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'Sometimes splitting is a good thing': An Illinois movement aims to be the 51st state
A grassroots movement in rural Illinois has gained traction as one-third of the state's counties passed resolutions supporting secession from Chicago …
What right-wing influencers just did to a major US church
Right-wing influencers have successfully pushed the Southern Baptist Convention, America's largest Protestant denomination, sharply rightward at its a…
An Army Whistleblower Believed in Pete Hegseth — Until the Military Covered Up Her Child’s Abuse
An Army whistleblower who initially supported Pete Hegseth changed her stance after the military allegedly concealed evidence of child abuse at a mili…
Outlandish Merger of Giant Power Companies NextEra and Dominion is ‘Contrary to Public Interest’
NextEra Energy announced plans to acquire Dominion Energy, citing demand from artificial intelligence data centers as justification for the merger. Th…
Why can’t we win it? Inside the Japanese embassy for Sunday’s World Cup opener.
Japanese football fans gathered at the embassy in what sources describe as an energized atmosphere ahead of Sunday's World Cup match against the Nethe…
UK bans social media for children under 16
The United Kingdom has enacted a ban on social media access for children under 16, positioning itself among a small group of nations implementing stri…
Campaigns are embracing influencers, but internet stardom doesn't always win votes
Political campaigns are increasingly turning to social media influencers and viral content creators to reach younger voters, a tactic that reflects ho…
Technology secretary says she wants regulator to design plans for online age verification by October – UK politics live
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall instructed the UK's communications regulator, Ofcom, to design age verification plans for social media platforms by O…
We’re not as helpless against dementia as we think
# Medical Prevention Takes Center Stage as Dementia Research Advances A Vox Politics contributor's routine annual physical sparked reflection on deme…
12 dead in Missouri plane crash, authorities say
A skydiving plane crashed in a rural Missouri field on Sunday morning, killing all twelve people aboard. Bates County Sheriff Chad Anderson confirmed …
‘A giant of the labour movement’: Roy Hattersley, former Labour deputy leader, dies aged 93
Roy Hattersley, the Labour Party's former deputy leader and prolific author, died at age 93. Hattersley served as the MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook for…
Justice Barrett v. Justice Jackson On Textualism
# Summary The textualist school of constitutional interpretation faces mounting challenges from its critics, particularly from Justice Ketanji Brown …
What we lose when we stop writing by hand
I appreciate the request, but I need to flag that this article appears to be a personal essay about handwriting and correspondence rather than politic…
Democrats don’t get why they’ve lost most working class voters
Democratic strategists struggle to understand why working-class voters have abandoned the party in recent election cycles. Rural and working-class com…
Mullin on FISA lapse: Threat level 'highest it’s ever been'
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin warned Sunday that national security threats have reached unprecedented levels following the expiration o…
Starmer to announce ‘Australia plus’ ban on social media for under-16s
Prime Minister Keir Starmer plans to announce a sweeping ban on social media use by children under 16, adopting an "Australia plus" model that goes fu…
Comic: It's America's Founding Fake News Terrorist, Samuel Adams
# Samuel Adams and the American Founding's Propaganda War Samuel Adams, the cousin of future President John Adams, operated one of history's most eff…
Bernie Sanders Remaking the American Left
# Bernie Sanders Remaking the American Left Bernie Sanders continues to reshape progressive politics in America through his influence over Democratic…
Why Hasan Piker Thinks Dems Are Moving in His Direction
# Streamer Hasan Piker Claims Democratic Party Shift Toward Left-Wing Politics Twitch streamer and political commentator Hasan Piker argues that the …
Fan of the people
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has become an unlikely figure bridging grassroots leftist politics and mainstream sports culture. The Democratic po…
Bowser reinstates limited youth curfew in DC
Mayor Muriel Bowser of Washington, D.C. reinstated a youth curfew Friday that restricts residents under 18 to the streets after 11 p.m. Designated hig…
UK government announces £132.5m after-school clubs package
The UK government committed £132.5m to expand after-school clubs nationwide, funding extracurricular activities from music and debating to engineering…
Two Potential Upcoming Canadian Secession Referenda and the Broader Issues they Raise
Alberta and Quebec are moving toward potential secession referenda that could reshape Canada's political future. Alberta's push stems from mounting fr…
SpaceX's IPO Is a Display of Musk's Dominance
# SpaceX IPO Reflects Musk's Market Power and Political Influence Elon Musk's dominance in aerospace and technology has positioned SpaceX for a poten…
Daughter of 2028 Olympics Chair Dreams of Competing in LA — for Israel
Casey Wasserman, chair of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee, faces renewed scrutiny over his daughter's aspirations to compete for Is…
Revealed: DWP still allowing unpaid carers to run up debts despite being told about overpayments
Chris Farrell, a 65-year-old former unpaid carer, has exposed a persistent problem at the Department for Work and Pensions. The DWP continued paying h…
Religion in the Military
# Religion in the Military: The Classification Problem Military chaplains face a structural paradox. The armed forces must accommodate religious expr…
Your Uber Driver May Soon Be Unionized. At What Cost?
