Today, Explained

The first battles have now been fought in the new North American trade war. President Dona... more

LA Times reporter Liam Dillon assesses the damage now that the fires are fully contained. ... more

Turkey has become the hair transplant capital of the world. And it's part of a global boom... more

The emergence of DeepSeek — a Chinese AI model that was developed for a fraction of the co... more

RFK Jr. adviser Calley Means explains why so many Americans are suspicious of food and pha... more

Trump is remaking the federal government in his name, says Vox’s Andrew Prokop. Efforts at... more

President Donald Trump pardoned Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht and launched his own memec... more

TikTok's uncertain future has driven a flood of users to a fully Chinese social media app ... more

Donald Trump says he wants Greenland for America. Greenlandic government minister Naaja Na... more

RFK Jr. is the latest in a long line of reformers who have tried to clean up school lunch.... more

Trump kicked off his second term with a flurry of executive actions. Vox’s Andrew Prokop a... more

The New Yorker’s Susan B. Glasser says Donald Trump’s second inauguration is very differen... more

Many millennials are pushing back against traditional parenting styles used by their boome... more

Meta is going MAGA. New York magazine’s John Herrman explains Mark Zuckerberg’s makeover. ... more

Americans were told “diet and exercise” was the key to better health, but lifestyle change... more

Wildfires overtook Los Angeles, firefighters ran out of water, and the political finger-po... more

Biden’s lack of leadership and priorities means he will leave office without any real last... more

Two Amazon influencers are in a legal battle over whether or not one has appropriated the ... more

The TikTok ban lands at the Supreme Court on Friday. Turns out ByteDance is far from the o... more

South Korean lawmakers impeached not only their martial-law-declaring president but also t... more

MAGA is fighting over immigration. Vox’s Andrew Prokop tells us what happened, and the Wal... more

January 6 is always a big day in the DC jail where many alleged insurrectionists are await... more

More Americans are now daily weed smokers than daily drinkers. To better understand this p... more

The world's richest man is developing a company town outside Austin, Texas. Like the indus... more

In 1979, Jimmy Carter delivered his “Crisis of Confidence” speech, a tirade against Americ... more

The appeal of "Country Roads" extends far beyond West Virginia or even the United States. ... more

Christmas is over and now comes the financial hangover. In an episode from earlier this ye... more

Sports betting is a costly mistake, says addiction researcher Charles Fain Lehman. He and ... more

The Las Vegas Sphere was supposed to be the future of live entertainment. But just over a ... more

Name and likeness rights are fundamentally changing college sports at a rapid pace. SB Nat... more