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The DEA is a bigger joke than ever

The same agency accused of letting fentanyl flow freely in the U.S. is now probing Hayden Panettiere's death

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Trump’s Asia pullback is a gift to China and North Korea

The reduction of American military might in the region sacrifices decades of U.S. dominance

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Trump admin amps up pressure on Cuba

Marco Rubio accused Cuban mining companies of sustaining “the regime’s repressive apparatus"

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Mike Lindell refuses to accept he’s an election loser

On Wednesday, he offered to fund a recount in the Minnesota governor primary

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Bring back the corporate death penalty

We have a mechanism to punish corporations that harm us. We should use it

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Trump’s destruction of national parks is just getting started

Last summer, Congress gave the Trump admin $46 billion to construct a wall from the Pacific Ocean to Mexico

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Iran’s strategy to simply outlast Trump’s presidency

Meanwhile, U.S. oil reserves hit a new low as the economy teeters

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Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to killing health insurance CEO Brian Thompson

“I shot Mr. Thompson, and he died,” the 28-year-old said

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Karoline Leavitt is leaving her post as White House press secretary

The number of women left in the Trump admin is shrinking

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The entire U.S. economy is basically a giant betting app

Senators oppose gambling on wildfire outcomes, but the financial sector rewards amoral wagers

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Paramount CEO threatens to relocate company from California

California’s attorney general accused billionaire David Ellison of “blackmail”

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Trump performs disappearing act to avoid Iranian threat

The president ducked into a catering truck and took a military plane home to avoid Iran's wrath

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SpaceX’s rocket trashes the moon

The collision is a reminder that we’re junking everything we touch

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Fauci is an easy scapegoat for pandemic revisionists

The Trump admin can deflect from their public health failures — including Ebola and the cyclospora outbreak

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New Mexico sues DOJ over Epstein files and releases “truth commission” report

The lawsuit accuses Todd Blanche and the DOJ of perpetuating “that disgrace” of failing to investigate Epstein

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Spokane wildfires are a warning to the rest of the world

From the West Cost to Europe, climate change is making wildfires worse

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Breathable air is a luxury. Paying out of pocket could be next

As wildfires spread every summer and pollution intensifies, fresh air may become a luxury commodity

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Gaming is in serious trouble. GTA VI may be the nail in the coffin

The most anticipated release in gaming history could set the tone for a troubled industry

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Diarrhea-causing parasite outbreak is a symptom of MAHA cuts

A rash of cyclospora infections is sending thousands to the bathroom. Experts say this was all predictable

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Atlas fudged: The war that defined America

The Barbary War was an early indicator of American imperialism that we're still dealing with today

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The rising price of Trump’s anti-science agenda

From measles to screwworm, Americans keep paying the price for the admin's war on science

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AI doomerism is misplaced. Here’s what it will take to pop the bubble

Cory Doctorow argues AI dominance is not inevitable. How we fight back matters

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Risk of nuclear catastrophe is worse than ever. We can change that

Editor of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists says the doomsday threat is real — but human goodness will win out

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Ebola and hantavirus reveal US as a major threat to global health

America didn't cause these diseases. But Trump’s cuts to public health have put the world at risk

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Hantavirus is a warning. The Trump admin isn’t listening

The Dutch cruise ship incident probably isn’t the next pandemic. That doesn’t mean we’re risk-free from outbreaks

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“When it finally happens”: The weaponization of euphemism in MAGA’s shadow

Social media openly longs for the death of an individual who is hardly ever named

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Is war central to human nature? Chimps can’t tell us everything

Outbreaks of violence between chimpanzees have sparked fierce debate online about the origins of war in humans

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How to love the moon mission without guilt

Problems down on Earth are serious. Spending some time looking up isn’t a waste or distraction

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Maybe it’s time to give Elon Musk control of the sun

We’re sleepwalking into ecocide. Like it or not, Starlink may one day be our last resort

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So is this World War III? The term doesn’t mean anything, and that’s a problem

If you're anxious about global conflict, you're not alone. But war is so different now we almost can't see it

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Climate change is the latest weapon in warfare. Trump is indulging it

The Iran war shows how fossil fuels, conflict and planetary crisis are now inseparable

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Trump’s risky public health charade rings hollow

From an imaginary hospital ship to Greenland to a fake new WHO, Trump's health efforts are all for show

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Happy Birthday, Wikipedia: We need you now more than ever

Wikipedia has lasted 25 years, and keeps getting better. So of course Elon wants to destroy it

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Trump’s war on the climate demands resistance

The antidote to climate despair is collective defiance

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Gen Z does not exist: Why phony generational labels fail us

Generational labels have no scientific meaning. Experts say they’re tired — we should be too

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A year after Luigi Mangione’s arrest, health care is even worse

Brian Thompson's killing hasn't helped our public health crisis. Here's what actually might

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RFK’s individualist rhetoric hides a deeper public health threat

The debate isn’t about “trusting experts.” It’s about who shoulders responsibility for staying healthy

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Trump’s Georgia election interference case won’t be pursued by new prosecutor

Pete Skandalakis declined to pursue the case against Trump and allies's attempts to undo his 2020 election defeat

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Trump’s greatest crime is practically invisible

Estimates show that the dismantling of USAID has killed at least 600,000 to date. It could get much worse

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Donald Trump doesn’t understand the drug war he’s fighting

The president's war on fentanyl is just another way to expand state power and inflame fear

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“No justification”: UN human rights chief condemns “unacceptable” strikes on alleged drug boats

Rep. Sara Jacobs also said these are "extrajudicial killings where we have no evidence"

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These plants smell like rotten meat — Now we know how they do it

From the aptly-named carrion flower to the stinking corpse lily, these plants thrive through disgusting odors

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