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Guilty: Is Trumpism a Movement or a Cult?
Donald Trump is now a felon, busted for and convicted of stealing the 2016 election from Hillary Clinton and the American people. Our criminal justice system has worked, and...
Convicted Felon Trump’s Idiot Lawyer Doubles Down on Absurd Defense
Donald Trump’s attorney Todd Blanche still believes in his failed legal strategy to defend the former president—even though he’ll readily admit that the plan did not cover all the...
Inflation Remains Steady, With Signs of Further Cooling
Inflation remained essentially flat in April while showing signs of progress, the Commerce Department reported Friday, in a closely watched measure that will guide the Federal Reserve in any...
Fixing Social Security Is an Election Issue Nobody Talks About
Millions of Americans worry about Social Security — whether they will get the full retirement paychecks promised to them in years to come. And many younger people believe —...
Trump Media Stock Falls After Guilty Verdict
Shares of Trump Media tumbled after former President Donald J. Trump, the company’s largest investor and primary user of its Truth Social platform, was found guilty of 34 felony...
Trump’s Stunning Guilty Verdict Shatters His Aura of Invincibility
True, the hush-money affair is less serious than Trump’s alleged crimes related to the insurrection and the theft of national security documents. But it shouldn’t be hard to make...
How Claudia Sheinbaum Could Change Mexico
“It’s cheaper and more efficient to implement these policies through state-owned companies,” Romero told me. “We believe that state-owned companies have a longer-term horizon that can sustain these kinds...
Samuel Alito Knew Exactly What That Upside-Down American Flag Meant
As for the Appeal to Heaven flag, also known as the Pine Tree flag, Alito again attributed the decision solely to his wife. “My wife is fond of flying...
Convicted Felon Donald Trump Is Facing a Long and Daunting Road
Merchan limited prosecutors from introducing evidence about Trump’s other alleged infidelities, but rejected the Trump legal team’s efforts to block Daniels from testifying. While on the stand, Daniels went...
The Strange Villainization of the Walkable City
Still, many cities are making changes under the banner of the 15-minute city, mostly for the good. Mayors of the C40 Cities, a climate leadership organization, have been marketing...
Inflation Ticks Up in the Eurozone
The annual rate of inflation in the countries that use the euro accelerated slightly in May, driven by a jump in the cost of services and food. Consumer prices...
The New ChatGPT Offers a Lesson in A.I. Hype
When OpenAI unveiled the latest version of its immensely popular ChatGPT chatbot this month, it had a new voice possessing humanlike inflections and emotions. The online demonstration also featured...