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Is his faith-first brand the start of a new electoral movement for Democrats? Here's what commentators are saying. theweek.com/politics/tal...
When State Rep. James Talarico took the microphone to deliver his victory speech after winning Texas’ Democratic Senate primary this week, he noted that his Republican rivals would likely call him a “radical leftist” and “fake Christian.”
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The Trump administration has long trumpeted its goal to automate its operational capacity through artificial intelligence models provided by companies like OpenAI and Elon Musk’s xAI. As the Defense Department weighs consequences, other AI firms are starting to take note — and weigh in.
Social media is abuzz with the transformational potential of vagus-nerve “training”. Stimulate it and reset it, wellness influencers claim, and you can improve your mental and physical wellbeing. But what are the facts?
Democrats have long fantasized about winning a statewide campaign in deep-red Texas. Just as it did when Beto O’Rourke ran, the party is dreaming big, with a U.S. Senate primary election this week setting the stage for the next attempt in November. Here's what you need to know.
The move is “a long-run positive”, said Alan Beattie in the FT, but at the cost of short-term uncertainty all round.
This “marks one of the biggest escalations in outright hostilities between Pakistan and Afghanistan since 2021 and could be the start of more violence,” said Time.
The options to deal with the crude oil are either burn it and produce high levels of smoke and pollution in the process, or leave it to destroy habitats and kill wildlife.
A recent social media trend has people reminiscing about ten years ago, when everyone was obsessed with Snapchat filters, VSCO girls ruled, and the internet was generally less toxic.
“Women form half or more of this workforce,” said The Guardian. Annotator roles are “promoted aggressively online”, promising “easy” or “zero-investment” job opportunities that are flexible and require minimal skills or training.
The fugu has been made for centuries on traditional looms, and is a powerful symbol of Ghanaian cultural tradition. Its “vibrant, striped patterns” are woven and stitched together by skilled craftsmen “from the Dagomba and Mamprusi tribes”, said the Ghana News Agency.
Perhaps the second-biggest question ahead of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address tonight (behind “what will he actually say?”) is what, if anything, will Democrats do to mark the president’s first SOTU of his uniquely authoritarian second term? Here's what to expect.
President Donald Trump has already lent his name to real estate projects, hotels, golf courses and even a meme coin. Now, the president has put his name on a federal prescription drug platform: TrumpRx. Here's what to know about the drug-pricing website.
Flavor meanderings. Genre reconsiderations. Health on the rocks. These are the predicted cocktail trends of 2026.
Stephen Colbert will not lead late night without a fight. The CBS host is clashing with his network bosses, saying they refused to air his interview with Texas Democrat James Talarico — the FCC has an "equal time" rule that is ultimately at the heart of the conflict. Here's why.
Are you a cabbage lover? If not, you might change your mind considering all of the nutritional benefits that come with eating the cruciferous vegetable. Here's what you need to know.
Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson “profoundly changed American politics,” and his “life story is a triumph over adversity,” says Donna Brazile.
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Thinking about getting a new credit card? If you're debating on what a good APR looks like, here's how you can know whether the rate you are quoted is better — or worse — than what is typical.
Thwaites Glacier, on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, covers a vast area roughly the size of Great Britain and has earned its “Doomsday” nickname because it is so big and melting so fast.
“What starts as self‑care becomes obsessive self‑surveillance,” Jan Gerber, CEO of Zurich-based mental-health clinic Paracelsus Recovery, told The Mirror. We’re starting to see “a growing number” of very stressed and anxious people “whose lives are dominated by the fear of ageing and decline”.
Fennell’s film is “far from faithful to the original book”, said Caryn James on the BBC. But if you think of it as a “reinvention not an adaptation”, it’s an “utterly absorbing” film.
“Described by many as the first free and fair election in more than a decade,” said CNN, “on the streets of Dhaka, the prevailing mood is one of anticipation”.
SpaceX is now focused on “building a self-growing city on the moon,” Musk said on X. That goal could be achieved in “less than 10 years,” whereas colonizing Mars would “take 20-plus years.”
The current funding bill for ICE expires Feb. 13, which means Democrats and Republicans will need to come to some sort of an agreement by Friday. But the Democrats in both chambers of Congress have put forth a series of changes they want to see within the agency. Here's what they are demanding.
And with no end to the Trump administration's mass deportation agenda in sight, local courts may be unable to maintain their core functionality. theweek.com/politics/ice...
After months of federal occupation by thousands of DHS forces across the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, disruptions to daily life have become commonplace across much of Minnesota.
After three decades of checking the global proliferation of nuclear weapons for both the US and Russia, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) has come to its inevitable end. Its demise is sparking questions about what might be next to fill the void.
U.S. elections are run by state governments, but President Donald Trump, still brooding over his loss in 2020, says he wants to “nationalize” American elections. Doing so would be a “radical power grab,” said Steve Benen at MS NOW, and Democrats are already countering his efforts.
