On the bright side, maybe Democrats and Republicans will be chastened
Two contemporaries born in the 18th century provide reasons for guarded optimism about 21st-century U.S. politics. Democrats ...
No one seems to be stopping ‘Shadow Emperor Elon’
Plus: What to call Trump’s anti-DEI push. Love/hate for Patrick Mahomes. In just a week or so, the lingo for what, precisely, ...
GOP senators who know better still fall in line to Trump
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) questions Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human ...
NBA trade deadline winners and losers: Nobody did better than the Lakers
The Lakers’ acquisition of Luka Doncic was the biggest move of the week, even if plenty of other teams were also able to ...
Federal workers are weighing Trump buyout offer. Who exactly are they?
The administration set a deadline for Thursday at 11:59 p.m. Eastern for employees to decide on the offer. But a federal ...
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How to respond to loved ones lured by RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine stance
Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to head the Department of Health and Human Services, which this week cleared a Senate committee vote and will soon be voted on by the full chamber. Some are horrified by ...
DCA’s decades-long struggle with safety
The tragic collision between an American Airlines jet and a military helicopter near Reagan National Airport brought forth an ...
Some NOAA scientists can no longer talk to people overseas. Why that’s a problem.
And at other branches of NOAA, international contact was facing heavy scrutiny, raising questions about how easily they could ...
How Trump’s executive order, new NCAA rules affects transgender athletes
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that seeks to ban transgender athletes from competing in girls’ ...
South African president alludes to Trump's threat in speech to the nation: 'We will not be bullied'
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa appeared to respond to threats from U_S_ counterpart Donald Trump by saying in his ...
Andreescu says appendectomy will force her to delay start of her 2025 season
Bianca Andreescu will delay the start of her 2025 season after undergoing an appendectomy. The 2019 U.S. Open champion said ...
At least 10 soldiers in Niger are killed in an ambush, the army says
Niger’s ruling military junta says that an ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso ...