America’s Reckoning With Reality
he Republican and Democratic National Conventions, always heavy on glamor and light on substance, are over. It’s time to move beyond sloganeering and address reality....
NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule
NASA decided Saturday it’s too risky to bring two astronauts back to Earth in Boeing’s troubled new capsule, and they’ll have to wait until next...
Top US college’s diversity slumps after affirmative action ban
A prestigious US university has recorded a sharp fall in admissions from minorities following a Supreme Court decision to end affirmative action. The Massachusetts Institute...
5 Global Trends That Will Shape the US Election
As inward looking as Americans can be, it’s worth remembering that our politics don’t live in a vacuum. Eight summers ago, Britain’s stunner of a...
U.S. job growth revised down by the most since 2009. Why this time is different
There’s a lot of debate about how much signal to take from the 818,000 downward revisions to U.S. payrolls — the largest since 2009. Is...
US colleges revise rules on free speech in hopes of containing anti-war demonstrations
As students return to colleges across the United States, administrators are bracing for a resurgence in activism against the war in Gaza, and some schools...
Vance, Walz agree to Oct. 1 VP debate; Harris offers two debates with Trump
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Ohio U.S. Senator JD Vance have agreed to debate on October 1st. At that time, the two vice presidential candidates...
Ammo vending machines may lead to more shootings in the U.S.
A company has recently installed vending machines that sell bullets in grocery stores in several states in the U.S., the Associated Press reported. These ammo...
Kamala Harris campaign says it was targeted by foreign hackers
Campaign says cybersecurity measures prevented hacking but disclosure raises renewed fears of foreign interference Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign has confirmed it was warned by the...