Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at a possible end to the U.S. government shutdown, alleged China-backed hacking against Australia, and rumored challenges […]

Pew Research Center’s survey in South Africa was conducted as part of the Spring 2025 Global Attitudes Survey. The data is from a survey of […]

Reporting Highlights Chicago Raid: Agents rappelled from a helicopter to raid an apartment complex “filled” with Tren de Aragua gangsters. ProPublica found little to support […]

adidas Those paying close attention recently to the Minnesota Timberwolves putting belt-to-Jazz (and the Kings!) all the way from Utah to Sacramento have probably been […]

For this report, Reddit posts and comments were classified using the following prompts to GPT-4.1 mini. The prompts were designed to mirror the codebooks that […]

Reporting Highlights Mercy for Allies: In his second term, President Donald Trump has largely used his clemency power to benefit allies, donors and culture-war figures […]

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Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Phase 2 of the Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal, heightened South Asian tensions following a suicide bombing in […]

In China, you can buy a heavily discounted “used” electric car that has never, in fact, been used. Chinese automakers, desperate to meet their sales […]

Reporting Highlights Guns in Dangerous Hands: Roughly 1 in 4 domestic violence homicide victims in Tennessee’s five biggest cities were allegedly shot by someone who […]

Since last month’s cease-fire, Gaza has been divided by a yellow line splitting Hamas-controlled Gaza to the west from Israeli-occupied Gaza to the east. At […]

This is how the government shutdown was always going to end. For the past 30 years, the party that has forced federal agencies to close […]

How do we reckon with the legacy of people who have done excellent work, but who have said or done terrible things? Last week, James […]

Reporting Highlights Training Candidates: A Fort Worth church offers online training for conservative Christians interested in politics or running for office that challenges the separation […]

The conventional wisdom about government shutdowns is that they always fail. Senate Democrats probably assumed as much when they shut down the government. Perhaps they […]

Keeping up with national politics this year hasn’t been easy. Even amid a government shutdown, so much is happening in Washington, at such a rapid […]

Source: Amy Sussman / Getty The South had something to say on Nov. 8 as legendary rap group Outkast was inducted into the Rock & […]

In 1985, President Ronald Reagan appointed me as a federal judge. I was 38 years old. At the time, I looked forward to serving for […]

The Democrats finally have their groove back—or at least a semblance of a groove. For the first time since Donald Trump was elected a year […]

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at U.S. President Donald Trump hosting Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, explosions at an Indonesian mosque, and […]

The government shutdown is now the longest in history. Panelists joined Washington Week With The Atlantic to discuss how voters and lawmakers are responding, and […]

But perhaps the most important feature of the media landscape today comes down to money. Specifically, the endless, flowing river of oligarchic monopoly money. Well-functioning […]

Aside from those millions of dollars it’s shelling out, Cornell has agreed to hold “annual surveys to evaluate the campus climate for Cornell students, including […]

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Source: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images/Bennett Raglin/Getty Im / Getty The loss of SNAP benefits has been looming large for weeks now as the Republican-lead […]

On a Sunday morning last month, James Taq’ac Amik was huddled on a small bridge with his girlfriend. At 4 a.m., they had scrambled into […]

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the big winners and losers of state and local U.S. elections, the European Union’s weakened emissions […]

The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 178 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally […]

Source: Courtesy / Swank Publishing “Baldy” The Film Is A Hilarious & Relatable Journey To Self-Acceptance For many Black men, the barbershop is more than […]

Reporting Highlights Less Scrutiny of Foreign Food: American inspections of foreign food facilities have plummeted to historic lows this year, a ProPublica data analysis shows. […]

President Donald Trump’s gerrymandering war has never looked riskier for his party. Prodded by Trump, Republicans earlier this year launched an audacious plan to entrench […]

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Sudan’s worsening humanitarian catastrophe, the lack of a European emissions reduction target, and the latest flash […]

About Pew Research Center’s Spring 2025 Global Attitudes Survey Results for the survey are based on a mix of telephone, face-to-face and online interviews conducted […]

For more than a decade, Silicon Valley venture capitalists have poured enormous sums of money into newfangled technology companies seeking to disrupt, and even supplant, […]

Source: Cooper Neill / Getty Way back in 2012, before he would turn out to in fact be a cornball brother, Robert Griffin III was […]

On the first day of every month, Ethel Ingram goes to the grocery store with $171 in federally funded food stamps and a nearly impossible […]

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Tanzania’s political crisis, Israel and Hamas exchanging more killed prisoners, and a deadly earthquake in Afghanistan. […]

Editor’s note: This work is part of AI Watchdog, The Atlantic’s ongoing investigation into the generative-AI industry. The Common Crawl Foundation is little known outside […]

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Despite an extraordinary effort by the district attorney’s office in Nashville, Tennessee, to reverse a murder conviction that its own prosecutors won more than two […]

This data essay was written by Ziyao Tian, research associate, Mark Hugo Lopez, director of race and ethnicity research, Jeffrey Passel, senior demographer, and Jens […]

Reporting Highlights Caught in a Wholesale Sweep: Trump’s Memphis Safe Task Force promised to focus on violent criminals, but after being stopped for no apparent […]

Gaspard: Yeah, it actually turns out, Perry, that it’s important to speak English. Yes. That does matter to working-day folks. So there’s a—there was a […]

