The new administration has empowered a handful of extremely rich people to exert disproportionate influence over the government. There’s a word for that.

This is a massive head start, and cultural symmetry that seemed to make American AI predestined. Open AI is backed by a US$14 billion investment from Microsoft, and has access to the cloud ...

Multiple countries, including New Zealand and Australia, are trying to use tax and competition rules to stem the growing ...

In Aristotelian terms, democracy is also a corrupt form of government in which the majority uses its power to abuse ...

The writer of the letter “We now have an oligarchy” (Jan. 24, TribLive) states “political advisers, allies and billionaire oligarchs have suddenly gained influence within the U.S. government.” ...

Plenty of his billionaire backers didn’t make the cut at his inauguration. The catbird seats were occupied instead by the ...

Elsass, North Canton This article originally appeared on The Repository: The U.S. seems to be an oligarchy | Letter ...

As Elon Musk and his billionaire brethren take power in Trump’s second term, the lack of legal guardrails — and the fading ...

Big Tech’s ability to influence electoral outcomes and then work in concert with political power is perilous for political and economic competition.

Trump’s first week was a catastrophe for many vulnerable people. But the biggest story was his startling initial moves from ...

Together, these forces steered America toward oligarchy. Trump recognized the cracks in our system—and moved in to exploit them. In this next chapter of America’s story, “Velshi” will ...