The key question isn’t simply whether gas prices are rising, but whether those higher energy costs are spreading into the rest of the economy.
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The Beltsville Bee Lab is a key part of the often-unappreciated federal research infrastructure that supports the health of pollinators and the nation’s food supply.
It turns out Congress gave away some of its power to approve settlement payments many decades ago. But they never visualized a perversion of that system like the one Trump just set up with Todd Blanche.
Colbert belongs in a distinctly American satirical tradition that stretches back to Benjamin Franklin. The great American satirists have used humor not to reject the national project, but to expose the gap between its ideals and its realities.
Despite the daily frenetic social posts and statements from Trump, members of his Cabinet continue to project their own moral and political visions of America throughout 2026 and beyond.
As Republicans face the electorate in upcoming midterms, Trump and the GOP will have to work to reclaim the support of regretful voters. Failure to do so could cost Republicans Congress in 2026 and, ultimately, the presidency in 2028.
Not all countries that host U.S. troops invest as much in their infrastructure as Germany does, and having those troops elsewhere could prove far more costly than having them in Germany.
Race is—at least in the South—a reliable predictor of how someone will vote. And that makes race a potentially irresistible lure for those designing congressional districts.
The Trump administration is trying to tie the hands of future administrations when it comes to regulating pollution, including greenhouse gas emissions.
With the buyouts of these wind projects, the U.S. is losing enough generation to power more than 3 million homes. And it is only going to cost taxpayers $2 billion.
The myth of coal as healthy and family friendly has been around for centuries—but coal has never been clean, or cute.
Research indicates that the leading large language models can exhibit a bizarre feature: They can fake their safety alignment to appear harmless, helpful and truthful, hiding toxic behavior.
We should prize both commitments: to a republic that insists on the people’s right to be represented rather than ruled, and to a democracy that ensures that ordinary people might collectively make it so.
Ultimately, the best protection against oil price shocks is a more efficient gas-burning vehicle, or one that doesn’t burn gasoline at all.
By changing the interpretation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, Republicans could use the ruling to redraw congressional districts across the country to benefit their party.
When criminals combine biometric templates with other leaked data, such as logins for social media profiles or home addresses, they can build “super-profiles” connected to many of a person’s activities.
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