Tracking the DOJ’s effort to get U.S. voter registration data

The Justice Department is asking states to agree to what they call a “confidential memorandum of understanding,” which would require states to include voter names, dates of birth, residential addresses, state driver’s licenses and the last four digits of their Social Security numbers. The DOJ says that after the states hand over the data, they’ll … Read more

Tracking ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Updated regularly.

Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has been at a near-standstill for weeks amid the Iran war, sending prices of oil and other key goods soaring. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. President Donald Trump made reopening the strait a condition of the ceasefire with Tehran, … Read more

Emperor penguins listed as endangered species by worldwide tracking organization

The emperor penguin has been declared an endangered species as climate change pushes the icon of Antarctica a step closer to extinction, the global authority on threatened wildlife announced Thursday. Its change of status from “near threatened” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) underscores the existential threat to ice-dependent species as global … Read more

Data: Tracking Iran’s missile and drone attacks on Gulf states

The U.S.-Israeli air campaign has battered Tehran and cities across the country, destroying homes and killing more than 1,900 people, according to Iran’s deputy health minister. U.S. and Israeli officials and commanders say the campaign is designed to decimate Iran’s missile and drone programs and that it will soon succeed in crippling Tehran’s ability to … Read more

Anthropic is tracking which jobs are most exposed to AI. These 10 professions top the list.

Anthropic, the maker of the AI chatbot Claude, says it has built an early warning system to track which U.S. jobs are most exposed to artificial intelligence — and its initial findings suggest many white-collar roles sit near the front lines. The company’s new research comes as fears mount that AI is taking work away from … Read more

US military boards third oil tanker in Indian Ocean after tracking it from Caribbean

WASHINGTON — U.S. military forces boarded a third sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean Sea in an effort to target illicit oil connected to Venezuela, the Pentagon said Tuesday. U.S. Southern Command said in a post on X that U.S. forces boarded the Bertha overnight, conducting “a right-of-visit, … Read more

Epstein files fallout: Tracking the resignations, firings and investigations

The Justice Department’s release of millions of files relating to its investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has shaken the upper echelons of power across the globe, resulting in high-profile firings and resignations in the U.S. and abroad and a number of active criminal investigations overseas. Here’s a look at those who’ve been … Read more