Critics say the Israeli army believes that 'a dead soldier is better than a kidnapped soldier'

"When you would see what Ukraine's budget was and how small it was relative to ours and how, despite that, they had better weapons of war, it was a wake-up call," former U.S. Army Secretary Dan Drisco...

Annie Andrews is a physician running against Sen. Darline Graham.

The billionaires have their lobbyists, the war machine has its funding, and the rest of us are told to wait for the next election. Lee Camp has a different message: vote—and then get to work buildi…

In recent weeks, as the Office of Management and Budget Director Russ...

Jim Bakker is dead, at the age of 86.   Among the grosser religious grifters of American history, Bakker was a pure thief, someone who may or may not have really believed in his version of far-right C...

The infamous hate group is trying to rebrand itself as the 'Knights Party' in an attempt to grow its base.

Expensive diesel fuel isn't just driving up costs—it's driving trucking companies out of business.

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ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”

Appropriations committee members saw an influx of campaign contributions after steering $345 million to a military contractor.

And 404's Flock coverage cited in proposed legislation.

This is the grave of Salvador Allende. Born in 1908 in Santiago, Allende grew up in a pretty wealthy household with long traditions of supporting liberalism. Even as a teen, he was influenced by left-...

Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro...

When rates are high, builders build less, and when fewer homes and apartments get built, rents go up, which pushes inflation higher and keeps rates high. Subscribe for daily updates.

Total factor productivity (TFP) measures how much output the economy produces from a given quantity of labor and capital. Subscribe for daily updates.

The war has made bypass pipelines strategic prizes, but the barrels still have to make the journey safely.

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

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.

‘I don’t think there will be a blue wave at all,’ says James Blair, the MAGA operative spearheading a late comeback effort.

More and more executives have been drawn into the scandal surrounding the convicted sex offender

Wages for typical workers lag far behind productivity growth. It hasn't always been this way and does not have to be this way. These 10 charts outline the historical context of workers’ wage trajector...

Donald Trump this morning woke up and posted a rambling screed about The Sunshine Protection Act, a law making its way through Congress that would make daylight savings time permanent. The unhinged ra...

Will Democrats respond with too little too late? AI image created with Google Gemini. Democrats on Capitol Hill have explored over 150 ways Republicans might sabotage free and fair elections this fall...

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Writing is a powerful way to hone your logic, sharpen your reasoning, and learn how to think better by challenging your ideas.

A survey of more than 500 private psychedelic users finds real utility in a 60-year-old pamphlet on safe tripping penned by a pioneer of harm reduction

Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur...

We keep talking about the impact of AI in the classroom, but even more pressing is whether children have the security to learn to begin with. The future workforce needs human beings who are healthy, s...

A world of violence sustains itself through guns, poverty and other social ills, but also through the minds it creates

A New Chapter in Vance’s Effort to Police Who’s American JD Vance...

How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.

The Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach.

Congressional races will take center stage on Nov. 3, but they’re just the tip of what to watch. Prosecutors and governors, attorneys general and sheriffs, school boards and mayors, utility... Read Mo...