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Media’s Biggest Failures

As he prepares to retire from journalism, James Risen warns of press missteps in the Trump era.

U.S. Military Service Is the Strongest Predictor of Carrying Out Extremist Violence

The mass murder in New Orleans and Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas fit a troubling pattern among U.S. vets, research says.

UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 19: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., talks with reporters before a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, November 19, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Steve Scalise Knows Exactly What Led to the Bourbon Street Attack: DEI Initiatives

The Louisiana Republican blamed “wokeness” in part for police’s failure to stop the New Orleans attack that left 15 dead.

President elect Donald Trump items on display as traders and financial professionals work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during the first session of the new year on January 2, 2025, in New York City. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s Tariffs Will Create a Hunger Games Landscape Where the Little Guy Is Guaranteed to Lose

A screenshot of a video posted by Al Jazeera showing Dr. Abu Safiya leaving Kamal Adwan hospital.

Israel’s War on Gaza

The Scramble to Find the Gaza Doctor in the White Coat

US President Donald Trump speaks at a press conference with Linda McMahon, head of Small Business Administration, March 29, 2019 at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP) (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

Linda McMahon Has No Education Experience Except Wanting to Defund Public Schools

Jessica Washington

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2017/04/15: Demonstrators in New York City rallied at Bryant Park in Midtown Manhattan before march to Trump Tower as part of a nationwide series of demonstrations to demand the release of President Donald J. Trump's past income tax returns. The march coincides with the deadline for filing 2016 income tax returns in the United States. (Photo by Albin Lohr-Jones/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

He Leaked Trump’s Tax Returns. Will Biden Protect Him?

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HOLLIDAYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA - DECEMBER 10: Suspected shooter Luigi Mangione is led from the Blair County Courthouse after an extradition hearing December 10, 2024 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. Mangione has been arraigned on weapons and false identification charges related to the fatal shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City. Mangione is incarcerated in the State Correctional Institution in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania awaiting extradition to New York. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Voices

Health Insurance Execs Should Live in Fear of Prison, Not Murder

Supporters of gender-affirming care for transitioning minors are outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., United States, on December 4, 2024, as the justices hear arguments on a case from Tennessee.

Voices

To Deprive Trans Kids of Medical Care, Supreme Court Looks to Britain and Sweden

Natasha Lennard

Politics

US President Joe Biden, alongside his grandson Beau, speaks to reporters as he departs the White House enroute to Wilmington, Delaware, on December 17, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew ANGERER / AFP) (Photo by DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images)

“And I Was Surprised”: On Federal Death Row, They Feared Biden Would Set Up Another Trump Killing Spree

Down and fleece jackets and other merchandise on display inside Patagonia outdoor apparel retail store, New York, NY, September 15, 2022.

Patagonia’s Ties to a Dark-Money Operation Bankrolling Democratic Candidates

Protests for Black Lives

What Killed Daniel Prude? The Cops and New York AG Said a Diagnosis That’s Since Been Debunked.

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 7: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) gets into an elevator outside the Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on April 7, 2022 in Washington, DC. The full Senate voted today to confirm the nomination of Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson with a vote of 53-47. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

In Waning Senate Days, Kyrsten Sinema Screwed Workers and Spent Campaign Cash on Stay at French Castle

Justice

Indiana’s Midnight Executions Are a Relic of Another Age

Out for Blood

Charles Hall Insisted He Wanted the Death Penalty. Now He’s Asking Biden for Mercy.

The US District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, is seen ahead of a plea hearing by Alexanda Kotey, a member of the notorious Islamic State kidnapping cell dubbed the "Beatles," where he is expected to enter a guilty plea to charges of conspiring to murder four American hostages, September 2, 2021. - Alexanda Kotey, a member of the notorious Islamic State kidnapping cell dubbed the "Beatles," was expected to plead guilty Thursday in a US court to charges of conspiring to murder four American hostages.
The federal court in Alexandria, Virginia outside Washington posted a notice this week for a "change of plea" hearing for Kotey, a former British national and one of two kidnap cell members brought to the United States for trial. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel’s War on Gaza

Judge Reverses Decision to Release Alleged CIA Leaker Ahead of Trial

A section of border fencing near the 1,400-acre piece of land in La Casita-Garciasville, Texas, that the state is offering the Trump administration for detention and deportation facilities on November 22, 2024.

