Friday, October 23, 2026
A patient room and bed. Photo: Diane A. Reid, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Nursing Home Beds Are Becoming More Scarce

As the oldest baby boomers turn 80, researchers worry there won’t be enough room in nursing facilities for a rapidly graying nation.
The Royal Courts of Justice in London, where the high court issued its ruling. Photo: The wub / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

New Carter-Ruck ruling could leave legal watchdog ‘toothless’ against SLAPPs

The ruling also threatens six unrelated SRA investigations into fraud and dishonesty that relied on the same privileged material.
A guided bomb unit JDAM kit, the same guidance kit at the center of the proposed Saudi sale, is assembled by U.S. partner-nation forces in the Middle East. Photo: U.S. Air Force AFCENT by Staff Sgt. Jovante Johnson (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Senators move to block $5 billion bomb sale to Saudi Arabia

The bombs would arm Saudi jets as senators also demand to see classified side letters on a separate nuclear deal.
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building in Washington, D.C. Photo: Farragutful / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Democratic attorneys general say Education Department is hiding 1,300 documents on its layoffs

A privilege log lists nearly 1,300 records the agency says are too sensitive to hand over.
The Old City of Sana'a, Yemen's capital, which has been under Ansar Allah control since 2014. Photo: Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The urgency of recognizing the Ansar Allah government in Yemen

A near-strike this weekend, reversed at the last minute, is the latest turn in a war that hinges on which Yemeni government Washington recognizes.
Reporters raise their hands in the White House briefing room. Photo: The White House from Washington, DC (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

CNN, Politico and MS NOW sue Trump administration over White House ban

The dispute echoes a 2018 fight over a White House press pass that CNN won in court.
Hogs in a confinement barn. Hog operations account for nearly 60 percent of the manure produced by Iowa's mapped livestock facilities, Sentient Media found. Photo: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

We Mapped All 11,000 Factory Farms in Iowa. Here Are Five Things We Learned.

Here’s what the data reveal about the country’s factory farm hotbed.
The U.S. Capitol. An FBI anti-corruption probe into Sen. Susan Collins was shelved after the second Trump administration dismantled the unit handling it. Photo: Martin Falbisoner / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the...

After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump administration dismantled the unit handling the inquiry.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage at Landing Zone 1. Photo: SpaceX (CC0)

The first trillionaire – no big deal?

Multi-billionaires are bad enough; a trillionaire is a magnitude worse
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers during an enforcement operation in Los Angeles, June 12, 2025. Photo: DHSgov (public domain)

ICE agent shoots delivery driver in Austin as officials question who will investigate

The Department of Homeland Security says it is leading the inquiry, with its Homeland Security Investigations unit in charge, a role the FBI has historically held, CBS News reported.