September 23, 2026 at 1:18 PM EDT
Trump to Ballroom Architect: "I Am the Code"

Trump to Ballroom Architect: "I Am the Code" "I am the code."

September 23, 2026 at 7:30 AM EDT
Trump-Appointed Judge Smacks Down EPA's Termination of Clean Energy Grants

Trump-Appointed Judge Smacks Down EPA's Termination of Clean Energy Grants This story was originally published byInside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of theClimate Deskcollaboration.

September 23, 2026 at 7:30 AM EDT
Newsom Vetoes Bill That Would Ban Extraditions for Abortion and Gender-Affirming Care

Newsom Vetoes Bill That Would Ban Extraditions for Abortion and Gender-Affirming Care When Louisiana authorities tried to extradite a California doctor last winter for sending abortion pills to women in their state, Gov. Gavin Newsom pushed back""hard. "We will not allow extremist politicians from other states to reach into California and try to punish doctors based on allegations that they provided reproductive health care services," Newsom declared. "Not today. Not ever."

September 23, 2026 at 7:30 AM EDT
Decades of Harm: New York Schools Named in Nearly 2,000 Child Sex Abuse Claims

Decades of Harm: New York Schools Named in Nearly 2,000 Child Sex Abuse Claims This article wasco-publishedwithThe 74,a nonprofit news outlet covering education in the US.

September 22, 2026 at 2:54 PM EDT
Trump Threatens to "Annihilate" Iran and Its People in UN Address

Trump Threatens to "Annihilate" Iran and Its People in UN Address President Trump's rambling, combative speech Tuesday to the United Nations General Assembly saw him return to his most serious quagmire yet""the war in Iran""telling world leaders that he was considering completely destroying the country as a means to end the conflict he launched alongside Israel in February.

September 22, 2026 at 1:59 PM EDT
The Party's Over. But Trump's America 250 Anniversary May Never End.

The Party's Over. But Trump's America 250 Anniversary May Never End. The Trump administration says it plans to shut down Freedom 250, the quasi-private organization it used to take over the country's 250th anniversary celebrations. But that doesn't mean the president's efforts to hijack the nation's semiquincentennial have ended.

September 22, 2026 at 11:21 AM EDT
The Trump Administration's Hard-On for AI, Explained

The Trump Administration's Hard-On for AI, Explained In recent weeks, a fresh crop of people connected to the artificial intelligence industry have emerged to warn that AI is possibly going to kill us all, spreading the word with various degrees of credibility or self-interest. Anthropic chief and co-founder Dario Amodei has also called to slow down the development of AI technology, a recommendation that Sam Altman of OpenAI and even notorious good judgment-haver Elon Musk quickly cosigned. Meanwhile, the Trump administration and the president himself have continued to insist that AI is essential for American technological advancement and military might. As a very strange public debate has ensued, it's become clear that Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and other people connected with the administration view AI as an essentially masculine tool: "dominant," a word they keep using over and over, powerful, and able to be kept in check only by a strong ruler.

September 22, 2026 at 10:35 AM EDT
Time to Revisit Trump-Russia Collusion

Time to Revisit Trump-Russia Collusion A version of the below articlefirst appearedin David Corn's newsletter,Our Land.The newslettercomes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month""but you cansign up for a free 30-day trial.

September 22, 2026 at 10:19 AM EDT
The Bizarre Backstory of the Trump-Endorsed Sticker Mogul Who Could Be Headed to Congress

The Bizarre Backstory of the Trump-Endorsed Sticker Mogul Who Could Be Headed to Congress Anthony Constantino, the Republican nominee in upstate New York's 21st congressional district, is not subtle in his fealty to Donald Trump. Since 2024, the 43-year-old businessman has given the president a larger-than-life statue of himself, erected a "Vote for Trump" sign massive enough to be seen in satellite images, and dropped an album called "Thank You President Trump" that includes a "Baby Shark"-like track in which he mostly just repeats the president's name.

September 22, 2026 at 7:30 AM EDT
Sickened Coal Miners Plead for Their Black Lung Benefits as Cases Surge

Sickened Coal Miners Plead for Their Black Lung Benefits as Cases Surge This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

September 22, 2026 at 7:30 AM EDT
One Miami District Is Testing How Far Trump Has Fallen With Latino Voters

One Miami District Is Testing How Far Trump Has Fallen With Latino Voters Since 2021, US Rep. Mar?a Elvira Salazar has represented the 27th congressional district in Miami-Dade County, where more than 70 percent of residents are Hispanic. As a Republican candidate, she ran with Trump's seal of approval, nabbing his endorsement that year and in subsequent elections.

September 22, 2026 at 7:00 AM EDT
AI Exec: We May Have Pulled Off "The Largest Theft of Labor in Human History"

AI Exec: We May Have Pulled Off "The Largest Theft of Labor in Human History" The world is freaking out about the dangers of artificial intelligence, and no wonder: Every day brings news of AI agents breaking out of containment, hacking their way through the internet, and conspiring to evade humans. And the AI companies are responding that a) their systems could kill us all within a few years, but b) they should be allowed to keep going, if maybe just a tad more slowly.