Trump vs. Science – The New York Times
Late yesterday, Sethuraman Panchanathan, whom President Trump hired to run the National Science Foundation five years ago, quit. He didn’t say why, but it was clear enough: Last weekend, Trump…
Is Google Breaking Up? + Seasteading Is Back + Tool Time
Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube | iHeartRadio This week, with big developments in two antitrust cases against Google, we discuss how the company…
Hegseth’s Personal Phone Use Created Vulnerabilities, Analysts Say
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s personal phone number, the one used in a recent Signal chat, was easily accessible on the internet and public apps as recently as March, potentially exposing…
Where Bruce Lee Practiced on the Roof, a Shrine to Old Hong Kong Rises
In its heyday in the 1950s and ’60s, the Lung Wah Hotel, a converted, Spanish revival villa, offered a leafy refuge from the bustle of city life, near a cove…
ICE Deportation Notices: A Form in English and Only Hours to Act
On April 7, the Supreme Court ruled that the government must give Venezuelan migrants notice “within a reasonable time” and the chance to legally challenge their removal before being deported…
Lawyers Seek Return of Migrants Deported Under Wartime Act
Over the past two weeks, immigration lawyers, scrambling from courthouse to courthouse, have secured provisional orders in five states stopping the Trump administration from using the Alien Enemies Act, an…
U.S. Urges Japan and South Korea to Commit to Alaska L.N.G. Project
Officials in the United States are urging Japan and South Korea to make a formal commitment within the next few weeks to a $44 billion natural gas project in Alaska.…
Saying ‘Thank You’ to ChatGPT Is Costly. But Maybe It’s Worth the Price.
The question of whether to be polite to artificial intelligence may seem a moot point — it is artificial, after all. But Sam Altman, the chief executive of the artificial…
Trump’s Crimea Proposal Would End a Decade of U.S. Resistance
During President Trump’s first term, Ukraine worried that Mr. Trump might recognize Russian control over Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula Moscow forcibly seized in early 2014. As a candidate, Mr. Trump…
Trump Executive Order Eases Firing of Probationary Federal Workers
President Trump issued an executive order on Thursday making it easier for the government to fire federal employees who are in a probationary period. Probationary government workers already have far…