US Tourism Is Falling While the Rest of the World’s Is Rising. Here’s Why.
The US was one of the only major global destinations to see international visitor spending decline in 2025, even as global travel overall hit new…
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Tariffs Have Cost Oregon Importers Nearly $3 Billion. Here’s Where It’s Landing.
An August 2026 analysis from the Oregon State Treasury found that Oregon importers alone paid nearly $3 billion in tariffs between March and December 2025,…
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Democratic Socialist Angie Nixon Upsets a $16M Campaign in Florida’s Senate Primary
Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, won the state’s Democratic US Senate primary on August 18 with 56%…
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The FDA Wants Help Figuring Out How to Regulate AI Medical Devices
The FDA released a discussion paper on August 18 outlining how it might eventually regulate generative AI-enabled medical devices, opening a public comment docket that…
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Iran-Linked Hackers Hit Medical Device Giant Stryker in Major Cyberattack
Medical device manufacturer Stryker was hit by a severe cyberattack in March, claimed by the Iran-linked hacktivist group Handala, which wiped more than 200,000 systems,…
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Hegseth’s ‘No Quarter, No Mercy’ Iran Comment Raised War Crimes Concerns
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters at a March 13 Pentagon briefing on the US-Israeli war with Iran that American forces would continue “pressing,” “pushing,”…
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Cities Are Racing to Engineer Their Way Out of Extreme Heat
Seoul is building a citywide network of shaded walking routes it’s calling the “right to shade,” starting with a pilot covering 10 high-traffic streets through…
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