1+ hour, 29+ min ago  (1184+ words) The sudden death of Senator Lindsey Graham over the weekend makes things tougher for his fellow Republicans. Several Senate votes loom in the coming weeks, including the confirmations of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Jay Clayton for director of national…...

4+ hour, 55+ min ago  (371+ words) In perhaps the clearest reflection of Republicans’ cognizance of the law’s impact on a health insurance program that has enjoyed bipartisan support, they carefully delayed the law’s most damaging effects until after the midterm elections and anchored many of the…...

4+ hour, 55+ min ago  (888+ words) Now … the part the Times didn’t get into. Americans started trusting chatbots with their ballots at the exact moment the federal government finished building the machinery to control what those chatbots say. I think that’s a pretty big story! The…...

4+ hour, 55+ min ago  (196+ words) John McCain, then in the twilight of his career but still a commanding voice in the party, said that Trump had “fired up the crazies” with the way he spoke about immigrants. This led to Trump’s infamous attack on McCain…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (437+ words) For a decade and a half now, my work has fallen into two categories: collecting evidence on the threat posed by fossil fuels, and deploying written and spoken words to urge action against it. Recently, generative AI systems have entered…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (1106+ words) The Trump administration wants to fence off parts of Pennsylvania Avenue outside of the White House, shutting down a historic space for political protests. The Washington Post reports that the administration and Secret Service plan to put fences where Pennsylvania…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (1127+ words) Donald Trump has completely neutered the Election Assistance Commission. “On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as Commissioner of the Election Assistance ​Commission is terminated, effective immediately. Thank you for your…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (194+ words) Big developments on the immigration front: First, ICE killed a 52-year-old undocumented immigrant in Texas this week. ICE’s account was already suspect. But now a representative for the man’s family says that the three other men driving with him—who…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago  (1399+ words) Maine’s embattled Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner dropped out of the race on Wednesday after a former partner accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2021. “We believe for the movement to continue, it can’t be me and for that reason,…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (1055+ words) The Trump administration plans on sending election monitors to 15 jurisdictions in six states—four of which are deep blue, with the remaining being swing states—for the remaining primary elections this summer. “The Department of Justice, like it has in…...