The map of countries imposing sanctions on Israel is swelling, even if the threat to weapons imports is curbed by Donald Trump's veto power. But the next president could be less friendly and trim Isra...

From her house on a military base, Katie Miller treats Washington’s most powerful to cakes, farm animals, and sake-squirting hibachi chefs. "I can’t fucking stand her,” says one ally. But "Stephen Mil...

The New York City mayor ripped into the Homeland secretary for his response to federal immigration agents shooting Oscar Belgal in the Bronx.

High-end real estate agents are reporting a tremendous uptick in buyers from the Seattle area in Sin City as well as the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe

Alex Gibney's four-hour documentary portrays the world's richest man as a deeply flawed, unethical hyperbolist.

Does the day celebrate Italian Americans or insult Indigenous peoples? Yes. Both sides are correct, so neither can convince the other.

OPINION: A notable no-show at a rural Nevada ‘debate’ hints the ground is shifting in CD2. Read more at The Nevada Independent.

Kansas Senate candidate Adam Hamilton (D) on Sunday clapped back at Vice President Vance’s attacks on his religious beliefs, calling the attacks “really sad” and “pathetic.&…

Democratic Senate candidate’s remarks come as Trump has long baselessly claimed his 2020 election loss was stolen

Heat and humidity have led to one of the worst mosquito years in recent history, with West Nile virus at a decade high

Trump’s boxy backside was on display at a campaign rally.

For the second election cycle in a row, the rights of transgender people have taken center stage politically, despite their accounting for only about 1% of the U.S. population and many voters identify...

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), this past week took his fight against the Iran war to the Middle East, seeking to expose damages caused by the conflict that he has repeatedly accused the Trump adminis…

Hollywood's portrayal of Silicon Valley and its leaders is getting darker.

A whirlpool of violence has engulfed everywhere from Lebanon to Yemen. Meanwhile, the west has destroyed any political authority it once had, says Steve Bloomfield, former international editor of the ...

A mass uprising against neoliberal budget cuts captures the world's attention — and fuels right-wing paranoia

If the coming midterm election does result in a blue wave, Donald Trump will be faced with the fact of his diminishment. The rest of us will be faced with the wreckage.

Metallica makes no bones about the group's ambitions. Of course the band members were curious about Sphere, a venue that could go toe-to-toe with their firepower.

A release of selected records from the classified documents inquiry is a case study in how omitting context can create political ammunition.

Less than a month out from the midterm elections, the landscape for House Republicans grows grimmer by the day. President Trump’s approval ratings are low and sinking. The GOP’s emergency redistric…

After the Covid pandemic, we’re all a little jumpy when it comes to new disease outbreaks. So it’s understandable that the death of a lab technician working at a plague research institute in Siberia h...

Public EV chargers continue to be installed at a steady clip, even as the industry faces a tough road to long-term profitability.

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) - “Books frighten power,” Robert Jones Jr., author of The Prophets, said on the first day of our fiction workshop. We were at the Macondo Writers ...

A different and alarming take on the economic risks

They lack a specific plan for governing, beyond turning back Trump and holding him accountable.

A whirlpool of violence has engulfed everywhere from Lebanon to Yemen. Meanwhile, the west has destroyed any political authority it once had, says Steve Bloomfield, former international editor of the ...

The Fed's 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances found debt delinquency hit its highest level since the aftermath of the Great Recession

For the second election cycle in a row, the rights of transgender people have taken center stage politically, despite their accounting for only about 1% of the U.S. population and many voters identifying other issues as far more important.

The technology is said to extend a battery's lifespan by up to 20%, but we are yet to see how it might be implemented in the real world.

Fossil fuels produce 81 percent of global energy. We look at Middle East’s role and what happens when supplies are cut.

Millions of dollars are flowing to help Democratic socialists and other progressives.

The Pentagon updated the American service member death toll of the U.S. military’s operations against Iran to 21 late Friday, raising the tally in the department’s public database.  The two noncomb…

A Lake Powell water year in review and some thoughts from the oil and gas fields following two pipeline explosions in New Mexico:

The $6 billion increase in fuel costs represents a 60% jump from last year, Delta said Friday.

A new POLITICO Poll shows most Americans, especially Democratic and undecided voters, would not be moved even if Trump ended the Iran war or brought down gas prices.

Parents swallow bad advice all too eagerly