MAY 1. 2026

Paltry sales as shoppers shun cage eggs

Shoppers shun eggs from caged hens - but The Humane League UK warns government ban is still needed.

APRIL 30. 2026

Trump Bulldozed a 1,000-Year-Old Archeological Site to Make Room for a Second Border Wall

DHS was in talks with the wildlife refuge that hosts the 1,000-year-old archeological site to make sure it was protected, a local said.

Trump Bulldozed a 1,000-Year-Old Archaeological Site to Make Room for a Second Border Wall

DHS was in talks with the wildlife refuge that hosts the 1,000-year-old archeological site to make sure it was protected, a local said.

The View From Europe

Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken on Hegseth, Hormuz, and NATO.

Connecticut Senate Approves More Towing Reforms, Expanding on Landmark 2025 Legislation

The bill, which follows a Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica investigation, would limit when towing companies can sell cars and would create an online portal to track towed cars.

Ron Wyden Is Pissing Off the NSA’s Biggest Backers. Tom Cotton Warns There Will Be “Consequences. ”

Debate over a secret court opinion involving the Trump administration’s use of data collected by the NSA turned personal.

Democratic Leaders Wanted to Control the Maine Senate Race. Their Pick Just Dropped Out.

Janet Mills dropped out of the Senate race against Graham Platner, despite the establishment’s longtime support for the Maine governor.

Iran War Nears 60-Day War Powers Deadline

But U. S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth argues that the cease-fire has paused the clock.

Giorgia Meloni’s Populist Formula Failed

The Italian prime minister hasn’t convincingly delivered the renewal she once promised.

High-Rises Amid the Rubble in Syria

Who is Sharaa’s investment campaign really for?

‘Everything Depends on Our Attitudes’

Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken on Hegseth, Hormuz, and NATO’s future.

What America Owes The Nuclear Future

In the Nevada underground, civilization’s longest promise remains unkept.

An Ayatollah for the Aggrieved

For Iran’s Sunni admirers, resistance remains the appeal.

Quoting the World

There may be no unifying style in Eugène Atget’s photographs—only an uncanny realism that still arrests viewers a century after his death.

Ever New

As a child, when I learned about capital-H History, I pictured it as a kind of basalt cliff: unmovable, unshakeable, a monument I could look up

In Coal Country, Black Lung Surges as Federal Protections Stall

While President Trump is directing hundreds of millions of dollars to coal projects, miners in Appalachia are suffering from a resurgence of black lung disease. But industry pushback has indefinitely delayed federal rules that would reduce miners’ exposure to deadly silica dust.

The Eulogy That Explains Israel’s Current Tragedy

Israel has forgotten the wisdom in an iconic funeral oration delivered 70 years ago.

Why We Are Suing the Department of Education

The Office for Civil Rights is keeping the public in the dark on which schools it’s investigating and why.

The SEC tried to silence activist investors. Now they’re fighting back.

Small investors, shut out of an SEC communication platform called EDGAR, built their own. They call it POE and say it will increase transparency.

Trump’s plan for ultra-fast meat processing would be a disaster for workers and the environment

Labor organizers, environmental advocates, and economists agree: This is a bad idea.