“Christopher J. Mutimer, a lawyer for Major Watson, said it was a “beautiful irony” that an active-duty Air Force major in full uniform had been arrested on the steps of the Capitol just before the July 4 holiday.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/03/u...

“The Pentagon’s defense strategy issued in January signaled that the U.S. would reduce its military presence in Europe as it focuses more on the western Pacific and the Western Hemisphere.” www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

“The RSF [Rapid Support Forces]has been fighting the Sudanese Armed Forces since April 2023. The war has left more than 150,000 people dead and more than 12 million displaced in what the United Nations has described as the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.”

“Exposure to ionizing radiation of the kind produced by some materials used in nuclear power plants can damage the cells in a person’s body and the DNA inside, causing harms such as an increased chance of developing cancer, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.”

ICE detainees are increasingly subject to physical force, including punches, kicks, takedown maneuvers, restraint holds and restraint chairs, as well as less-lethal weapons such as Tasers and pepper spray, The Post reported earlier this year, based on a trove of internal ICE records.

“In almost any other conflict, these haunting truths would be seared into national memory. Yet more than 120 days since at least one U.S. missile struck an Iranian primary school, there remains no final accounting of what happened.” apnews.com/article/iran...

“This rule was a blatant attempt to punish teachers, nurses, firefighters, social workers, and other public servants for working in states or for organizations that this administration does not like.” www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

D.C. judge temporarily loosens rule requiring escorts for Pentagon reporters www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

“The Navy’s top leadership believed that Rear Adm. Stephen D. Barnett was by far the best choice to lead the command that oversees the Navy’s bases at home and abroad.” “Instead of Admiral Barnett, Mr. Hegseth selected a white officer who was the Navy leadership’s third choice.”

“Western officials and experts have said the memorandum as it stands includes hazy pledges and diplomatic loopholes that put the onus on the United States to deliver early concessions — and that punts some of the contentious unresolved issues to future talks.”

“Many analysts — including Israelis and even some congressional Republicans — have said that Trump appears to have gotten a bad deal, and they have criticized the 14-point MOU as demanding far too little of Iran.” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

“Burnham, a center-left figure with deep working-class roots and a populist touch, is seen by many in Labour as the man best equipped to revive a demoralized party.” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

“A few people are getting fabulously, unimaginably wealthy at the same time that entire generations of families worry they will never be able to afford to buy a house, raise children or enjoy a comfortable retirement.”

“The announcement comes as Cubans have struggled with fuel shortages as a result of the U.S. oil blockade and food insecurity.” apnews.com/article/cuba...

“Energy Secretary Chris Wright was unrepentant on Capitol Hill this week, firing back at a congressman’s charge that the Trump administration canceled clean energy projects in blue states to exact political revenge.”

“Tax refunds that came in the spring have been spent, and reductions to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are now cutting into food budgets.” “Low-income consumers don’t have a lot of room to maneuver at this point.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/b...

The line between these terms, however, is porous. Attachment to a parcel of land can easily harden into isolationism, jingoism, and racism. “It is lamentable,” Voltaire observed, “that to be a good patriot one must often become the enemy of the rest of mankind.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

“Since he returned to the White House last year, Mr. Trump has issued a wave of pardons and commutations. Dozens of pardons have been granted to people accused of white-collar crimes, giving rise to an industry of right-wing operatives hired to bring requests for clemency to the president.”

“SpaceX also decided to forgo disclosing historical quarterly earnings in its I.P.O. registration documents, as companies traditionally do.” 🤨 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/b...

“[…]nine months into the operation, epidemiologists, addiction scientists and public health experts say cocaine, by far the top drug smuggled out of South America, is as easy to get in much of the United States as it was before the strikes began.”

“We dress it up in the dry language of redistricting — district boundaries, core principles, communities of interest — but everyone in this chamber knows exactly what we’re being asked to do,” said State Rep. Kyle M. Green Jr., the chairman of the House Democratic caucus, during debate this month.

