Pete Hegseth Says the Signal Chat Had 'No Classified Information.' How Is That Possible?
The U.S. has a real problem with overclassification. But the assertion that details about impending air strikes would not be classified strains credulity.
The U.S. has a real problem with overclassification. But the assertion that details about impending air strikes would not be classified strains credulity.
The Homeland Security secretary's use of El Salvador's largest prison for propaganda is unethical and an endorsement of an autocratic justice system.
Perhaps young people have become resentful of the government's massive transfer of wealth from kids to the elderly.
Trump wants to purge the federal bench of judges who disagree with him. Thomas Jefferson did too, and it didn't work out.
The president gleefully predicted that the cost to consumers could be as much as 10 times higher.
Republican members of Congress are lobbying to keep the Inflation Reduction Act's tax credits alive.
Iran isn’t building a nuclear weapon, the Trump administration says. But this hasn’t stopped the march toward war.
Débora Albuquerque scrawled “You lost, dude” on a statue. Now she’s being treated like a national security threat.
Plus: NPR/PBS funding possibly threatened, Trump's "war authorities," and more...
Northeastern states import massive amounts of electricity from Canada while strangling domestic energy production with regulations.
How Sanctions Work argues the consequences of economic warfare don't always serve American interests.
The past three administrations have tried and failed to implement binding regulations on risky research that likely caused the COVID-19 pandemic.
And you shouldn't be panicked into doing it either.
"Some people think that this is not one of those things that's super important—until you're affected by it," says David DeLugas.
Legislators have used the state Constitution to avoid accountability for egregious traffic violations.
With the controversy over the leaked White House group chat, mainstream media have been treating secrecy as a virtue and disclosure as a vice. That’s a dangerous game.
Twelve states are considering harsher punishments for soliciting sex.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion sound good. But DEI programs divide people more than they empower.
Authors James Fadiman and Jordan Gruber discuss their new book Microdosing for Health, Healing, and Enhanced Performance.
The SpeechNow ruling expanded political speech and reshaped elections.
The Jones Act keeps energy-hungry Alaskans from using their own natural gas.
Conservatives are picking up the unconstitutional weapons that intolerant progressives have deployed against them.
Endangered red wolves became a symbol of federal overreach—and a target for local ire—in eastern North Carolina.
The latest tariffs appear to be like many before that were promised but never enacted.
After contending with COVID-era inflation, the beauty industry and consumers face more supply disruptions and price hikes under Trump’s trade war.
Central bank digital currencies would destroy any chance for financial privacy, but society is willingly moving in that direction.
Plus: Untenable in Tampa, Cinderella didn't show up for March Madness, TGL, and more.
An unconstitutional act is still unconstitutional even if lots of people support it.
After Assad’s fall, Syria was poised for liberation. Instead, ethnic violence, sectarian dogma, and unchecked power are threatening to turn victory into yet another nightmare.
The move is an escalation of the White House's attempt to claim an unchallengeable and unreviewable amount of power.
An experiment with staggering implications for the future of human reproduction.
The White House accidentally leaked military plans in Yemen to a journalist—and demonstrated how unconstitutional U.S. war making has become.
Farmers will bear the brunt of Trump's trade war. That's a good reason to avoid tariffs in the first place, not an excuse for another bailout.
Plus: Rehiring federal workers, using Signal to orchestrate bombing the Houthis, and more...
Plus: the federal government tries to stiff landlords over eviction moratorium one last time, the Supreme Court declines to take up eminent domain case, and starter home bills advance in Arizona and Texas.
A new book explores the legacy of the Report on Iron Mountain, while another probes the life of the novelist and essayist Robert Anton Wilson.
Azulejos remind us that globalization has been shaping art, politics, and culture for centuries.
Plus: A listener asks why some American libertarians seem to unquestioningly accept everything Vladimir Putin says.
Consumers have long paid for daily goods with loans.
Over 500,000 migrants used the program to enter and work in the U.S.
As a federal judge, Maryanne Trump Barry said the provision is unconstitutionally vague. That's especially problematic when it is used to punish speech.
The judge ruled that Donald Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's executive orders targeting "gender ideology" can't change the fact that drag performance is expressive conduct under the First Amendment.
There's no strong evidence that cellphones cause cancer. There also isn't strong evidence that cellphones cause teen depression.
Justice Alexandre de Moraes has shut down Rumble in Brazil, using the same dubious legal arguments that led to the blocking of X and Telegram.
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