Bessent Faces Credibility Test Selling ‘American Growth Agenda’ to G20
The mechanics of global finance, it seems, are now subject to an internal security review conducted by the US Treasury Department.
By Tom Beckwith ·
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Donald Trump weaponizes the FCC against Welker over 'mixed results'
The moment a political figure suggests that an investigative journalist should be reported to the Federal Communications Commission for "rebuke or punishment," you know exactly…
By Imani Sutton ·
Tim Curry's death at age 80 proves genius submits to entropy
The news that Tim Curry died at age 80 is a data point—a single, quiet cessation of function in a highly visible system.
By Imani Sutton ·
Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah
The news that the Washington Post was ordered to reinstate columnist Karen Attiah—and pay her back wages—is not merely a labor victory; it is a stark, expensive reminder of what…
By Dana Whitfield ·
$464 million for jets: Homeland Security can't run them in Louisiana
The ledger sheet for American governance is getting dangerously sticky.
By Grant Colby ·
Trump’s clandestine move in Turkey shows power ignores global rules
The sheer theatricality of it all demands a kind of weary disbelief.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Hachette and Cengage sue Google over Gemini's stolen training data
The whole damn thing smells like sweatshop labor to me. It’s the same story—the promise of infinite scalability built on unpaid, uncredited work.
By Ray Dombrowski ·
Here’s a Man-Bites-Dog Story: A Newspaper That’s Doing Well
You learn early in life that if you want to keep the lights on—if you want to pass ground to your child without selling the deed—you have to talk about what matters.
By Ruth Behrens ·
X.com watches Republican Congress fail basic funding: performance art
The difficulty of governing—the sheer, grinding mechanics of passing an appropriations bill before the calendar flips on October 1st—is often lost in the noise of political spectacle.
By Adele Rutherford ·
David Ellison says court fight over Warner Bros. is about his politics, CNN
It seems that every great American institution—be it the local library, the family firm that has kept its doors open for three generations, or even the simple act of reading a…
By Caroline Ashford ·
Coast Guard Vows to Protect Crews From Brain Injuries Caused by Rough Seas
The American military, for all its vaunted readiness and technological prowess, remains susceptible to a remarkably old failure: the inability to recognize what cannot be…
By Emilio Quesada ·
Justice Department drops subpoenas in Trump jet probe after legal fight
On Thursday, July 23, 2026, the Department of Justice announced it would unilaterally pull back a series of subpoenas targeting journalists from The New York Times. This retraction was made public during an active hearing in U.S.
By Adele Rutherford ·