Can Using the Light Phone III Help Cure ‘Brain Rot’?
Dear readers, I have a confession: I am suffering from an ailment that the younger ones call “brain rot,” the inability to think deeply after too much scrolling on my…
The Three States That Are Especially Stuck if Congress Cuts Medicaid
If congressional Republicans go through with some of the deep Medicaid cuts they are considering, three states would be left in an especially tight bind. South Dakota, Missouri and Oklahoma…
Used Tesla Market Heats Up as Owners Sell to Protest Elon Musk
For the last several months, Ken Harvey has been cultivating a budding side business for his Honda and Mazda dealerships in Northern California: selling used Teslas. A few times a…
Syria Likely Has Over 100 Chemical Weapons Sites, Inspectors Say
More than 100 chemical weapons sites are suspected to remain in Syria, left behind after the fall of the longtime president, Bashar al-Assad, according to the leading international organization that…
‘0 to 1939 in 3 seconds’: Why Anti-Elon Musk Satire Is Flourishing in Britain
The mischievous posters began appearing all over London in the past two months. On the side of an East London bus stop, one of them shows Elon Musk, the world’s…
Justice Dept. Accuses Top Immigration Lawyer of Failing to Follow Orders
A senior Justice Department immigration lawyer was put on indefinite leave Saturday after questioning the Trump administration’s decision to deport a Maryland man to El Salvador — one day after…
Anti-Trump Protests Get Underway Across the Country
They came out in defense of national parks and small businesses, public education and health care for veterans, abortion rights and fair elections. They marched against tariffs and oligarchs, dark…
He Said He Would Ban Congressional Stock Trading. Now in Office, He Trades Freely.
Last March, when Rob Bresnahan, Jr., a wealthy Republican business executive, was running to represent a competitive House district in northeastern Pennsylvania, he published a letter to the editor in…
Israel Says Its Account of Rescue Workers Killed in Gaza Was Partly ‘Mistaken’
The Israeli military on Saturday acknowledged that the initial accounts from troops involved in the killing last month of 15 people in southern Gaza — who the United Nations said…
Trump Administration Fires U.S. Aid Workers in Quake Zone in Myanmar
Trump administration officials have fired workers for the main American aid agency who were sent to Myanmar to assess how the United States could help with earthquake relief efforts, three…