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One universal belief among sports fans is when My Team loses a close game on a freakish bounce of the ball or officiating mistake or some other random number generator, it’s Cartesian-level proof that...

Oleshky residents are willing to risk mines to leave the town. This guy’s war crimes trial is going to be must-see TV. Here’s something you don’t see every day. Russia struck a second bridge in Kyiv.

Beijing pared back the schedule and insisted on private downtime for China’s 73-year-old leader.

Starting Oct. 1, many immigrants who are here legally lose their Medicaid coverage because of the Republican budget bill passed last year.

Analysis warns USPS policy could disenfranchise thousands of voters. Learn how to ensure your ballot is counted in upcoming elections.

This morning, Matthew Gertz of Media Matters posted this at Bluesky: Here's what Tucker Carlson is up to when he talks to his own audience...

This story was originally reported by Shefali Luthra of The 19th. Meet...

Some local officials have suggested they expect Abbott will reinstate funding for the surveillance cameras, which are politically unpopular, after the election.

Reuters reports: In June 2025, a team of US government computer experts shuttled between a dusty warehouse in Puerto Rico and the headquarters of the island’s election commission. Their mission: analy...

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi conducted government business using her grandmother’s name as an email alias — a longstanding Justice Department practice that can complicate access to public records...

State law requires parents, educators, police, and administrators to be a part of district safety committees, but not the kids who are expected to recognize and report danger.

The most media averse president in American history, Donald Trump, has just given an interview to TIME, another news organization that he considers to be “fake news.” And yet, he still …

Hegseth’s explicitly Christian defense of a new Pentagon religious office leaves non-religious service members on dangerous ground

As senators leave Washington before the midterms, many worry failure to address voters’ economic concerns could cost them control of Congress.

Six to twelve inches is a lot bigger than I was originally led to believe!

A proposed change to a key tax form could help the Trump...

There was an explosion at a chemical plant in Moscow. No word on whether it was from a Ukrainian strike. There are reports that Ukraine is attempting to start an operation on the left bank (east side)...

The judge dismissed the case against David Hearn with prejudice, citing “exceptional circumstances” that included President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on Pirro’s office.

The 10th annual Copernicus Ocean State Report reveals alarming ocean warming and extreme events, signaling profound shifts due to the climate crisis. Are we ready to face the consequences of continued...

Try telling a voter you had the majority, that you control the rules, and let a rule beat you anyway. See how that goes.

Elite impunity marches on Elite members of the Epstein Class have so far escaped exposure and prosecution for the abuse of possibly hundreds underage women and girls. Americans have become painfully a...

The Treasury Department announced that Trump Accounts will begin auto enrolling eligible children. Here's what families need to know.

Immigrant advocates say the Trump administration’s third-country deportation policy left their clients to face prolonged and arbitrary detention, beatings, sexual assault and even disappearance.

Create the crisis, make working Americans suffer, reward the billionaires, blame Democrats for the wreckage, then campaign as the only people who can fix it.

Because people normally report their consensual sexual activities to school officials.

President Trump's Iran War and SNAP cuts are straining food banks nationwide. Increased demand and shipping costs are impacting communities.

Democrats appear poised to win Senate seats in a number of states Donald Trump won in 2024 -- according to Real Clear Polling , they're lead...

Politics and sometimes culture from a rude liberal in blog form.

A recent survey indicated that over 72% of US adults would be open to a hypothetical, low-cost vaccine that could reduce dementia risk.

The 2025 budget reconciliation bill, H.R. 1, limits Medicaid state-directed payment (SDP) reimbursement for four provider types to Medicare-equivalent rates. This study assessed the provision’s potent...

Security researchers investigate tens of thousands of artificial intelligence security incidents, fueling fresh calls for government action to rein in AI.

Texas Monthly is a real icon of state-based journalism, but the magazine out did itself this month with its astoundingly deeply researched story on the state of the Rio Grande and water issues on both...

The big story coming out of the 2024 election was how Donald Trump orchestrated a realignment of American politics, bringing demographic groups that had long eschewed the Republican Party into the ten...

The Wall Street Journal reports: Kimberly Guilfoyle was a long way from Mar-a-Lago. The U.S. ambassador to Greece—Donald Trump Jr.’s former fiancée—was shuttling back and forth to Bulgaria’s capital o...

YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing "political" content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.