Netflix’s true-crime documentaries have a recognizable sheen to them—the streamer even released a comedy series mocking its take on the genre. Yet its latest hit, […]

Once they came down only at darkfrom the canyons. Now they trot outbold in daylight on sunlit pavement.Still, if you move close, they vanish fast […]

Readers beware—and be on the lookout for the “departure.” Great Job Jason Linkins & the Team @ The New Republic Source link for sharing this […]

The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation Inc. denied on Friday being “a target of any federal criminal investigation” in light of a report that […]

The state has been greatly affected by the lapse in government funding. It’s the October surprise that could pack the biggest punch. Great Job Grace […]

Many Americans may soon lose crucial federal assistance, leaving some lawmakers asking whether it’s time for Donald Trump to begin negotiating with Democrats. Panelists on […]

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Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at China’s trade goals at this year’s APEC summit, potential U.S. military strikes on Venezuela, and allegations […]

The Department of Homeland Security says it intends to add state driver’s license information to a swiftly expanding federal system envisioned as a one-stop shop […]

Reporting Highlights No Age Preference: Until now, Social Security disability benefits got easier to qualify for as a person reached 50 and above. The Trump […]

Source: Lester Cohen / Getty R&B lovers, dust off those matching leather jackets and get your vocals ready. New Edition is back and bringing the […]

The AI boom is visible from orbit. Satellite photos of New Carlisle, Indiana, show greenish splotches of farmland transformed into unmistakable industrial parks in less […]

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at East Asia’s tactic to woo U.S. President Donald Trump, Hurricane Melissa wreaking havoc on the Caribbean, […]

The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 180 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally […]

In early 2023, Paul Newby, the Republican chief justice of North Carolina’s Supreme Court, gave the state and the nation a demonstration of the stunning […]

Just before heading to his meetings with the leader of China, the president of the United States issued some comments about nuclear weapons, or “nuclear,” […]

After a months-long trade war between China and the United States, Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are scheduled to meet Thursday in Korea. Both […]

In 1986, the appeal of “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)” was delightfully uncomplicated. The Beastie Boys had turned the simple art of […]

Reporting Highlights Under Pressure: Oil companies have polluted groundwater and the environment by injecting oil field waste deep into the earth at pressures high enough […]

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I’ve reported on Idaho’s anti-vaccination movement for the past 10 years, most recently for ProPublica. I’ve written about people moving to Idaho as self-described “refugees” […]

Source: C’est La Zee / The Hip Hop Museum In the words of the Notorious B.I.G., “you never thought that hip hop would take it this […]

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at U.S. efforts to diversify trade in Asia, Argentina’s surprise midterm election results, and Jamaica bracing for […]

Immediately after Hamas and Israel agreed to the first phase of President Donald Trump’s peace plan, food and medical supplies were supposed to start flooding […]

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Lawmakers at the […]

Mike De Sisti / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA Today / Reuters Fall colors cover the trees along the famous curvy road in at the […]

The October 13 peace summit in Sharm al-Sheikh—where Donald Trump assembled more than 30 world leaders, including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and (for some […]

New York Attorney General Letitia “Tish” James did not fold when a federal grand jury in Virginia indicted her. Days after the Oct. 9 announcement, […]

On Tuesday evening, Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley stepped onto the Senate floor to begin a marathon speech that extended well into Wednesday. The topic of […]

The East Wing of the White House was demolished this week, making way for a new $300 million ballroom. Panelists joined Washington Week With The […]

When is a duke not a duke? When he’s Prince Andrew. Recently, the king’s brother has agreed not to use any of the titles and […]

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Late on August 24, 1814, a troop of about 150 British sailors and marines arrived at the White House. They did not come as honored […]

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at European and U.S. sanctions on Russia, Thailand and Cambodia preparing a peace declaration, and an International […]

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. ProPublica’s Emerging Reporters […]

Trump Brags Congress Won’t Stop Him When Military Strikes Move to Land | FROUSA […]

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Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at a surprise meeting between NATO chief Mark Rutte and U.S. President Donald Trump, Israeli efforts to […]

Is Your Medication Made in a Contaminated Factory? The FDA Won’t Tell You. | FROUSA […]

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Michael Jordan Gives Rare Interview In NBC Debut, Wishes He Could “Take A Magic Pill” To Play Again | FROUSA […]

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Japan’s first female prime minister, U.S. efforts to bolster the Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal, and new proposals […]

This Is Ground Zero in the Conservative Quest for More Patriotic and Christian Public Schools | FROUSA […]

Style Gallery: Misty Copeland’s Top Looks To Celebrate Her Final Bow | FROUSA […]

Ethics Watchdog Group Seeks Investigation Into Border Czar and Contracts Following ProPublica Report | FROUSA […]

Mohammad Ponir Hossain / Reuters A child touches an oil lamp used to decorate the surroundings of a temple during Diwali celebrations in Dhaka, Bangladesh, […]

This County Was the “Model” for Local Police Carrying Out Immigration Raids. It Ended in Civil Rights Violations. | FROUSA […]

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Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder. This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and […]

What You Should Know About Russ Vought, Trump’s Shadow President | FROUSA […]

Trump’s Fury at Dems Goes Nuclear as Crushing New Shutdown Poll Hits | FROUSA […]

You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. There were 2700 No […]

On Friday night at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, fans witnessed perhaps the greatest game by a player in the history of baseball, and one […]