Biden thought he had it under control. Then it got worse.wapo.st The inside story of the Biden team’s failure over nine days to contain the crisis from his debate with Trump.
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Joe Biden Doesn’t Understand the Post-Debate Realitywww.theatlantic.com The president told George Stephanopoulos that he’d drop out only if “the Lord Almighty” directed him to do so.
As China’s Internet Disappears, ‘We Lose Parts of Our Collective Memory’www.nytimes.com The number of Chinese websites is shrinking and posts are being removed and censored, stoking fears about what happens when history is erased.
At center of Alito controversy, a flag celebrated by extremistswapo.st Since its origins in colonial times, historians say, the Appeal to Heaven flag has been used to justify political violence. It has been adopted in recent years by Christian nationalists and others on ...
The Internet’s Final Frontier: Remote Amazon Tribeswww.nytimes.com Elon Musk’s Starlink has connected an isolated tribe to the outside world — and divided it from within.
Opinion | How Trump fills a void in an increasingly secular Americawapo.st As secularization spreads, opportunistic populists such as Donald Trump are weaponizing religion.
Who’s Behind All the ‘Pussy in Bio’ on X?nymag.com An investigation into the marketers and scammers responsible for X’s most visible — and most memeable — spambot problem.
How To Read This Chart: Solving a chart-meme mysterys2.washingtonpost.com Plus, beets, bears, bipartisanship.
Pete Davidson and Colin Jost’s Ferry Is Very Much Happeningwww.curbed.com We talked to the architect working behind the scenes on getting the rusty Staten Island Ferry up and running.
Ultra-orthodox draft exemption sharpens threat against Netanyahu governmentwww.ft.com A court ruling freezing subsidies to yeshiva students has piled greater strain on Israel’s coalition
Deepfake Kari Lake video shows coming chaos of AI in electionswww.washingtonpost.com A news outlet creates a video generated by artificial intelligence to demonstrate the dangers of deepfakes in the coming election.
‘Just watch us’: Gates-backed TerraPower is bullish on being the first next-gen nuclear plant in U.S.www.geekwire.com TerraPower signage. (TerraPower Photo) Inside TerraPower's cavernous 65,000 square-foot laboratory north of Seattle, there's a suite of stations for
Analysis | Eager for Christian votes, Trump stokes religious insecuritywww.washingtonpost.com The former president again taps into the fears of his prospective and likely base.
Leaked files from Chinese firm show vast international hacking effortwww.washingtonpost.com The trove shows how Chinese security services promote rivalry between private hacking companies, spurring them to target foreign governments and institutions.
Turkey votes in favor of Sweden’s NATO membership after months of delaywww.washingtonpost.com Hungary’s approval remains the last major hurdle for a major expansion of the military alliance set in motion by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Remnants of Sprawling Ancient Cities Are Found in the Amazonwww.nytimes.com Archaeologists, relying on laser technology and decades of research, mapped a cluster of ancient cities in eastern Ecuador. Their findings add to evidence of dense settlements in Amazonia.
Suck carbon out of the atmosphere and desalinate seawater at the same time? This startup is trying.www.theverge.com It’s supposed to be a climate solution, but fossil fuels are still in the mix.
Taiwan elects Lai Ching-te as president. China calls it a dangerous choice.wapo.st Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party has been elected president of Taiwan, an outcome that will anger China, which views him as a separatist.
U.S.-led coalition strikes Iran-aligned Houthi militants in Yemenwww.washingtonpost.com The strike in Yemen follows a surge in Houthi attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea that have wreaked havoc on the global economy.
Here's how much fruit you can take from a display before it collapseswww.sciencenews.org About 10 percent of the fruit in a tilted market display can be removed before it all crashes down, computer simulations show.
118th Congress on track to become one of the least productive in US historyabcnews.go.com A divided Congress and other issues have led to the lowest number of bills passed in the first year of a congressional session in history, experts said.
What to know about the genocide case against Israel at the ICJwww.washingtonpost.com South Africa argues Israel is violating international law by committing and failing to prevent genocide with the intention “to destroy Palestinians in Gaza.”
Settlers killed a Palestinian teen. Israeli forces didn’t stop it.wapo.st A review of videos from the deadliest settler attack in the West Bank since the war began shows how increasingly violent tactics have gone unpunished.
AI-driven misinformation ‘biggest short-term threat to global economy’www.theguardian.com World Economic Forum highlights risk of election interference in year UK and US go to polls
Functional semiconductor made from graphenewww.sciencedaily.com Researchers have created the first functional semiconductor made from graphene, a single sheet of carbon atoms held together by the strongest bonds known. The breakthrough throws open the door to a ne...
Chinese PLA-linked vessels map the Indian Ocean for submarine warfarewapo.st Beijing’s growing research activities in international waters are designed to expand undersea military operations, analysts say.
Maldives President Urges China To Send More Tourists Amid Row With Indiawww.ndtv.com Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu appealed to China to "intensify" efforts to send more tourists to his country, amid a spate of cancellation of reservations by Indian tourists after a diplomatic row...