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Slate: Deep in desiccated Southern groves, the powerhouse of American citrus is suffering a brutal, unrelenting decline. No one wants to face what that means. “…Florida is in the midst of its worst drought in 25 years, but the dry spell actually ranked far down on the list of challenges these bedraggled growers were facing. …
The New York Times, Gift Article: Trump Administration Takes Steps to Refund $166 Billion in Tariffs. “…When President Trump unveiled his sprawling global tariffs last spring, he boasted that they would generate windfall profits and “make America wealthy again.” But after suffering a significant Supreme Court defeat, Mr. Trump is about to pay the money …
The New York Times Gift Article: “The stock market has been trying to ignore the war in Iran. That’s been true over weeks of escalation and de-escalation, cease-fires, a blockade, and a blockade of a blockade (now just a U.S. blockade). Markets have barely flinched, even as crude oil prices swing wildly each day and …
NeimanLab: “Depending on whom you ask, prediction markets are either: A dangerous, unregulated form of gambling that allows for degenerate betting on real events, unfettered by the economic and legal rules that keep stock markets and sports betting in check, creating an opportunity for corruption and insider trading on a scale we have never seen …
Government Executive: “The Trump administration’s reforms to the federal government cost the U.S. economy more than $165.6 billion, according to a new estimate from the Partnership for Public Service. “This is an administration that has claimed that it is trying to reduce waste, and yet the choices that it has made have created phenomenally larger …
Artificial Intelligence Acquisitions: Agencies Should Collect and Apply Lessons Learned to Improve Future Procurements. GAO-26-107859. Federal agencies use AI for facial recognition at airports, analyzing veterans’ benefit claims, and more. They often work with private sector companies to acquire and support AI. We talked with many agency officials about challenges acquiring AI. For example, some …
CSO: “Several major insurance carriers have begun to back away from providing cybersecurity and other insurance to companies using AI to run internal processes, insiders say. While there’s no standard response to customer use of AI in the insurance market, many carriers are now quietly declining to write policies for claims related to AI-generated outputs …
Abigail Haddad [This is experimental — please do not rely on this.] – Which government contracts have gotten terminated in the last year+? I pulled bulk data from USASpending to look at this. The red banner means this data set is brand-new to me and there are probably twelve different nuances I’m missing–which I would …
Via LLRX – AI in Finance and Banking, April 15, 2026 – This twice a month column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, NGO/IGO papers, conferences, industry white papers and reports, academic papers and speeches, and central bank actions on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. The …
WSJ (Gift Article): Pentagon Approaches Automakers, Manufacturers to Boost Weapons Production. “The Trump administration wants automakers and other American manufacturers to play a larger role in weapons production, reminiscent of a practice used during World War II. Senior defense officials have held talks about producing weapons and other military supplies with the top executives of …
Follow up to These Apps Can Help You Find the Cheapest Gas See also The Drive A tool originally made to track beer prices unites public data, crowdsourced photos, and robocalls to find the cheapest gas near you. “…Appropriately called “The Gas Index,” the project started as a tool to track the price of a …
Report of the Yale Committee on Trust in Higher Education April 10, 2026 – The New York Times – A 10-member committee offered a brutal assessment of academia’s role in creating the forces challenging American colleges and universities [gift article]: “American colleges and universities bear significant responsibility for plunging public trust in higher education, a …
