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New College Grads Face a Tough Job Market
5+ hour, 13+ min ago (189+ words) Wall Street Journal: "The college class of 2026 is entering one of the most nerve-racking job markets in recent memory. Employers have sharply reduced hiring'awful news for those trying to land their first job. Worries that artificial intelligence will be able…...
Most Americans Doubt U. S. Government Will Regulate AI
7+ hour, 24+ min ago (140+ words) CBS News Poll: "Most Americans continue to believe AI will reduce the number of jobs in the U. S. , but that's not their only AI concern. They are also skeptical about whether the U. S. government will implement a policy to ensure the technology…...
Limits of Power
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (166+ words) The latest episode of Trial Balloon is live. Trump's power over Republicans remains immense in primaries, but it is starting to hit real limits on Capitol Hill. A recent report says a member of Elon Musk's DOGE task force may…...
Trump Delays Executive Order on AI Oversight
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (185+ words) President Donald Trump on Thursday said he had decided to postpone signing a highly anticipated AI executive order, after the White House had sent out invitations to executives from leading tech companies," the Washington Post reports. Said Trump: I didn't…...
Trump to Order Oversight of AI Models
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (186+ words) President Trump plans to sign an executive order on Thursday giving the government the power to evaluate artificial intelligence models before they are publicly released" It marks a shift for an administration that promoted a hands-off approach to the powerful…...
Inside Trump's AI 'Slopaganda' Machine
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (181+ words) Financial Times: "Trump has posted more than 2, 700 times on Truth Social in 2026 " equivalent to more than 19 posts a day " with almost half of these containing images or videos, helping him dominate the attention economy outside of formal media appearances." A…...
The AI Backlash Arrives
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (308+ words) An extraordinary finding from the latest Gallup poll: Americans don't just dislike the idea of AI data centers in their communities " they overwhelmingly reject it. Gallup finds 70% of Americans oppose building AI data centers in their local area, including 48% who…...
Trump's China Trip Underscores How Power Has Shifted
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (281+ words) Time: "He may have descended Air Force One late Wednesday to the cheers of schoolchildren brandishing the Stars and Stripes, and flanked by tech's most influential tycoons, but it didn't take long for President Trump to be put in his…...
Trump Didn't Discuss Tariffs With Xi
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (320+ words) President Donald Trump said he did not discuss a possible extension of his tariff truce when he met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping during a summit in China," Bloomberg reports. Said Trump: We didn't discuss tariffs. They're paying substantial tariffs,…...
The Apotheosis of Willful Ignorance
1+ week, 2+ day ago (163+ words) Paul Krugman: "The so-called experts ridiculed Donald Trump's claims during the 2024 campaign that he would bring grocery prices down on Day One and cut energy prices in half." "The so-called experts said that Trump's tariffs would raise consumer prices while…...