politics
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California Proposition 40 would impose a one-time 5% wealth tax on billionaires, directing 90% of the proceeds to healthcare. We examine the strongest arguments for and against taxing extreme wealth.
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Fairshake is putting millions behind 32 House candidates—19 Republicans and 13 Democrats—as the crypto industry shifts its stalled CLARITY Act fight into the 2026 midterms.
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Jay Clayton will lead the White House Super Intelligence Force, which has 120 days to assess advanced AI risks, opportunities and the federal response.
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Trump’s White House AI safety accord uses internal controls, independent external audits and board oversight instead of new binding federal rules.
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The White House has ordered federal agencies to replace AI terminology with “Super Intelligence” and “SI” while major tech executives signed a separate voluntary AI standards accord.
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Hong Kong’s Northern Metropolis is moving from blueprint to five-year-plan centerpiece, testing whether China’s megaregion strategy can deliver growth without erasing the communities and landscapes in its path.
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The Senate voted 57–43 to advance the Ratepayer Protection Act but fell short of the 60 votes required, exposing a bipartisan agreement that data-center grid costs matter—and a partisan dispute over how binding federal protections should be.
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Texas has placed new scrutiny on the infrastructure pipeline supporting large data centers, a development with direct implications for Bitcoin miners competing for the same substations, transformers, transmission capacity, powered land and water resources. Governor Greg Abbott directed the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to pause permitting associated with data-center projects while the Electric Reliability…
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As humanoid robots become more autonomous and human-like, existing law offers clues about whether machines could someday receive protections beyond ordinary property law.
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Australia is proposing rules that would let users opt out of personalized social-media recommendations and choose a following-based feed.
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U.S. and Chinese officials discussed a proposed notification mechanism for serious AI-related national-security incidents during September 20 talks in New York.
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Washington D.C. – August 3, 2026 – In a move that has sent ripples through the crypto derivatives market, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has formally paused its approval of Nasdaq’s proposal to list cash-settled Bitcoin index options under the ticker QBTC. The decision, announced late last week, effectively freezes what would have been a…
