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Did Trump actually help Venezuela?Did Trump actually help Venezuela?
Podcast
Podcasts

Post-Maduro, some Venezuelans are feeling cautiously optimistic.

By Ariana Aspuru and Sean Rameswaram
Health
How worried should I be about hantavirus?How worried should I be about hantavirus?
Health

5 questions about the hantavirus cruise ship outbreak, answered.

By Dylan Scott
Future Perfect
The old tech that could help stop the next airborne pandemicThe old tech that could help stop the next airborne pandemic
Future Perfect

Glycol vapors, explained.

By Shayna Korol
Future Perfect
Elon Musk could lose his case against OpenAI — and still get what he wantsElon Musk could lose his case against OpenAI — and still get what he wants
Future Perfect

It’s not about who wins. It’s about the dirty laundry you air along the way.

By Sara Herschander
Policy
Is Trump’s Justice Department trying to discredit itself?Is Trump’s Justice Department trying to discredit itself?
Policy

The DOJ used to avoid spectacles like the Louise Lucas raid.

By Ian Millhiser
Good Medicine
Do health influencers actually know what they’re talking about?Do health influencers actually know what they’re talking about?
Good Medicine

Most health influencers don’t have real credentials — but they are more influential than ever.

By Dylan Scott
Climate
The exploding costs of fighting US wildfiresThe exploding costs of fighting US wildfires
Climate

From taxes on nicotine to hotel rooms, states are looking for ways to pay the skyrocketing bill.

By Kylie Mohr
Advice
Help! My friend is replacing me with AI.Help! My friend is replacing me with AI.
Advice

What to do if your friends are confiding in ChatGPT instead of you.

By Allie Volpe
Life
Why banning kids from AI isn’t the answerWhy banning kids from AI isn’t the answer
Life

What kids really need in the age of artificial intelligence.

By Anna North
Politics
What does the post-Voting Rights Act world look like?What does the post-Voting Rights Act world look like?
Politics

Democrats will have to balance racial representation with political reality.

By Christian Paz
The Logoff
The FBI investigates a journalistThe FBI investigates a journalist
The Logoff

How Kash Patel is weaponizing the FBI, briefly explained.

By Cameron Peters
Politics
5 ways the Iran standoff could end5 ways the Iran standoff could end
Politics

Is the US on the verge of a deal with Iran or a return to war?

By Joshua Keating
Future Perfect
The backlash to Billie Eilish’s vegan comments explains a lot about the American left (and everyone else)The backlash to Billie Eilish’s vegan comments explains a lot about the American left (and everyone else)
Future Perfect

Why are American leftists so reluctant to confront the meat industry?

By Kenny Torrella
Climate
How a “super El Niño” could create record-breaking warmingHow a “super El Niño” could create record-breaking warming
Climate

El Niño is coming. And its impacts may last far longer than it does.

By Bob Berwyn
Culture
Anthropic owes authors $1.5B for pirating work — but the claims process is a Kafkaesque messAnthropic owes authors $1.5B for pirating work — but the claims process is a Kafkaesque mess
Culture

“Your AI monster ate all our work. Now you’re trying to pay us off with this piece of garbage that doesn’t work.”

By Constance Grady
Politics
The Supreme Court broke democracy by saying the quiet part out loudThe Supreme Court broke democracy by saying the quiet part out loud
Politics

SCOTUS has lost its sense of when to shut up.

By Ian Millhiser
The Logoff
What Trump’s ballroom could cost youWhat Trump’s ballroom could cost you
The Logoff

Trump claimed the ballroom would be “free of charge.” It could cost taxpayers $1 billion.

By Cameron Peters
Health
Falling birth rates don’t have to be a crisisFalling birth rates don’t have to be a crisis
Health

Here’s how America can age gracefully.

By Elliot Haspel
Today, Explained newsletter
Every airline is Spirit Airlines nowEvery airline is Spirit Airlines now
Today, Explained newsletter

How Spirit changed the way we travel.

By Caitlin Dewey
Politics
Ukraine’s fight against Russia is going better than you might thinkUkraine’s fight against Russia is going better than you might think
Politics

The war in Iran looked like a gift for Russia. It hasn’t worked out that way.

