Republicans Still Can’t Say No to Trump
The GOP has mounted little resistance to the president. His “big, beautiful bill” was another test.
COVID Shots for Kids Are Over
The FDA’s new approach to boosters could mean that kids will no longer be able to get vaccinated against the disease to begin with.
The Trump Administration’s Favorite Answer
President Donald Trump once promised, “I alone can fix it.” Now he has a different message.
Trump Hands Putin Another Victory
The U.S. president promised peace on day one. Now he’s enabling Russia’s advances.
‘I Have Never Seen Anything Like This’
Photos from a week of destructive tornadoes across the United States
Trump’s National-Security Disaster
Trump’s vandalism of the national-security structure, Signalgate, and a conversation with Susan Rice
The Egregious Reinstatement of Pete Rose
To believe that pressure from Donald Trump had nothing to do with Major League Baseball’s decision would require ignoring some awfully big coincidences.
Modi’s Escalation Trap
A counterterrorism policy designed to burnish a strongman’s image risks setting off new rounds of conflict.
The Fraught Relationship Between a Pope and His Home
If Leo’s predecessors are any guide, this moment of American Catholic unity likely won’t last.
The Decline and Fall of Elon Musk
The Tesla innovator becomes the latest government employee to lose his job.
An Awkward Truth About American Work
Direct-selling schemes are considered fringe businesses, but their values have bled into the national economy.
What AI Thinks It Knows About You
What happens when people can see what assumptions a large language model is making about them?
What Trump Got Right in the Middle East
He put business front and center and politics to the side.
Trump’s Plan to Cap Drug Prices Doesn’t Exist
Instead, he seems content blaming foreign countries and hoping for the best.
America’s Johnson & Johnson Problem
A new book reveals how Big Pharma’s brazen behavior fueled medical mistrust.
Trump’s Newest Crackdown on Dissent
Assault charges against a Democratic member of Congress look more like intimidation than law enforcement.
At Least Two Newspapers Syndicated AI Garbage
Slop the presses.
The Rushed, Blundering Effort to Send Deportees to Third Countries
Many of those sent to countries that aren’t their own are at heightened risk for abuse.
Kristi Noem Should Probably Know What Habeas Corpus Is
But she doesn’t.
The Trump Administration Is Tempting a Honeybee Disaster
Bees are dying. Federal funding cuts aren’t helping.
/media/img/mt/2025/05/2025_5_20_Printing_AI_Updated_2/original.gif)