The trade war is not over. But a narrow opening has appeared — and both sides seem eager to use it before a critical deadline hits. Ahead of an expected summit between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping…
A Purge Dressed Up as a Principle The word “meritocracy” is doing a lot of work right now — and almost none of it honestly. Under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Pentagon has adopted the language of colorblindness as a…
What just happened in New Hampshire? Former Republican Senator John Sununu has won his party’s primary in New Hampshire, positioning himself as the GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring three-term Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen. He…
What is this lawsuit actually about? A landmark federal trial opened Tuesday in Oakland, California, where 29 state attorneys general are confronting Meta — the parent company of Facebook and Instagram — with a sweeping set of allegations: that the…
A Four-Year Slide With Serious Consequences Vaccination rates among American kindergartners fell during the 2025–2026 school year across every vaccine the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracks, the agency confirmed on Monday — and the numbers tell a story…
A High-Stakes Meeting in Cairo Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and self-styled Middle East negotiator, sat down with Hamas leaders in Egypt on Sunday to advance a U.S.-backed peace road map that calls for the group’s full disarmament and a…
Amazon moved swiftly and with minimal notice on Friday to reinstate binding arbitration for its U.S. customers while simultaneously barring them from joining class-action lawsuits — a sweeping change that significantly weakens consumers’ ability to hold the company accountable in…
Across the United States, children are being seriously injured and killed on e-bikes and electrified two-wheelers at a rate that researchers describe as a genuine public health crisis — one that a fragmented, state-by-state regulatory landscape is failing to contain.…
In the Peoria area of central Illinois, a quiet crisis has been building for years. Working people — and increasingly, older residents on fixed incomes — have found themselves caught between stagnant wages, rising rents, and utility bills that keep…
New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill signed three landmark bills into law on Tuesday, establishing what advocates and lawmakers are calling the toughest children’s online safety legislation in the country. The signing ceremony took place at the Boys and Girls Club…