SEC charges crypto exchange execs for the first time over unregistered token sales
An employee wearing a protective face mask inspects Sapphire Technology Ltd. AMD graphics processing units (GPU) at the Evobits crypto farm in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2021. The…
Pelosi Opposed Student Loan Cancellation After Billionaire Ally’s Memo
A memo uncovered by The Intercept shows that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) opposed supporting a push for President Joe Biden to cancel student loan debt after billionaire donors, with…
Republicans Balk at Infrastructure Adding to Deficit After Opposing Pay Fors
As amendments to the bipartisan infrastructure bill were being debated in the Senate, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said Thursday that only about half of the $550 billion in new…
Journalist Removed From McCarthy Presser Over Question on Jan 6 Commission
A journalist was forcibly removed from a press conference being held by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-California) on Thursday when the reporter asked the lawmaker why he still opposed…
Job Recovery Is Happening Far More Quickly Than It Did After Great Recession
The July employment report again showed very strong gains in both the establishment and household survey. In addition to showing 943,000 new jobs in July, the numbers for April and…
Apple VP acknowledges concerns about new scanning feature in internal memo
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple’s forthcoming feature that will scan iOS devices for images of child abuse is an “important mission,” a software vice president at the…
MLK’s Family and Civil Rights Leaders Call for Voting Rights March on Washington
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is 56 years old today, but instead of simply celebrating the historic law that helped combat Jim Crow-era suppression of Black voters, civil rights…
Fires are growing worse at night
Flames rise during Dixie Fire near Chico in Greenville, California, United States on August 5, 2021. | Photo by Neal Waters / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The nights have…
Google considered buying ‘some or all’ of Epic during Fortnite clash, court documents say
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google considered buying Epic Games as the companies sparred over Epic’s Fortnite Android app, according to newly unsealed court filings. Last night, Google…
Today’s Crisis in Afghanistan Grew Out of 20 Years of US War
As the United Nations Security Council holds an emergency session to discuss the crisis in Afghanistan, we speak with Polk Award-winning journalist Matthieu Aikins, who is based in Kabul. The…