The War They Told You Was Already Won
The most honest document the Pentagon has produced in months is one it had no intention of making public. "This is major damage to our bases that hasn't been communicated to the American public. We're…
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The Vote They Voted Not to Hold
A defeated congressman had one trick left in his sleeve, and it forced his own party to go on the record about a war that killed 168 schoolgirls. "All I know, all I can say, is that we're investigatin…
The $5,000 Check He Can't Pay For
The cheapest way to keep a government, the president has decided, is to offer every adult a $5,000 check that only pays out if his party stays in power. "Here is my promise: if the Republicans win the…
The First President to Own His Own Bank
Washington spent months arguing over a crypto bill, but the real question was never about the industry: it was about the first sitting president in history who is about to own his own federally charte…
The War He Called 'Over Soon' Is Now $4.32 a Gallon
Seven months after the president promised a four-to-six-week war, its bill has arrived at the pump. "He has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia. Let him go after targets, but not diesel fuel, b…
The Senator Who Ghosted His State
The senator who calls himself the 51st vote the country needs has spent the last two years missing almost every meeting it. "Why do I have to keep meeting with chop." "I'm convinced they just want fre…
The AI Guardrail Is an 80-Year-Old Man
The builders of artificial intelligence spent the weekend warning that their own technology could end the world. The guardrail the country is now told to rely on is a man who declared himself smart en…
I'll Look at It When I Get Back
Twenty-five years after the worst attack on American soil, the families of the dead did the only thing left to them: they handed the president a list of files and asked him to open them. His answer wa…
Fifteen New York Sheriffs Answer to No One
Fifteen sheriffs have decided that the constitution they swore to defend has exactly one article, and that article is about them. "I don't answer to Kathy Hochul. I don't answer to Tish James. I answe…