How an Obscure MAGA-Linked Firm Lined up $1 Billion in Balkan Energy Contracts
President Donald Trump’s official and personal interests are colliding yet again.
May 2026
admin New Jersey Officials Impose Curfew to Stifle Anti-ICE Protests at Delaney Hall
Federal and state officials have ignored the demands of hunger-striking detainees.
I Asked a Mining Billionaire About His Environmental Philanthropy. It Didn’t Go Well.
Tom Kaplan’s attitude illustrates a common paradox in green giving.
Fortress Europe: The Fight for Refugees in Greece
Human rights defenders face growing pressure from the government of Greece as they try to support asylum seekers reaching Europe.
Greg Bovino Keeps Posting to Get His Job Back. No One Is Listening.
Months after losing his job as Border Patrol “commander at large,” Bovino wants to get back into the fray.
Troops Must Be Fit and Tall to Attend Trump’s UFC Fight
“No fat troops” at the president’s birthday.
Our Power Grid Is in Better Shape This Summer, Thanks to Solar and Batteries
And no thanks to the Trump administration.
Washington Protesters Convicted of “Conspiracy to Impede” ICE Agents
The Trump administration has notched a rare win in its war on protest.
Wildfire Smoke Is Affecting People’s Sperm and Embryos, Studies Show
“These firefighters are concerned with the ability to conceive.”
What Americans Really Think in These Troubled Times
I spent two years doing “the journalism of hanging out” and finding some extraordinary answers.