Editor’s note: President Donald Trump announced early on Saturday, January 3, that the United States had captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife after a “large scale strike” on the country, a significant escalation of US involvement in the region. Since the early fall, the US has been building up its military forces in […] Read more ›
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KTSDesign/Science Photo LibraryThe ultimate “whoa, if true.” Especially the “if true” part. The headline is a bold one. “Intelligence officials say US has retrieved craft of non-human origin,” the story in the publication The Debrief reads. The phrase “whoa, if true” was coined for a situation like this. Especially the “if true” part. Here’s what seems true enough at this point: a former government official named David Grusch, who has... Read more ›
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Striking academic workers at the University of California, Los Angeles in November 2022. | Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesUnions won’t come back without fundamental changes to bargaining. Every once in a while, reporters see a few successful unionization drives in the US, like at Starbucks or Amazon, and conclude that the US is in the midst of a labor union resurgence, that unions are “booming,” or... Read more ›
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Getty Images/Westend61The telltale signs of fatigue — and why it’s different from sleepiness. The mortal urge for sleep frequently hits at the most inopportune times: on your commute to work, during the post-lunch slump, the exact moment you should depart in order to make it to an exercise class on time. The simple act of getting some shut-eye isn’t necessarily the best remedy for each of these bouts of languor.... Read more ›
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Members of Ukrainian Armed Forces are seen during their shooting training with heavy weapons at the areas close to the frontline in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine on April 20, 2023. | Muhammed Enes Yildirim/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesCool it with the predictions, for one. “When we start the counteroffensive, everyone will know about it, they will see it,” top Ukrainian security official Oleksiy Danilov said Wednesday. Danilov was responding to Russian claims... Read more ›
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Rev. Pat Robertson, controversial founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network and the Christian Coalition, is dead at 93. | Wally McNamee/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty ImagesPat Robertson was a cartoonish figure. He was also one of the most powerful men in conservative America. Televangelist Pat Robertson, who died on June 8 at the age of 93, occupied the cultural landscape as an incredibly influential, doomsaying extremist. The one-time Southern Baptist minister’s career... Read more ›
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Jane Barlow/PA Images via Getty ImagesThe allegations are that Trump deceived his own attorneys and the government to try and hold on to documents including defense, nuclear, and military secrets. Special counsel Jack Smith’s indictment of former president Donald Trump in the classified documents investigation was unsealed Friday. It is detailed and damning. The indictment alleges that, while out of office, Trump deliberately kept many documents involving military, nuclear, and... Read more ›
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Former US President Donald Trump watches from a box on the 18th green during day one of the LIV Golf Invitational - DC at Trump National Golf Club on May 26, 2023, in Sterling, Virginia. | Rob Carr/Getty ImagesHere’s what you need to know about the classified documents case against Trump. Former President Donald Trump was charged Thursday with federal crimes in connection with his alleged refusal to return classified... Read more ›
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Brooks Koepka tees off at recent LIV Golf Invitational. | Rob Carr/Getty ImagesWhy Tim Wu thinks regulators might block a PGA Tour-LIV Golf “partnership.” The golf world was rocked this week by news that the PGA Tour, Europe’s DP World Tour, and Saudi Arabia’s controversial LIV Golf plan to merge. Or, as the PGA Tour put it, “unify the game of golf.” PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan — who as... Read more ›
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Trump at a campaign rally on April 27, 2023. | Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesThe paranoid reaction to the Justice Department’s charges reveal a party gripped by the politics of perpetual apocalypses. Surveying the reactions of top Republicans after Donald Trump’s indictment on charges of mishandling classified information, you’d think the country was in the midst of a coup. “It is unconscionable for a President to indict the leading candidate opposing him,”... Read more ›
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Former US President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives to speak during a 2024 election campaign rally in Waco, Texas, March 25, 2023. | Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty ImagesTrump has already been indicted twice. More indictments could be coming. Former President Donald Trump has now been indicted not just once — but twice. On Thursday, news broke that Trump will face charges in Florida stemming from special counsel Jack Smith’s... Read more ›
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Smoke from Canadian wildfires renewed attention on climate change, but the effect may not last. | Lev Radin/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesExtreme weather and climate-linked disasters don’t always lead to changes in public opinion. The smoke cloud over the East Coast from record wildfires in Canada has become an impossible-to-ignore story. Turn on the news or log into any form of social media this week, and you’ll soon hear reports... Read more ›
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Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks at a town-hall-style event at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College on June 6, 2023, in Manchester, New Hampshire. | Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesIn a crowded GOP primary, everybody still thinks they can win in 2024. The 2024 Republican field expanded this week with the entry of three new presidential candidates: former Vice President Mike Pence, former New Jersey... Read more ›
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In early June, smoke from Canadian wildfires blanketed New York City, causing hazardous levels of air pollution. | Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty ImagesHow to tell if your pet is suffering from wildfire smoke. Humans aren’t the only ones breathing in deadly, dirty air this week. Pets — animals who often have indoor sanctuary — may still have to venture outside when wildfire smoke comes to town. Dogs need their outdoor... Read more ›
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Former President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower on May 31, 2023 in New York City. | James Devaney/GC ImagesHere’s the background on the investigation that just led to the former president’s second indictment. Former President Donald Trump is now facing his second indictment — this time, from the feds. Trump announced in posts on Truth Social Thursday evening that the government had informed his attorneys that he had been indicted,... Read more ›
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Former President Donald Trump and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, governor of the Public Investment Fund (PIF), the sovereign wealth fund of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, at the first tee prior to the start of the second round of LIV golf invitational series on July 30, 2022, in Bedminster, New Jersey. | Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesIt’s part of MBS’s long game. The golf course is perhaps not the arena that... Read more ›
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The US Supreme Court in February, after it froze a lower court ruling that Alabama must draw new congressional districts before the 2022 elections to increase Black voting power. | Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty ImagesThe surprise ruling will create a new Democratic-friendly district in Alabama — and might open up pathways elsewhere. Democrats’ chances of winning back control of the House of Representatives in 2024 just got a... Read more ›
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Dion Lee/VoxHow a carmaker’s mistake created the ultimate internet challenge. It’s safe to assume that 17-year-old Markell Hughes wasn’t too worried about getting caught for stealing cars last year. After all, he lives in Milwaukee, where just 11 percent of reported car thefts resulted in an arrest in 2021 and only 5 percent were prosecuted. But Hughes appeared in a documentary about the so-called “Kia Boys,” who take advantage of... Read more ›
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson waves during a ceremony renaming a street after her in Miami-Dade County on March 6, 2023. | Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesThe Supreme Court voted not to make federal Medicaid law virtually unenforceable. Last November, the Supreme Court heard a nightmarish case that threatened to destroy a significant portion of the United States’ social safety net. Had the defendants’ arguments in Health and Hospital Corporation v. Talevski prevailed... Read more ›
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A view of the Washington Monument through smoky skies on June 8. | Alex Wong/Getty ImagesThe smoke may soon clear, but Canada’s wildfires are set to get worse. When will the smoke clear? That’s what so many people in the eastern US are asking after winds swept smoke from wildfires in Canada into major cities including New York and Philadelphia earlier this week. It’s caused air quality to plummet. For... Read more ›
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Michael Robinson Chávez/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesAir conditioning, purifiers, and even box fans can help. As outdoor air in the northeastern US hangs thick with wildfire smoke, indoor air is increasingly foul, too. That’s because the air quality inside buildings is a direct reflection of outdoor air quality, said Ian Cull, an environmental engineer and air quality expert based in Chicago. Few buildings (with the notable exceptions of some... Read more ›
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