned to office.

Despite some local and state governments now banning the cameras, in at least 36 states, opponents have taken matters into their own hands.

This ruling likely settles the question of whether the USPS rules will have any impact on the midterm elections in November.

Good habits raise the cost of every one of these scams, but they can’t do it all. This is where the U.S. regulations have fallen behind the technology.

Two provisions of federal law relating to vote buying were adopted by Congress and became law in 1948. Both treated that practice as a form of election interference.

Economists studying the public financing of stadiums are consistently finding that the meager economic benefits to host communities don’t justify the massive public outlays they receive.

Even the most organized, ideologically driven coalitions face a few underlying realities of lawmaking that political science tells us remain true.

As the frozen ground in the Himalayas warms and ice inside thaws, slopes that stood for thousands of years can lose their grip.