What the latest viral AI apocalypse warning gets wrong
In a viral essay on X, “Something Big Is Happening,” Matt Shumer writes that the world is living through a ...
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Dark Money Groups Buy Susan Collins A Super Bowl Ad
Nothing says desperation like spending millions on a Super Bowl ad in a state where you've been Senator for thirty ...
Trump’s polls are tanking. What does his base think?
Today, Explained will now be publishing video episodes every Saturday in audio and video, featuring compelling interviews with key figures ...
Who takes Palantir’s money? A new tracker finds out.
Palantir CEO Alex Karp at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2026.Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Get your news ...
How the prenup became mainstream
Prenuptial agreements, long exclusive to celebrities and the ultra-rich, have trickled down to the rest of us.A 2023 Axios/Harris poll ...
Americans don’t trust crowdfunding sites like GoFundMe. So, why do they keep giving?
Today, no American tragedy is complete without a GoFundMe. It took less than a week to raise over $1.5 million ...
The Supreme Court made Trump’s attack on Jerome Powell possible
On Sunday evening, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell revealed that the Trump administration has opened a criminal investigation into him, ...
Trump’s war on the Federal Reserve heads to the Supreme Court next week
On Sunday evening, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell posted an unusual video message to the nation, revealing that the Trump ...
How to break free of “money dysmorphia” — and 3 other tips on generosity
This story was originally published in The Highlight, Vox’s member-exclusive magazine. To get early access to member-exclusive stories every month, ...
America’s other populist, socialist big-city mayor
The election was divisive, pitting an established moderate against an upstart progressive in the large, Democratic city. For a while ...
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