Analysis

Seen in happier days: Trump helped DeSantis win a tough GOP primary for governor in 2018 and was still an ally when the two appeared together in 2019 in Sunrise, Fla.

Politics & Government

Trailing Trump, DeSantis still bears burdens that have brought down past front-runners

9:08am May 27, 2023

by Ron Elving

Being clearly the party's Plan B right now has a downside for DeSantis because it makes him Target A for Trump and for all the other candidates.

Health & Safety

What one author says a post-Roe U.S. reveals about Planned Parenthood

5:55pm May 24, 2023

Writer Eyal Press talks about Planned Parenthood and what a post-Roe U.S. reveals about the organization.

Yazmin Lopez, here at home in Madison, Wis., first learned about credit scores from a personal finance book she picked up at Goodwill a few years after coming to the U.S. as a teenager.

Welcome to America! Now learn to be in debt

7:55am May 24, 2023

The U.S. economy counts on you to borrow money and stay in debt for a credit score. But what if you were taught to never owe anybody anything?

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Former President Donald Trump greets supporters at a campaign rally on April 27, 2023 in Manchester, N.H.

Politics & Government

Ghost of William Jennings Bryan haunts Trump's next run for the White House

9:18pm May 20, 2023

by Ron Elving

Comparisons between the two began cropping up early in 2016, right about the time former President Trump's candidacy was bringing the word "populist" back into the daily political conversation.

People standing near a Ukrainian national flag watch as dark smoke billows following an air strike in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, on March 26, 2022.

World News

A former U.S. Army general predicts 'successful' Ukrainian offensive

6:01pm May 12, 2023

by Julie Depenbrock

Ex-U.S. Army Europe commanding Gen. Ben Hodges predicts success for Ukraine's long-awaited counterattack against Russia

Elon Musk speaking to journalists Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg at a conference in 2016. Musk's lawyers recently tried to argue in court that comments he made at that event could have been altered.

People are trying to claim real videos are deepfakes. The courts are not amused

4:12pm May 08, 2023

by Shannon Bond

The unleashing of powerful, generative AI on the public is raising concerns that as the technology becomes more prevalent, it will become easier to claim that anything is fake.

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 2, 2023.

Politics & Government

There's a toxic brew of mistrust toward U.S. institutions. It's got real consequences

2:41pm May 03, 2023

by Domenico Montanaro

Republicans are lambasting Democrats' attempts at uniform ethics standards at the Supreme Court as partisan politics. It's just the latest chapter in a decline in national unity.

Research over the decades has consistently shown that women face a weight bias in the workplace that's proving hard to reverse.

Economy

The weight bias against women in the workforce is real — and it's only getting worse

8:14am April 29, 2023

by Pallavi Gogoi

Study after study shows women seen as overweight or obese often earn less at the workplace, an unfair bias that's been hard to reverse. However, men don't seem to face that penalty.

Supporters cheer up as Vice President Harris gives remarks at the Women's March in Los Angeles on April 15.

Politics & Government

Poll: Americans want abortion restrictions, but not as far as red states are going

10:58am April 26, 2023

by Domenico Montanaro

Respondents say they are mostly supportive of abortion rights, though they want it restricted to three months generally. But they are also opposed to severe restrictions many Republicans are pushing.

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Former President Donald Trump walks across the tarmac as he arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Waco Regional Airport on March 25, 2023, in Waco, Texas.

Politics & Government

Most Republicans would vote for Trump even if he's convicted of a crime, poll finds

3:09pm April 25, 2023

by Domenico Montanaro

Rank-and-file GOP voters seem largely undeterred by the multiple criminal investigations against the former president.