‘Massive military boondoggle’: Critics warn Trump’s about to blow billions on battleships
The Trump administration’s controversial plan to build a new “Golden Fleet” of guided-missile battleships is drawing mounting criticism from budget...
Edgy Vanity Plates Test Limits of Free Speech
The next great First Amendment battleground is just six inches high and is attached to about a million motor vehicles...
Wayward SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon as predicted
A SpaceX rocket that launched a pair of lunar landers slammed into the moon as predicted on Wednesday after drifting...
Fled to America at 11. Stole at 18. Deported to Vietnam at 44.
Thousands of Southeast Asians, many of them long spared from deportation since the end of the Vietnam War, are being...
Today Would’ve Been the 57th Birthday of This Indie Icon With a Heartbreaking Musical Legacy
Elliott Smith was born on August 6, 1969, and through his honest, raw songwriting became the beloved patron saint of...
VICE Album Reviews, August 7: Overmono, Twenty One Pilots, and More
Music journalism is going to the wall, and places for sensible, well-informed, nuanced takes on the latest releases are dwindling....
This YC startup raised $5 million for a personal assistant to help you stay on top of your text messages
Haz Hubble (28) and Wyatt Lansford (29) cofounded Pally and live in the Bay Area. Courtesy of PallyPally is an...
Why Is The Odyssey Rated R?
Christopher Nolan has directed two movies in which a soldier washes up on a foreign shore and, battle-weary and sodden,...
Trump hands ally $150M in ‘corrupt’ courtroom contract ensnarling kids: critics
A small Houston-based law firm with ties to the Trump administration is reportedly set to receive a $150 million no-bid...
Senate Panel Votes to Hold Fauci in Contempt of Congress
The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted along party lines on Thursday to hold Dr. Anthony S. Fauci in contempt of...
