Despite any doomsday scenarios, there appears to be little urgency in Washington around the debt ceiling. / Wake Up to Politics The United States' astonishing economic record should be reassuring, but for our poisonous politics. / The Economist Related: A leaked cache of emails from 2019 and 2020 shows the anti-
A new study finds that in countries with higher numbers of Black primary care physicians, Black patients have longer life expectancies. / STAT Four people were killed on Saturday night and up to 20 injured in a shooting at a 16th birthday party in Alabama. / AL.com In Kansas City, a
Alito extends the hold to lift mifepristone restrictions as the Supreme Court considers whether to allow a federal judge's decision to take effect. / CNN At a campaign event today in Japan, PM Kishida was evacuated when someone threw an explosive device at him, nine months after former PM
The FBI arrests an Air Force guardsman who was part of a gun-loving Discord group that hosted leaked American intelligence files. / CNN See also: "From Discord to 4chan—the improbable journey of a US intelligence leak." / Bellingcat A tech consultant is arrested in the recent San Francisco
The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals partially blocks the decision overturning FDA approval of mifepristone—the medication will remain available, but cannot be mailed. / NBC News Arcturus is the new omicron subvariant; while no more deadly than its kin, it may be 1.2 times more infectious than the
The UN says almost 8,500 civilians have been killed during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with many thousands more unverified deaths feared. / Reuters According to the recent leak of US intelligence, a number of countries have military special forces operating inside Ukraine. / BBC News Author Dave Eggers sends
"They are propping up our fossil fuel industry, and that's exactly what we want." An investigation into US bitcoin miners' emissions. / The New York Times Related: Bitcoin mining is expected to cause Texas's electricity costs to increase by nearly 5% this year. / Quartz
China begins a third day of military exercises around Taiwan after Taiwan's president returns from meeting with American lawmakers. / NBC News Analysis of those US intelligence documents circulating on social media. / The New York Times Stuart Lau: Beijing wants to use France as a wedge between European and
A grand jury votes to indict Donald Trump, making him the first president in United States history to face criminal charges. / CNN Trump anticipates the media attention may help him win support and sympathy. / Politico Only eight percent of government employees are under the age of 30. / The Washington Post
In an effort to return war powers to Congress, the Senate votes to repeal the 2002 resolution that led to the invasion of Iraq as well as the 1991 Gulf War authorization. / Associated Press How much would it cost to pay the Russian Army to defect? About $20 billion. / Model
