A quiet, decentralized backlash against a license-plate-tracking company has turned into one of the most visible acts of civil disobedience against surveillance technology in years — camera by camera, pole by pole. Flock Safety cameras, automated license plate readers used by more than 5,000 law enforcement agencies nationwide, have been vandalized, disabled or stolen in… Continue reading Americans Have Vandalized Police Surveillance Cameras in at Least 36 States
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Jobless Claims Keep Falling. The War With Iran Is Still Showing Up in Prices.
The labor market keeps sending calm signals even as the war economy behind it gets louder — layoffs remain rare, but the price of that stability is being paid at the gas pump. Initial claims for unemployment benefits fell by 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 206,000 for the week ending August 15, the Labor Department… Continue reading Jobless Claims Keep Falling. The War With Iran Is Still Showing Up in Prices.
It’s Been Nine Days Since the Storm Hit Gary, Indiana. The Power Still Isn’t Back.
Thousands of families in northwest Indiana are throwing out spoiled food, lining up for hot meals and hunting for a place to charge a phone — more than a week after a storm hit, and with no firm date for when the lights come back on. Tens of thousands of residents in northwest Indiana entered… Continue reading It’s Been Nine Days Since the Storm Hit Gary, Indiana. The Power Still Isn’t Back.
A Congresswoman Is Racing to Stop Trump’s Name From Going Back Up at the Kennedy Center
A federal judge already ordered Trump’s name removed from the Kennedy Center once. Now the same judge has to decide whether the center’s Trump-appointed board can put it back up in three places at once. Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, filed an emergency motion Thursday night asking U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper to block the Kennedy… Continue reading A Congresswoman Is Racing to Stop Trump’s Name From Going Back Up at the Kennedy Center
Trump Proposed Zeroing Out the National Endowment for the Arts. Congress Funded It at $207 Million Instead.
For the second time during his presidency, Donald Trump asked Congress to eliminate federal arts funding entirely. For the second time, lawmakers said no — and this year, they didn’t even cut it. The National Endowment for the Arts will operate on a $207 million budget for fiscal year 2026, identical to the prior two… Continue reading Trump Proposed Zeroing Out the National Endowment for the Arts. Congress Funded It at $207 Million Instead.
The CHIPS Act Promised America Its Own Chip Factories. Most Won’t Make a Single Chip Until 2028.
Congress and two administrations have poured tens of billions of dollars into rebuilding America’s semiconductor industry, but the honest timeline for most of that capacity to actually produce a chip runs three more years out. The 2022 CHIPS and Science Act authorized $52.7 billion in federal loans, loan guarantees and grants over five years to… Continue reading The CHIPS Act Promised America Its Own Chip Factories. Most Won’t Make a Single Chip Until 2028.
The Government Promised Rural America Broadband in 2021. Most of It Still Won’t Have Service Until 2027.
Federal officials allocated $42.45 billion to close the rural broadband gap three years ago. As of this month, most of that money still hasn’t built a single mile of new fiber. All 56 states and territories have submitted final proposals for the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program, and 55 have received approval from the… Continue reading The Government Promised Rural America Broadband in 2021. Most of It Still Won’t Have Service Until 2027.
America Has 25% Fewer Air Traffic Controllers Than It Did in 1981. Airports Are Now Capping Flights to Cope.
The country’s air traffic control system is running roughly 3,000 controllers short of its own staffing targets, and airports are starting to cap how many flights they’ll allow rather than pretend the shortage isn’t there. The United States has about 25% fewer air traffic controllers today than it did in 1981, even as the number… Continue reading America Has 25% Fewer Air Traffic Controllers Than It Did in 1981. Airports Are Now Capping Flights to Cope.
Trump Ordered the MMR Vaccine Split Into Three Shots. The Shots Don’t Exist Yet.
The president signed an executive order this week rewriting how American children get vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella — except the standalone shots it calls for aren’t licensed, aren’t manufactured, and according to pediatricians, aren’t backed by any evidence they’d help. President Trump signed an executive order August 10 directing Health and Human Services… Continue reading Trump Ordered the MMR Vaccine Split Into Three Shots. The Shots Don’t Exist Yet.
A Federal Judge Just Blocked Trump’s Mail Ballot Order Nationwide. It’s Her Second Ruling Against It This Year.
Less than three months before the midterms decide control of Congress, a federal judge in Boston has barred the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing any part of the president’s order restricting mail-in ballots — not just in the two dozen states that sued, but everywhere. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday… Continue reading A Federal Judge Just Blocked Trump’s Mail Ballot Order Nationwide. It’s Her Second Ruling Against It This Year.
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