1,500 mile-long dust plume hits the US
A huge dust plume from the Sahara will cloak parts of the US this week — and could have adverse health effects
The GOP wants to make encryption useless
The bill "[mis]understands how encryption works. You can't create a backdoor just for 'good guys,'" one expert says
Making "The Twilight Zone" great again
The second season of Jordan Peele's "Twilight Zone" reboot remains uneven, but one episode speaks to our moment
What the next stimulus will look like
President Trump says he plans on supporting another stimulus bill that could include checks to citizens
How life emerged from lifelessness
The research provides a plausible explanation for how proteins could form before cells
Slate exits "Big Mouth" for Black actor
Slate stated that voicing the biracial character was "engaging in an act of erasure of Black people"
Why does Trump care about the statues?
Despite the tear gas and Tulsa, Trump still believes he can win by inciting cops to crack protesters' skulls
Conway defends Trump over racist term
In March, Conway called the racist term “hurtful” and “wrong,” pointing out she herself was “married to an Asian"
Carly Fiorina plans to vote for Biden
"We need humility and empathy everywhere in public life right now, and I think character counts"
What's Trump up to on YouTube? (Aliens?)
Mostly stymied from holding his mass rallies, Trump is turning to a different part of the internet
Democrats mull impeaching William Barr
"I think the weight of the evidence and of what's happened leads to that conclusion," Jerry Nadler says
America is exceptional in the wrong ways
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed what has long been true
No victory dance: Trump's not done yet
Yeah, Trump seems like a beaten man. But have we learned nothing? Declaring victory now means certain defeat
Texas Republican gov. reverses course
Gov. Greg Abbott recommends Texans stay home as coronavirus cases surge
Media "neutrality": A fake white guy
Mainstream media's quest for "neutrality" and "objectivity" has always been racially coded. Finally we can see that
Another Trumper's dubious investments
Records show Andrew Saul invested in software, health care and medical device companies just ahead of pandemic
GOP cements takeover of courts
Cory Wilson is an anti-voting rights extremist
Drivers protest at Uber CEO's mansion
Without benefits or unemployment, gig drivers are struggling to make it — so they took their grievances to the top
A shock unlike anything we’ve ever seen
“I think everyone should be worried about how this is going to turn out in the end"
GOP theatrics mar bombshell testimony
"Mr. Chairman, I would ask that the sergeant-at-arms be called upon to stop the disruption of this meeting"
GOP senator begs Trump for test funding
Texas senator urges Trump not to stop funding testing in his state — as cases explode following reopening
Protests haven't led to spike: research
A new study offers evidence that widespread wearing of masks at outdoor demonstrations may be limiting transmission
Bolton: Prez turned "blind eye" to virus
"He didn’t want to hear about the potential impact of a pandemic . . . and its effect on his re-election"
"The Politician" insights into voters
Ryan Murphy's Netflix drama about a boy who would be president has little substance, save for two episodes