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Tim Miller and Sam Stein take on Fox firing Maria Bartiromo after she reportedly shared internal network information with the Trump White House, and revisit some of her most infamous conspiracy-theory moments. Then, they discuss the wild IG report on former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, featuring strip clubs, an alleged affair, drinking on the job, staffers organizing her closet, and a suspiciously convenient trip to Vegas. Plus, Trumpworld unveils a bizarre Apprentice-style competition f

Turning local traditions into public spectacle is a U.S. pastime.

Courting authoritarianism with a rapacious Trump.

Pierre Damas Bel should still be alive.

Books Why Is This Highly Respected Commentator Smiling? A new book surveys the right’s dramatic transformation since 2015. Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images Whitepill: The Online Right and the Making of Trump’s Americaby Scott Greer, Passage Publishing, 2026264 pgs. $34.95 Last month I received an email even more bothersome than the average inbox

As his war on Iran staggers on without victory in sight, Donald Trump is making overtures to North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un. But Kim is likely to demand a high price for any headline-grabbing summit after his previous experience of dealing with Trump.

Work becomes less alienating when workers are given more autonomy, voice in workplace decisions, and jobs that develop skills. The Left needs a practical strategy for making jobs better now and transforming them in the future.

In an exchange with reporters Friday, President Trump downplayed the costs of the Iran War. “A lot of people don’t call it a war,” he said, “I call it a military conflict because it’s small potatoes for us. It’s not a big thing.” Trump also asserted the U.S. “may hit Pickaxe soon… if there’s anything going on with Pickaxe.” (The president was referring to Pickaxe Mountain, a heavily-fortified underground site believed to play a major role in Iran’s nuclear program.) U.S. Central Command (CENT

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Left-winger Jean-Luc Mélenchon has a good chance of making the runoff of the 2027 presidential election, but current polls offer little hope of outright victory. He’s counting on mobilizing habitual nonvoters and again proving the pollsters wrong.

[A.] I know lots of people have opinions about the Lindsay Clancy trial, and I wanted to pass along the Massachusetts standard criminal jury instructions for such matters. (I can't be certain that this is the instruction that was actually given in the case, but it's the recommended instruction for such cases, so I assume the actual instruction wasn't far off.) If you have followed the factual allegations in the case, please post a comment and indicate how you would have voted if you were a juror

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigns after months of feuding with Pete Hegseth.

The cost of moratoriums is greater than most realize.

A federal judge last month blocked a New York City law eliminating the ability of rideshare companies to kick drivers off of their platforms unless they demonstrate "just cause." That injunction is temporary. But NYC should cut its losses anyway. Under NYC's "just cause" law, Uber and Lyft would have been barred from deactivating any drivers on their platform without providing 14 days' notice and establishing "just cause" or "bona fide economic reasons." What did "bona fide economic reasons" act

9/5/1922: Justice George Sutherland takes the oath. Justice George SutherlandThe post Today in Supreme Court History: September 5, 1922 appeared first on Reason Magazine.

A hazy privatization process will not bring democratic change in Venezuela closer. It will push it further away.

The dark and distressing way that Silicon Valley talks about A.I. can be traced to a philosophy that influenced many tech executives.

The vice president’s relationship with a conspiracy theorist is, at bottom, a political partnership, not a personal friendship.

Universities that hide from the technology will merely secure their irrelevance.

What should we do with old buildings that have lost their original purpose?