What to Know About Hegseth’s New Office of Religious Affairs
On Wednesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the creation of a new entity within the Pentagon: the Office of…
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The Loophole That Likely Doomed the Cornell Rape Case Before It Even Started
“She never says that she was drugged without her knowledge. She admits to taking drugs and alcohol voluntarily and with…
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Think Trump’s $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Request Is Outrageous? This’ll Blow Your Mind.
On April 3, four weeks after Donald Trump claimed the Iran War would be over in four to five weeks, and with his…
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The War in Iraq Is Finally Over
After 23 years of war and occupation, the last US soldiers officially left Iraq on Wednesday, Chief Pentagon…
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From Birthday Celebrations to Murderous Dictators, Trump Brings Out the Jets
On July 3, the “Wings of Freedom” demonstrations over the National Mall featured three hours’ worth of aerial…
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The Disgrace and Danger of Kash Patel
Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on author Garrett Graff’s Doomsday Scenario, which you can subscribe to…
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Rural Voters Like MAHA. They Just Don’t Think It’s Working.
A new poll from the Associated Press and KFF shows that while half of rural voters support the Trump administration’s…
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When Trump Opened Bears Ears Land to Mining, the Hobbyists Swooped in
This story, originally published by Grist in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune, is reproduced here as part of the…
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Life After Roe
The end of Roe v. Wade in 2022 was supposed to be devastating for abortion access across the US. Thousands of women…
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Inside the Clandestine Network of Abortion-Pill Mules
This story is part of the Life After Roe package, which looks at the surprising resilience of the abortion access…
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First Trump Came for Immigrants. Then He Came for Their Lawyers.
Last year, on Labor Day weekend, an immigration attorney named Cooper Richardson spent her Saturday calling the…
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Can a Democratic Socialist Win in Deep-Red Florida?
Back in August, Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon did something few outside the state saw coming: She won Florida’s…
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California Bans ICE’s Favorite Shock Gloves
On Tuesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill banning law enforcement officers in the state from…
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Trump Says the Polls Are “Fake.” Iowa Farmers Say They’re “Bleeding Money.”
“First of all, the polls are fake.” When asked about competitive congressional races in Iowa, Donald Trump predictably…
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Judges Keep Striking Down Climate Laws. Some States Are Fighting Back.
On Wednesday—the fourth day New York’s annual Climate Week—a federal judge handed the Trump administration a major…
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OpenAI Cancels Its Advanced Model Launch, Then Heads to Lunch With Trump
OpenAI called off plans to launch its latest GPT-6.1 Astra model on Tuesday, after the system failed to meet the…
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Rob Sand Says He Isn’t Trying to Turn Iowa Blue. It Just Might Happen Anyway.
The most unusual ritual in American politics in the scorched and cynical runup to the 2026 midterm elections takes…
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How I Got Dragged Into a Putin Disinformation Op
A version of the below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a…
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How Corporate Influencers Facilitated Trump’s Assault on Climate Research
This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.…
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The Education of Min Jin Lee
The first hint that I needn’t be so anxious to interview Min Jin Lee came as the bestselling author descended the…
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Trump’s Mass Detention Machine in Pennsylvania
A sign is placed in the yard of a residential property off US Route 322 approaching the small town of Philipsburg in…
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Trump Aims to Open Nearly All National Forest Trails to Dirt Bikes and ATVs
This story, originally published by Grist in collaboration with Montana Free Press/Mountain Journal as part of the…
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Nvidia Thinks It Can Stop Rogue AI—Without All That Government Oversight
On Monday, Nvidia, the multinational tech company—which has become one of the most valuable companies in the world in…
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A Leading Anti-Abortion Zealot Just Quit the FBI
For the last year, the FBI’s co–No. 2 has been an anti-abortion hardliner oddly preoccupied with the earning potential…
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The Mysterious Millions Powering a Nevada Republican’s Bid for Congress
On March 31, David Flippo, the Republican nominee for Congress in northern Nevada, loaned his campaign $600,000,…
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Prosecutors Are Revisiting Allegations of Gang Rape at Cornell
After a week of intensifying public pressure and reporting from Cornell’s independent daily newspaper, prosecutors in…
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Meet Kristan Hawkins, the “Charlie Kirk of Abortion”
This story is part of the Life After Roe package, appearing this week, which looks at the surprising resilience of the…
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Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Ads Are Receiving Bipartisan Criticism
President Donald Trump has become the subject of bipartisan pushback after another taxpayer-funded television ad aired…
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Kristan Hawkins Helped Kill Roe. Now She’s Fighting to Control the Movement She Created.
This story is part of the Life After Roe package, appearing this week, that looks at the surprising resilience of the…
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Rest Assured: AI Companies Say They’re Investigating Tens of Thousands of Rogue Bot Incidents
OpenAI and Anthropic are reportedly investigating tens of thousands of incidents where their advanced models bypassed…
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Irish Soccer Fans Call for Boycotting Matches With Israel
On Sunday afternoon, Ireland is set to play a soccer match against Israel amid widespread public calls and protests in…
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Germany Is Building a Digital Noah’s Ark for US Climate Data
This story was originally published by Yale E360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In a…
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Palantir’s Co-Founder Thinks We Should Be Less Judgmental About That Deadly Iran School Strike
Joe Lonsdale, a cofounder of weapons-tech company Palantir, shared some of his thoughts on America’s AI-assisted…
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Union: CDC Lost a Third of Its Workforce in One Year
A new report by the American Federation of Government Workers has documented a staggering level of staff attrition at…
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Al Gore on the Global Climate Crisis: “We’re Going to Win This”
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.…
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“They Really Did Screw Bernie”: Here’s What 2016 Can Teach Democrats Today
First, a confession: Before I read long-time Democratic strategist Tad Devine’s new book, How the Democrats Screwed…
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