In an effort to solidify itself as the go-to company in the cryptocurrency space for stablecoins, Tether is tapping Bo Hines, the former Executive Director of Donald Trump’s White House Crypto Council to lead its operations in the United States, including efforts to launch a new stablecoin called USAT that will comply with new, Trump-backed […]
FEMA Staffers Warned of Looming ‘Katrina-Level’ Disaster, Then Got Suspended
It’s been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing nearly 1,400 people and displacing up to 1.2 million more. The storm’s impact overwhelmed the Federal Emergency Management Agency, revealing fatal flaws in its disaster response. The agency’s failure prompted Congress to overhaul FEMA largely through the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform […]
Much of the World Stops Sending Mail to U.S.
Do you have a package coming your way from overseas? (I do, it’s a gift, and I’m very annoyed.) Hopefully it’s not urgent, because it’s going to be a minute before that thing gets to our shores. Questions surrounding the Trump administration’s ongoing tariff regime, including a policy to end an exemption from taxing small […]
Environmentalist Lawsuit Halts Construction of Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Progress on Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” ground to a halt on Thursday, August 7, when a federal judge ordered a two-week ban on construction. The ruling follows a hearing in a lawsuit by environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians. The plaintiffs—Earthjustice, the Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Everglades, and the Miccosukee—allege that […]
Amazon Gives Trump’s Government a Billion-Dollar Discount
Donald Trump’s tariffs might be slowing trade with other nations, but the favor-trading between Big Tech and the Trump administration is going strong. According to a report from Reuters, Amazon Web Services is giving the federal government a $1 billion discount in its cloud computing services, including adoption, modernization, and training programs. Sounds like a […]
In Rare Spasm of Sanity, Pentagon Backtracks on Plan to Scuttle Storm Tracking
In a stunning reversal, the Pentagon said it will uphold a longstanding program that supplies critical hurricane data to federal forecasters—just days before it was set to end. The move follows outcry from meteorologists and public officials blindsided by the planned cancellation at the start of hurricane season. In June, the Navy’s Fleet Numerical Meteorology […]
Trump’s EPA Wants to Pretend That Greenhouse Gases Aren’t a Threat to Human Health
In 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “endangerment finding” empowered the U.S. to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases. This scientific and legal determination ruled that planet-warming gases such as carbon dioxide are dangerous to human health and welfare. Now, the Trump administration has moved to rescind that finding. At an auto dealership in Indiana on […]
Can ‘MechaHitler’ Pass Trump’s Anti-Woke AI Test?
The President’s latest executive order throws some shade at Google. Source link
Here Comes the Pain From Trump’s Tariffs
As Donald Trump has given the automotive industry whiplash with his tariffs, which have, at different periods, applied to cars and car parts or haven’t applied at all. While it was hard to tell how the import tax would hit auto manufacturers, the impact is starting to look more concrete, and it ain’t pretty. As CNBC […]
Trump Sues to Fire Big Bird’s Boss
Back in April, Donald Trump fired three Democratic members of the board at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), a move similar to his efforts to oust Democrats from the Federal Trade Commission and the Kennedy Center, among others. The board members—Laura Ross, Thomas Rothman, and Diane Kaplan— simply never left. Now, the Trump administration […]