Article URL: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/12/18/toll-roads-are-spreading-in-america Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46403992 Points: 16 # Comments: 14...
The tech moguls in happier times (at Trump’s inauguration.) Since X's users started using Grok to undress women and children using deepfake images, I have been waiting for what I assumed would be inev...
As anti-government protests continue in Iran, countries in the region are watching. Some are concerned; others sense potential opportunity....
Workers in six more states will see their minimum wages hit $15. Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Nineteen states will raise their minimum wages in January, affecting over 8 m...
Business Insider wants to hear about your healthcare experience. Frazao Studio Latino/Getty Images The cost of health insurance is rising in 2026 and crucial funding for hospitals is dwindling. US pol...
Faced with large protests and external pressure, ruling elites need domestic reform and a grand bargain with Washington...
Protests in Tehran have entered their 13th day, with severe internet shutdowns limiting communication amid what have become the biggest anti-government demonstrations in years. Euronews outlines the d...
Several viral videos claim to show people in Venezuela allegedly celebrating or protesting after Maduro's arrest. The DW fact check team explains why these recordings are misleading or even fake....
Top trial lawyer, Barry Pollack, is going to be defending Nicolas Maduro as his legal case advances, He'll be going up before 92-year-old Judge Alvin Hellerstein. Maduro has pleaded not guilty to narc...
A left‑wing extremist group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a Berlin power plant. What drives such an attack, and how serious a threat does this radical network pose?...
Gen Z protests have shaken Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal in recent years — but not India. Why? In a Delhi coffee-house chat with DW, young Indians debate power, politics and the future....
Ukraine staged the death of an anti-Kremlin Russian fighter to prevent his killing ordered by Moscow’s special forces, Ukrainian military intelligence announced on Thursday. Denis Kapustin, leader of ...
Google cofounded Sergey Brin and Larry Page attended the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in 2007. Billy Farrell/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images This post originally appeared in the BI Today newsletter. You ...
The US might hit Iran "very hard" if the regime escalates its crackdown on anti-government protesters, according to US President Donald Trump. How do Iranians feel about these warnings?...
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President Trump says 2026 will be better for American farmers, thanks in part to $12 billion in new federal "bridge payments." But optimism remains hard to come by in farm country. (Image credit: Kirk...
With the repressive machinery Maduro used still in place, many Venezuelans are scared to celebrate his departure....
Following the attack on Venezuela and the capture of Nicolas Maduro, the US has been threatening other countries in the region. They have reacted with defiance....
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