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For years, social media companies have faced pressure from users and government watchdogs to stop misinformation from distorting elections, deepening political divisions and undermining Americans' trust in institutions. But what if dramatically reducing people's exposure to unreliable sources th...
A Times analysis of 16 years of available federal data shows federal agencies lag in processing requests for government records.
The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it would release $600 million in funding appropriated by Congress to an immunization program that serves children in poor countries. The move is a reversal of a decision last year from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The good news is that the nation’s grid has proven itself to be remarkably dependable during the growth of the digital economy. The bad news is that it badly needs to be modernized.
Democratic political strategist James Carville said this week that the public “didn’t f—ing learn anything” from the publicly released diary entries of Dr. Anthony Fauci, who helped lead the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.