NIH Cash for Iran Bombs
An administration running out of money for a war it never got permission to start has reached, without telling anyone, into the science budget meant to cure disease. "This secretive attempt to siphon …
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Vance Says "Things Happen"
The U.S. military never targets civilians. It only ever accidentally hits them, at scale, repeatedly, and then investigates the wreckage of its own claims. "What I can say with 100% confidence is that…
DOJ Charges ICE Agent With Lying, Not Shooting
The federal government indicted its own ICE agent for lying about a shooting, and the prosecutor who fought to get a real charge fired the same week, and the man who fired him is now on leave. "This i…
Israel Says It Will Empty Gaza, By Sea, By Air
Israel's defense minister has finally said, on the record, what the bombs have been trying to say for two years: the goal is emptying Gaza, and the only thing standing in the way is a signature in the…
The Athletic Says Russini Broke the Rules
The New York Times spent five months re-reading 903 stories to answer a question no one wanted to ask: was the reporter cheating on the newsroom. "Russini's relationship with Vrabel was in clear viola…
Gloria Steinem, Face of a Movement, Is Gone
The most visible face of American feminism has died, and the thing she spent six decades building is about to be tested. "Gloria was at heart an optimist. Her activism was rooted in optimism, and that…
The Court Said No. The Judge Said It Again.
The Supreme Court told the president the 14th Amendment was not a suggestion. Six weeks later, he signed a narrower order and the same judge blocked it, almost as a formality. "The Supreme Court has s…
ICE Is Buying AI to Hide Its Agents From You
A federal agency is spending taxpayer money on AI to keep its officers unfindable, while its own employees worry the same tool will be turned on them. "If things go sideways they may just throw all yo…
US Bombing of an Iranian Wedding Called a War Crime
America is at war with a country it says it wants a deal with, and on the same Tuesday it refused negotiations, it dropped a bomb on a wedding. "The U.S. military never targets civilians, unlike the I…