Category: North America

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. When the Strait of Hormuz first closed at the start of the 2026 […]

Corpus Christi, a city of over 300,000 residents, is expected to exceed its existing water supplies as soon as next summer – the first such […]

Sec. of Defense Pete Hegseth is appearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee and asking for more taxpayer money to pay for Trump’s war with Iran. […]

314 Action, a group that supports scientifically educated candidates for elected office, is endorsing Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a staunch progressive, in his bid for Senate […]

After a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, it appeared the attack would result in a rare moment […]

On Monday night, Senate candidate Troy Jackson, Maine Democrats’ likely replacement for Graham Platner, was the subject of reports from colleagues accusing him of bullying. […]

For years, Justice Kagan was overtly critical of the Supreme Court’s approach to emergency applications. In written dissents and public speeches, Kagan fed into the […]

A GOP senator lost his cool and demanded “straight answers” while questioning Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about the Iran war. During a Senate Appropriations Committee […]

A GOP lawmaker endorsed by President Donald Trump was caught unaware by a Justice Department investigation. Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL), who represents Florida’s 7th Congressional […]

In the aftermath of the Eaton and Palisades fires, housing could have been stabilized and tenants could have been protected. But the private market won.

Here’s a phrase that’s probably never been said before: “Soon we’ll be longing for the golden days of Guy Page.” And here’s another: “Mary Beerworth […]

Ashley Brouillette had not heard from her ex-husband, David Brouillette, since November. She says one of their last interactions was a three-minute voicemail in which […]

Two days ago, Gilad Edelman wrote a profile of Richard Hanania for The Atlantic. The thrust of it is clear enough from the jump: “Former […]

This story was originally published in the Daily Yonder. For more rural reporting and small-town stories visit dailyyonder.com. When Meredith Dean started the first Community Works […]

The problem with starting a war of choice in the Middle East that has no clear objectives or goals is that without an achievable objective […]

The most-quoted line from Al Franken’s 2003 bestseller “Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them” attempts to draw a distinction between conservative and liberal […]

For decades, the U.S. Department of State gave money to groups protecting free speech, human rights and persecuted minorities in poor and authoritarian countries.  To […]

When Joe Wiscount was a teenager in Tremont, Pennsylvania, a tiny town in a region once ruled by coal barons, he worked a summer job […]

One of my Facebook friends posted this — Yes, Trump wants to open this protected wilderness to oil drilling.  Canada is burning, but we need […]

Last week, the Trump administration filed the first-of-its-kind application with a 30-year-old removal court seeking to deport an immigrant as a suspected “alien terrorist.” The […]