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Cutting back on beef and biofuels could help improve food security and mitigate climate emissions.

Viktor Orbán’s lost election has cleared the way for the EU to give a badly needed loan to Ukraine. The wild card is Ukraine’s Hungarian minority.

Donald Trump reaped what he sowed Tuesday night as Virginians handed him a painful defeat in the gerrymandering war the president declared last year.

The world depends on healthy insect populations. As climate change and other threats cause their declines, simple actions can give them a much-needed boost.

With more than two-thirds of Americans disapproving of the job he is doing to bring down prices, Donald Trump turned to one of his favorite strategies: gaslighting voters.

What Swalwell, Gonzales, Trump, and Epstein all share — and what Washington keeps pretending to forget about the nature of men in power.



By reading from Scripture on Tuesday, Donald Trump will once again try to convince evangelical Christians that he is one of them. And, in a sense, he is… because none of them seems to be familiar with the teachings of the Bible, either.

Using two decades of satellite data, researchers learned that wildfires in North America don’t follow the same script: In western Canada, snow reflectivity drives a cooling effect, whereas in Alaska, permafrost burning leads to net warming.

Hope he sticks around and performs some miracles — we’ll need one to clean up the toxic mess Trump has created.

Highlighting the increasing isolation the US faces because of Donald Trump’s actions, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday laid out his plan to make his country less dependent on its neighbor and main trading partner.


The 2028 Republican primary will be an absolute circus. Here is a preview of some of the main acts.

This week we all had the joy of witnessing Trump sticking his finger in the eye of the Prince of Peace.

Iran, Israel, and the United States have all embraced a crusader’s mentality.


The highly anticipated reopening of the Strait of Hormuz didn’t last long, which is hardly surprising since Iran and Donald Trump live in different realities.

Taking on the pope and posing as Jesus in a country with 60 million or so Catholics is a move even the madman theory might struggle to explain.

Donald Trump celebrated a genuinely good day for him in style — with a string of social media messages and a shot at NATO.

The old rules are gone. The new ones aren’t written yet. And no one in charge knows how to write them.

At the rate he is going, Donald Trump will leave a political and economic wasteland in his wake that will be extremely difficult for the GOP’s 2028 presidential candidates to navigate.

State legislatures are pushing bills to block lawsuits over climate damages. Here’s how they could play out.

Having backed out of an existing deal makes negotiating a new deal tougher. So do domestic political and ego-driven imperatives to “win.”

Republicans were looking forward to taking credit for the modest additional tax benefit given to regular Americans this year, but the affordability crisis exacerbated by Trump’s war in Iran has made this a challenge.

Melania Trump’s dangerous move, and other developments you may have missed this week.


Congress prohibited the Forest Service reorganization in its FY26 appropriations bills. Two high-ranking USDA officials are defying them.


Even among the many celebrants, there’s a spectrum of concerns about what comes next.


Six weeks ago, Donald Trump promised to end the contentious Senate GOP primary in Texas, which would put Republicans in a much better position to retain the seat. To the Democrats’ delight, he still hasn’t made an endorsement in the race, and with each day that passes, James Talarico’s odds are improving.

With “vehicle-to-grid” technology, EVs turn into a vast network of backup power. That could help stabilize the system and accelerate the adoption of renewables.

The tough choices we all have to make these days on so many things.

An unholy alliance between the Israeli right wing and Arab royalty – thanks to Jeffrey Epstein

When it comes to lashing out at anybody who offers even the mildest criticism of him or his job performance, Donald Trump is infallible.

For years, Hungary’s Prime Minister Victor Orbán’s government served as a model for the MAGA movement. On Sunday, it suffered a crushing defeat that teaches an important lesson on how to defeat wannabe authoritarian regimes like that of Donald Trump.

In an effort to put more economic pressure on Iran, Donald Trump on Sunday announced that the US, too, would block the Strait of Hormuz.

At their peace talks in Pakistan, the US presented Iran with an offer it could refuse. While that doesn’t necessarily mean the end of a shaky ceasefire, it doesn’t bode well for their ongoing conflict.

Did Melania go rogue by putting the focus back on the Epstein files? President Trump may have to give her a great gift to keep her from talking further.

Quester, cad, or both? Reimagining an epic hero who could not rest from travel.


While Republicans routinely turn a blind eye toward even the most credible sexual assault allegations, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) can kiss his gubernatorial ambitions goodbye after four different women accused him of various types of sexual misconduct.

The inside story of how greed, ambition, and rivalry destroyed AI’s safety mechanisms — and why human failings, not technology, are driving us toward catastrophe.

First Lady Melania Trump on Thursday waded into the Epstein saga to clear her name. However, since that name didn’t really need clearing, we are wondering why she did so in the first place… and why now.

What’s in the ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran (and maybe Israel)? Nobody seems to have any clue, which is why you normally put these things in writing.

The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed.


What if millions just said No and opened escrow accounts?

Since neither the US nor the Iranian governments can be trusted to tell the truth, it is unclear what is in the ceasefire agreement and whether it can last. One thing is certain already, however, which is that this war had plenty of losers and no winners.