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“Venezuelan interim President Delcy ​Rodriguez said on Saturday that an energy agreement with the U.S. would remain in force for 25 ‌years, target an increase in crude output to 1.5 million barrels per day and preserve the country’s sovereignty over its natural resources,” Reuters reports. “Rodriguez hailed the accord in a late-night address as a […]

Chloe Shapiro is one of a dozen former service members identified by The Washington Post who have waited months for full payments.

A new EPIC-MRA poll in Michigan finds Abdul El-Sayed (D) leading Mike Rogers (R) in the U.S. Senate race, 47% to 43%. Michigan Senate Race Abdul El-Sayed (D) 47%   Mike Rogers (R) 43%   EPIC-MRA poll

A new Albuquerque Journal Poll/Research & Polling Inc. poll in New Mexico finds Deb Haaland (D) leading Gregg Hull (R) in the governor’s race, 49% to 43%. New Mexico Governor’s Race Deb Haaland (D) 49%   Gregg Hull (R) 43%   Journal Poll/Research & Polling Inc. poll

“Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent began the week vowing an ‘economic onslaught’ against Iran and its trading partners in a fresh bid to end the war. By the week’s end, countries with ties to Tehran had so far shrugged off the threat and analysts were left underwhelmed by the U.S. actions,” Bloomberg reports. “China, which buys […]

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has denied reports as “100% false” that he intends to run for president in 2028, the Telegraph reports.

“Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned that Germany’s eastern Saxony-Anhalt region will suffer economic damage if the far-right AfD party wins control of the state’s government next Sunday,” Bloomberg reports. Said Merz: “If things turn out the way the polls suggest, this federal state will face significant problems. I cannot imagine international investors showing up for a […]

On Sunday Donald Trump vowed to report Meet the Press host Kristen Welker to the FCC because she rightly reported that Trump has had mixed results on his endorsements leading up to 2026 midterm elections. This is another blatant attempt to bully the media and undermine the ...

This week, MrWilson scores another double-win with both top spots on the insightful side. In first place, it’s a piece-by-piece response to a commenter who defended ICE’s failed illegal raid on an immigration law office: In second place, it’s a comment about the first two measles deaths of 2026: Then: “Nobody has died. It’s not […]

With just one more major mission upcoming, NASA's science programs need a boost.

Rep. James Clyburn (D) of South Carolina said today on Meet the Press that he supports adding 4 new Justices to the Supreme Court.

My thanks to Finalist for sponsoring last week at Daring Fireball. Finalist is a remarkable, ambitious, and novel app for iPhone, iPad, and the Mac from indie developer Slaven Radic. It’s a planner inspired by paper day planners. I wrote quite a bit about Finalist when it fi...

Jonathan Martin: “The Senate map is less complicated than it appears. As with every modern presidential campaign, it runs through the Midwest.” “If Democrats flip Republican-held seats in Ohio and Iowa while retaining Michigan, they will almost certainly net the four seats total needed to take control of the Senate for President Donald Trump’s final […]

“President Donald Trump stepped up his attacks against the media on Sunday with an admonition to the Federal Communications Commission to investigate polling used by news outlets,” Bloomberg reports. “Trump has long had an adversarial relationship with journalists and news organizations who publish stories he doesn’t like, particularly those about his standing in the polls. […]

“The Trump administration is shuttering research projects key to the federal government’s fight against cyclospora, the foodborne parasite sickening thousands of Americans this summer,” Politico reports.

“The country’s first mail ballots for November are due to be sent out this week — but the method used by one-third of voters has a cloud of uncertainty hanging over it,” Politico reports. “The prospect of new U.S. Postal Service rules to tighten up mail voting and demand voter lists from states, given new […]

There have been various blog posts and social media posts in the last couple of years about people rejecting streaming services and going back to buying music, listening on handheld devices that - gasp - aren't phones. Vinyl's bigger than it's been for years. Multiple colleagues have shown me their CD collections - even cassettes have made a comeback, which makes me wish I still had the incredible glow-in-the-dark Sony Beans walkman I had as a child. I like that some people catalogue their music online, like Hidde and Andy, though I'm not sure I want to broadcast some of the garbage I listen to, or reveal quite how many times I've listened to the K-Pop Demon Hunters Soundtrack (which is a reason I don't use Last.FM any more).

“Ontario Premier Doug Ford ridiculed President Donald Trump’s order changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, while expressing optimism that Canada and the U.S. would eventually overcome their differences on trade and tariffs,” Bloomberg reports. Said Ford: “It was like something out of Saturday Night Live, when he signed a document saying ‘Change […]

Most people think of the tits. That’s understandable, given they would enter a room some not-insignificant amount of time before the rest of her. But there was also the hair, often high enough to occupy a distinct micro-climate, or the rhinestones, which reflected enough lig...