By Joshua Keating
Politics
A decades-long plan to abolish the Electoral College may finally pay offA decades-long plan to abolish the Electoral College may finally pay off
Politics

Democrats could be one midterm wave away from instituting a national popular vote. Should they?

By Andrew Prokop
The Logoff
Trump eyes a new construction projectTrump eyes a new construction project
The Logoff

Part-time president, full-time developer.

By Cameron Peters
Podcasts
Inside the $600 billion “sleep tourism” industryInside the $600 billion “sleep tourism” industry
Podcast
Podcasts

I went to a $2,000 hotel and all I got was this really good night of sleep.

By Peter Balonon-Rosen and Noel King
Podcasts
Why teens in DC and elsewhere are staging “takeovers”Why teens in DC and elsewhere are staging “takeovers”
Podcast
Podcasts

It’s 10 pm. Do you know where your children are?

By Hady Mawajdeh and Sean Rameswaram
Politics
The Supreme Court gets thrown back into the abortion warsThe Supreme Court gets thrown back into the abortion wars
Politics

Why haven’t the Republican justices banned mifepristone already?

By Ian Millhiser
Politics
Why the latest would-be Trump assassin is so hard to figure outWhy the latest would-be Trump assassin is so hard to figure out
Politics

The suspect’s Trump critiques were relatively ordinary. How do Americans with similar concerns discuss them responsibly?

By Zack Beauchamp
Politics
What the Supreme Court still has left to decide this termWhat the Supreme Court still has left to decide this term
Politics

Democracy and Donald Trump dominate the Court’s remaining docket.

By Ian Millhiser
Climate
These tropical forests are critically important. Why is this religious sect cutting them down?These tropical forests are critically important. Why is this religious sect cutting them down?
Climate

What you didn’t know about Mennonites, soy, and Bolivia.

By Benji Jones
Advice
What’s more likely to be sentient: An ant or ChatGPT?What’s more likely to be sentient: An ant or ChatGPT?
Advice

Please don’t overthink this one.

By Sigal Samuel
Explain It to Me
How weddings got (even more) expensiveHow weddings got (even more) expensive
Podcast
Explain It to Me

Getting married in a social media age.

By Jonquilyn Hill
Future Perfect
Some deaf children are hearing again because of a new gene therapySome deaf children are hearing again because of a new gene therapy
Future Perfect

A medical field that almost died is quietly fixing one disease at a time.

By Bryan Walsh
America, Actually
Heather Cox Richardson grades AmericaHeather Cox Richardson grades America
Podcast
America, Actually

250 years on, how’s America doing?

By Astead Herndon
The Logoff
Why Trump says the US-Iran war is overWhy Trump says the US-Iran war is over
The Logoff

Trump’s plan to evade an Iran deadline, briefly explained.

By Cameron Peters
Video
The Department of Holy WarThe Department of Holy War
Play
Video

What Pete Hegseth’s fascination with the Crusades can tell us about the war in Iran.

By Nate Krieger
Culture
The Devil Wears Prada 2 is capitalist art that hates capitalist artThe Devil Wears Prada 2 is capitalist art that hates capitalist art
Culture

The millennial fairy tale takes aim at corporate greed and the death of creativity. But it largely exists because of them.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Politics
Trump says Cuba is “next.” What does that mean?Trump says Cuba is “next.” What does that mean?
Politics

The island may be next in the administration’s crosshairs after Venezuela and Iran. But it’s not clear what the plan is.

By Joshua Keating
What twins can teach us about friendship
The Highlight

They grow up together, but are twins destined to share a social network?

By Allie Volpe
The Logoff
Trump’s next redistricting targetsTrump’s next redistricting targets
The Logoff

Once more unto the gerrymandering breach.

By Cameron Peters
Politics
Graham Platner’s triumph, explained by a Maine reporterGraham Platner’s triumph, explained by a Maine reporter
Politics

Can we read big national trends into Janet Mills’s defeat? Or are these candidates — and this state — just singular?

By Andrew Prokop
Health
A major new study found AI outperformed doctors in ER diagnosis — but there’s a catchA major new study found AI outperformed doctors in ER diagnosis — but there’s a catch
Health

An Open AI model posted impressive results in emergency care. But we still need human doctors.

By Dylan Scott