Unionization efforts targeting Uber drivers represent a fundamental shift in how gig economy platforms classify workers. Advocates push to reclassify …
SpaceX Is About Taking the Fiction Out of Science Fiction
Elon Musk used SpaceX's IPO debut Friday to argue that the company has transformed science fiction into engineering reality. Musk emphasized how impro…
They Weren’t Convicted of Terrorism, But These Palestine Activists Got Sentenced as Terrorists Anyway
UK courts sentenced Palestine activists to prison terms enhanced under terrorism legislation, despite convicting them only of criminal damage. The def…
FIFA does pregame land acknowledgment
FIFA conducted a land acknowledgment before the opening match of the Women's World Cup in California, recognizing the Native American tribes whose anc…
Musk's a Trillionaire--on Paper--as SpaceX IPO Takes Off
Elon Musk crossed the one trillion dollar net worth threshold following SpaceX's initial public offering on Nasdaq, becoming the world's first trillio…
The next AI safety fight may actually be about DNA
Three of the world's most powerful AI executives have found rare common ground on a looming threat. Sam Altman of OpenAI, Demis Hassabis of Google Dee…
Colorado voted to end forced prison labor in 2018 – so why are incarcerated people in the state still working for less than $2 an hour?
Colorado voters overwhelmingly approved Amendment Y in 2018, eliminating the exception in the state constitution that allowed forced labor in prisons …
Bosnia beat Italy. Utica never recovered.
# Bosnia beat Italy. Utica never recovered. Utica's Bosnian refugee community is rallying behind their homeland's national soccer team as the squad a…
1 dead, 11 known victims in Texas shooting
A shooting in Texas left one person dead and 11 others confirmed injured on Tuesday. The suspect remains barricaded inside a building as law enforceme…
AI Revives the Conglomerate
Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are each constructing sprawling holding companies unified by artificial intelligence, reviving a corporate model that fell ou…
The Constitution promises an interpreter for fair trials – US courts often can’t deliver
The Sixth Amendment guarantees defendants the right to an interpreter during criminal trials, yet federal courts across the country struggle to fulfil…
The World Cup and human trafficking: What the research reveals about the real risks at major sporting events
# The World Cup and Human Trafficking: What Research Actually Shows Public awareness campaigns linking the World Cup to human trafficking rely on int…
Can politicians bring calm to Belfast? – podcast
Belfast experienced multiple nights of violence this week, prompting politicians across Northern Ireland to issue repeated calls for calm. The unrest …
Left vs. Left Mayor Race a Bad Sign for LA's Future
Nithya Raman's upset victory in Los Angeles's mayoral race signals a deepening fracture within the Democratic coalition controlling the city. Raman, b…
What Is the Democrats' Answer to America First?
# Democrats Search for Counter to Trump's America First Doctrine Democrats lack a cohesive counter-message to Donald Trump's "America First" policy f…
Disclosure Day pits aliens against religion. But faith leaders are ready to believe.
Steven Spielberg's new film "Disclosure Day" revisits the director's longtime fascination with extraterrestrial life while exploring themes of faith a…
How out-of-work fishermen saved the American Revolution
# How Out-of-Work Fishermen Saved the American Revolution Britain's trade restrictions devastated New England's fishing industry in the years before …