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Idaho pushed anti-trans laws for years. Then a teen died.

I’ll delete your account for you. 

Monitoring is expensive and labor intensive. But it helps public health officials stop outbreaks.

PLUS: Iran war update with Malcolm Nance and Ken Harbaugh TODAY at 11 am ET

"Call me corny; call me a sap. I don’t care," writes Scott Helman, about his love of this year's World Cup. "In the final tally, score a victory for the global community ... score it for a kind of universal kinship, billions strong."

The odds say Spain wins it all, but Argentina has that 39-year-old magician, Messi. I’m making no predictions, writes Cog editor Cloe Axelson.

Just finished The Expanse for the third time. Realized that the inners of today are Silicon Valley and the Belters, that’s the web. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Expanse_(TV_series)

Wall Street Journal: “Large though it may be, Germany’s economy is far from healthy. Growth has been flatlining since 2019. Battered by U.S. tariffs and Chinese competition, manufacturers have been shedding thousands of jobs. A desperate government is grasping for ideas to get the engine going again.” “One of them: to shore up consumption, which […]

Tom Nichols: “Henry Kissinger often said that nuclear arms are ‘weapons in search of a doctrine.’ After the Cold War, some strategists have tried to figure out what, exactly, these weapons could buy them beyond deterrence. The answer, as it turns out, is: nothing.” “Two wars taking place right now are cases in point. The […]

The Vision of St. Augustine from the Altarpiece of St. Barnabas, 1488 #sandrobotticelli #earlyrenaissance

“Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) said Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) needs to take a break from endorsing candidates after he backed scandal-plagued Graham Platner (D) in Maine and is now supporting ‘pro-Hamas’ Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan,” Mediaite reports. Said Fetterman: “Humble yourself, Bernie. You just pushed an accused rapist up in Maine and now you’re pushing […]

The history and theory of taxes on the elite

Astronomers have discovered a rocky exoplanet that has an atmosphere and sits within the habitable zone of a solar system.

Organizers want the show to be the most-viewed halftime show in history. Having Shakira, Justin Bieber, Coldplay, and BTS will surely help—but do soccer fans want it?