Policy
Fourth Amendment
Trump’s Spy Chief Urged to Declassify Details of Secret Surveillance Program
Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, has long held anti-surveillance views. Now she oversees a key surveillance program she once tried to dismantle.
Dell Cameron
Uncanny Valley
A Look at a Very Silicon Valley Approach to Repopulation
Lauren Goode, Michael Calore, and Zoë Schiffer
Loose Cannons
Pentagon Cuts Threaten Programs That Secure Loose Nukes and Weapons of Mass Destruction
Justin Ling
Latest
Hazy Priorities
US State Department Kills Global Air Monitoring Program Researchers Say Paid for Itself
Zeyi Yang
Climate Policy
For-Profit Companies Can’t Easily Replace NOAA’s Weather-Forecasting Prowess
Christine Wiedinmyer and Kari Bowen
Power Interruption
Federal EV Charger Freeze Sows Chaos, but Chargers Are Still Getting Built
Aarian Marshall
deep cut
NIH Funding Cuts Appear to Draw on Heritage Foundation Report That Blasts ‘DEI Staff’
Matt Reynolds and Emily Mullin
Horror Stories
US Funding Cuts Are Helping Criminals Get Away With Child Abuse and Human Trafficking
Matt Burgess