We Need a Mileage Tax on Self-Driving Cars
Is this the future of self-driving cars? Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. David Roberts writes that he doesn’t share the current disillusionment that autonomous vehicles might never become safe enough to navigate city streets. But there’s a second problem that he is worried about: The other form of disillusionment has…
The White House Is Lying About the Census
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks during the daily press briefing on March 27, 2018.Andrew Harnik/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Defending the Trump administration’s controversial decision to add a question about US citizenship to the 2020 census form, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters…
California Sues Trump Administration Over Census Citizenship Question
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Secretary of State Alex Padilla at a news conference Tuesday in Sacramento.Rich Pedroncelli/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The state of California has filed suit against the Trump administration for its controversial decision to add a question about US citizenship to the 2020 census form,…
California AG Launches Investigation Into Stephon Clark Shooting
A woman protests the police shooting death of Stephon Clark in Sacramento on March 22.Rich Pedroncelli/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The California state Department of Justice will open an independent investigation into the fatal police shooting of 23-year-old Stephon Clark, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Sacramento’s police chief jointly…
Devin Nunes Is Raising Money Off His Shoddy Trump-Russia Investigation
Bill Clark/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Tuesday, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), the chair of the House Intelligence Committee who has been widely criticized for undermining his panel’s haphazard Trump-Russia probe, sent out a pitch to conservative and Republican donors: we found there was no “collusion,” so send me…
It’s Time For a NASCAR Robot Team
Chris Owens Asp Inc/ASP via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here’s a random bit of news from the “Huh” files. Lewis Hamilton almost won the Australian Grand Prix this weekend, but he ended up losing to Sebastian Vettel by a few seconds. The reason was pit stops. As you…