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Polluter and Cyber Elites Part 1: Social media wrecks mental health and the climate while promoting the far right. But are the tech bros about to crash?

The alignment of America’s tech billionaires with authoritarian politics echoes 1930s industrial collaboration — but Germany and Spain offer a democratic remedy.

The opposition’s stunning victory offers lessons for U. S. Democrats—and a warning for Trump’s allies.

Gaby Del Valle on reporting from conservative events, the young New Right, and Theodore Roosevelt’s legacy

The tax break is one of the state’s costliest incentive programs and soon to be the most expensive of its kind in the nation.

Foreign service officers fired in Elon Musk’s workforce purge warn the State Department is unable to help Americans stranded in the Middle East.

“It would be a mistake to treat the Gulf as politically homogeneous. The war has clearly shown the weight of Saudi Arabia and the UAE, but it has not eliminated the different calculations of other Gulf states. ”

A lawsuit claims ExxonMobil and others underreported debts by $194 million, calling it “a playbook” for how companies dump old wells and expenses on states.

You could say that H. C. Westermann became an artist on the morning of March 19, 1945. While serving as a marine gunner on the USS Enterprise during World

In the communities closest to Israel’s northern border, residents want to keep themselves safe by displacing their Lebanese neighbors.

A mysterious impostor who claimed to be ProPublica reporter Robert Faturechi reached out to a Canadian official and a Latvian businessman working with Ukraine. So, the real Robert did some reporting of his own.

The proposed $68 million settlement with a Texas land developer that the Justice Department had accused of preying on Hispanic residents includes no money for the victims but more than $20 million for police and immigration enforcement.

Witkoff and Kushner are merely the tip of the iceberg.

The U. S. war with Iran has shattered their economic model.

Tehran is demanding new conditions for dialogue, as Israel continues its strikes on Lebanon.

Even with a cease-fire deal in place, vital energy and fertilizer flows remain trapped.

How longtime Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s economic record could shape Sunday’s election.

As Islamabad hosts peace talks, it’s also balancing a security pact with Riyadh.

Why personality now trumps policy in global politics.

The United States lost the EV race to China. Food could be next.