NPR finds "no sign" of Polymarket at its Panama HQ address(npr.org)

217 points by ilamont 5 months ago | 98 comments

President Trump bans Anthropic from use in government systems(npr.org)

226 points by pkress2 8 months ago | 187 comments

Jeff Bezos' revamp of 'Washington Post' opinions leads editor to quit(npr.org)

211 points by layer8 1 year ago | 131 comments

DHS restricts congressional visits to ICE facilities in Minneapolis(npr.org)

62 points by mickle00 9 months ago | 10 comments

Former Supreme Court justice David Souter has died(npr.org)

71 points by danso 1 year ago | 32 comments

'Bloody Saturday' at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded networks(npr.org)

29 points by marban 1 year ago | 15 comments

Prediction markets are ushering in a world in which news becomes about gambling(theatlantic.com)

472 points by krustyburger 9 months ago | 454 comments

An Atlantic article, syndicated on MSN, by Saahil Desai arguing that America is sliding into a Polymarket-driven world where news becomes about betting.

Surely the crash of the US economy has to be soon(wilsoniumite.com)

466 points by Wilsoniumite 8 months ago | 597 comments

A personal blog post revisiting the author's failed prediction of a 2025 US economic crash and arguing a crash may still be coming, using data such as FRED unemployment charts.

Small business owners say they're pressured to hire off-duty cops for security(minnesotareformer.com)

546 points by danso 3 years ago | 454 comments

Minnesota Reformer article reporting that Minneapolis small business owners feel pressured to hire off-duty MPD officers for security, as the city weighs challenging a 1997 injunction.

Judge rules Trump administration’s blacklisting of Anthropic was illegal(nytimes.com)

557 points by jbegley 1 month ago | 409 comments

New York Times article on a federal judge ruling that the Trump administration's blacklisting of Anthropic was illegal; the capture shows a captcha page.

We haven't seen the worst of what gambling and prediction markets will do(derekthompson.org)

826 points by mmcclure 7 months ago | 576 comments

Derek Thompson essay arguing that the spread of gambling and prediction markets in America will cause worse social harm than people expect.

New York may ban noncompete employment agreements and Wall Street is not happy(fortune.com)

504 points by pg_1234 2 years ago | 308 comments

Fortune/AP article on a New York bill to ban noncompete employment agreements, awaiting Gov. Kathy Hochul's decision, and opposition from Wall Street firms.