The Lever uncovered an ICE contractor’s phantom clients, dubious claims, and disappearing executives. Now Congress is stepping in.
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Buried in Congress’s massive transportation bill is a provision pushed by the autonomous trucking industry to override state safety rules for driverless commercial vehicles.
Prem Munday Agentic commerce, where artificial intelligence (AI) systems act on behalf of users to find products, negotiate purchases, and execute payments, is developing rapidly. This creates shared responsibility: developers must build legally sound systems, while regulators and infrastructure operators must consider how existing frameworks apply and where new approaches may be needed. The Bank … Continue reading Agentic commerce and the battleground for new payments infrastructure
It’s marketed as a holiday destination, but the true meaning of Hawai’i lies in the connections between land and people
- by Aeon Video
The fiercest political battle of our age needs less moral drama and more hard thinking about numbers and fair tradeoffs
- by Alan Manning
Researchers analysed how much romantic partners agree about their personal characteristics – and where they agree most
- by Matt Huston
The levying of taxes concerns not just one principle but the principle underlying the authority of the national state. This right to levy taxes is linked to the supervision of economic activities within a certain territory, but it is becoming an ever more fictitious basis as the scope increases for operations at the level of […]
A “party within the party” is forcing its corporate-aligned agenda on voters — and spending millions to crush populist Democrats in districts that will likely decide control of Congress.
Nades Raviraj and Danny Walker Big and uncertain shocks have pushed UK inflation above the 2% inflation target over the past few years. How did financial markets view the Monetary Policy Committee’s (MPC’s) monetary policy during this unprecedented period? We show that markets have come to perceive the MPC’s policy stance as increasingly dependent on … Continue reading Financial markets point to very data-dependent monetary policy
In the first article in this series we discussed freedom under capitalism. The conclusion was simple: capitalist freedom for the vast majority of the population means the right to choose your master, your job, if you can find one. Once you have a master, you do what they say for most of the day, for […]
A bombshell report shows how Israel and the U.S. never really cared about freeing the Iranian people.
The post Ahmadinejad Is Still Bad for Iranians — and Still Great for Israel appeared first on The Intercept.
Carruthers’s murder conviction hinged on the claims of a paid informant, who has repeatedly recanted his testimony.
The post False Testimony Sent Tony Carruthers to Death Row. Tennessee Wants to Kill Him Anyway. appeared first on The Intercept.
Outside spending in the priciest House primary in U.S. history helped oust Rep. Thomas Massie, one of Trump’s most prominent GOP critics.
I love liver. All kinds. All ways. I’ve loved liver ever since the first time I had it thrown at me during a Benihana hibachi dinner. If liver and onions is on a menu, you bet your sweet bippy that I’m ordering it. Have I ever told you that I was a weird child? Anyway,Continue reading 208. Sauteed Chicken Livers (in Spanish Rice)
The archive of Robert Kenyon’s suspended X account reveals intense activity after three children were murdered in Southport in 2024
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After two arrests and a national uproar, why is it so tricky to find the donkey once likened to Venezuela’s president?
- by Aeon Video
This choir’s performances don’t elicit applause, but peaceful silence: they sing lullabies to comfort and hold the dying
- Directed by Florence Browne
When is a typically celebrated practice – working out – more like an addiction? Researchers have found some patterns
- by Ashrene Rathilal
The newly-elected Wakefield councillor repeatedly shared extreme and racist content, and backed multiple far-right figures