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Pete Buttigieg Wants to Pack Supreme Court With 13 Justices

Posted by Ben Smith on July 27, 2026 71 Comments

The Court has had 9 seats since 1869, and every serious attempt to alter that number has been understood as an effort to capture the Court for political ends

NYC’s ‘Legionnaires’ Summer’ Continues With 5 Dead, Over 80 Infected

Posted by Leslie Eastman on July 27, 2026 5 Comments

NYC risks another Legionnaires' Summer without real reforms.

Sen. Kennedy on the SAVE Act: ‘We Need to Go Back to Having Election Day, Not Election Month’

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 27, 2026 17 Comments

"We've got to know the results of the election that night or shortly thereafter if it's close."

Shooting at Seattle Food Festival Leaves Three Dead, Five Injured

Posted by Mary Chastain on July 27, 2026 34 Comments

The police arrested one suspect and are searching for another one.

McConnell Out of Hospital, Not ‘Medically Cleared’ to Return to Senate

Posted by Mary Chastain on July 27, 2026 24 Comments

The Office of the Attending Physician pointed out that McConnell's "bout with childhood polio" has hampered his mobility, meaning he'll take longer to recover.

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Cornell Student Who Won’t ‘Work for a Jew’ Claims School is Welcoming Him Back

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 27, 2026 8 Comments

“This incident has been referred to the Cornell Office of Civil Rights for investigation under university policy”

Newly Released Fauci Diary Exposes a Major Deception … and a Striking Obsession

Posted by Elizabeth Stauffer on July 27, 2026 37 Comments

"It is not hyperbole to say that today I am the most famous and talked about person in the country and one of the most recognizable [people] in the world."

Mount Holyoke Mandates DEI Training for Official Student Group Recognition

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 27, 2026 2 Comments

”As an outcome of these training sessions, student groups will be creating anti-racist plans for their organization”

Education Department Repeals Harmful Disparate-Impact Regulations Used To Undermine School Safety

Posted by Hans Bader on July 27, 2026 14 Comments

Differing rates of discipline for different races put school districts at risk of federal action even if policies were enforced neutrally.

Utah Colleges Lost $834,000 to Enrollment of ‘Ghost Students’

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 27, 2026 9 Comments

“Limited information sharing and the absence of formal system-level response hindered detection of fraudulent activity.”

Texas Panhandle Rocked by a 5.0 Magnitude Earthquake

Posted by Leslie Eastman on July 27, 2026 22 Comments

You know things are getting bad in California when even the earthquakes are moving to Texas.

DSA Co-Chair Goes All In on Abolishing ICE, Senate

Posted by Ben Smith on July 26, 2026 102 Comments

What Romer did make clear is that these are not smears against the DSA are invented by political opponents. They are their stated, confirmed positions.

Another Win for Trump: Court Strikes Down Illinois In-State Tuition Benefits for Illegal Aliens

Posted by Jane Coleman on July 26, 2026 10 Comments

U.S. Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft: "Illinois sought to incentivize illegal immigration on the taxpayer's dime by treating illegal aliens better than U.S. citizens living in other states."

The World Cup Fans Loved America

Posted by Nora Dimitrova Clinton on July 26, 2026 27 Comments

The World Cup reminded us that the American experiment still looks extraordinary from the outside, especially when visitors meet Americans face to face.