Newly released ODNI records show Dr. Anthony Fauci briefed intelligence officials on COVID-19 origins, recommended outside experts for review, and was viewed by some officials as presenting a potential conflict of interest. The documents al
A parody AI video asked whether Becca Balint thought Vermont farmers could leave. Her actual vote gives the question teeth: Balint voted against final passage of a House farm bill containing support for dairy, maple, local food purchasing,
An AI-generated parody video targeting Rep. Becca Balint has become an early test of Vermont's new synthetic-media law and renewed scrutiny of the federal NO FAKES Act she supports. As state officials review the video, critics are asking wh
Biden’s pardons were legally cleaner but politically uglier: unilateral protection for allies and family. Trump’s IRS settlement began with a real government abuse claim, but grew controversial when settlement terms appeared to protect Trum
A bill introduced in Congress last week would require every operating system provider in the country to verify the identity of every user before that user can operate a computer. Not just children — every user. H.R. 8250, the so-called Pare
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent launched a federal fraud bounty program Monday, offering citizens 10 to 30 percent of fines collected from convicted fraudsters. Vermont has a comparable law on the books — but it requires hiring a lawyer to
For the first time in more than 50 years, four astronauts are headed toward the Moon. NASA's Artemis II launches Wednesday, April 1, sending Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Jeremy Hansen on a 10-day
Senator Bernie Sanders recently published a video conversation with Claude, Anthropic's AI assistant, in which the AI obligingly endorsed a data center moratorium and validated Sanders' tech policy agenda. FYIVT ran the same questions throu
Several members of Iran’s women’s national soccer team reportedly sought asylum after the AFC Women’s Asian Cup, fearing consequences if they returned home. The incident comes as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and a UN fact-find
Federal law requires the U.S. Census to count the “whole number of persons” living in each state, regardless of immigration status. That rule affects congressional representation and population-based federal funding formulas, even though mo
Vermont treats routine police stops as lawful authority requiring compliance, yet frames similar immigration enforcement as coercive and illegitimate. The mechanics are the same: show papers, follow orders, challenge later in court. The dif
Despite public claims that recent federal immigration enforcement is “unconstitutional,” no court has issued a final ruling to that effect. What exists instead are unresolved lawsuits and temporary orders. At the same time, enforcement deba
