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In October 2024, Valencia was hit by a weather event known as a DANA, a Spanish acronym for high-altitude isolated depression. The unfolding storm proved to be one of the deadliest in Mediterranean history. Torrential...

On Monday, Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg broke some bizarre news. He’d been accidentally included in a group chat on the messaging app Signal where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz,...

Delaware just passed a law this week that would shield tech billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk from an array of potential misconduct, which could impact active litigation against them alleging theft from shareholders. The...

President Donald Trump has taken significant steps to limit union rights for many federal workers through a new executive order. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced Thursday that Trump’s order instructs numerous government agencies...

When you think of the bail industry, you’re likely to think of bail agents and their bounty hunters, who chase down fugitives released on bail for a fee, sometimes employing questionable tactics. But the true profiteers of...

There’s no way a project as utterly cynical and misbegotten as the live-action remake of Walt Disney’s landmark 1937 animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs could turn out well. Particularly one plagued by...

After a rocky start, François Bayrou held onto his position as prime minister in February by making France a promise. Trade unions and business lobbies, he said, would be able to hold a series of...

Since Donald Trump was inaugurated, his administration has announced cut after cut to federal funding for education and research in the United States, affecting education programs from early childhood literacy efforts to major research institutions....

Barely two months into the second Donald Trump presidency, the campaign promise of “mass deportation” of undocumented immigrants who are violent criminals seems to have become a policy of simply kicking out any immigrants deemed...

This week, Donald Trump’s pick for ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, a notorious Islamophobe and Christian nationalist, had his first nomination hearing. Previously governor of Arkansas, Huckabee said on the campaign trail in 2008, “You...

More than a dozen legal groups bankrolled by tens of millions in dark money tied to a conservative judicial mastermind are urging the Supreme Court to kneecap federal agencies’ ability to protect consumers and impose...

When copies of an unknown newspaper began appearing in the mailboxes of North Dakota residents in October 2024, sharp-eyed readers noticed something unusual. The Central ND News bore the tagline “Real data. Real value. Real...