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Foreign Lobbying Is Booming in Trump’s Washington
12+ hour, 18+ min ago (200+ words) Business has never been better for lobbyists paid to push the agendas of foreign countries and companies, but critics say the surge undermines Trump's "America First' pledge. The reelection of Donald Trump, as his former adviser Steve Bannon recently told…...
Donald Trump’s Iran Trap
12+ hour, 41+ min ago (181+ words) Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East at the Hudson Institute. Follow him on Twitter @Doranimated. For years, Donald Trump defined himself against the architects of the Iraq War. He cast Middle…...
Can You Really Be ‘Addicted’ to Social Media?
17+ hour, 59+ min ago (241+ words) The science of addiction is not as simple as Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok's legal opponents want you to think, writes Sally Satel. We know her only as Kaley'and by the initials K.G.M. She began watching YouTube when she was 6 years old,…...
You Are No Longer the Smartest Type of Thing on Earth
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (249+ words) Rapidly advancing artificial intelligence means we may end up being one of the very last generations to remember what it was like for humans to be in the driver's seat of the universe, writes Noah Smith. A few days ago…...
James Fishback: The Right-Wing Troll Who Would Be Governor
1+ week, 2+ day ago (169+ words) He flirts with antisemitism and calls his black opponent a "slave'and he may be the future of the Republican Party, writes River Page. James Fishback believes someone tried to set his house on fire. The alleged arson attack occurred on…...
A Dark Money Group That Backed Kamala Harris Faces Questions over a Giant Donation
1+ week, 2+ day ago (160+ words) Tax experts and conservatives say the $37.5 million grant raises concerns about voter registration efforts during the 2024 presidential campaign, reports Gabe Kaminsky. Before the 2024 election, a group of Democratic political operatives came together in Washington, D.C., to form a nonprofit to support…...
The Department of Education Isn’t Going Anywhere
2+ week, 17+ hour ago (239+ words) A year after Trump tried to abolish the agency, Republicans are dragging their feet and increasing its budget, writes Tanner Nau. Donald Trump smiled in March 2025 as he declared victory over the Department of Education in the East Room of…...
In a Top Math Contest, the Cheaters Are Winning
2+ week, 19+ hour ago (159+ words) Only a handful of top students got perfect scores on the AMC 12. Then AI came along, writes Deepa Javeri. In the fall of 2025, as students readied for the AMC 12, the first in the series of math contests that lead to…...
In California, Decline Is a Choice
2+ week, 23+ hour ago (241+ words) Jan Sramek is trying to build an entirely new city'in a state strangled by red tape. Can he succeed in making California build again? Suzy Weiss reports on California Forever. SOLANO COUNTY, California ' About an hour and a half northeast…...
The Greatness of Catherine O’Hara
2+ week, 3+ day ago (227+ words) The loss of one of our greatest comediennes is shocking'as was the consistent brilliance of her work, writes John Podhoretz. The news of Catherine O'Hara's sudden death at the age of 71 was shocking, but not in the way many surprise…...