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


11h ago

Mondayโ€™s Mini-Report, 5.4.26

Todayโ€™s edition of quick hits.

11h ago

The mifepristone ruling could bring Trumpโ€™s high-wire act on abortion crashing down

A new order from the Fifth Circuit threatens to upend the uneasy post-Roe equilibrium.

12h ago

Americans are unhappy with Trumpโ€™s economy of choice

The biggest headwinds facing consumers and businesses alike are the direct result of White House policy.ย 

12h ago

With the help of Congress and AI, the surveillance state is being turbocharged

The U.S. is seeing the growth of a surveillance apparatus no previous generation of Americans would recognize as compatible with the Bill of Rights.

13h ago

Oversight Democrat: โ€˜Hard to believeโ€™ Ghislaine Maxwellโ€™s ex-boyfriend was unaware of crimes

Rep. James Walkinshaw said that โ€œthe most common phraseโ€ he heard from Ted Waitt during his testimony last week was โ€œI donโ€™t recall.โ€

13h ago

Blancheโ€™s AG audition gets more bizarre with comment about mandatory IDs at restaurants

His claim that people need to show ID โ€œevery time you walk into a restaurantโ€ was foolish, but itโ€™s part of an effort to impress his audience of one.

14h ago

The Bahamas taps Roger Stone and CJ Pearson as lobbyists

Self-styled โ€œAmerica Firstโ€ influencers keep taking on gigs in which they serve as foreign agents.

14h ago

How Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sรกnchez Bezos helped turn the Met Gala into a caricature of itself

In 2026, the Met Gala has become a symbol of American culture: gutted of meaning, pandering to the billionaire class, publicity for the sake of publicity.

14h ago

Why Jeanine Pirro canโ€™t get around the word โ€˜pedophileโ€™ in the Cole Allen case

The U.S. attorney overseeing the case against Trumpโ€™s alleged would-be assassin said she doesnโ€™t โ€œreally careโ€ about an inflammatory, but important, piece of evidence.

14h ago

Trumpโ€™s incessant talk about cognitive tests isnโ€™t reassuring people about his mental fitness

The percentage of Americans who believe that Trump is โ€œmentally sharpโ€ has dropped below 50%. Heโ€™s apparently feeling rather defensive on the issue.

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