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Arizona Republicans Chose the Big Lie

Published 2022-08-03 21:22:09 UTC

Is the Democratic Party Proving Andrew Yang’s Point?

Published 2022-08-03 20:50:45 UTC

These Communities Are Trapped in Harm’s Way as Climate Disasters Mount

Published 2022-08-04 10:00:46 UTC

Trump Merch, Rabid Fans, Disgraced Ex-Officials: Inside the Right-Wing Conference Circuit

Published 2022-08-04 10:00:24 UTC

Why Do Orthopedic Surgeons Have Such High Breast Cancer Rates?

Published 2022-08-04 10:00:17 UTC

Carolyn Maloney Gives the Second Worst Performance of Her Career

Published 2022-08-04 14:49:34 UTC

Brittney Griner Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison

Published 2022-08-04 18:07:16 UTC

Phoenix Is Hottest US City. It Also Has the Country’s Only Dedicated Heat Team.

Published 2022-08-05 10:00:50 UTC

A Crypto Giant Froze Their Accounts. Now Customers Are Begging a Judge for Their Money Back.

Published 2022-08-05 10:00:18 UTC

Election Denier Kari Lake Wins Nomination in Arizona Election She Said Was Rigged

Published 2022-08-05 12:14:38 UTC

Climate Bill Could Slash US Emissions by 40 Percent—If Democrats Can Pass It

Published 2022-08-05 15:02:04 UTC

Kyrsten Sinema Is on Board With Democrats’ Climate and Tax Bill

Published 2022-08-05 17:34:45 UTC

Enjoy This Video of Dick Cheney Saying, “A Real Man Wouldn’t Lie to His Supporters”

Published 2022-08-05 20:54:46 UTC

I Also Have to Work in August

Published 2022-08-05 21:40:08 UTC

Human Pathogens Are Hitching a Ride on Floating Plastic

Published 2022-08-06 10:00:08 UTC

Here’s Why Jan. 6 Investigators Want to Get Their Hands on Alex Jones’ Phone

Published 2022-08-06 16:52:04 UTC

No, You’re Not Dreaming. Congress Really Is on the Verge of Doing Something for the Planet.

Published 2022-08-06 16:32:59 UTC

A Fake Jail Cell, a Real January 6 Defendant, Tears, Prayers, and Marjorie Taylor Greene

Published 2022-08-06 18:42:04 UTC

Scientists Are Unraveling the Origins of the Southwest’s Monsoon

Published 2022-08-07 10:00:25 UTC

Republicans Just Shot Down a Cap on Insulin Costs

Published 2022-08-07 16:53:41 UTC

At Long Last, the Senate Has Passed Sweeping Climate Legislation

Published 2022-08-07 20:05:07 UTC

She Questioned Disabled People’s Right to Vote. Now, She’s Running to Be a Chief Election Official.

Published 2022-08-07 22:26:46 UTC

What Happened to Royce White?

Published 2022-08-08 10:00:05 UTC

The January 6 Rudy Giuliani Mystery

Published 2022-08-08 16:21:29 UTC

Clogging Toilets and Wanting “Totally Loyal” Nazi Generals: Today In Trump Book Discourse

Published 2022-08-08 16:10:14 UTC

The Carried Interest Loophole Is Going to Outlast Us All

Published 2022-08-08 21:59:57 UTC

Trump Says Mar-a-Lago Resort Searched by Feds

Published 2022-08-08 23:18:36 UTC

How Coal Mining Contributed to Deadly Kentucky Floods

Published 2022-08-09 10:00:56 UTC

With FBI Raid, Merrick Garland Has No Choice But to Go Big on the Trump Probe

Published 2022-08-09 17:08:10 UTC

From Dumb to Terrifying, Here Are Some Unhinged Responses to the FBI Raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

Published 2022-08-09 16:21:45 UTC

House Committee Can Access Trump’s Tax Returns, an Appeals Court Just Ruled

Published 2022-08-09 18:18:30 UTC

We Still Don’t Know Much About the FBI’s Search at Mar-a-Lago. But Here’s What We Do Know.

Published 2022-08-09 19:22:28 UTC

Sarah Palin Is Taking a Few Pages From Trump’s Election Lies Playbook

Published 2022-08-09 21:57:08 UTC

She Never Hurt Her Kids. So Why Is a Mother Serving More Time Than the Man Who Abused Her Daughter?

