Politics

The end of 2023 was not a great time for the crypto industry. In November, Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange, learned that no amount of Michael Lewis gymnastics could save him from being convicted on seven charges of fraud and conspiracy. He was eventually sentenced to …

I n early March of last year, Casey was nearly done with her opening shift at a McDonald’s in DeLand, Florida, when she saw an alert pop up on her screen. It was a text from a friend with reports of a new proposed state law, an early draft of …

During the presidential debate on Wednesday, former PresidentDonald Trumpmade the insane claim that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio were killing and eating pets from the community. “They’re eating the dogs — the people that came in — they’re eating the cats,” Trump said, seemingly out of nowhere, referring to a …

W hen millions of Americans cast their ballots on Nov. 5, they will be nudging the world in one of two directions: a difficult climate future or one that could be catastrophic. Their vote could alter the strength of hurricanes, the intensity of droughts, the rate of sea-level rise, how …

JERUSALEM — Before he was taken hostage on Oct. 7, during the Hamas-led massacre at the Nova music festival, Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin thrived in a Jerusalem refuge where Israeli Jews and occupied Palestinians escape from reality and engage freely as equals. Since then, the community at the bar, Sira, has …

Former President Richard Nixon, who launched the war on drugs in 1971 that has had repercussions to this day, admitted he knew marijuana was “not particularly dangerous.” His admission during a meeting with a group of aides at the White House was recorded in March 1973, via his secret recording …

Four years ago, Army Specialist Vanessa Guillén was brutally murdered by a fellow soldier at Fort Hood (now Fort Cavazos), Texas. Guillén’s death attracted national attention, shining a spotlight on sexual harassment and assault within the armed forces as well as how disappearances of military personnel are handled. Following a …

T he first indication that Kamala Harris had knocked something loose — something that had stubbornly eluded Joe Biden, something with the power to transform the 2024 presidential race — surfaced in Wisconsin. Shortly after Biden tweeted his endorsement, RSVPs for a previously-­scheduled Harris appearance at the Italian Community Center …

Congress is heading toward a potential government shutdown, less than two months before the election, over a made-up issue. Donald Trump and the GOP falsely assert that non-citizens voting could influence the 2024 election when study after study shows that this is not a real thing. In exchange for a …

The racist lie that Haitian immigrants are eating cats in Springfield, Ohio, appears to be having tangible consequences as elementary schools were forced to evacuate on Friday, a day after the town evacuated its city hall following bomb threats. Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s running mate, J.D. Vance, continues to stoke hate …