USAID Whistleblower Says It Was Even Worse Than People Knew

The Lightening of Intent

Why Execution Got Cheap and Intent Got Live

Whistleblower says Trump officials thought USAID did 'just abortions,' asked for 'Barney-style' slides before gutting agency, per new book

Read an exclusive excerpt from Nicholas Enrich's "Into the Wood Chipper"

The Human Cost of DOGE’s War on U.S.A.I.D.

Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the “public man-made death” that they’ve caused.

The Facebook whistleblower says its algorithms are dangerous. Here’s why.

Frances Haugen’s testimony at the Senate hearing today raised serious questions about how Facebook’s algorithms work—and echoes many findings from our previous investigation.

When DOGE Unleashed ChatGPT on the Humanities

Documents show how A.I. was used to cancel most previously approved grants by the National Endowment for the Humanities as the agency embraced President Trump’s agenda.

DOGE used ChatGPT in a way that was both dumb and illegal, judge rules

DOGE staffers used ChatGPT to scan grants for terms related to DEI.

In Dropping Reflecting Pool Case, Pirro Draws Trump’s Wrath

Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney in Washington, blamed shoddy construction, contradicting President Trump’s pet theory. Mr. Trump said he disagreed “100%” with her.

Google helped Israeli military contractor with AI, whistleblower alleges

A whistleblower complaint filed with the SEC claims that Google breached its own ethics rules to help an Israeli contractor apply AI to drone surveillance video.

Boris Tane

Coding agents didn't make poor engineers dangerous. They made them unstoppable.

The Failures of the Fauci Hearing

Senator Rand Paul may have approached the matter with theatrics and ill will, but Dr. Anthony Fauci’s decision not to testify was a loss.

Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power

They’re saying the quiet part out loud now.

The silent coup

How AI captured Westminster

Source of false Buttigieg allegation appeared ‘mentally unstable,’ records show

The Michigan attorney general’s office is investigating how the accusation that prompted the ex-Cabinet secretary's separation from his 4-year-old twins was handled.

The Hugging Face attack was worse than we thought

The AI industry is begging for a slowdown. Maybe we should listen?

DOGE Dunces, Depositions, DC Cops and Scoop Ethics (Half the Answer #73, with Marisa Kabas)

DC cops assisted the DOGE boys in breaking into the United States Institute of Peace office in March 2025—and now journalist Marisa Kabas of the Handbasket has obtained their body cam footage from that day. She tells Trent and Caitlin how she did it, and they discuss the total