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Does anyone want to win the midterm elections?

Sometimes watching the two major parties compete in this year’s midterm elections brings to mind a quote from the legendary baseball manager Casey Stengel, which journalist Jimmy Breslin used to title his 1963 book: “Can’t anybody here play this game?” Democrats have a historic opportunity to seize control of both houses of Congress for the […]

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ is a slog for the uninitiated

To call Spider-Man: Brand New Day a movie is to do a disservice to all other examples of filmed entertainment that bear the name. As traditionally understood, a movie purports to tell a story to an audience whose ideal state is one of relative ignorance. Preconceptions, assumptions, and advance knowledge in the viewing public are regarded as […]

Jon Ossoff clearly has his eyes on something beyond his Senate seat

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) does not look or present like the same person he was five years ago. The boyish face that made him a cable news fixture during the 2017 Georgia special election, the one that Republicans in the 6th Congressional District hung in mailers next to the word “outsider,” has been replaced by […]

Iran attacks third UAE tanker within a week

The United Arab Emirates accused Iran on Saturday of attacking another vessel belonging to its state oil company while it transited through the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, the third such incident in less than a week. The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) vessel was struck Friday while traveling through the strait, Reuters reported,...

Kalshi accuses Nevada investigators of violating federal law in geofencing complaint

Kalshi is pushing back against the state of Nevada’s claims that the prediction market operator failed to comply with geofencing requirements, accusing the state’s gaming regulator of violating federal law. In a motion filed in state court on Friday evening, state prosecutors argued that the firm failed to implement a geofencing solution by Aug. 12...

Here is our way forward on immigration

Jennie Murray, president and CEO of The Forum, calls for lawmakers to implement firm, fair, and compassionate immigration reforms to stabilize the nation's broken system.

Why Americans now hate each other more than ever

Recent polling and sociological analysis suggest that the United States is experiencing a severe generational decline in trust and a rise in mutual contempt driven by economic and political incentives.

Trump family crypto company receives approval for conditional banking charter

A crypto firm partially owned by President Trump’s family received preliminary conditional approval for a bank charter on Friday. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) granted conditional approval for an application from World Liberty Trust Co. for a national trust bank, according to a letter posted on the OCC’s website. The OCC...

ICE purchase of electric shock gloves prompts Democratic outrage

Outrage is building among congressional Democrats who are alarmed by new plans from the Trump administration to buy gloves that will allow immigration agents to deliver a painful electric shock as they carry out deportations. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Monday published a notice of its plans to spend as much as $20...

Trump targets El-Sayed, WWII Memorial vandalism in string of Truth Social posts

President Trump targeted several Democratic politicians in a series of Truth Social posts while also calling attention to vandalism at the World War II Memorial on Friday evening. Several of the posts focused on Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive labeled as “crazy” in the past by members of the Trump administration. One...

Court filings reveal Kyrsten Sinema had sex multiple times with married bodyguard while serving as senator

Kyrsten Sinema testified to sex with her married security guard at locations across the U.S., now facing an alienation of affection suit in NC.

Justice Thomas reveals this elite institution is ‘off limits’ to him: ‘That’s the world we’re in’

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas claims Stanford Law School is 'off limits' for conservatives, but a spokesperson says they'd be honored to host him.

We should all join ex-teacher Darius Williams in crying at the failures of America’s schools

The disaster isn't only in inner-city schools; it’s everywhere — and the damning results are now showing up at the college level.

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