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President Trump and the Military
2025-10-07
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Why Oil Prices Look Strong on Paper but Soft in Reality
2025-10-06
By Neil Crosby – Oct 06, 2025, 3:00 PM CDT Oil markets are split between paper and physical realities. Futures remain backwardated and strong on paper, while physical crude grades show clear signs of weakness. Refining capacity, not crude supply, is the key bottleneck. Oil markets are struggling to reconcileContinue Reading
The paradox of women’s rights in Peru
2025-10-05
By Grecia Flores Hinostroza In Peru, women’s rights exist in a strange paradox: on paper, we have the laws, the representation, and the international commitments that promise equality; in reality, our lives tell a different story. Political progress coexists alongside persistent neglect, with numbers that flatter and figures that fail.Continue Reading
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl backlash part of history for Latino performers at sports events
2025-10-04
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl pushback from MAGA influencers is the latest chapter in a long history of Latino artists facing heat on America’s most significant sports events.The big picture: These flashpoints underscore how Latino performers frequently bear the weight of cultural politics, identity debates, and representation battles on some ofContinue Reading
Trump Envoy Steve Witkoff and His Sons Blur Lines Between Profit and Politics
2025-10-03
Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. As officials with Hamas say they will respond “soon” to President Trump’s ceasefire proposal to end Israel’s nearly two-year war on Gaza, brokered with Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, we look at theContinue Reading
Authors Can See If They Can Get a Piece of that $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement
2025-10-02
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. There is $1.5 billion (less lawyer fees and administrative costs) up for authorsContinue Reading
A government shutdown role reversal: From the Politics Desk
2025-10-01
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, a newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. With the government set to shut down after midnight tonight, Jonathan Allen explores how both partiesContinue Reading
The clock ticks toward a shutdown: From the Politics Desk
2025-09-30
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, a newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. In today’s edition, we bring you the latest from two major meetings President Donald Trump hostedContinue Reading
Trump Whines About Israel Giving Up Prime Real Estate in Gaza
2025-09-29
President Donald Trump on Monday once again showed his inability to think about geopolitics in terms of anything other than real estate, as he unveiled a shocking Gaza peace plan. “Let us not forget how we got here,” he said at a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,Continue Reading
The Shortest Presidential Campaign
2025-09-28
Culture / Books & the Arts / September 26, 2025 Kamala Harris’s 107 Days offers a devastating indictment of Joe Biden. It also documents the limits of her own politics. Kamala Harris at a campaign rally, 2024. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images) Presidents cast long shadows. Vice presidents are usuallyContinue Reading
