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Days off have been thin on the ground in 2026 as the news comes at us like a firehose.

But I’ve been on the road all day and am too tired even to read the news, let alone put it into a coherent narrative. So tonight just magically became a…

I file a lot of Freedom of Information Act requests. I’ve been requesting staff lists from both Trump administrations, and I have tracked thousands of federal political appointees in order to publish financial disclosures in searchable databases. 

Much of that data…

Remember when Mondays in August were lazy, quiet summer days? Those were good times.

Today, though, Trump’s war on Iran is demanding a resolution, and it is crystal clear that the Iranians believe they are in a position to dictate terms to the United States.

Iran and Oman have been…

Despite hundreds of millions of dollars spent on environmental cleanup, more than half the yards in a…

On August 9, 1974, Richard M. Nixon became the first president in U.S. history to resign.

The road to that resignation began in 1971, when Daniel Ellsberg, who was at the time an employee of the RAND Corporation and thus had access to a top-secret Pentagon study of the way…

This was the eleventh week of videos from the 250 to 250 Project that we’re producing to honor the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

It was another week of favorite stories and favorite people narrating, but I guess I feel that way every week. A number of this…

At 4:00 this morning, just before they left for a five-week recess, Senate Republicans confirmed Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to the position of Attorney General of the United States. This makes President Donald J. Trump’s personal criminal lawyer the top law enforcement officer of the country.

The attorney general…