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Iran almost certainly hacked into water systems in a dozen states. How scared should you be?
The mayor of Dearborn, a majority-Arab American city in Michigan, says his community feels hope, once again.
Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan — and now faces a far bigger test.
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Left candidates have romped in blue state primaries. A Michigan general election will be a different challenge.
Red-state courts kept abortion legal. Now voters might change the courts.
The renovations taking over Trump’s presidency, briefly explained.
Pro-Palestinian activists in 2024 were a precursor to today’s Michigan Senate race.
Two key Republican senators drew a line in the sand. It wasn’t far from where Trump already stood.
The $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” appears dead. Trump’s bigger push to personally control federal money is not.
New York City probably can’t deliver “Costco for all.”
Everyone in Silicon Valley and the Beltway is freaked out about Chinese AI, but there’s less consensus on what to do about it.
A brief history of “colorblindness,” the idea that gutted the Voting Rights Act.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has promised to “dismantle the ICC.”
Four years ago, Michigan Rep. Andy Levin lost his primary to Haley Stevens. He tells us how he got on AIPAC’s bad side.
Elections vs. revolution, pragmatism vs. purity, pro-AOC vs. anti — a journalist who knows DSA well walks us through them.
Todd Blanche’s Senate troubles, briefly explained.
Trump threatened to arrest state election officials who distribute mailed ballots. Then, the courts got involved.
“Third worldism” plays on familiar panics about subversive leftists — but also gets at something real.
Sen. Ed Markey wants another term. Rep. Seth Moulton is taking him on. What does the Democratic base care about more?
Saudi Arabia had found a workaround for the Strait of Hormuz. Then the Houthis showed up.
The Trump administration’s latest anti-asylum move, briefly explained.
The nuclear context of this week’s Trump-Netanyahu meeting.
The left has a vision. Do moderates? Astead Herndon digs in for the first edition of The Midterms, Actually.
A new study debunks a popular conservative meme.
America’s 250th birthday feels bleak. The numbers tell a different story.
3 takeaways from Astead Herndon’s conversation with Jim Clyburn.
A simple Kalshi bet really can cost you your right to vote, state officials say. And New York may be next.
A deal like this has been in the works for years. Experts fear it could spark a new arms race.
The real lesson of Abdul El-Sayed’s latest pseudo-scandal.
Even moderate Democrats are abandoning their old pro-Israel consensus.
The US inked a deal with the Saudis. A day later, Trump walked it back.
Israel is breaking the party in half.
Three of his criminal defense attorneys are a step away from the Supreme Court. One is running the DOJ.
How the Wisconsin governor’s race became a tire fire for Democrats.
Iran’s Houthi allies are threatening another economic chokepoint just as it launches a new wave of attacks.
50 percent tariffs on whiskey, cheese, and (naturally) hockey sticks.
Three US troops were killed in the past week, and the risks are only growing.
The ghosts of 2016, 2020, and 2024 have all come to Michigan.
But can Andy Burnham reverse Brexit?
Can fermented foods change your life? RFK Jr. and JD Vance seem to think so.
People are increasingly skeptical of AI because they see it as an elite project.