Democrats Push to Subpoena Trump Data Firms
December 3, 2016 – New York, New York, US – Trump campaign digital director Brad Parscale in the lobby of Trump Tower on December 3, 2016.Albin Lohr-Jones/Avalon via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Two senior House Democrats are pushing to subpoena Cambridge Analytica and Giles-Parscale, data consulting firms…
Trump’s FCC Just Killed Net Neutrality, But Legal Challenges Are Already Coming
FCC Chair Ajit PaiJacquelyn Martin/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 to repeal net neutrality Thursday, in a long-contested debate over whether internet service providers should treat all online content the same, or be allowed to give preference to certain websites or companies. The commission…
Middle-Class Tax Cuts Keep Getting Paltrier in Republican Bill
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Remember how the Senate version of the tax bill didn’t quite pencil out, so they decided to make the individual tax cuts temporary? In 2025, they go bye bye. But it looks like maybe that still didn’t quite do the job: Congressional Republicans are looking…
Provisions That Bleed Grad Students and the Sick Are Struck From Final Tax Bill
Daren Fentiman via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. According to the Wall Street Journal, the following items have been left out of the final version of the Republican tax bill: Repeal of the deduction for large medical expenses. Repeal of the tax-free status of graduate-school tuition waivers Repeal of…
Republicans Are Trying to Roll Back Rules That Stopped For-Profit Colleges From Exploiting Students
Shane Satterfield is a roofer who owes more than $30,000 in debt for an associate’s degree in computer science from a now-shuttered for-profit collegeDavid Goldman/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Late Tuesday evening, the House Education and Workforce Committee finalized a sweeping bill that would have far-reaching consequences on how American…
What Siri Says When New Zealanders Ask About Sex
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. “Tell me about menopause.” “Am I at risk of HIV?” “Is it OK to put a jade egg in my vagina?” A team of New Zealand researchers posed these questions and 47 others to digital assistants to determine how effectively Siri et…