“We are doomed and our leaders are insane.” So wrote journalist Matt Taibbi recently. Taibbi didn’t respond to our request for an interview, but he raises issues that deserve debate. So my new video is based on his column. “Not one of our presidents ...” Taibbi writes, “can ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Criticized by a federal judge for sloppy legal work, the government on Thursday withdrew subpoenas that would have compelled three New York Times reporters to testify about their sources for articles about President Donald Trump’s Qatari-gifted Air Force One jet. The ...
Today is Friday, July 24, the 205th day of 2026. There are 160 days left in the year. Today in History: In 1969, the Apollo 11 astronauts — two of whom were the first humans to set foot on the moon — splashed down safely in the Pacific. Also on this date: In 1567, Mary, Queen of Scots, was forced to abdicate her throne to her 1-year-old son, James. In 1847, Mormon leader Brigham Young and his followers arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in present-day Utah. In 1866, Tennessee became the first state to be readmitted to the Union after the Civil War. In 1915, the SS Eastland, a ...
What did the country ever do to white college graduates to make them feel so disaffected from its economic and political system? The wave of socialist victories in Democratic primaries is being driven by well-educated white voters who are more extreme than the rest of the Democratic ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Wednesday passed a defense policy bill that incorporates President Donald Trump’s request for a historic $1.15 trillion in spending for national security and that would designate the Department of Defense as the Department of War. It also would provide for a ...
Today is Thursday, July 23, the 204th day of 2026. There are 161 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: In 1967, deadly rioting erupted in Detroit as an early morning police raid on an unlicensed bar resulted in a confrontation with local residents that led to five days of violence and resulted in 43 deaths. Also on this date: In 1903, the Ford Motor Company sold its first car, a Model A, for $850. In 1958, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II named the first four women to peerage in the House of Lords. In 1982, actor Vic Morrow and two child actors, 7-year-old Myca Dinh ...
