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News, analysis and opinion from the dayโ€™s top stories.


4min ago

Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are spectacularly flunking math

Kennedyโ€™s maddening repetition of Trumpโ€™s pseudo-math may be the most glaring sign that the president is surrounded with nothing but yes-men.

4min ago

Trumpโ€™s drug policy reforms are admirable โ€” but heโ€™s still waging the war on drugs

The president did the right thing by liberalizing federal policy on psychedelics and marijuana. That doesnโ€™t mean heโ€™s going to end the drug war.

4h ago

Trump to send envoys to Islamabad as Iran rules out direct talks

The latest effort to broker a deal comes as an indefinite ceasefire has paused most fighting.

8h ago

Appeals court overturns Roy Mooreโ€™s $8.2 million defamation award

The court ruled Mooreโ€™s 2019 case failed to prove โ€œactual malice,โ€ reversing the award tied to claims a political ad falsely suggested sexual misconduct.

9h ago

โ€˜Michaelโ€™ does a disservice to its subject โ€” and to everybody watching

The film is utterly incurious about the King of Popโ€™s psychological development, personality and contradictions โ€” the things that made him human.

10h ago

Mamdani reflects on โ€˜importantโ€™ relationship with Trump during MS NOW town hall

The New York City mayor, who recently marked his 100th day in office, also touted his accomplishments and explained his โ€œpothole politicsโ€ approach to governing.

10h ago

Altman apologizes after OpenAI failed to alert police before Tumbler Ridge killings

In his letter, Altman said he had spoken with Tumbler Ridge Mayor Darryl Krakowka and Eby and they โ€œconveyed the anger, sadness and concernโ€ felt in the community.

13h ago

Fridayโ€™s Mini-Report, 4.24.26

Todayโ€™s edition of quick hits.

13h ago

Shadow docket exposure, Trump as SCOTUS analyst and the final hearings to come

This weekโ€™s Deadline: Legal Newsletter highlights a stunning report as well as the presidentโ€™s losing expectation as the high court enters the last stretch of this term.

14h ago

โ€˜Beefโ€™ Season 2 reflects our ugliest, most human instincts. And we canโ€™t look away.

What this season does most skillfully is tease out the pernicious lie that allows capitalism to remain unchecked.

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