Posts by Jordi

Reuters reported Friday that Maine’s governor vetoed what would have been the first U.S. state freeze on new data centers, while Reuters also noted that a dozen states are weighing data-center curbs. That is the real AI politics now: not just models, chatbots, or censorship, but land, electricity, water, permitting, local bills, and who gets priority when private compute demand collides with public infrastructure.

Reuters reported Friday that the FDA is moving to fast-track psychedelic drugs after a Trump order, while other outlets reported that three psychedelic therapies are being moved into unusually fast review lanes. That may help patients if the science is sound. It also shows why health regulation cannot become another political spectacle: if Washington accelerates medicine, citizens deserve transparent evidence, clean conflicts-of-interest rules, and honest follow-up when the headlines fade.

Reuters reported Thursday that Justice Department records show the Trump administration has cut more than 4,000 employees from major federal law-enforcement agencies while publicly vowing to crack down on crime. The records, obtained through FOIA, show the FBI has lost about 2,600 employees, more than 7% of its workforce, since fiscal 2024. The DEA is down about 6%, the ATF about 14%, and the National Security Division nearly 38%. Reuters also reported that the Civil Rights Division has lost more than half its staff, the environmental law section about a third, and the Bureau of Prisons more than 2,200 employees even as federal inmate levels remain largely unchanged. Critics told Reuters the cuts undermine the government’s ability to investigate crime, terrorism, civil-rights violations, prison safety, drug trafficking, and gun offenses. A Justice Department spokeswoman argued the reductions did not hamper violent-crime work. Reuters found that drug-trafficking prosecutions dropped last year to their lowest level in more than two decades and are running even lower this year.

Reuters reports that Trump adviser Kurt Olsen and other administration officials continued pursuing election-rigging claims even after a secret federal review of Dominion Voting Systems machines in Puerto Rico found no evidence of hacking. According to Reuters, the administration seized the machines in May and had Mojave Research analyze them for months. When the contractor found no malicious code, Olsen accused the company of blocking his work, serving the “deep state,” and taking money from George Soros — claims the company and Soros’s Open Society Foundations denied. Reuters says the failed Puerto Rico probe helped expand the effort to Georgia, where the FBI seized 2020 election ballots, and Arizona, where the FBI subpoenaed voter records. The investigation reportedly used staff and resources from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Justice Department, the FBI, and even CIA access to election-related intelligence. The White House called the reporting “misinformation” from “disgruntled leakers” and defended election-security work.

Reuters obtained FOIA records showing the Trump DOJ has cut more than 4,000 workers from top law-enforcement agencies — the FBI lost about 2,600 people, the ATF lost 14% of its staff, the National Security Division lost nearly 38%, and the Civil Rights Division lost more than half — while the administration keeps promising to crack down on crime. Federal drug-trafficking prosecutions have dropped to their lowest level in more than two decades.

Reuters reported Wednesday that prediction-market platform Kalshi suspended three U.S. congressional candidates for what it called ‘political insider trading’ after the candidates traded on their own elections. Kalshi said the cases were caught by new safeguards aimed at blocking political candidates from trading on contests in which they are directly involved. Reuters identified the candidates as Minnesota Democratic state Senator Matt Klein, Texas Republican Ezekiel Enriquez, and Virginia independent Senate candidate Mark Moran. Moran said on X that he intentionally placed a $100 bet on himself to provoke attention. Klein apologized for a $50 bet on his primary race and called it a mistake.

Reuters reported Tuesday that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has formally ended the lending industry’s obligation to avoid policies with unintentionally discriminatory effects under the 1974 Equal Credit Opportunity Act. The move leaves prohibitions on explicit and intentional discrimination in place, but removes the

Reuters reported Tuesday that Democratic Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigned from the House just minutes before a committee hearing was set to consider sanctions over ethics violations. Her exit came as the Justice Department pursues criminal charges alleging that her family healthcare company was overpa

Reuters reported Tuesday that U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told Mexican auto and steel industry groups they should not expect the renegotiation of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement to restore a zero-tariff world. According to four industry sources cited by Reuters, Greer said the tariffs are “here to stay” because President Donald Trump likes them, even as formal bilateral talks with Mexico are set to begin the week of May 25 ahead of

Reuters reported Sunday that Tesla likely shifted about $18 billion in profits through units in the Netherlands and Singapore, a structure tax experts told the news agency almost certainly acted as a conduit for profit shifting and likely saved the company at least $400 million in U.S. taxes. The report followed a review of thousands of pages of regulatory filings across multiple countries and interviews with tax spe