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Biden’s Elusive AI Whisperer Finally Goes On the Record. Here's His Warning.
Bruce Reed had seen the pitfalls of letting Big Tech run roughshod over government. He is determined not to make the same mistakes on AI.
POLITICO on Business
Feds likely to challenge Microsoft’s $69 billion Activision takeover
A lawsuit would be the FTC’s biggest merger challenge to date under Chair Lina Khan.
POLITICO on Cannabis
How Legal Marijuana Is Helping the Black Market
Expensive regulation and high demand across the country have made the illicit trade more profitable than going legit.
The Great American cannabis experiment
Cannabis is legal in many U.S. states… or is it?
POLITICO on Economy
This cheeseburger explains why you're paying so much for food these days
American food prices are rising at the fastest rate in decades due to supply chain issues, labor shortages, climate challenges and the conflict in Ukraine.
POLITICO on Politics
One of the Most Famous Ideas in Economics Is Wrong
History shows that free trade can’t buy world peace.
«Ultimately, a military based pax or deeper common interest might be necessary to keep commerce and the world on gentle terms.»
Why the right-wing has a massive advantage on Facebook
A company executive responds to claims of bias.
POLITICO on Privacy
The privacy loophole in your doorbell
Police were investigating his neighbor. A judge gave officers access to all his security-camera footage, including inside his home.
Data brokers raise privacy concerns — but get millions from the federal government
How an old privacy law and new security demands force Washington to rely on an industry in the crosshairs.
POLITICO on Russia
Russia Has a Vodka Addiction. So Does Vladimir Putin
The Russian leader is famously sober. There’s a reason that his country isn’t.
The Surprising Reason Europe Came Together Against Putin
A major advance in translation technology means that Ukrainians can inform and debunk in real time. The world hasn’t seen a weapon quite like it before.
POLITICO on Trump
I’ve Studied the Trump-Fox Feedback Loop for Months. It’s Crazier Than You Think.
There is no strategy to Trump’s Twitter feed; he is not trying to distract the media. He is being distracted—by cable news.
Before Trump’s inauguration, a warning: ‘The worst influenza pandemic since 1918'
In a tabletop exercise days before an untested new president took power, officials briefed the incoming administration on a scenario remarkably like the one he faces now.
POLITICO on War
‘We Knew We Were on the Precipice’
The inside story of how Washington navigated the run-up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine — the shocking intelligence, the skepticism and the building of an international coalition — as told by the…
Here's How Ukraine Could Retake Crimea
As policymakers debate the future of the Black Sea peninsula, more are coming around to the view that ending the Russian occupation is possible.
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‘Yes, He Would’: Fiona Hill on Putin and Nukes
Putin is trying to take down the entire world order, the veteran Russia watcher said in an interview. But there are ways even ordinary Americans can fight back.
Coronavirus Will Change the World Permanently. Here’s How.
The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the 2008 financial crisis changed how Americans perceive their country and the world. The coronavirus pandemic has quarantined people in their homes, and altered their relationships and how they view the institutions that govern them. As with earlier crises, the coronavirus crisis may change people and US society as a whole in fundamental and lasting ways. No one can predict how this will play out. Politico Magazine asked experts and thinkers for their visions of the future.
Two Professors Found What Creates a Mass Shooter. Will Politicians Pay Attention?
Mass shooters overwhelmingly fit a certain profile, say Jillian Peterson and James Densley, which means it’s possible to ID and treat them before they commit violence.
Exclusive: Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows
Shared by 574, including Scott McLeod, Steve Silberman, Mathew Ingram, Prof Michael E. Mann, Dr. Syra Madad
King Charles is Too Political for the USA
Queen Elizabeth II was much beloved for her apolitical marshmallow diplomacy. Her very outspoken son will have his work cut out for him.
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