Obama museum lets visitors sit behind Oval Office desk, touch iconic dresses Posted July 7, 2026 The Obama Presidential Center opened to the general public on June 19 after a celebratory dedication in Chicago with dignitaries. But tens of thousands of people–…
Ohio suspends data center tax break as tech firms face pressure to pay the cost to power AI Posted June 27, 2026 Ohio, one of the nation's data center destination hot spots, is suspending a tax break that has been critical to its competition with other states to attract the massive new facil…
New York may ban flour used in thousands of pizzerias and bagel shops Posted June 23, 2026 After more than a decade of mixing and kneading dough in his family’s Brooklyn pizzeria, Salvatore Lo Duca recently made a distressing discovery: a key component …
Greece, birthplace of democracy, seeks to put humanity ahead of AI in updated constitution Posted June 14, 2026 Greece is preparing major constitutional changes, including an amendment requiring that artificial intelligence serve human society. Conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsot…
Senators approve withholding their own pay during government shutdowns Posted June 11, 2026 Senators unanimously approved a resolution to withhold their pay during government shutdowns, an attempt to make federal closures financially painful for lawmakers after a string …
Australia moves to tax Meta, Google, and TikTok to fund newsrooms Posted May 31, 2026 Australia has proposed taxing digital giants Meta, Google, and TikTok on a part of their revenue to pay for news reporters. In April, the government released the draft legislation…
Do you prefer to pay income taxes or sales taxes? Missouri voters will get to choose Posted May 28, 2026 It’s not every day—or even every decade—that voters are presented a decision like this: Should the state's individual income tax be eliminated? When that question appears on a …
Residents in rural Sudan say the Iran war has made it harder to get medicines Posted May 25, 2026 It's always been challenging for Abbas Awad to find medicines in his village outside Sudan's capital. But since the war in Iran, it's become harder. Prices have spiked
Utility bills are exceeding mortgages in West Virginia despite Trump’s promised cuts Posted May 13, 2026 President Donald Trump, as part of his campaign pitch to “make America affordable again,” promised to cut Americans’ electricity bills by at least half. But it ha…
Cambodia advances a scam center law with penalties of up to life in prison Posted May 1, 2026 Cambodian lawmakers unanimously adopted a new law targeting online scam operations with up to life in prison, following a government pledge to shut them down by t…