President Trump took a victory lap on his administration’s work on drug pricing today, announcing all 50 states will participate in the “most-favored-nation” program, saying “this one thing alone should win us the midterms.” But health policy experts question whether the changes will directly save consumers money, and for how ...
Month: September 2026
Talk less, listen more and six other top tips on giving good adviceTalk less, listen more and six other top tips on giving good advice
Are you someone who thinks they have all the answers? Is your experience relevant here? Experts on the questions to ask yourself before giving advice “Often, when people approach you for advice, they just want to talk about how they feel,” says Annalisa Barbieri, advice columnist for the Guardian for ...
US and Denmark reach deal over Greenland after Trump annexation threatsUS and Denmark reach deal over Greenland after Trump annexation threats
Trump said the agreement will give the US “permanent control over security, and all other needs, in Greenland”, though specifics haven’t been confirmed by Danish officials. ...
Trump’s authoritarian mindset can’t handle dissent from his appointeesTrump’s authoritarian mindset can’t handle dissent from his appointees
Defiance from the supreme court and the Federal Reserve chair in one week … how ever will the US president cope? “It’s not personal, Sonny. It’s strictly business,” Michael Corleone tells his brother, Sonny, in The Godfather. But for Donald Trump, it’s always personal. And he leaves this week feeling ...
Fat Bear Week has returned – and the salmon are swimming for their livesFat Bear Week has returned – and the salmon are swimming for their lives
The public will, for the 12th year in a row, vote for the fattest of brown bears in Alaska’s Katmai national park The bears have returned to the river and are packing on the pounds as another Fat Bear Week begins at Katmai national park. The 12th annual Fat Bear ...
Shaheen holds up $2.8B arms sale to IsraelShaheen holds up $2.8B arms sale to Israel
The Scoop The top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, New Hampshire’s Jeanne Shaheen, has blocked an arms sale to Israel since July and continues to withhold consent for advancing the $2.8 billion transaction, a person familiar with the matter told Semafor. Shaheen has asked the Trump administration how ...
The real reason not to IPOThe real reason not to IPO
Reed’s view There’s a groundswell of people in Silicon Valley and Washington claiming the AI doomer narrative sweeping the nation is part of some carefully coordinated “psyop.” I don’t buy that. Some inside OpenAI and Anthropic were “blindsided” by an apparent agreement over the weekend that both companies would slow ...
Fears about technology causing extinction are not unprecedentedFears about technology causing extinction are not unprecedented
The Scene A prominent researcher is warning the world is on the verge of a massive transformation thanks to the emergence of a new technology that could drastically benefit society or cause massive destruction. No one quite understands how it works, or whether governments should step in. It’s 1941 in ...
How Silicon Valley took over the military-industrial complexHow Silicon Valley took over the military-industrial complex
by Sharon Weinberger. Veteran security journalist Weinberger chronicles Silicon Valley’s takeover of the military industrial complex “in uncomfortable detail,” with chilling insights into the intricacies of drones, surveillance systems, and autonomous AI agents, as well as the CEOs and companies behind them. This “superb new book… describes how the US ...
Africa’s diaspora needs a bigger roleAfrica’s diaspora needs a bigger role
Yinka’s view The African diaspora is often discussed as a vast reservoir of capital and goodwill waiting to be tapped for the continent’s development. But that may undersell its value. The numbers are there: the broader sub-Saharan African diaspora in the US has swelled to roughly 4.8 million people, tripling ...