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Donald Trump wants Congress to eliminate the debt ceiling before he takes office so that voters don’t realize that he will increase the debt. However, it seems unlikely that he will get his wish.
Oracle and chronicle of America’s unbelievable (but predictable) descent.
After helping install Donald Trump as US president, Elon Musk took another hard-right turn as he set his sights on undermining another Western democracy.
This year had the usual list of political winners and losers. However, collectively, we lost something more important than any race for any office. 2024 was the year in which the truth stopped mattering altogether.
Ted Rall pulls no punches. He’s a patented political pugilist, landing haymaker after haymaker, week after week. Rall’s cartoons may not float like a butterfly, but they certainly sting like a bee. Here are some of our favorites from 2024.
This year, podcasts didn’t just capture the conversation—they drove it. They became the soundtrack of discovery shaping how we see the world.
We have witnessed nothing less than the triumph of evil on a scale we never imagined.
Whether he’s skewering Republicans or Democrats, Jon Richards always has a sharp eye for the political hypocrisy of the moment.
In one absolutely insane Christmas message, Donald Trump manages to threaten three countries (including two NATO members).
Climate change and myriad other environmental crises were not meaningfully addressed in 2024. But WhoWhatWhy and our Covering Climate Now partners remained dedicated to bringing you news on all of it.
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Satellite data could help address rising rates of vibriosis infections, often the result of eating undercooked seafood, along the East Coast of the United States.
Ukraine remained the major focus through much of 2024, as well as Israel’s continued attacks on Gaza. WhoWhatWhy was there.
While the media focuses on the juiciest details of the Ethics Committee report on the misdeeds of Matt Gaetz, the real story is something else.
A look back at a year that hardly seems real
Elon Musk once claimed that his social media platform would have to be politically neutral to deserve the public’s trust. Now he is openly supporting a right-wing German party with neo-Nazi ties.
A group of scientists reaches for the stars and proposes an innovative way to secure Earth’s dwindling biodiversity in the midst of increasing extinction rates.
House Republicans will be ruled by chaos, self-promotion, Elon Musk, and Donald Trump. That means the upcoming two years could either be highly entertaining or terrifying.
Following a week of disappointments, the president-elect tried to salvage his dignity by threatening Panama.
Thanks to House Democrats, Congress is poised to avert a government shutdown by the midnight deadline. Elon Musk got what he wanted, Donald Trump did not.
Following the assassination of Russian Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the most important questions are: How did the Ukrainians do it, and how will Vladimir Putin respond?
Republicans are determined to blame Democrats for a government shutdown that, should it take place, will be entirely of their own making.
House Republicans have gotten themselves into a mess and once again embarrassed and humiliated themselves in the process.
This year, podcasts didn’t just capture the conversation—they drove it. They became the soundtrack of discovery shaping how we see the world.
Travellers from abroad share their thoughts on American health care from the hostel where Luigi Mangione stayed.
Melting glaciers, plant genetics, protection from forever chemicals, and more: An annual look at the conservation horizon reveals priorities for the years ahead.
As the time flies by before the holidays hit, it can be hard to look beyond your own daily tasks, but taking the time to do small things for your community will make a big difference.
A government watchdog group alleges that outgoing Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) spent more than $100,000 in campaign funds on her personal travel and entertainment after declaring that she would not run for reelection.
Elon Musk said Wednesday that every member of Congress who votes for the CR should be voted out in two years. That raises the question of how much power an unelected billionaire should have.
As the United States federal government slowly attempts to pass nation-wide data privacy legislation, certain states have forged their own legislation. But this has left more than half of Americans with little data protection, if any.
A day after a 15-year-old girl killed a fellow student and a teacher, the country has already largely moved on.
CEO shooter Luigi Mangione gets the Woody Guthrie treatment.
Potentially harmful air quality in Kampala, Uganda, follows the borders of segregated settlements from Africa’s colonial era.
What comes next will be a new phase in the Pan-Arab search for identity.
A New York judge ruled on Monday that Donald Trump’s conviction in his hush money trial will stand — for now.
No matter how bad reality makes him look, Donald Trump has mastered the art of pretending that defeats are victories.
The last thing that billionaires and the executives of major corporations want Americans to talk about is how C-suite greed impacts regular people. When Luigi Mangione goes on trial, there may be no way around having that conversation.
The president-elect was courted by crypto investors to become the father of the American Bitcoin Reserve, which is designed to take prices for Bitcoin to the next level.
Americans may have forgotten just how disorganized and crazy things were when Donald Trump was president. Here is a brief reminder… with much more to come once he is sworn in.
Democrats once counted on the votes of blue-collar workers, but two rival teams of consultants saw change coming. Their fight over the party’s future still echoes today.
Looking to come together over something positive? Just pick one small, manageable thing a day. Here’s a starter list.
An internal Department of Justice investigation showed that there were no undercover FBI agents in the crowd on January 6, thereby disproving a MAGA conspiracy theory. Of course, JD Vance had a different take.
You have to (carefully) hand it to Nancy Mace: She knows how to create drama.
And the contrasts are beyond embarrassing.
State and local governments continue to turn to the courts for accountability as Big Oil’s federal takeover looms.
FBI Director Christopher Wray might think that he is doing the noble thing by resigning his position, but the right move would have been to make Donald Trump fire him.
House Republicans decided to start Donald Trump’s second term with a gift: They will funnel tens of thousands of dollars into his presidential pockets by holding their January retreat at Trump Doral.