Iranians get back online, to some extent
Iranian authorities have eased a monthslong internet shutdown that they cast as a wartime necessity, but that has cost the country’s economy an estimated $30 million to $40 million a day.
10 Texas counties to watch in the Cornyn-Paxton clash: From the Politics Desk
Steve Kornacki previews the 10 key counties to watch as John Cornyn faces Ken Paxton in the Texas Republican Senate primary runoff election.
Trump administration floats requiring all federal workers to sign NDAs
The Trump administration is proposing a rule requiring federal workers to sign nondisclosure agreements, according to a draft notice the Office of Personnel Management posted Tuesday.“OPM believes that a governmentwide NDA form will promote consistency across Government, better protect confidential information, and better inform Federal employees of their rights and obligations regarding confidential information,” says the notice, which was posted to the Federal Register
Tree trimmer injured in deadly mosque shooting explains why he’s the ‘luckiest guy’
Landscaper Tafu Letuli, shot near the San Diego mosque where two teens carried out a deadly shooting last week, said he was inches away from meeting a horrible end to his life, in his first statement after the incident.
Tech titans mostly silent after Pope Leo’s warning about risks of AI
Pope Leo XIV’s sweeping warning about the dangers of artificial intelligence drew a largely muted response across the American technology world.
Deaths reported in chemical implosion in Washington
Fatalities have been confirmed at the scene of an implosion at a manufacturing plant in Longview, Washington, where emergency responders were continuing a recovery operation Tuesday afternoon.
Clarence B. Jones, civil rights activist who helped write MLK’s ‘I Have A Dream’ speech, dies at 95
Clarence B. Jones, a top civil rights activist and lawyer who helped write part of Dr.
Vance calls Pope Leo’s AI warnings ‘profound’
In an interview with NBC News, Vance said he is glad the pope tackled AI. He also discussed why X remains off his phone after he deleted it for Lent.
Gandalf, Picasso and MLK: Cultural references ground Pope Leo’s AI warning
It took a little over a year for Pope Leo XIV to write more than 42,000 words of his first encyclical, which deals with the safeguarding of human dignity in the age of artificial intelligence.
South Carolina’s redistricting effort fails in the state Senate amid GOP opposition
The Republican-led South Carolina Senate on Tuesday voted against a measure to advance a new congressional map, ending the last-minute redistricting effort in the state for now