Published 2022-08-09 20:24:54 UTC

An Obscure Law Is Sending Oklahoma Mothers to Prison in Droves. We Reviewed 1.5 Million Cases to Learn More.

Published 2022-08-09 20:23:29 UTC

Requiem for a Dark Brandon

Published 2022-08-09 20:13:01 UTC

“It’s Potentially Illegal”: As Crypto Crashed, Coinbase Stopped Some Notifications

Published 2022-08-10 10:00:22 UTC

Republicans Are Now Parroting Trump’s Attacks on “Woke” Generals

Published 2022-08-10 10:00:18 UTC

These Environmentalists Detest the Inflation Reduction Act

Published 2022-08-10 10:00:15 UTC

The Government’s Failure to Move Vulnerable People Out of Harm’s Way in the Era of Massive Flooding

Published 2022-08-10 10:00:13 UTC

The Republican Power Grab Hidden in Indiana’s Zero-Week Abortion Ban

Published 2022-08-10 16:08:26 UTC

A Photo Tour of Donald Trump’s Incredibly Bad, Shitshow Week

Published 2022-08-10 16:30:25 UTC

Man Who Once Said “If You’re Innocent, Why Are You Taking the Fifth?” Takes the Fifth

Published 2022-08-10 21:41:14 UTC

When Cars Kill, It’s Not an “Accident”: A Conversation With Jessie Singer

Published 2022-08-11 10:00:56 UTC

How the Inflation Reduction Act Affects Food and Agriculture

Published 2022-08-11 10:00:42 UTC

Medical Boards That Can Strip Abortion Providers of Licenses Are Stacked With Republican Donors

Published 2022-08-11 10:00:34 UTC

Women’s Prisons Are Filled With Domestic Violence Survivors. A New Type of Law Could Help Them Get Out.

Published 2022-08-11 10:00:00 UTC

The Chinese Exclusion Act May Be in the Past, But Racism Still Drives Most Immigration Policies

Published 2022-08-11 14:53:52 UTC

Beto O’Rourke Calls Out “Motherfucker” Who Laughed Over Uvalde Mass Shooting

Published 2022-08-11 17:57:01 UTC

Justice Department Moves to Unseal Trump Search Warrant at Mar-a-Lago

Published 2022-08-11 19:18:30 UTC

Abortion Was Already Inaccessible on Reservation Land. Dobbs Made Things Worse.

Published 2022-08-12 10:00:55 UTC

These Youth Climate Activists Are Taking Europe to Court

Published 2022-08-12 10:00:21 UTC

No, the IRS Is Not Hiring 87,000 New Agents to Go After Ordinary Taxpayers

Published 2022-08-12 10:00:15 UTC

Republicans Have No Idea How to Respond to the Latest Reporting on the Mar-a-Lago Raid

Published 2022-08-12 16:19:43 UTC

Salman Rushdie Was Stabbed at an Event in New York. Here’s What We Know.

Published 2022-08-12 18:27:56 UTC

The Mar-a-Lago Warrant Shows the FBI Recovered Highly Classified Documents

Published 2022-08-12 19:46:38 UTC

Biden’s IRA Targets a Corporate Tactic for Amassing Wealth and Avoiding Taxes. Will It Work?

Published 2022-08-12 19:11:40 UTC

Ants That Tend Caterpillars? Millipedes With More Than 1,000 Legs?

Published 2022-08-13 10:00:42 UTC

Trump’s Excuses for Hoarding Classified Documents Are Getting More Absurd

Published 2022-08-13 11:44:39 UTC

John Fetterman Returns to Campaign Trail for Triumphant Rally After Stroke

Published 2022-08-13 16:07:07 UTC

Brian Kilmeade Fesses Up to Posting Fake Image Smearing Judge Who Issued Trump Search Warrant

Published 2022-08-13 15:58:32 UTC

Squirrels Do This All the Time. It’s Cool.

Published 2022-08-14 10:00:12 UTC

Here’s What We Know About the Fiery Crash and Suicide Outside the US Capitol

Published 2022-08-14 16:01:33 UTC

Defending Trump on Live TV Is Getting Really Awkward for Republicans

Published 2022-08-14 15:14:23 UTC

We Didn’t Deserve Freya the Walrus

Published 2022-08-14 18:08:28 UTC

Now the Far Right Is Going After School Counselors

Published 2022-08-15 10:00:52 UTC

Why Europeans Say No (Non, Nein, Ne, Nee) to Air Conditioning

Published 2022-08-15 10:00:20 UTC

Rudy Giuliani’s Lawyer Knocks Georgia Prosecutors: “I Don’t Know What These People Are Doing.”

