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A poll of Los Angeles voters released last week found Mayor Karen Bass leading Councilmember Nithya Raman by a wide and growing margin. Days earlier, a poll of Wisconsin’s Democratic […]

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Mixing culture and consumption with childhood desire.

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Ossoff tests Democrats' appetite for going low. He’s not going low, he’s going true.

“The Senate GOP campaign arm, in a private memo to top AI companies, warns that toxic views of U.S. data centers are killing the party’s chances of holding a vital seat in Ohio,” Axios reports. “In the memo, the National Republican Senatorial Committee says Democrats have made data centers a ‘centerpiece’ of their campaign to […]

Piet Mondrian, Windmill with Summerhouse II, ca. 1906 #pietmondrian #themet

“I’m not that informed on national security… but I do support the military.” — Sen. Darline Graham (R-SC), quoted by the Columbia State, in a U.S. Senate race debate with Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC).

“State Representative Angie Nixon, a progressive firebrand who ran such an underdog campaign that she could not afford a single television ad, won the Democratic Senate nomination in Florida on Tuesday in a shocking upset,” the New York Times reports. “With her defeat of Alex Vindman, a candidate with establishment backing who raised more than […]

ICE collected nearly a million DNA samples last year.

Interest rates are up — but don’t panic

Whether on social media or in real life, you might have heard someone — perhaps even political candidates this midterm cycle — talk about data centers. Some welcome them, others […]

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“Rep. Max Miller is fretting that the loss of support from a key constituency could damage his reelection prospects — even as his party base continues to stand with him in spite of serious allegations of domestic abuse centered on his ex-wife and young child,” Politico reports. ”Miller is claiming that multiple unions are turning […]

“The Treasury Department has seen a dramatic exodus of President Donald Trump’s own appointees, outpacing the turnover of any other recent administration,” NOTUS reports. “Since the start of the second Trump administration, seven of 16 Treasury appointees confirmed by the Senate — or roughly 44% — have either quit or been pushed out of their […]

“The 119th Congress is on track to be one of the least productive in recent history, furthering the trend of fewer and fewer bills ever becoming law. Setting aside the renaming of buildings such as post offices, most House lawmakers have never introduced a bill that a president signed into law,” NOTUS reports. “Rep. Nick […]

“The cost for the U.S. government to borrow money hit its highest level since 2007 on Tuesday, the latest in a worrisome series of developments that have rattled global markets and American consumers alike,” the Washington Post reports. “The sell-off in U.S. Treasury securities — at $31 trillion the world’s largest financial market — comes […]

“The firestorm over Sen. Jon Ossoff’s suggestive remark about President Trump’s right-hand woman has raised a bigger question about the type of campaign Democrats will run in 2028,” Axios reports. “Trump has made schoolyard taunts and personal insults a staple of presidential politics. One of the big strategic calls for Democrats in 2028 is whether […]

“A high-profile Senate race in Alaska is officially set: Mary Peltola, a Democrat and former congresswoman, and Senator Dan Sullivan, a Republican, advanced from the state’s top-four nonpartisan primary on Tuesday night local time, according to The Associated Press,” the New York Times reports. ”They will face off in November in a race that could […]

“President Trump said Tuesday night he is pausing for three days 50% tariffs on billions of dollars worth of Canadian goods that were set to take effect early Wednesday,” Axios reports. “It follows an intense push in recent days — including talks between Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday — to avert […]

Miocene South America was packed with giant prey—and the predators hunting them were just as spectacular. Fossil bite marks suggest crocodylians, especially the enormous Purussaurus neivensis, were more important predators than mammals in this ancient tropical ecosystem. At around seven meters long, Purussaurus may even have helped control populations of giant herbivores.

A tomb in Egypt’s Theban Necropolis reveals a surprisingly organized story of burial, reuse, and changing beliefs spanning hundreds of years. Researchers found 16 mummified people, the remains of at least four more, and a mummified dog, with burials ranging from wealthy individuals laid in coffins with amulets and imported goods to later bodies carefully stacked in increasingly crowded spaces.

Researchers have built microscopic, light-driven robots that can rapidly navigate through liquid, collect bacteria, and deposit them in chosen locations. These tiny “cleaners” could open new possibilities for manipulating cells and microbes with remarkable precision.