Opinion

AI Has Become Washington’s Toxic Political Punching Bag

Public hostility toward AI is disrupting Silicon Valley’s attempt to convert enormous wealth into political control, as Greg Brockman withdraws planned funding and candidates increasingly campaign against data centers, surveillance pricing, and industry influence.

Opinion

Noted Pest Donald Trump Launches Absurd War on Bugs

Trump ordered sweeping reductions in Washington’s mosquito and tick populations even after his administration undermined public health research and disease prevention funding, leaving another grand presidential proclamation to collide with the government capacity needed to accomplish it.