US manufacturers in Rust Belt states are facing soaring electricity costs as data center demand strains the PJM power grid, threatening President Trump's "Made in America" manufacturing revival plan. …
California consumer confidence rose 1% in the first half of 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, despite economic uncertainty, the Iran war, and a heated governor's race. The present situation in…
New federal data shows steep drops in Affordable Care Act enrollment across many states, with Ohio and Oklahoma each losing nearly one-third of enrollees after enhanced subsidies expired in January. T…
Sen. Chris Coons walked away from a multi-vehicle crash in Delaware on Sunday with minor injuries and received prompt emergency care, contrasting with the struggles of ordinary Americans in similar si…
Struggling robot security company Knightscope, whose stock has fallen over 99% since 2022 and whose K5 robots have been involved in multiple mishaps, is now publishing bizarre AI-generated fan fiction…
US states including Ohio, Texas, and Pennsylvania are fast-tracking approval of power plants for AI data centers, bypassing public hearings and environmental reviews to approve projects in as little a…
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs signed a bipartisan budget that freezes new data center tax breaks for three years, pausing a program that costs the state $38 million annually. The moratorium aims to add…
Vice President JD Vance now calls his 2021 comment calling Democrats 'childless cat ladies' 'one of the dumbest things I ever said' in his forthcoming memoir 'Communion.' Vance writes that the comment…
Grassroots opposition groups have blocked or delayed at least 75 AI data center projects worth $130 billion in the first quarter of 2026, matching the total disruption for all of 2025. The number of o…
OpenAI is negotiating to lease a planned 10-gigawatt data center in Ohio, with Nvidia potentially serving as a financial guarantor for the project. The site, developed by SoftBank-owned SB Energy on f…
Owen McGrann's 'dead economy theory' argues that AI-driven labor replacement will cause economic collapse even without AGI, through a cycle of layoffs, spending cuts, and revenue decline. The essay cr…
Meta has constructed six tent-like "rapid deployment structures" outside New Albany, Ohio, to house AI data centers, cutting construction time in half by borrowing tactics from Tesla and xAI. The 125,…
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine suspended a state tax break for data centers Wednesday after its cost ballooned to nearly $1.6 billion in 2025, more than 11 times the initial $136 million projection. The pa…
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine suspended a key tax break for data centers on Wednesday, halting a critical incentive that helped the state compete for facilities powering artificial intelligence. The pause…