Legislative efforts to make daylight saving time permanent year round got a boost with support from President Donald Trump, who criticized the twice-yearly clock switching as cost-prohibitive. But there is no strong evidence that Trump’s solution — switching permanently to daylight saving time — would provide the economic boost Trump suggests it would. The Sunshine Protection Act, which would make…Read More

Philosophical debates don’t often make the news. But the problem of personhood regularly finds its way into the headlines. The first few weeks of this year alone saw a surge of interest in the topic.In January, the Guardian theatrically warned policy makers not to entertain Silicon Valley hype about artificial intelligence deserving personhood recognition. Then in February, Maori politician Teanau Tuiono introduced a bill into the…Read More

Let’s be clear: Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund was never dead, just dormant. His personal criminal-defense attorney turned acting Attorney General, Todd Blanche, made that perfectly clear to anyone willing to pay attention. But even if President Felonious Trump and Consigliere Blanche permanently shelve it, they are already working on other ways to use taxpayer money to compensate Jan.…Read More

In a May 16 Truth Social post, President Donald Trump cited updated climate change scenarios to misleadingly claim that experts had “admitted” prior climate change projections “were WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!” The regularly scheduled revision reflects in part the progress the world has made on moving away from fossil fuels. Trump was reacting to a new set of seven scenarios of…Read More

Gov. Katie Hobbs delivered a warning that Democrats—and every voter who cares about democracy—should take seriously: electing Andy Biggs governor would put an election denier, abortion opponent, and MAGA extremist in charge of one of the nation’s most important swing states. Speaking at the Udall Dinner on May 30, she framed the 2026 governor’s race … Read more Source link…Read More

Okay, here’s what this old man remembers nearly a quarter of a century later. I was living in New York City (as I still am) when, on September 11, 2001, two hijacked planes full of passengers hit the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, killing almost 3,000 innocent people. Until that moment, of course, such a thing would have…Read More