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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Elliot Page at the LACMA Art + Film Gala on November 5, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagicIn his book Pageboy, between all the juicy Hollywood stories, Page invites crucial empathy toward the trans experience. At first glance, you’d think Elliot Page would be the last person to have written an explosive tell-all Hollywood memoir. The 36-year-old Page, who has starred in iconic films like The X-Men series, Juno,... Read more ›
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Supreme Court Justices John Roberts, Elena Kagan, and Neil Gorsuch attend the State of the Union address on February 5, 2019. | Doug Mills-Pool/Getty ImagesThe Court’s new voting rights decision is one of the most reassuring opinions it’s handed down in years. The Supreme Court did something genuinely shocking on Thursday. It handed down a 5-4 decision in Allen v. Milligan that preserves longstanding safeguards against racism in US elections,... Read more ›
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A screen grab from a video shows the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant after a blast occurred at the plant, which is in the Russian-controlled part of Ukraine’s Kherson, on June 6, 2023. The explosion unleashed floodwaters across the war zone. | Zelenskyy Social Media Account Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesThe massive dam destruction in Ukraine, explained. A large dam on the Dnipro River, in southern Ukraine, was destroyed Tuesday, leading... Read more ›
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Smoke shrouds the sun as it rises behind the skyline of lower Manhattan in New York City on June 7, 2023. | Gary Hershorn/Getty ImagesCanada’s smoke blanketing the US is just the latest example of intensifying wildfires. New York City has had the worst air quality of any major city in the world for much of this week, according to air quality technology company IQAir. Now this smoke is spreading... Read more ›
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Heat waves have already baked parts of Asia this year, and a looming El Niño is poised to add to the heat, threatening crops in places like Malaysia. | Samsul Said/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesHow warm water in the Pacific shapes storms, droughts, and record heat around the world. It’s official: “El Niño conditions are present and are expected to gradually strengthen into the Northern Hemisphere winter 2023-24,” the National Weather... Read more ›
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One in three people in the US lives in a county with unhealthy air, according to the 2023 State of the Air report. | David McNew/Getty ImagesA new report finds that pollution from wildfires, heat, and drought is making it harder to improve air quality. Editor’s note, June 7: Wildfires in Canada are causing widespread air quality issues across the eastern United States. Our story on how wildfires and heat... Read more ›
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Former President Donald Trump watches from a box on the 18th green during day one of the LIV Golf Invitational at Trump National Golf Club on May 26, 2023 in Sterling, Virginia. | Rob Carr/GettyA tape of Trump. His lawyer’s voice memo. A pool flood. What else does special counsel Jack Smith know about? The media is on Trump indictment watch — again. Multiple reports indicate that special counsel Jack... Read more ›
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