The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S.

This afternoon I saw an ad being run by a SuperPAC supporting...

A few of the new histories that caught our eye this month...

It has become routine for Trump to spend the weekend posting wildly on social media, and this weekend was no exception.

The Supreme Court, it would see, was pissed.

Trump’s war on the free press is continuing.

I learned late this afternoon that, in addition to being Dolly Parton Day, today is National Lobster Day, honoring the cultural and economic history of the lobster industry.

After a hearing yesterday about Trump’s Friday ban of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House campus, very early this morning—I was still awake writing yesterday’s letter—U.S.

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A Catholic fundamentalist who controls a network of right-wing groups funded by dark money has put three justices on the court. He’s about to get a fourth.

President Donald Trump's pick to run the Food and Drug Administration left Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) briefly speechless by declining to say whether an intrauterine device causes an abortion.Heidi Overt...

Yesterday, William Turton, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Molly Redden, and Kirsten Berg of ProPublica published a blockbuster story reporting that the anti-corruption group of the Federal Bureau of Investigatio...

In 1945, still reeling from World War II, representatives from 50 nations reached back to the U.S.

Have you ever had an out-of-body experience? I’m not speaking metaphorically, like that time you farted in front of your workplace crush, or something. I’m talking about the feeling of your “mind” …

I warned Americans in 2024. Maybe now a few more people will listen. (Recording at the end.)

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On September 18, while White House chief of staff Susie Wiles was out of town, Trump suddenly announced he was banning CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House.

It happened in 2024 and it's more than two football fields across. Also: 8 hours of Crash Course Astronomy

There's nothing like doing science with your back against the wall. A rising star in her field, Nora Dunnahaldey is trying to get back on her feet after the death of her husband and the violent backla...

Thousands of people gathered outside the John F.

The political-science professor and leading postliberal thinker talks to Michael E. Hartmann about his new book on the “American odyssey,” the innate American tension between rootedness and restlessne...

Many executives and board members at the largest listed firms in Spain share ties through the same consulting firms, business schools or senior public-sector posts. Experts warn of the risks posed by ...

According to the American Automobile Association, diesel hit its highest recorded average price today at just above $6.44 per gallon.

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The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”

Seven years ago, on September 15, 2019, after about a six-week hiatus during the summer, I wrote a Facebook post that started:

The pending transfer of the 2,000-pound munition, involved in scores of incidents resulting in civilian casualties, sets