EDITORIAL. The shock that rocked the MAGA base after the death of prominent young conservative figure Charlie Kirk has quickly shifted into an insatiable desire for revenge, pitting two irreconcilable...

A wave of AI users presenting in states of psychological distress gave birth to an unofficial diagnostic label. Experts say it’s neither accurate nor needed, but concede that it’s likely to stay.

New data from Generation Lab undercuts Trump’s mythmaking about his murdered ally, who was unquestionably a savvy organizer, even if he wasn’t at all popular on the campuses he loved to visit.

Angie "the ICE Chaser" Vargas strives to document immigration crackdowns.

From exaggerating his role at Ground Zero to inventing cheering crowds, a review of Trump’s most misleading claims about September 11.

Yesterday, the 51 Democratic Texas state representatives who left the state for Illinois, New York, and Massachusetts on August 3 to prevent Republican lawmakers from redistricting Texas to give five ...

Snopes confirms that key sections of the United States Constitution have been excluded from a crucial site maintained by the Library of Congress

President Donald Trump has positioned himself as the "deep state" by targeting his predecessor Barack Obama with possible prosecution, according to a Republican pollster.Director of National Intellige...

COLUMN. After France's Sénat voted against a 2% wealth tax for people whose worth exceeds €100 million, the economist argues that the scale of France's debt and funding needs for social and climate ch...

An updated lawsuit filed in Washington was the latest in a flurry of suits challenging the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to send migrants to a prison in El Salvador.

A newsletter for big-picture thinking about autocracy and threats to democracy around the world. Click to read Lucid, by Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscriber...

A Unilateral Concession to America’s Adversaries

Missing the method behind the madness.

Amid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's what you need to know.

Confronting an oligarch when all I want is a quiet place with room service and no stairs where I can write.

His American dream is a nightmare

February 28, 2025

The president and vice president each had harsh words for the Ukrainian president.

A Saturday Prompt