“The sad truth of the matter,” the German theorist Hannah Arendt wrote, is that France’s revolution “made world history” whereas America’s was “of little more than local importance.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Senate votes to advance resolution to block further strikes on Iran www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

A Family Secret No More www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/u...

Detroit's population grows for third straight year as these suburbs drop www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

“Mercury is particularly alarming. A potent neurotoxin that settles into waterways and accumulates in the food chain, particularly in fish, mercury can cause premature cardiovascular mortality in adults.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/c...

Can the E.P.A. Survive Lee Zeldin? “It is impossible at this point to say how many premature deaths Zeldin’s deregulatory campaign will lead to, but the numbers could easily run to the tens of thousands.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Press Robinson worries he is now a witness to the Voting Rights Act's dramatic demise after the Supreme Court sharply limited the last vestige of the landmark law. “History is now repeating itself,” he said. https://wapo.st/4eYBQ67

“Many medical examiners (and their lesser-trained counterparts, coroners) lack the money, technical resources and time to pinpoint each drug implicated in an overdose fatality.”

“The victory by Chedrick Greene, a Saginaw firefighter, carried practical and symbolic importance for Michigan Democrats ahead of November’s midterm elections, which include competitive races for governor and U.S. Senate.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...

“An analysis by the liberal groups Fair Fight Action and Black Voters Matter found redrawing opportunity districts could leave Louisiana with no Black members in Congress. Half of the African Americans in the state legislature could also be unseated, the report concluded.”

“Pentagon officials said on Friday that they were pulling 5,000 troops from Germany and would redeploy them to the United States and other posts overseas.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/u...

“A new study published in the journal Nature on Wednesday found that business and law school students from diverse classes generally earned higher starting pay when they graduated. Researchers found the increase benefited not only underrepresented students but classes overall.”

“I just never in my wildest imagination ever dreamed that we would be, in 2026, where we are now, based on what happened in 1965,” said Dr. McLemore, 85, one of the few surviving veterans of the civil rights movement.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/u...

Maine Gov. Janet Mills drops out of race to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

“If the election were in May, Republicans would lose,” said Newt Gingrich, the Republican former House speaker” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/u...

“Section 2, as it is known, is aimed at combating discriminatory gerrymandering that weakens the power of Black, Latino, Native American and Asian voters.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

“The President’s war, though, seems poised to achieve little that was not already available through prewar diplomacy, or through some renewed version of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or J.C.P.O.A., the Iran nuclear deal secured by the Obama Administration.”

Dirk Kempthorne, a Republican, was elected mayor of Boise at age 34 and served seven years before serving one term in the U.S. Senate and then as governor until 2006. n.pr/3QtVcWF

Consequences of elections: -Driving tests would have an English language requirement -Government employees could face jail time for failing to report undocumented immigrants who receive public benefits -Local governments could lose state funds for failing to verify immigration status for employees

"Democrats took to the floor to criticize Republicans for supercharging funding for federal immigration enforcement rather than moving legislation that would address Americans’ concerns over affordability." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/u...

“A pragmatic Democratic Party might see all that as good enough, considering its recent electoral defeats, but Montana Democrats, while priding themselves on centrism, have a pugilistic streak.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/u...

Can Michigan Become the U.S. Drone Capital? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/b...

Utilities Plan to Spend $1.4 Trillion Over Next Five Years to Power AI Boom www.wsj.com/business/ene...

Tammy Patrick, a former local election official in Arizona and mail voting expert. “What this executive order would do is add responsibilities and business practices that they would need to take on without any additional funding.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/u...

“Our goal is not to get to 100,000 people, although that may happen someday,” Mr. Williams said. “Our goal is to bring job opportunities to our young people.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/u...

“There are less than 600,000 adult emperor penguins left in the wild” www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

“King’s Way couples portray their way of life as a return to a better time of white picket fences and whole families.”

“Right now, with A.I., it’s the wild, wild West,” said Alex Zukin, a software analyst at Wolfe Research. Software providers and their customers are “in a state of massive, simultaneous experimentation.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/t...

U.S. rescues missing crew member in Iran after fighter jet shot down www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...