The Federal Trade Commission has opened an inquiry into Instacart following revelations that the grocery delivery platform uses artificial intelligence to subject shoppers to inconsistent pricing. The investigation arrives on the heels of a report exposing how the service charges different rates to users for identical products at the same stores.
DoorDash’s proposed $17 billion acquisition of Instacart has triggered immediate calls for federal intervention, with critics warning the merger would cement a food delivery monopoly. Opponents argue the deal threatens to exacerbate the exploitation of workers and inflate consumer costs at a time when both companies face intense regulatory scrutiny.
Global protests have erupted following President Donald Trump’s military operation in Venezuela and the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro. International law experts are now challenging the legality of the strike, arguing the administration’s actions violate the UN Charter’s bedrock prohibition against the use of force on sovereign territory.
Two senior House Democrats are demanding that President Donald Trump preserve all records of his interactions with artificial intelligence chatbots, specifically investigating whether Elon Musk’s Grok influenced the planning of the military operation that led to the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro earlier this year.
A US journalist and an Israeli-Russian activist remain in police custody following a violent encounter with armed settlers in the West Bank village of Umm al-Khair. The detainees, who were beaten and pepper-sprayed during the Wednesday incident, were reportedly denied medical treatment despite one participant losing consciousness multiple times.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is under fire for authorizing $43,000 in taxpayer spending on new office furniture, a move critics denounce as hypocritical while she simultaneously pursues the systematic dismantling of the Department of Education and pushes for billions in federal funding cuts to student programs.
Conservative activist James O’Keefe and associate Cam Higby face felony charges in Minneapolis for allegedly impersonating voters during an August primary. The pair, members of the Citizen Justice League, attempted to film a sting operation to prove election vulnerability but instead triggered a criminal investigation into their own conduct.
With the artificial intelligence sector fueled by speculative debt and opaque credit markets, a group of House Democrats is pushing a preemptive resolution to bar federal bailouts. Spearheaded by Greg Casar and Maxine Waters, the measure warns that the industry’s current trajectory mirrors the reckless conditions that triggered the 2008 financial crisis.
The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol has concluded its 18-month inquiry, identifying Donald Trump as the central figure behind a multi-part conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election and suggesting he should be barred from holding future public office.
Facing a projected loss of its parliamentary majority, Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party claimed on Wednesday that Arab factions stole the Israeli election. The party alleged widespread criminal activity, including bribery and the use of prohibited software, though it provided no evidence to support these accusations of systematic fraud.
With the COP31 summit approaching in Türkiye, 146 international experts have issued a stark warning that climate change is now a full-scale public health emergency. The 2026 Lancet Countdown report highlights that health-related harms from planetary heating are accelerating faster than global policy responses can mitigate.
Senator Ted Cruz claimed Wednesday that the election of Michigan Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed to the U.S. Senate would pose a lethal threat to Americans, sparking immediate outcry. The Texas Republican’s remarks, which included personal insults, underscore a pattern of inflammatory rhetoric defining the state's increasingly bitter midterm race.
A coalition of national advocacy groups and constitutional expert Bruce Fein have formally endorsed articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The move arrives as reports circulate that Hegseth is maneuvering for a Tennessee Senate appointment to preempt potential removal following next week's midterm elections.
With Election Day less than a week away, U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan has blocked the Trump administration from using public funds for a national media campaign promoting the president. The ruling halts a $20 million allocation from the White House Office of Management and Budget intended for political advertising.
“Our collective power is what defines us, and one person cannot tear our movement down,” the Alianza Nacional De Campesinas stated following reports of systemic sexual abuse by the late labor leader César Chávez. The revelations have triggered a swift distancing from his legacy across the American labor landscape.
Dolores Huerta, the indomitable labor organizer who co-founded the United Farm Workers and reshaped the landscape of American activism, has died at 96. Her death, confirmed by family to be caused by cancer, closes a chapter on a life defined by relentless advocacy for the dignity of the marginalized.
The Trump administration has launched what experts describe as the largest government surveillance operation against American leftists in over 50 years. Court documents reveal that federal agents deployed drones, undercover operatives, and financial monitoring to target activists protesting ICE operations in the Twin Cities, effectively reviving tactics reminiscent of the FBI's COINTELPRO era.
With Anthropic preparing for a historic public offering, Senator Elizabeth Warren is demanding answers regarding the company’s internal safety disclosures. The Massachusetts Democrat warns that the firm’s rapid market entry could expose millions of retirement accounts to systemic financial risks while accelerating dangerous, unchecked artificial intelligence development.
Documents obtained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation reveal that Palantir, a firm previously linked to government surveillance and military operations, is providing AI-driven infrastructure for Medicare's controversial pilot program and major private insurers, raising urgent questions about the transparency of automated medical coverage decisions.
With roughly 86% of the vote counted, Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right bloc has dropped to 53 seats, falling short of a parliamentary majority. While the opposition led by Gadi Eisenkot holds a theoretical path to power, the coalition’s survival depends on whether they are willing to partner with Arab minority parties.
A mere 515 donors are responsible for 73% of all super PAC funding in the current election cycle, according to a report from the government watchdog Public Citizen. Elon Musk leads this group, contributing $445 million—roughly 10% of the total $4.2 billion raised by these committees ahead of the midterms.
A coalition of progressive advocacy groups is mounting a public campaign against Pennsylvania billionaire Jeffrey Yass, accusing the GOP megadonor of weaponizing his wealth to unseat progressive lawmakers. The groups argue that Yass is using dark money to influence local races and undermine democratic representation across the state.
Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen sparked widespread backlash this week after describing human employees as an inefficient nuisance compared to artificial intelligence. During a podcast appearance, the billionaire donor argued that AI agents—which never require sleep, get sick, or file HR complaints—represent the future of the modern workforce.
At a Texas campaign rally, Donald Trump suggested that his own supporters likely could not afford a meal at his private Mar-a-Lago resort. The remarks, delivered while discussing a proposed $5,000 campaign payout, arrive during a deepening national hunger crisis exacerbated by recent federal nutrition assistance cuts.
President Donald Trump told supporters in Texas on Tuesday that the ongoing conflict with Iran could end whenever he chooses, even as the official federal price tag for the war climbed to $47 billion. This figure, however, is widely dismissed by independent analysts as a significant undercount of actual expenditures.
Less than 24 hours after promising to face money laundering and corruption allegations in Brazil, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro has left the country for the United States. His departure follows a decisive election loss to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and a direct order from the Supreme Court to surrender his passport.
The Superior Electoral Court in Brazil ruled Friday to strip former president Jair Bolsonaro of his eligibility to hold public office until 2030, citing his systematic abuse of power and the dissemination of baseless claims regarding the integrity of the nation’s electronic voting system during his term.
Thousands flooded the streets of Brasília on Sunday to mark the return of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to the presidency, a jubilant celebration that simultaneously signaled the end of Jair Bolsonaro’s far-right administration, which concluded with the former leader retreating to Florida rather than participating in the transfer of power.
Jair Bolsonaro faces 27 years and three months in prison after Brazil’s Supreme Court convicted him and seven associates of orchestrating a military coup and assassination plots against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The ruling marks a definitive legal confrontation with the legacy of the country's far-right movement.
A newly surfaced video of the fatal encounter between federal agents and 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti in Minneapolis directly contradicts official Department of Homeland Security claims. The footage, captured from a sidewalk vantage point, shows Pretti attempting to assist a bystander before being surrounded and killed by agents.
