Michael Hiltzik

Trump tried to cut Social Security in the past, so why should you believe he won’t try again? Watch for these ‘gimmicks.’

Water fluoridation revolutionized dentistry, especially for children. Why does the right wing think it’s a problem?

Imposing work requirements on Medicaid recipients didn’t achieve anything the last time. So why are they being considered again by Trump’s GOP?

Putting enemies of science in charge of science policy is a formula for mass injury and death, history reminds us.

A blizzard of lawsuits filed by its receiver reveals that the once-high-flying crypto firm FTX was even more crooked and dumb than you thought.

A federal judge’s dismissal of a copyright claim against OpenAI has artists and writers wondering if they can ever win in court against the AI industry, but experts aren’t sure the battle is over.

Molly White has a message for journalists considering going independent: Beware of the legal pitfalls

Trump’s victory endangers vaccines, Medicare and Medicaid recipients, and abortion rights. Here’s the potential fallout

TD Bank bills itself as ‘America’s most Convenient Bank.’ The feds fined it $1.8 billion for being too convenient for human traffickers and fentanyl dealers.

Apple’s AI researchers gave these AI systems a simple arithmetic problem that schoolkids can solve. The bots flunked.