After Trump lifted some export controls on H20 chips, Nvidia announced that it would pay the U.S. government 15 percent of all revenue from sales to China.This is Trump’s economics of control, writes Executive Editor David Dayen.
Team Trump is fighting another losing battle in the courts, this time over sanctuary jurisdictions. James Baratta points out that their argument neglects that cooperation with immigration authorities is optional.
Paralyzed with confusion as Godzilla emerges, the Tokyo bureaucrats can only think to do one thing: schedule another meeting. Back in theaters, this clever sequel from 2016 pits the radioactive reptile against a flawed (but functioning!) bureaucracy, writes film critic A.A. Dowd.
Tech and crypto firms have spent $1.2 billion during and since the 2024 election, and they are reaping the benefits. Executive Editor David Dayenhas scrutinized a new report which shows that dozens of investigations of Big Tech have been halted or withdrawn since Trump has taken office.
Trump has surpassed Reagan in his war on workers’ rights. Trump’s effort to make the federal government non-union again only reinforces how important the unions are, writes Julie Su, who served as Acting Secretary for Labor for the last two years of Biden administration..
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