The US is up to something in Venezuela. But what exactly? Since early September, the US military has carried out at least five lethal strikes on civilian boats in the Caribbean, alleged by the Trump administration to be piloted by members of Venezuelan drug cartels that the US government has designated as terrorist organizations. Twenty-seven […] Read more ›
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One of President Donald Trump’s boldest campaign pledges was to make in vitro fertilization (IVF) completely free. Yesterday, the Trump administration released its long-awaited proposals — which are nowhere making IVF free, or even significantly more affordable. That promise, a late gamble to win back women voters aggrieved by the GOP’s hostile stances on reproductive rights, […] Read more ›
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has become an unlikely critic of the Republican leadership. Elected to office in 2020, Greene has become one of the most controversial figures in American politics, leaving a trail of racist and antisemitic statements and unapologetically embracing conspiracy theories. But even as Greene has remained a staunch supporter of President […] Read more ›
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The federal government shutdown, now in its third week, is a big deal. Federal workers aren’t getting paid, and crucial public services are closed. Despite that, in media coverage and on Capitol Hill, it hasn’t exactly felt like a crisis. Matt Glassman, a senior fellow at Georgetown who studies Congress, and author of the Five […] Read more ›
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The largest herds of caribou in the world make their homes here. Polar bears give birth to cubs in dens dug into this soil, some of them more than 200 years old. And birds like the Arctic tern fly north every summer, some from as far south as Antarctica, to breed and lay their eggs. […] Read more ›
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This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, John Bolton, was indicted today on charges of mishandling classified documents. What did Bolton allegedly do? Bolton was […] Read more ›
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Americans have a weird relationship with soy, one of the most important and widely cultivated crops in the world. Most of us associate the protein-packed, butter-yellow orbs known as soybeans with niche vegetarian products like tofu, soy milk, and veggie burgers (hence the anti-vegan epithet “soy boy”). In reality, though, pretty much everyone is eating […] Read more ›
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If the current ceasefire in Gaza holds, it will mark the much-needed end to an indefensibly cruel war. But the longer-term picture, and whether yet another deadly conflagration can be prevented, is another matter. One factor — not the only one, but a big one — is whether the Israelis can be convinced that they […] Read more ›
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Vox editor-in-chief & publisher Swati Sharma today announced that acclaimed journalist Astead W. Herndon is joining the organization as host and editorial director. In this role, he will launch and lead a new multiplatform video podcast for Vox, while also contributing political coverage across text, video, audio, and social media platforms. He begins October 20, […] Read more ›
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After the Trump administration laid off hundreds of health workers during the ongoing government shutdown, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has now lost one-third of its staff this year. States are forming public health alliances in direct opposition to the changes being made by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Only half of Americans […] Read more ›
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Instagram is starting to look more like TV, a move that might make some parents happy but ultimately proves that tech companies are getting closer to total victory in their campaign to capture as much of our attention as possible. The company just announced a new default content setting for Teen Accounts that promises to […] Read more ›
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The videos seem to be everywhere. From a Chicago suburb, cellphone footage of federal agents firing pepper balls at a pastor and tear-gassing a mayor and a congressional candidate. Across the city, slick footage of a military-style raid on an apartment complex. From New York, a barrage of photos and videos of civilians being slammed […] Read more ›
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This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: The Trump administration is going to extraordinary — and likely illegal — measures to pay members of the US military as a federal government shutdown […] Read more ›
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The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is still new and fragile, but the arguments over who should get credit for it — or who should be blamed for it taking so long to achieve — are already heated. Was recent pressure from President Donald Trump on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decisive? Or was it […] Read more ›
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Two things were obvious at Wednesday morning’s Supreme Court argument in Louisiana v. Callais, a case asking the Court to abolish longstanding safeguards against racially gerrymandered legislative maps. The first thing is that the Court will split along party lines, with all six Republicans voting to destroy the federal Voting Rights Act’s (VRA) restrictions on […] Read more ›
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There’s no shortage of things that could end the world. But between climate change, risks from AI, and biological threats like pandemics, we seem to be forgetting about one human-made existential risk that has been with us for 80 years: the ever-present possibility of nuclear warfare. But nuclear war hasn’t forgotten about us. “Because of […] Read more ›
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Based in San Salvador, Valeria Zavaleta is a digital artist who brings imaginary worlds to life. She uses a combination of 3D design, animation, and artificial intelligence to build digital experiences, and in doing so, she is opening doors for other young Salvadorans to follow in her footsteps. Many young people in El Salvador face […] Read more ›
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President Donald Trump’s ICE is newly flush with cash and straining to add more officers to its masked ranks. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is papering social media with recruitment ads, flooding them onto local news stations in so-called sanctuary cities, talking up signing bonuses (up to $50,000 paid out over three years) and student […] Read more ›
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When liberals denounce Donald Trump’s authoritarianism, they often cast his immigration agenda as a case in point. Back in June, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee decried the president’s “mass deportation operations” as the “stepping stone” to his “radical attempts to seize absolute power.” In the same statement, they condemned the administration’s deportation of noncriminal […] Read more ›
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Across Israel and the occupied territories, Israelis and Palestinians are expressing conflicted feelings of joy, despair, relief, and anxiety. The world has witnessed happy scenes of families reuniting, as the 20 remaining living hostages that Hamas took on October 7, 2023, were returned to Israel, and more than 1,900 Palestinian prisoners were released. The ceasefire […] Read more ›
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