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Inside Trump’s Mad Dash to Renovate Washington

Olivia Rodrigo Tried Writing Love Songs. Then Life Got Messy.

Olivia Rodrigo discusses the creative evolution behind her latest album, characterizing the project as a chronological narrative exploring the rise and collapse of a relationship. Rather than a traditional concept album, the work functions as a capsule of intense, real-time emotional processing. Rodrigo highlights a sh...

Want to ‘Optimize’ Your Happiness? This Happiness Expert Says: Don’t.

Stranded in the Strait of Hormuz

Can A.I. Make People Feel Less Lonely?

The Whiplash Over a Possible Peace Deal With Iran

A Flood of New, Deadlier Drugs

The rapid emergence of a new, highly lethal synthetic drug epidemic is outpacing traditional law enforcement strategies. Unlike historical narcotics, these synthetic substances are easily manufactured, endlessly alterable, and increasingly potent, with over 1,450 new psychoactive variants currently identified. Prisons ...

Sites Unseen: What’s Revealed by Traveling With the Blind

Travel is fundamentally a multi-sensory experience, yet modern tourism remains overwhelmingly dominated by visual consumption. Challenging this reliance on sight, journalist Andy Isaacson explores how blind travelers navigate and interpret the world through sound, touch, and spatial awareness. By pairing sighted and vi...

Nicolas Cage Made Himself a Legend. Then He Had to Live With It.

Trump’s National Support Is Cratering

Why the U.S. Just Indicted Cuba’s Former President

Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Revenge Plan

A Trump Dissenter Fights for His Political Life

The Republican primary in Kentucky’s fourth congressional district serves as a litmus test for Donald Trump’s influence over the GOP, pitting seven-term incumbent Thomas Massie against Trump-endorsed challenger Ed Gallrein. Massie’s history of defiance, particularly his successful push for the release of the Jeffrey Ep...

The Courtroom Showdown Between Elon Musk and Sam Altman

The high-stakes legal battle between Elon Musk and OpenAI centered on allegations that Sam Altman and Greg Brockman betrayed the organization’s original non-profit mission by pivoting toward a for-profit structure. Musk sought $150 billion in damages and the removal of leadership, claiming he was deceived during the co...

Can We Reverse Aging?

Graham Platner Thinks a Political Revolution Is Coming

Lessons From the Hantavirus Outbreak

A New Leader — and a New Showdown — at the Fed

Two Superpowers Across the Table

President Trump’s upcoming summit with President Xi Jinping in Beijing unfolds against a backdrop of diminished U.S. leverage, exacerbated by the unresolved conflict with Iran. While the administration prioritizes immediate, visible trade deliverables—specifically beef, beans, and Boeing—fundamental geopolitical divide...

Why More Americans Are Seeking Religion