Published 2022-08-15 21:56:28 UTC

Did Democrats Really Just Make a “Devil’s Bargain”?

Published 2022-08-16 10:00:02 UTC

Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act Is Now Law, Bringing Historic Changes to Climate Fight and Health Care Costs

Published 2022-08-16 20:09:13 UTC

Greg Norman: A Portrait of a Choke Artist as an Old Man

Published 2022-08-16 20:56:58 UTC

The Inflation Reduction Act Was a Huge Win for Democrats. Will It Help Them In the Midterms?

Published 2022-08-16 20:33:24 UTC

Liz Cheney Was Defeated By the Extremist Movement She Helped to Empower

Published 2022-08-17 02:30:47 UTC

Scientists Aim to Bring the Tasmanian Tiger Back From Extinction

Published 2022-08-17 10:00:48 UTC

An Explosive New Report Could Upend More than a Decade of Alzheimer’s Research. How Did This Happen?

Published 2022-08-17 10:00:29 UTC

Abortion Opponents Don’t Want You to Read News About Abortion

Published 2022-08-17 17:10:36 UTC

Here’s the Whole Transcript of That Leaked Steve Bannon Tape, Annotated

Published 2022-08-17 19:19:47 UTC

There’s No Need to Feel Conflicted About Liz Cheney

Published 2022-08-17 20:22:22 UTC

The Psychiatrist Who Warned Us That Donald Trump Would Unleash Violence Was Absolutely Right

Published 2022-08-18 10:00:57 UTC

The IRA Gives USPS Billions to Buy Electric Vehicles

Published 2022-08-18 10:00:40 UTC

“Now All We Have Is the Little Bitty Strip of Houses and the Road.”

Published 2022-08-18 10:00:39 UTC

Fast-Food Workers Are Closing In on a Major Victory in California

Published 2022-08-18 10:00:13 UTC

No One Wants to Be Donald Trump’s Lawyer

Published 2022-08-18 13:25:50 UTC

Allen Weisselberg, Donald Trump’s Longtime CFO, Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud

Published 2022-08-18 15:05:03 UTC

Greg Abbott Bussed Thousands of Migrants from Texas to DC. What Happened Once They Arrived?

Published 2022-08-19 10:00:50 UTC

Watch: Western Cities Are in a Bind as the Colorado River Runs Dry

Published 2022-08-19 10:00:34 UTC

“There Wouldn’t Be a Bolsonaro in Brazil if There Hadn’t Been a Trump in the United States”

Published 2022-08-19 15:54:19 UTC

Thanks to Inflation, You’re Spending $460 More Per Month. Here’s Where the Money is Going And Why

Published 2022-08-19 16:16:31 UTC

The Writers of Reality Need to Chill: Republicans Keep Posting KKK Hoods

Published 2022-08-19 18:00:36 UTC

Trump Took Top Secret Documents to Mar-a-Lago Because It’s So Safe There

Published 2022-08-19 17:23:59 UTC

Pete Buttigieg to Airlines: “You’ve Got to Support Passengers”

Published 2022-08-19 19:53:33 UTC

DeSantis Is Going to Appear at a Rally With Pennsylvania’s Extremist Candidate for Governor

Published 2022-08-19 19:02:24 UTC

Just How Clean Is “Clean” Hydrogen, Anyway?

Published 2022-08-20 10:00:17 UTC

Ron DeSantis Scapegoats Former Felons With Voter Fraud Allegations

Published 2022-08-20 14:22:57 UTC

Georgia Federal Judge Blocks Lindsey Graham’s Legal Maneuvering to Avoid Subpoena

Published 2022-08-20 15:59:38 UTC

Democrats Ask Social Media Companies to Crack Down on Threats Against the FBI

Published 2022-08-20 18:42:08 UTC

These Cuties Could Help Save Oregon’s Kelp Forests

Published 2022-08-21 10:00:32 UTC

Liz Cheney Is Set on Keeping “Election Deniers” Out of Office—Including Donald Trump

Published 2022-08-21 18:17:50 UTC

Poll: A Majority of Voters Want the Trump Investigations to Go On

Published 2022-08-21 20:45:52 UTC

You Can Expect an Announcement on Student Loans as Soon as Next Week

Published 2022-08-21 23:17:45 UTC

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