Buckle Up: Delta’s Expanded Surge Pricing Could Signal Higher Fares
Airline ticket prices are rising faster than inflation, and now Delta is scaling up its artificial intelligence-powered dynamic pricing to further gouge its customers.
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Trump’s Allies Could Profit Off Privatizing Weather Forecasting Agencies
Businesses linked to Trump’s cabinet stand to benefit from privatizing weather monitoring agencies — leaving Americans to pay for lifesaving weather forecasts themselves.
Rail Barons Push For Robots To Conduct Track Inspections
The rail industry wants to replace human track inspectors with robotic ones, despite data showing most derailments are caused by conditions that are undetectable to computers.
Chemical Industry Laments Deregulatory Win It Fought For
As Trump shutters the country’s chemical accident review agency, chemical lobbyists offer tepid pushback and loads of payola.
A Cursed New Crypto Bank Could Tank The Economy
The nationally chartered Erebor Bank could add legitimacy and value to crypto assets, but risks destabilizing the financial system.
Republicans Deliver A Campaign Finance Bomb To The Supreme Court
The high court just took up a Trump-backed lawsuit designed to destroy some of the country’s last remaining campaign finance laws.
Big Pharma Says Drug Price Cuts Stifle Innovation — But R&D Is Booming
Trump’s megabill just let pharmaceutical companies keep drug prices high to avoid throttling innovation — but such price cuts aren’t actually hurting research.
Iran Regime Change, Brought To You By Dark Money
Neocon think tanks demanding that Trump overthrow Iran’s government — no matter the risks — are funded by anti-Muslim billionaires and fossil fuel fortunes.
Lawmakers Reward Their Crypto Benefactors… And Iran
The president and crypto-backed lawmakers are accused of making it easier for terrorist organizations and rogue nations to deal in digital currencies.
Dividends For Stephen Miller, Deportations For Everyone Else
The man behind the Trump administration’s migrant crackdown holds stock in an ICE surveillance contractor.