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Pilots eject before Navy training jet crashes in East Mississippi
Transgender graduate urges classmates to ‘accept one another’ during D’Iberville High School ceremony
FEMA sends New Albany nearly $1M for winter storm debris pickup
Congressional Black Caucus presses companies to oppose Republican redistricting push
Israel Expands Strikes and Ground Invasion in Lebanon as Iran Negotiations Stall
Congressional Black Caucus Demands Corporations Oppose Voting Rights Rollbacks
Increased Tax Refunds Have Been Eaten Up by Iran War Price Spikes, Experts Say
Residents of Polluted Areas Say Trump’s Rollbacks Are “Getting Really Scary”
Protests Erupt at New Jersey Immigrant Jail in Support of Striking Detainees
Federal Judges Block Alabama From Using Racially Gerrymandered Congressional Map
Yakama Nation Fights to Protect a Sacred Site From an Energy Storage Center
Trump Admin Cuts to USAID, WHO, Likely Stalled Response to Ebola, Experts Warn
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The DOJ's Flimsy Legal Theories To Support Trump's 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'
Líderes piden a Justicia investigar presunta trama de drogas por votos tras informe de ProPublica
Magnifica Humanitas
Today in Supreme Court History: May 26, 1868
Adam Carolla on the California Exodus, Gavin Newsom, and Mainstream Media
Texas 2026 primary runoff election results for U.S. Senate, attorney general and more
Texas’ raucous primary runoffs end today. Here’s what to watch.
‘Intersectionality’ scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw thinks it’s time for everyone to talk back
Lawmakers Ask DOJ Watchdog to Investigate Alleged Drugs-for-Votes Scheme After ProPublica Report
‘I need Chevron’: The oil company at the center of the California governor’s race
Open Thread
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Peaches, pears and PFAS: California lawmakers may limit ‘forever’ pesticides in foods
Peaches, pears and PFAS: California lawmakers may limit ‘forever’ pesticides in foods
Disease, drought, and conflict: How Yemenis are adapting to a compounding crisis
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An Unusually Early Heat Wave Breaks Temperature Records Across Western Europe
France Is Banning Zyn and Threatening To Jail People for 5 Years
Ayn Rand Is Alive in Ankara
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The Center Square45d
Dems decide against joining fraud roundtable at White House
(The Center Square) – Democratic attorneys general decided against attending a Tuesday roundtable at the White House to discuss fraud in welfare, including Medicaid.
The Center Square45d
WATCH: Lawmaker warns interstate bridge project tolls could be higher than forecast
(The Center Square) - One of the sharpest critics of design plans for the Interstate Bridge Replacement project connecting Oregon and Washington says the project should be equated to the California hi
The Center Square45d
Rollins signs disaster declaration assisting 17 counties impacted by freeze
(The Center Square) – Farmers from over a dozen counties in Pennsylvania impacted by freeze events last month will be able to receive assistance from the federal government.
The Center Square45d
Bellows blocks trans ballot question over ‘faulty’ signatures
(The Center Square) — Maine's Democratic Secretary of State has yanked a proposal to restrict transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports from the November ballot, saying back
Common Dreams45d
Vermont becomes first state in the nation to ban Parkinson’s pesticide paraquat
The Environmental Working Group praised Vermont for today becoming the first state in the nation to ban the use and sale of paraquat, one of the most toxic herbicides in the U.S., and one that’s linke
Common Dreams45d
AFGE Blasts Administration’s Proposed NDA Rule as Yet Another Attack on Non-Partisan Federal Employees
American Federation of Government Employees National President Everett Kelley issued the following statement in response to a proposed rule by the Office of Personnel Management, to be published tomor
Global Voices46d
Songs of resistance: Nepal’s Indigenous communities fight to preserve their musical heritage
The pilru is a bird-shaped terracotta instrument with great cultural significance for some of Nepal’s Indigenous communities
Democracy Now!46d
"He Was in Agony": Tennessee Issues 1-Year Stay for Tony Carruthers After Botched Execution Attempt
Tennessee death row prisoner Tony Carruthers was issued a one-year stay of execution last Thursday after prison officials were unable to find a backup injection vein in a botched execution attempt tha
Reason Magazine45d
A Reprieve for Build-To-Rent
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to the latest edition of Rent Free. This week's slightly abbreviated post-Memorial Day issue includes a breakdown of the latest version of the housing bill passed by the Hou
Reason Magazine45d
Defamation Claim Against University-Owned Public Radio Station Dismissed on State Sovereign Immunity Grounds
From Eby v. Bd. of Curators, decided today by the Missouri Court of Appeals (Chief Judge John P. Torbitzky, joined by Judges Angela Turner Quigless and Thomas C. Clark II); the opinion doesn't preclud
Reason Magazine46d
The Importance of Free Speech in American Public Junior High and High Schools
When I was in college, liberals, not conservatives, were more zealous in defending free speech, when it came to issues like whether pornography ought to be constitutionally protected. In 1990, when I
Reason Magazine46d
How to Make Sure AI Doesn't Spy on Us or Kill Innocent People
One of America's top AI companies—Anthropic—refused to sign off on a contract unless the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) promised not to use its technology to power autonomous killer robots or carry
The Conversation — Health45d
A ‘supereruption’ transformed NZ 350,000 years ago. We now know how it happened
Some 350,000 years ago, the centre of New Zealand’s North Island appeared much different than the mountainous, scrub-covered landscape it is today.
