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New Jersey Skipped Trump’s State Fair — Then a Rogue GOP Exhibit Won Best in Show Anyway

New Jersey Skipped Trump's State Fair — Then a Rogue GOP Exhibit Won Best in Show Anyway

New Jersey’s Democratic-led state government refused to participate in President Donald Trump’s Great American State Fair, joining a broad coalition of mostly Democratic states in declining to send an official exhibit to the Freedom 250 event on the National Mall…

  • Emily Williams
  • July 13, 2026
  • TRENDS, US

Capitalism Is Failing Most Americans — And They Know It, New Poll Finds

Capitalism Is Failing Most Americans — And They Know It, New Poll Finds

A striking new survey from The Wall Street Journal and NORC Research Center has landed with the weight of a verdict: most Americans believe capitalism is not working, democracy is faltering, and the wealthy have seized a level of power…

  • Samuel Davis
  • July 13, 2026
  • SPORTS, TRENDS

Haaland Slams VAR System After Mbappe’s Penalty Miss — But France March Into World Cup Semifinals Anyway

Haaland Slams VAR System After Mbappe's Penalty Miss — But France March Into World Cup Semifinals Anyway

A Three-Minute Wait That Changed the Game Erling Haaland has never been shy about speaking his mind, and on Thursday he turned his attention to one of football’s most contentious ongoing debates: the role of VAR in disrupting the natural…

  • Emily Williams
  • July 10, 2026
  • HEALTH, TRENDS

Telehealth Executives Sentenced to Prison for Running Adderall Pill Mill That Issued 37 Million Doses

Telehealth Executives Sentenced to Prison for Running Adderall Pill Mill That Issued 37 Million Doses

Two senior executives of Done Global, a venture-backed telehealth startup that marketed itself as a solution to the ADHD treatment gap, have been sentenced to federal prison after orchestrating one of the largest illegal stimulant distribution schemes in recent memory.…

  • Samuel Davis
  • July 10, 2026
  • TRENDS, WORLD

The US-Iran Peace Deal Is the Biggest Market Risk of 2025 — And It Could Go Either Way

The US-Iran Peace Deal Is the Biggest Market Risk of 2025 — And It Could Go Either Way

There is a quiet anxiety running beneath the surface of American financial markets right now, one that the cheerful headlines about falling oil prices have done little to dispel. While consumers welcome relief at the pump and equity traders celebrate…

  • Samuel Davis
  • July 9, 2026
  • TRENDS, US

DOJ Threatens Maryland’s Top Election Official With Criminal Charges in Nationwide Intimidation Campaign

DOJ Threatens Maryland's Top Election Official With Criminal Charges in Nationwide Intimidation Campaign

What just happened in Maryland? On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice sent a seven-page letter to Maryland’s state Elections Administrator, Jared DeMarinis, threatening him with criminal charges including criminal conspiracy and civil rights violations. The letter, signed by Harmeet…

  • Emily Williams
  • July 9, 2026
  • TRENDS, WORLD

US Commanders Ignored Outdated Intelligence Warnings Before Strike Killed Nearly 200 at Iranian School, Sources Say

US Commanders Ignored Outdated Intelligence Warnings Before Strike Killed Nearly 200 at Iranian School, Sources Say

Senior US military commanders knowingly bypassed warnings that intelligence on Iranian targets was severely out of date, approving strikes — including one that killed at least 168 children and 14 teachers at an elementary school — in a rush to…

  • John Garcia
  • July 8, 2026
  • BUSINESS, TRENDS

Trump Pardons Michigan Polluters Convicted of Disabling Truck Emissions Controls, Framing Environmental Enforcement as Persecution

Trump Pardons Michigan Polluters Convicted of Disabling Truck Emissions Controls, Framing Environmental Enforcement as Persecution

President Donald Trump on Friday pardoned a group of western Michigan businesses and individuals who were convicted of systematically disabling emissions controls on hundreds of semi-trucks — framing a straightforward environmental enforcement case as political persecution by the Biden administration.…

  • Emily Williams
  • July 8, 2026
  • HEALTH, TRENDS

Former CDC Chief Medical Officer Raises Alarming Concerns About RFK Jr.’s Dismantling of the Agency

Former CDC Chief Medical Officer Raises Alarming Concerns About RFK Jr.'s Dismantling of the Agency

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, long regarded as the backbone of American public health infrastructure, is facing what former insiders describe as a systematic erosion of its scientific mission under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Dr. Debra…

  • Emily Williams
  • July 7, 2026
  • CULTURE, TRENDS

Gen Z’s Anger Was Earned. The Risk Now Is That It Becomes a Wall.

Gen Z's Anger Was Earned. The Risk Now Is That It Becomes a Wall.

America broke its promise to Gen Z. The question now is whether that betrayal has hardened into something that no economic recovery can easily undo. Last year, the “Gen Z stare” became a cultural shorthand — a label for the…

  • John Garcia
  • July 7, 2026
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