In 1974, New York Times humorist Russell Baker identified a “pig in the python” working its…
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Russia’s economy is much worse than it seems, and ‘elites are increasingly alarmed’ as GDP contracts
The Swedish government has come up with some drastically different economic figures on Russia that make…
Oil drops as U.S. says deal with Iran and Hormuz reopening is near
Oil dropped as the US and Iran edged toward a deal, although President Donald Trump said…
Alaska’s oil revival sparks a new energy rush Into the Arctic
When John Kurz left Alaska’s North Slope in 2009, he was staring at a grim future…
SpaceX stock is about to join this growing constellation of public space companies
Investors are salivating for SpaceX’s blockbuster IPO in a few weeks, but there are already a…
500,000 people were locked in state psychiatric hospitals. Their descendants can’t find out why
Breta Meria Conole was in a state psychiatric hospital for more than two decades. But the…
The quiet $8 billion crisis: long COVID costs keep rising as Washington looks away
Headlines on long COVID have become much more rare than during the first few years of…
The more generous U.S. ceasefire terms are, the more suspicious Iran becomes about another attack
Iran’s regime may be wondering if an emerging deal to extend its ceasefire with the U.S.…
Nonprofit fraud isn’t surging. Enforcement is
The defendants were found guilty in 2025, three years after the investigation began, of diverting funds…
From Hobbes to the 14th amendment: The ancient and modern cases against Trump’s $1.8 billion fund
Hobbes, one of the finest political theorists of his time, said this in his great political…
SpaceX’s next-gen Starship rocket enables high valuation, early investor says
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is preparing for the biggest IPO in history, and its next-generation Starship vehicle…
Millennial jobseekers are giving their resumes a facelift by hiding years of experience to land jobs
Jobseekers in their 30s and 40s have begun slimming down their resumes to reflect only the…
BofA says you’ll be 10x more productive with AI. Ignore the 0.1% result so far
Bank of America has a message for anyone who has grown skeptical of the AI boom:…
AI hallucinations in research, legal filings, and books are growing and getting harder to fix
The associate professor at Columbia University’s School of Nursing had grown accustomed to having artificial intelligence…
I was one of the internet’s first influencers. AI just killed the whole category — and created something better
About 28 years ago, I was reporting a story from my desk at Wired titled “The Hot…
Alabama high school and Toyota train students for roles that pay $40 an hour and can’t be automated
The U.S. has a dire shortage of skilled tradespeople. A school in Huntsville, Ala., is attempting…
Trump’s 3,711 trades point to multiple stock-market strategies
President Donald Trump’s latest financial disclosure has drawn scrutiny for its astonishing scale: 3,711 trades, almost entirely in…
U.S. reaches limit of sanctions power in targeting Iran’s economy
The Trump administration launched its “Economic Fury” campaign to hobble Iran’s economy with sanctions more than…
Secret Service shoot and kill suspect who fired at White House checkpoint; bystander was also struck
A person who approached a White House security checkpoint and began firing at officers has died,…
Ukrainian drone attack causes fire at Russian oil terminal used for exports
A Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire at another Russian oil terminal overnight, local officials in…