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Max Blumenthal fits into a long, disreputable tradition.

What a ridiculous internet feud reveals about female ambition

America’s greatest rival is single-handedly averting a global energy crisis. No one knows how the country is doing it—or why.

A year after the Coldplay incident, another couple is going viral for PDA.

Abdicating power over the technology to this or any White House would be a mistake.

The president is learning that limits to his power—and, soon, his relevancy—do exist.

Care will be in shorter supply, travel distances will stretch farther, and high-risk situations will more likely result in tragedy.

A government lawyer admitted in a court filing that the administration withheld grants based on whom states had voted for.

The senator’s funeral featured foreign dignitaries, security lines, and a eulogy from the president whose approval he never stopped seeking.

The mechanics of many games on the platform are nearly identical to those of slot machines and sports-betting apps.

A poem

He built an empire. It did not last.

How to make AI work for workers

Forget starting over. In Valeria Luiselli’s new novel, it’s the messy middle of life that counts.

The manosphere’s campaign strategy

A monarch butterfly in El Rosario butterfly sanctuary, in Angangueo, Mexico

Daggermouth could be the first best-selling novel partly written by a chatbot.

The Trump administration’s bumbling effort to pretend it’s not fighting a war has pushed it into covering up the deaths of American soldiers.

What Michigan voters could tell us about the path forward for Democrats. Plus: A senator looks at Congress.

Beachgoers rest on the beach of Moutchic on the shore of Lake Lacanau in Lacanau, southwestern France, on July 24, 2026, as clouds of smoke rise into the sky from the Gironde wildfire.

Christopher Nolan presents a very human hero to a culture that desperately needs one.

A recent study found that people spoke fewer words a day in 2019 than in 2005.

Everywhere you look in American history, you will find the language, stories, and concepts from the Old and New Testaments.

The prime minister, a self-styled expert on the U.S., has shattered his country’s standing.

Turns out, looking back is also about looking forward.

Wes Moore isn’t here to save the Democratic Party.

Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster seems at times more biblical than Homeric.

Rupert Lowe understands what the American right wants to hear.

You don’t have to leave town to discover something new.

Trump officials are happy to ship immigrants elsewhere.

This is what a president sounds like.

Trump weighs escalating the war with Iran as criticism of the conflict grows.

Trying to attach some numbers to a fuzzy phase of life

Sometimes the things that bring us the most joy are the ones we stumble upon.

National Parks Service staff reinstall plaques outside the President's House in February. A new exhibit replaced them last week.