On the evening of Oct. 11, just weeks before the 2026 midterm elections, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to stop airing taxpayer-funded television […]
Year: 2026
Bolsonaro concedes but Lula’s fight has just begun
In what’s being described as an unlikely comeback, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won reelection on Oct. 25, defeating Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro in […]
Fact-checking in the age of AI: a European Newsroom workshop on verification
What is disinformation? What principles drive the spread of fake content online? And what role does artificial intelligence play in this context? On May 27, […]
Anthropic’s record $2tn IPO could bring global risks to a head
Anthropic, developer of AI chatbot Claude, has filed its prospectus and is expected to go public on Wall Street in November at a valuation of […]
GOP pundits’ swipe at Obama instantly backfires amid cheesecake fiasco: ‘No, darling’
A pair of GOP tried to defend President Donald Trump’s White House renovations on Monday night, only for their remarks to instantly backfire. Trump erupted […]
Disturbing scheme flagged in Trump DOJ midterm lawsuit: ‘Not even pretending!’
A political analyst spotted a disturbing scheme tucked away in the Department of Justice’s lawsuit seeking to preemptively halt the certification of the state’s Senate […]
Will a Data Center Backlash Help James Talarico Turn Texas Blue?
Texas might finally turn blue, and the man poised to do it is a mask-wearing, trans rights–supporting, Gnostic Gospel–quoting liberal from Austin. In an already […]
Leaders of Finland and Norway talk to Putin
Finland’s President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre held a joint call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Tuesday as part of […]
Reynolds dismisses EU split with Burnham after warning of business ‘uncertainty’
LONDON — U.K. Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds insisted he is in agreement with his boss Andy Burnham’s drive for closer European Union ties — a […]
Better Win a District: Tennessee’s Ninth
For our third and final Better Win a District, I want to take you back to the Mid-South. This time, we are looking at a […]
With Friends Like Phil’s
The Phil Scott campaign has posted a 10-minute hagiography video featuring a variety of Vermonters praising the governor’s “Experience. Integrity. Character.” (That’s the title of […]
O2, Nokia complete UK’s first live AI-powered RAN deployment
O2 and Nokia have completed the UK’s first live deployment of an AI-powered radio access network (RAN) feature, delivering improvements in network speed and efficiency. […]
‘I can’t be the mum I want to be’: why does parenthood feel so impossible for millennial mothers?
Women today are more educated, more employed and more engaged in childcare than generations before them. Is there any way out of the total overwhelm? […]
Voting in Hell
We must have no illusions about the fact that voting alone will not solve all of our problems. But it is one of the many […]
The Secret to Lula’s Victory
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won reelection to a fourth term by gaining ground in Brazil’s largest cities while keeping his strong support in […]
Questions That Reveal Corrupt Swamp Creatures Make Up The Entire Trump Administration
There was no swamp before Trump became president in 2016. No party or administration is perfect. However, Trump has managed to assemble the worst people: […]
Mississippi Meltdown As Trump Gets Heckled In Front Of Tiny Crowd
Deep-red Mississippi has a surprisingly competitive Senate race, so the White House sent Donald Trump to save the day. The problem is that they sent […]
Things Get Even Worse For Republicans As Trump Has To Go To Deep Red Mississippi To Rescue A Senate Seat
2026 may go down in history as the year of reckoning for bad Republican candidates and incumbents. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi is an example […]
Cease-Fire Takes Effect Near Oleshky As Russian Strikes Hit Kyiv
Russian air attacks struck Kyiv late on October 26, hitting a university dormitory and other civilian sites, leaving at least one dead, as President Volodymyr […]
How Lula turned the tables on Brazil’s Trump-inspired right
A leader who stood up to US President Donald Trump just won an election in Latin America’s biggest country, reversing a trend of new right-wing […]