NSF News45d
NSF deploys $250 million to restart Small Business Innovation Research & Small Business Tech Transfer programs, including a new $40 million pilot emphasis on next-generation scientific instrumentation
The U.S. National Science Foundation today relaunched its Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer programs with $250 million for the nation's startups and small...
The Conversation45d
Could aliens ever visit Earth? An aerospace scientist unpacks the challenges of interstellar spaceflight
On May 22, 2026, the Pentagon released a second batch of previously classified photos and videos showing what appear to be unexplained flying objects. These file dumps were the culmination of a proces
Reason Magazine46d
AI Prompts Used by Expert Are Subject to Compelled Discovery
From Judge Thomas O. Farrish (D. Conn.) last Monday in Conservation Law Foundation, Inc. v. Shell Oil Co.:
Mongabay45d
Australia is failing to meet its environment targets, argues ecologist
Australia is one of 17 “megadiverse” countries that account for 70% of Earth’s biodiversity. However, Australia is unique in having the highest mammalian extinction rate in the world. That makes conse
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Tracking Lucero: Scientists follow a rare Eastern Pacific leatherback sea turtle
Fewer than 1,000 leatherback sea turtles remain in the Eastern Pacific, nesting along the coastline that runs from Mexico to Ecuador. Scientists have previously fitted tracking devices to leatherbacks
Mongabay45d
Peru’s Quellaveco mine tied to water scarcity, contamination, investigation finds
A copper mine in southern Peru that took decades to complete environmental assessments has been contaminating local watersheds with harmful metals, critics say. In its first few years of operation, th
Mongabay45d
Kenyan agency responds to protests rejecting proposed nuclear power plant near Lake Victoria
About a year ago, Kenya announced plans for its first nuclear power plant to be built in Siaya County, on the shores of Lake Victoria. However, following local protests, Kenya’s state-run Nuclear Powe
Investigate Midwest45d
In Illinois, cancer and pesticide rates typically rise together
Three-fourths of Illinois counties have cancer rates higher than the national average. Those counties also have an average pesticide use rate nearly 25% higher than the state’s other counties.
Federal Reserve45d
Minutes of the Board's discount rate meeting on April 20 and 29, 2026
Minutes of the Board's discount rate meeting on April 20 and 29, 2026
Investigate Midwest45d
Bayer’s proposed Roundup settlement violates Constitution, new legal filing claims
This story was originally published by The New Lede.
Chalkbeat45d
Memphis school board approves last budget before impending state takeover
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Reason Magazine45d
Does Anyone Know What's Happening in Iran?
This week, editors Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch are joined by The Gist's Mike Pesca to discuss the ongoing Iran conflict, the unstable ceasefire negotiations, and whether anyon
Chalkbeat45d
Colorado’s ‘first public Christian school’ drops religious discrimination lawsuit against state
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Chalkbeat45d
Tennessee SCORE president to join Memphis schools oversight board
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Reason Magazine45d
Why Has Trump Stopped Selling Weapons to Taiwan?
Before he became the Trump administration's chief military planner, Elbridge Colby had a single-minded mission: to muster the resources of the United States in defense of Taiwan. "Taiwan would not be
Reason Magazine45d
American Can't Sue Iraq and Lebanon for Allegedly Anti-Gay Policies
From Alshara v. Republic of Iraq, decided today by Judge Linda Parker (E.D. Mich.):
Reason Magazine45d
First Amendment Likely Precludes Trump Administration's Canceling DEI-Promoting Contracts, Ninth Circuit Rules
There's a lot happening in today's decision in Thakur v. Trump, by Ninth Circuit Judges Richard Paez, Morgan Christen, and Roopali Desai, but I thought I'd focus on the First Amendment analysis. To ov
Reason Magazine46d
Trump Policy Could Send Legal Residents Abroad To Apply for Green Cards
As the Trump administration continues its deportation crackdown, it's finding new ways to make it harder for people to immigrate to the United States legally.