McCarthy seeks to gut ethics watchdog
McCarthy tries to woo far-right critics by limiting nonpartisan watchdog while empowering the GOP-led House panel
Boebert curses at McCarthy meeting
McCarthy drew pushback from the GOP ahead of vote to decide the next House speaker
Youth diabetes predicted to rise sharply
A harrowing statistical model from the CDC reveals the future extent of the public health "epidemic"
Trump renews attack on Ruby Freeman
Trump went on a tirade against the Georgia election worker who faced threats and harassment from his supporters
Lake ally demands "vote to decertify"
"I will NOT standby while my favorite state is stolen by radical leftists," declared Arizona Rep. Rachel Jones
Transcript: Trump military revenge plot
Trump wanted to un-retire military critics so that he could punish them over op-eds, Gen. Mark Milley said
America's loneliness fuels fascism
Both young Americans and seniors feel increasingly isolated — and this problem is central to our political crisis
Anti-vaxxers target NFL player collapse
MAGA conservatives tried to score political points after the Buffalo Bills' Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field
Meet the new MAGA generation
With the new Congress convening, these MAGA diehards and election deniers are key to the fragile GOP majority
Media: Resist the fake Biden hearings!
Republicans know how to manipulate the "both sides" impulse of the press. Hunter Biden's laptop is not a story
Cassidy Hutchinson: Scene of the crime
Hutchinson's lawyer was paid by "Trump World" — and dangled job offers before her for "doing the right thing"
Trump drank Diet Coke to stall on Jan. 7
"Anything that he could procrastinate with before getting the words out he would do."
McCarthy faces "Republican failures"
On New Year's Day, McCarthy met with other Republicans to try to secure their vote for him as House Speaker
New texts show Hope Hicks rage at Trump
"He ended every future opportunity that doesn’t include speaking engagements at the local Proud Boy’s chapter"
How toilets spew invisible aerosols
Aerosol plumes from commercial toilets can rise 5 feet above the bowl
When caregivers need caregivers
Overworked family caregivers are experiencing skyrocketing rates of anxiety and depression
A future without plastic packaging
Plastic manufacturing is a major contributor to climate change and environmental pollution
How "food porn" changed in 2022
Cheese pulls and fried egg-topped hamburgers are out. Popping open a tin of sardines is in
Fusion ignition explained
For the first time, scientists have managed to get more energy out of the fusion process than they put in
Gamers versus HBO's "The Last of Us"
HBO's post-apocalyptic series features a wasteland flowing with blood, fungi ... and online trolls?
The regretful discoverer of sperm
Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek, the father of microbiology, was horrified by how sperm looked under the microscope
Black mermaids are nothing new
Disney’s portrayal of a nonwhite mermaid is only controversial is due to 150 years of whitewashing
Can oceanic movies shift our land bias?
Heroes like Aquaman and Namor can revive interest in the blue humanities to examine ecology, race and capitalism
Threats of racial terror follow us today
My grandfather was brutalized for suing a white cop in Jim Crow Alabama. Here's what reporting the story taught me