The Supreme Court will decide if Trump can use the military against Americans
It’s hard to think of a more dramatic question than the issue before the Supreme Court in Trump…
March of the frogs | The Verge
By the time I arrived, the waterfront park in downtown Portland, Oregon was already awash with people as…
Is Trump going to war in Venezuela? What the US is doing.
The US is up to something in Venezuela. But what exactly? Since early September, the US military has…
Trump manages to disappoint nearly everyone with his new IVF plan
One of President Donald Trump’s boldest campaign pledges was to make in vitro fertilization (IVF) completely free. Yesterday,…
MI5 Says UK Spies Stopped Fresh China Threat in Past Week
The head of MI5, the UK’s domestic security service, revealed that its spies had disrupted a new threat…
The government shutdown is strangling aviation
In May, The Verge reported that the US aviation system was so fragile that “the smallest disruption can…
Instagram is making all teen accounts ‘PG-13’
Instagram is making a major update to teen accounts that will only allow them to view content similar…
Spanberger, Earle-Sears clash in Virginia as texting scandal upends fall elections
The fallout from revelations that the Democratic nominee for Virginia attorney general sent text messages using violent language…
The Supreme Court fights over whether medical expertise actually exists, in Chiles v. Salazar
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court broke from its increasingly common practice of deciding important cases without holding an…
Police bust gang suspected of stealing 40,000 phones
An international gang suspected of smuggling up to 40,000 stolen phones from the UK to China over the…
Yen Carry Trade Is Back on Radar After Takaichi Jolts Markets
A once-popular currency trade betting against the yen looks set to make a comeback, as Sanae Takaichi’s near-certain…
Gold Heads Closer to $4,000 as US Shutdown Bolsters Haven Demand
Gold clinched a fresh record — pushing closer to $4,000 an ounce — as the US government shutdown…