President Donald Trump’s administration sought phone records of several New York Times journalists and even those of some of their relatives, according to a motion unsealed Monday — an unusually aggressive attempt to unmask the confidential sources of reporters who wrote about…
President Donald Trump on Monday imposed 50% tariffs on most Canadian goods, declaring that Canada has unfairly discriminated against American autos, alcohol and dairy products. The move could unleash a new wave of economic chaos, with risks of higher inflation and further fraying…
The United States military said late Monday it was carrying out its 10th consecutive night of strikes on Iran in a push to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The renewed bombings followed the death of another American service member, and came after…
Three new women’s world records have been set at the Lumberjack World Championships competition held in a small Wisconsin community, full of high-powered sawing, chopping, logrolling, speed climbing and cheers of “Yo-Ho!” This year, 66 men and 40 women attended the three-day…
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to review an Alaska bush pilot’s claims that state authorities have tried to illegally seize his $95,000 airplane after a passenger brought a six-pack of beer on a flight bound for a dry village. The…
A blogpost from Hugging Face, a company that hosts open source AI models and leaderboards, has stirred up the AI world for two reasons. First, the company said it had come under a cyber attack from a fully autonomous AI…
Following SpaceX’s blockbuster $1.77 trillion initial public offering, Juan Hernandez, a former welder for the aerospace and satellite company, saw his wealth balloon overnight as a result of his stake in the firm. Hernandez, who joined SpaceXin 2015 earning $28…
A consumer tech VC confessed to me over breakfast that he was injecting himself with an experimental peptide protocol. His grey market tincture could soon be mainstream. Peptides—the tiny protein fragments that users inject to try to speed up recovery,…
The federal government has been running on a hamster wheel of debt by refinancing trillions of dollars every month with trillions more in fresh borrowing that comes due in a few months. To keep interest costs on $39 trillion in…
Spain just won the FIFA World Cup following a grueling match against Argentina. And it was all thanks to Ferran Torres scoring in the 106th minute, capping off a dramatic extra-time thriller. Now, he’s being hailed as the hero of…