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An undercover journalist travels the Volga to catch a glimpse of life under Putin.

Plus, more international fiction releases in April.

Federal agents’ indiscriminate use of tear gases and “less-lethal” projectiles has become a mainstay of protest crackdowns.

The Iran war is torching the products that make the world go around.

Iran shot down a U. S. Air Force F-15 fighter jet as Trump threatened the country’s critical infrastructure and destroyed a bridge near Tehran.

Today, the poster is rarely, if ever, remembered for its relationship to the Cattle Baron, despite the name printed prominently in the bottom right corner. Instead, in museums and academic papers, Facebook posts and news outlets, it is referred to as a “feminist protest poster” by “anonymous. ”

It has been one month since missiles struck a school in the Iranian port town.

As Islamabad positions itself as a mediator in the Iran war, New Delhi is sidelined.

Trump is trying to rerun the first Gulf War, badly, in an international system that won’t allow it.

The 62-year-old was arrested for wearing a penis costume to an Alabama No Kings protest — then prosecutors doubled down.

The Iran war has led the region’s leaders to recalibrate their economic policies.

Investigative Journalist Sara Posner on how the Christian right’s end times views are shaping U. S. foreign and domestic policies.

The agency’s 2023 decision to place 19 peptides on the “unsafe” list was supported by numerous documented safety concerns, former officials said. Even though demand for peptide therapies has exploded since then, there’s been little new science.

A group of climate-focused candidates is hoping to steer the Salt River Project toward clean energy. Turning Point USA stands in their way.

A federal auction undid a hard-won agreement to protect Alaska's North Slope. The Inupiat community that fought for it is still waiting to be heard.

Western tariffs accelerated its transformation into a sophisticated extension of China’s industrial policy.

A prime-time Trump speech offered few clues.

Mohammad Rahim’s mother called it her “most earnest and final hope” to see him again while she’s still alive. He has never been charged with a crime.

The prosecutorial strategy is a puerile one: completely overwhelm the jury with unrelated images of leftist protest—for ten full days! —and then hope for guilt by association.

U. S. operations in Iran risk draining limited U. S. stocks.