Sen. Mitch McConnell's Hospitalization Proves Again That Gerontocracy Sucks

Sen. Mitch McConnell's hospitalization at age 84 for nearly a month is more evidence that America is governed by a sclerotic ...

She Came to the U.S. at 4 Months Old. She Had To Self-Deport—Because She Came Here Legally.

"Documented Dreamers" arrived in America lawfully as children. A hole in the law leaves them vulnerable to expulsion.

Dispatch From COGE: A Bureaucratic Meeting About Cutting Bureaucratic Bloat

On Wednesday evening, I went to the penultimate COGE meeting in the auditorium of the historic Riverside Church in ...

If You Get Drunk and Brandish a Fake Gun in a Waymo, Don't Blame the Cameras

Without autonomous driving—which has a stellar safety record—the story of two drunk teens driving and shooting out of a car ...

Why Are Political Independents Less Patriotic Than Ever?

In 2004, about two-thirds of independents said they were extremely proud to be an American, a figure that now stands at just ...

Graham Platner Dropped Out, but His Shadow Lingers Over Democrats and U.S. Politics

There was a time, not long ago, when Democrats could have branded their organization as the sane party. With Republicans ...

Florida Police Officer Used Mass Surveillance Network to Stalk Romantic Interest

Newly published dashcam footage shows a sheriff’s deputy driving recklessly to pull over an actress he’d met while working on ...

Before the NSA Honored Historian David Kahn, the FBI Investigated Him

Newly declassified files reveal that J. Edgar Hoover wanted to prosecute the NSA’s future scholar in residence for collecting ...

States Will Soon Face Huge Penalties for Their Food Stamp Mistakes

More than one out of every $10 in federal food stamp payments was made in error last year—and states with high fraud rates ...

Brickbat: Hard Labor

In England, a major report found that more than 500 mothers and babies died or were seriously harmed at Nottingham ...

Lawyer Shows "Complete Disregard for His Ethical Obligations to Make Accurate Representations to the Court," Magistrate Judge Says

From today's opinion by Magistrate Judge Jennifer Willis (S.D.N.Y.) in Dixon v. Cartagena: On June 1, 2026, Roc Nation ...

Salvation Army Has First Amendment Right to Ban Methodone Use by People in Its Adult Rehabilitation Centers

I'd love to hear what list members think of it: [Plaintiffs] assert that TSA [The Salvation Army] maintains a policy at its Adult Rehabilitation Centers that prevents such individuals from accessing ...