Four illustrious guides to a crucial cycle

A letter from Cairo

Pride and Dependency -- in a new letter from Cairo, reflections on the deep causes of a painful national paralysis. North South Notes : https://t.co/SXMhyaHqZ9

How Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations.

Police thought they had caught a car thief in San Francisco. Instead, they had mistyped his license plate number, a watchdog agency said, then arrested him with excessive force.

Media ownership matters

Vincent Pastore, known for playing mobsters in film and TV, most notably Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on HBO's The Sopranos, has died. He was 80.

Parents are getting fed up with garbled bedtime stories that feature characters based on actual photos of their children.

An interview with Miguel Yoshida, editor of Expressão Popular

Do tools have ideological content?

A newly announced ban on smartphones for government workers, police and military personnel is spilling over into healthcare and educational facilities. Ordinary citizens worry they'll be next.

Statement on decision related to Folarin Balogun

A misheard comment led to the error

Two years later in Nairobi

Flailing empire updates

The violent response to an attempted murder would have happened regardless of Musk, Lee Hurley writes.

The agreement between Iran and the US lays out the terms of the ceasefire between the bitter rivals, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, some financial relief for Iran and a reiteration from Tehran...