Australians are yet to see the benefits of AI and datacentres – and US midterms show they could be political kryptonite
Albanese should tread carefully as he struggles to make case for how the new technology will benefit ordinary votersGet our daily political email, fre...
Outcry after ICE violently detains US citizen walking to high school: ‘I thought they were going to kill me’
Agents pinned down Erik Zepeda, a 20-year-old with disabilities, and left him with a broken wrist in latest example of ICE brutality as activity surge...
Tech barons cozied up to Trump. What will they do in newly blue America?
Democrats’ success was helped by popular anger over tech, AI and the super rich – life for billionaires could become much more difficultThe photo of S...
AI PACs spent millions trying to shape Congress. Here’s how they fared.
AI industry PACs spent millions influencing the 2026 midterms, with mixed results. Political groups are already looking toward the next election cycle...
Sam Altman addresses RAM comments: people should ‘put as much as they want in their computers’
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman spent election night defending his position on PC RAM purchases. He changed his name on X to "Ram Altman" in response to another...
What Democrats plan to prioritize if they retake the House
This election will determine control of Congress. Rep. Pete Aguilar, who represents California's 33rd Congressional District, shares how Democratic Pa...
US voters share why they cast their ballots – from frustration with Trump to affordability concerns
‘It’s the disregard for the rule of law. It just seems like they’re thumbing their nose at it’In the battleground state of Maine, Todd Cox, 63, has su...
DoJ tells Democrats in letters they could be targets of Alaska ballot investigation
Top election lawyer and lawmakers received notes over alleged scheme to confuse voters with two Dan SullivansThe justice department has sent letters t...
Investigators say they found tail pieces of Learjet that crashed in Florida, killing nine
National Transportation Safety Board says discovery of parts confirms plane was breaking apart before it crashedInvestigators looking into the fatal c...
Healey to veto new offshore wind projects if they will not lower bills
Chancellor’s plans add to concerns that government is moving away from pro-renewables agendaJohn Healey has said he will veto new offshore wind projec...
Ask Texas NAACP president Gary Bledsoe what it's been like to see data center developers descend upon Austin and its surrounding suburbs and he can ra...
‘You are set up to fail’: homeless people say system in England is broken and they need help
As Andy Burnham hosts a rough sleeper summit, frustration mounts over ‘ridiculous bureaucracy’ and lack of hostel placesMartin Fletcher had been homel...
U.S. measles cases more than double what they were last year as outbreak spreads
Pennsylvania is the worst hit state, with at least 1,338 cases of measles confirmed in 44 counties so far this year, according to the Pennsylvania Dep...
