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One thing that’s clear about this midterm cycle? Voters are mad about Trump. The war in Ir... more

The last time Nebraska sent a non-Republican to the US Senate, George W. Bush joked that h... more

Perimenopause’s journey from little-understood phase before menopause to the subject of ev... more

Our current fascists are obsessed with the apocalypse—it drives everything they do, from s... more

Democrats are excited about the prospect of a blue wave, with their Senate candidates lead... more

Up against #Resistance superstar Alexander Vindman, Angie Nixon overcame a huge spending g... more

While the What Next team recovers over the holiday, enjoy this episode from our friends ov... more

How the Cornell University rape allegations show we’re not really “post-MeToo.” This episo... more

An exchange of insults on X was all that director Alex Gibney got directly from the main c... more

Voters are angry and it looks like they’re eager to express themselves in the midterm elec... more

How Steve Ballmer, the richest owner in sports, was caught dead to rights by a humble podc... more

From Michigan to Florida to Texas, there are new Democrats in town and on the ballot. But ... more

Democrat Justin Pearson made national headlines in 2023 when he expelled from Tennessee’s ... more

Move over, New Deal; Donald Trump is in his public works era, using tax dollars to give th... more

A.I. large language models are prompt, attentive, positive and frictionless—in short, much... more

Why the NAACP spoke out against the “Protect College Sports Act,” which was just passed by... more

In the face of a tariff shock, an energy shock and a fiscal shock, the Fed is opting to ra... more

The party that holds the White House always braces for backlash in the midterm elections. ... more

Former labor organizer and iron worker Brian Poindexter embodies the emerging blue-collar,... more

Artificial intelligence is pitched as a potential economic powerhouse—and also a potential... more

Donald Trump announced that he was banning CNN, Politico and MS NOW at kind of a weird tim... more

Donald Trump’s in-roads with Latino voters was one of the surprises of his 2024 victory, c... more

Trans rights have become something that’s argued about in the abstract—are Democrats too f... more

Donald Trump owes his political career to saying what no other politician would. But now t... more

What it means that Macklemore decided he’d rather keep speaking out for Palestine than con... more

Don Trump Jr.’s wedding had everything: a private island, fireworks, a Funfetti cake airli... more