Thursday, July 23, 2026

Judge rules Trump’s National Guard deployment in Washington, DC, illegal

Federal court finds the president “acted contrary to law” after sending thousands of troops to patrol the capital amid falling crime rates.

‘We don’t have to live this way’: St. Louis school gunman armed with AR-15,...

"Republicans will tell you the solution is some more guns. On November 8, you need to tell them they're full of shit."

Here are the worst abortion restrictions conservative state lawmakers passed this year

These included everything from bans on the safest, most common form of second-trimester abortion to laws that would outright re-criminalize abortion.

Scientists find direct link between polar bear cub survival rates and human-caused carbon emissions

The new study connects the number of Arctic ice-free days to specific quantities of emissions and determines how these ice-free days can impact polar bear cub survival rates.

Gaza: it’s not a war it’s genocide

The cost of inaction: a deep dive into the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the global response.

Disney reverses course as Jimmy Kimmel returns after FCC threats spark free speech backlash

Disney says comments were “ill-timed,” but reinstates Jimmy Kimmel following FCC threats, nationwide protests, and a celebrity-backed ACLU letter warning of government-driven censorship.

MIT rejects Trump funding compact, ignites academic freedom showdown

First elite university publicly refuses White House pledge critics call “extortion,” setting up a legal, financial, and political fight over free inquiry and federal research dollars.

New Jersey becomes 13th state to legalize marijuana

The three bills were in response to more than two-thirds voter support of a ballot question regarding marijuana legalization.

The American way of war, war, war

On a Planet at the Brink.