ICE activity is surging ahead of midterms. So is voter turnout.
Across the country, there are reports of heightened ICE activity. Advocates worry about how close it is to midterms, but so far voter turnout is surging.
NPR special: 5 takeaways from a year of listening to swing voters
Every election, there is a crucial sliver of voters who help determine which candidates win. Here are five takeaways from a year of listening to voters who backed Biden in 2020 and then Trump in 2024.
Blockchain intelligence firms link North Korea to $6.3B hack on Binance
The world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange reported Thursday that approximately $6.3 billion was impacted in an apparent hack.
Why is the Cheesecake Factory at the center of the latest culture war?
A joke by former President Obama has gone viral and received backlash from the Trump administration as the issue of affordability looms large over next week's midterm elections.
Binance flags 'potential security issue,' says approximately $6.3 billion impacted
It wasn't immediately clear the extent of the damage hackers might have been able to cause, and Binance had not explicitly confirmed that funds had been pilfered. The company said its teams are "working around the clock" to resolve the issue.
Alaska's Senate race faces claims of spoiler candidate. And, Hegseth ousts Army general
Alaska's governor ordered an investigation into claims that Dems recruited a spoiler candidate to confuse voters. And, Hegseth ousted an Army general as the U.S. prepares for potential attacks on Iran.
The two most interesting risks to Anthropic
Anthropic gave a 94-page list of risk factors in its S-1 this week. Two of them stood out.
Democrats seek to weaken the Republican lead in state legislatures
Republicans control 10 more state legislatures than Democrats. That's where most laws on taxes, abortion, crime and schools are made.
For voters from immigrant families and new citizens, voting is bigger than themselves
While many young voters are focused on the cost of living in the election, for some from immigrant families, the political calculation — and their votes — is often about even more than the economy.
Here are the Senate races to watch ahead of Election Day
The competitive map for control of the U.S. Senate has expanded considerably in the final days before Election Day. Here's a ranking of those competitive races from most likely to flip to least likely.
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Crypto giant Binance attempting to recover $6.3bn stolen in hack linked to North Korea
The cyber-attack, which the company describes as complex, is believed to be the largest ever of its kind.
What we know about Binance's $6.3bn hack
Cyber correspondent Joe Tidy explains more about what is suspected to be the biggest hack in history.
Driver guilty of hitting cyclist and dragging him to death under car
Simon Richardson is convicted of murdering head teacher Michael Mullins and will be sentenced on Monday.
Hundreds evacuated from Russian-occupied Oleshky during rare Ukraine ceasefire
Hundreds of people are also understood to have stayed in the front-line town, despite the dangers.
Police Scotland carrying out 'active inquiries' into Andrew and Epstein Balmoral visits
The force said it had received information and stressed its inquiries were at "an early stage".
US inmate Christa Pike says she woke up 'confused and in pain' after failed execution
It is Pike's first public statement since she survived an execution attempt by lethal injection in September.
Russell Brand accusers 'haunted' for years by alleged crimes, court hears
The women involved in the case had "nothing to gain" apart from "some closure", the prosecutor says.
Prominent Russian newspaper shuts down under pressure from authorities
Novaya Gazeta has been one of the most high-profile independent news outlets in Russia over the last three decades.
Watch: Iconic moments from the career of Sir Patrick Stewart, who has died aged 86
The renowned British actor died after "a brief and poignant journey" with Alzheimer's disease and Lewy Body Dementia, his spokesperson says.
US tech stocks see sharp falls as AI spending nears $1tn
Shares in Intel continue to fall while the tech-heavy Nasdaq opens at its lowest level in more than two months.
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Anthropic: That Claude Code extension compromise… couldn't be us
Claudeshop fingers 'malicious actor' in targeted supply-chain attack on Cursor
Voyager 1 gives controllers the silent treatment
Whew! Only kidding, here I am
AlpineBSD announced – an AI-free FOSS OS
Combining the NetBSD kernel with the Alpine Linux userland
NASA ponders a Hubble servicing mission or a controlled deorbit
Agency only looking for information, but reentry countdown ticking for veteran space telescope
AI projects not paying off? Keep at it, says Uni Productivity Institute
All that up-front investment needs time to take effect, and speeding individual tasks won't necessarily boost the entire firm
NHS quango warns of risk to GP patient data after website vendor collapse
Hundreds of practices hit by small health tech firm going into administration
British intelligence agency misplaced 'thousands' of storage devices, years later still can't say how many
Other agency errors included an unchecked software bug that led to Terrorism Act detentions
Accenture AI agents are sifting through applicants
But a human makes final hiring decisions at global tech consultancy