After Afghanistan Disaster, the Pentagon Is on Track to Get Even More Money
The defeat in Afghanistan offers a chance to rethink America's war machine, but Congress is on the verge of raising military spending to $740 billion.
Politics
Mine Workers From Across Appalachia Arrested Outside BlackRock Headquarters in New York City
Striking workers are demanding higher wages and better health benefits — and voiced concerns about the future of their union in the transition away from coal.
As States Prepare for Redistricting, Prison Gerrymandering Will Skew New Lines
Often pulled out of Black and Latino hubs, incarcerated people bolster white rural districts — but remain banned from casting ballots.
House Democrats Back Off Targeting Billionaire Tax Schemes and Swap in New Nicotine Levy
The new legislation sacrifices billions of potential estate tax revenue — and makes it up with vapes and e-cigarettes.
Joe Lieberman Urges Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema to Fight Biden Agenda as He Fought Obama
The former senator, now a leader with the dark-money group No Labels, is still proud of himself for killing the public option.
Origins of Covid
NIH Officials Worked With EcoHealth Alliance to Evade Restrictions on Coronavirus Experiments
Emails show that NIH officials allowed EcoHealth Alliance to craft oversight language governing its own gain-of-function research.
Internal Emails Show How a Lincoln Project Tiki Torch Stunt Went Wrong
Democrats were accused of manufacturing a white supremacist hoax, but internal plans show that the stunt was rooted in their doomed, Trump-focused strategy.
The Coronavirus Crisis
House Coronavirus Committee Launches Investigation Into Organizations Pushing Hydroxychloroquine, Ivermectin
The investigation into America’s Frontline Doctors and SpeakWithAnMD.com comes after an Intercept story revealed a right-wing network making millions.
Joe Manchin May Not Have Destroyed the World Yet After All
But now a lot will need to go exactly according to plan, an influential climate model suggests.
At Inquiry Into NYPD Killing of Eric Garner, Judge Lets Bill de Blasio Off the Hook
Instead of accountability for the mayor and police brass, the historic judicial inquiry into the 2014 killing instead focuses on low-level cops.