Chart of the Day: A Taxpayer’s Guide to Skyrocketing Federal Spending
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Campaign Ad Starring Bigfoot Seeks to Track Down Elusive GOP Congressman
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. How does one go about locating one of the most endangered Republicans in November’s midterm elections? If you ask Dean Phillips, the Democrat challenging five-term incumbent Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.), the natural answer is to turn to Bigfoot. The famously elusive creature is the star…
Blue Wave in Texas? Not So Fast.
James Durbin/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Tuesday, followers of America’s most-polled Senate race got a new toy to play with: A Quinnipiac survey gave Republican Sen. Ted Cruz a nine-point lead, the biggest margin anyone’s found for months. Then, on Wednesday morning, a new poll. This one, from…
Robot Puppies Will Soon Be Man’s Best Friend
Good boy!Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Sony ended production of its robot dog, Aibo, more than a decade ago, but now it’s back and better than ever. The robotics are better, the intelligence is better, and—well, let’s allow Washington Post tech columnist Geoffrey Fowler to explain:…
North and South Korea Make Modest Progress in Latest Talks
Pyongyang Press Corps/Xinhua via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. North and South Korea have signed a series of agreements designed to ratchet down tensions between the two countries: But more eye-catching to Washington was his promise to dismantle a missile engine-test facility and a missile launchpad in northwest North…
Even Before Florence’s Floods, North Carolina’s Factory Farms Were Deadly to Their Neighbors
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. While Hurricane Florence’s floodwaters rise on North Carolina’s coastal plane, inundating massive hog and poultry farms, the question arises: Why on earth would the meat industry alight upon such flood-prone territory in the first place? After all, last week’s mega-storm comes hot on the heels of…