5+ hour, 28+ min ago   (125+ words) “CIA Director John Ratcliffe is in Moscow, Russia, for meetings,” CBS News reports. “News of his trip comes after a U.S. Air Force Boeing C-17A Globemaster III transport plane was spotted at a Moscow airport, along with a U....

5+ hour, 37+ min ago   (155+ words) “Kennedy Center attorneys defended the board’s decision earlier this month to restore Donald Trump‘s name three times to the complex, arguing that it is essential to saving the institution,” Deadline reports. From the filing: “The Board also underscores, and…...

5+ hour, 31+ min ago   (101+ words) “Canada said Tuesday it intends to impose tariffs of up to 50% on roughly 700 products as the acrimony between Ottawa and Washington escalates following the collapse of trade talks,” the Wall Street Journal reports. CNBC: Canada to retaliate against Trump tariffs:…...

6+ hour, 10+ min ago   (175+ words) Nate Silver: “So much of my skeptical feeling, obviously, derives from Democrats’ long losing streak in Texas. But I’m not sure that tells you so much…” “But in politics even more so than in sports — at least in sports, there…...

6+ hour, 9+ min ago   (113+ words) “The Secret Service has said it is aware of a video broadcast by Iranian state media appearing to threaten Barron Trump, President Donald Trump’s son,” the Washington Post reports. “The footage, which was reportedly released by media linked to Iran’s…...

5+ hour, 51+ min ago   (370+ words) President Trump’s war with Iran is shaping up as one of the most spectacular foreign policy blunders of any modern presidency. The Iranian people are hardly better off. Iran’s leadership appears more entrenched than ever. And the regime now has…...

7+ hour, 45+ min ago   (360+ words) “Archeologists are confronting an ‘unfathomable’ loss as the U.S. border wall is set to cut across ranches that are home to unique historical sites in Texas, many of which haven’t been fully studied,” Wired reports. You already know the…...

6+ hour, 17+ min ago   (340+ words) “A federal judge on Tuesday rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s effort to toss out her 2021 conviction on sex-trafficking charges and 20-year prison sentence,” CBS News reports. You already know the problem: the same story can look completely different depending on where you…...

6+ hour, 15+ min ago   (132+ words) Forbes: “A record 5% of non-exempt workers, employees who can receive minimum wage and overtime pay, across the 10 most populous states in the U.S. were paid below the minimum wage last year, according to a Cleveland Fed analysis drawing on Census…...

7+ hour, 40+ min ago   (255+ words) The Atlantic: “The Qataris play every side, and many of their partners resent them for it. Nonetheless, for decades their experience seemed to show that they really could just buy their national security, along with global influence and even a…...