Origins of Covid
Unredacted NIH Emails Show Efforts to Rule Out Lab Origin of Covid
Virologists close to the NIH initially believed the Covid virus could be genetically engineered. Unredacted emails show how their thinking evolved.
Politics
The Coronavirus Crisis
Covid-19 Drugmakers Pressured Twitter to Censor Activists Pushing for Generic Vaccine
The social media pressure campaign was just a part of the pharmaceutical industry's successful lobbying blitz to retain patents — and make record profits.
Party Drugs for PTSD: Study Moves Therapeutic Use of MDMA Toward Approval
The drug scored positive results in a clinical trial designed to meet FDA standards.
Kevin McCarthy Wants to Hold China Accountable. His Top Aide Lobbied for Alibaba.
Daniel Meyer still holds a six-figure stake in the government-linked “Amazon of China.”
Biden Used Classified Documents Accusation Against Carter CIA Nominee
As a senator, Joe Biden helped kill President Jimmy Carter's CIA director nominee because he allegedly mishandled classified materials.
Voices
Jim Jordan Is No Frank Church
House Republicans want to assume the mantle of one of the nation's most iconic investigative committees, but the differences are stark.
Inflation Is Slowing — Without the Higher Unemployment Larry Summers Said Was Necessary
New data shows the call for yearslong recession from monetary hawks like Summers has aged poorly.
House Rules Package Gives Democrats a Path to Averting a Debt Ceiling Crisis
Republicans preserved the discharge petition in the new rules package, allowing any bill with 218 votes to come to the floor — even one codifying Roe v. Wade.
Financial World Celebrates Slowing Wage and Employment Growth in New Jobs Report
In the debate over American workers’ welfare versus the Federal Reserve’s inflation-cooling rate hikes, the workers are losing.
Voices
Biden’s Border Plan Drapes Trump Policies in Liberal Rhetoric
The U.S. border regime is cruel whether it is enforced by a president spewing racist slurs or one appealing to “safe and orderly processing."