oregon There are huge polka dots all over Portland's Pioneer Square Rusty Blazenhoff

Science What would happen if 8 billion people simultaneously urinated into the Grand Canyon? Popkin

politics Tesla begs Trump not to destroy company after Musk got him elected Ellsworth Toohey

corruption Former IRS crypto investigator shares his harrowing 8-month imprisonment in Nigeria Ellsworth Toohey

AI snitches Elon Musk's own AI chatbot — Grok — says U.S. better off with Democrats Carla Sinclair

china Russia uses Bitcoin to dodge sanctions in oil trades with China and India Ellsworth Toohey

DOGE cuts Eerie: Passengers stand on wing of burning American Airlines flight in Denver (video) Carla Sinclair

History It's 25 years since the dot com bubble burst Rob Beschizza

Business Billionaire baby can't handle people saying mean things about his cars Ellsworth Toohey

canceled liftoffs Musk calls pilot the R-word over astronaut delay — then delays SpaceX flight to ISS Carla Sinclair

Ashes to affection: two months after the Palisades fire a cat is reunited with her owner (video) Jason Weisberger

politics Most Americans now have low opinion of Elon Musk Rob Beschizza

politics Competing Disco Elysium successors announced Grant St. Clair

Trump tariffs BlackRock CEO Larry Fink sounds alarm: "The economy is weakening as we speak" Carla Sinclair

politics Bezos breaks his favorite toy: Ruth Marcus bails after 40 years at The Washington Post Ellsworth Toohey

rigged games Yikes! Plummeting stocks all part of Trump's "strategy," says Mike Johnson (video) Carla Sinclair

MAGA billionaire not content with being rich, must also ruin last airline that didn't charge for bags Ellsworth Toohey

misinformation Spite turns normal people into horse-paste-eating conspiracy addicts, says study Ellsworth Toohey

News Elon says DOGE needs twice as many people to tell others they have too many people Ellsworth Toohey

what makes America great Putin-puppet Musk calls Sen. Mark Kelly "traitor" for standing with allies — gets schooled in return Carla Sinclair