The War on Immigrants

“Who’s Willing to Get Arrested?” Immigrant Activists Ready for Trump Deportation Plans

National Security

Ridge, N.Y.: A drone is seen over Ridge, New York, on Thursday evening, on Dec. 12, 2024.(Photo by Grant Parpan/Newsday RM via Getty Images)

America Gets a Taste of Its Own Medicine: Drone Terror

A demonstrator holds a banner depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu behind bars reading "Accused" during a demonstration in solidarity with Palestinians and Lebanon and calling on Spain to cease exporting arms to Israel, in Madrid, on December 15, 2024. (Photo by OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP) (Photo by OSCAR DEL POZO/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel’s War on Gaza

U.S. Defied Spanish Embargo on Arms Bound for Israel by Making Enforcement More Difficult

Natasha Lennard

Soldiers of the Turkiye-backed Syrian National Army use heavy weapons in an assault to the northeast of Aleppo, Syria on December 01, 2024.

As Civil War Heats Back Up, U.S. Troops Are Still Deployed in Syria — And Under Fire

An Iraqi man waits for the release of his relative detained in the Abu Ghraib prison May 21, 2004.

Abu Ghraib Detainees Awarded $42 Million in Torture Trial Against U.S. Defense Contractor

World

14 February 2024, Israel, Jerusalem: Annalena Baerbock (Alliance 90/The Greens), Foreign Minister, and Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, meet for talks at the Prime Minister's official residence. Federal Foreign Minister Baerbock is on her fifth visit to Israel since the start of the Gaza war following the terrorist attack by Islamist Hamas at the beginning of October 2023. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa (Photo by Bernd von Jutrczenka/picture alliance via Getty Images)

EU Officials Will Claim Ignorance of Israel’s War Crimes. This Leaked Document Shows What They Knew.

RAFAH, GAZA - JANUARY 29: A man sits on a rock on an empty area, as Palestinians who fled Israeli attacks and took refuge in Rafah try to continue their daily lives under difficult conditions in the area near the border wall between Egypt and the Gaza, in Rafah, Gaza on January 29, 2024. (Photo by Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Israel’s War on Gaza

Americans Stuck in Gaza Sue the U.S. for Leaving Them “Trapped in a War Zone”

Residents survey the destruction along a rubble-strewn road in Maarrat Misrin, northern Idlib governorate, on December 2, 2024. The airstrike reportedly targeted civilians, leaving homes and belongings destroyed. (Photo by Bilal Alhammoud / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by BILAL ALHAMMOUD/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Keeping Sanctions in Force Would “Pull the Rug Out From Under Syria”

TOPSHOT - People celebrate with the Syrian opposition flag, in Damascus, on December 10, 2024. Islamist-led rebels took Damascus in a lightning offensive on December 8, ousting president Bashar al-Assad and ending five decades of Baath rule in Syria. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP) (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images)

Syrian Activists Feared Assad’s Retaliation. His Fall Frees Them to Speak Openly.

Noah Hurowitz, Patrick Hilsman

Technology

Demonstrators display iPads with messages on their screens outside an Apple store, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, in Boston.

How to Protect Yourself From the Salt Typhoon Hack, No Matter What the FBI Says

A screenshot of a since-deleted YouTube video that briefly went viral because it claimed to have been uploaded by Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Don’t Believe This Cryptic Video Purportedly Uploaded by Luigi Mangione

She Joined Facebook to Fight Terror. Now She’s Convinced We Need to Fight Facebook.

Israel’s War on Gaza

Documents Contradict Google’s Claims About Its Project Nimbus Contract With Israel

Environment

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 14: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a climate event at the White House complex November 14, 2023 in Washington, DC. Biden spoke on his administration’s efforts to address the global climate crisis and the Fifth National Climate Assessment. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

EPA Staffers Demand Biden Release Climate Funds Withheld Over Gaza

TRIANGLE, VIRGINIA - APRIL 22: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on Earth Day at Prince William Forest Park on April 22, 2024 in Triangle, Virginia. Biden, along with Sens. Bernie Sanders (D-VT), Edward Markey (D-MA), and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), announced a seven billion dollar "Solar For All" program with the Environmental Protection Agency and an American Climate Corps initiative, while commemorating the 54th anniversary of Earth Day, started in 1970 to raise awareness and support for environmental protection. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Biden Makes His Own Attack on Nonprofit Over Palestine

The FBI’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Program Has a New Target: Animal Rights Activists

Secret Recordings Show Ugly Conditions Ahead of Denver’s Slaughterhouse Ban Referendum

Natasha Lennard