August 27, 2025

Iowa Democrats flip district that Trump swept 3 times, defeating supermajority

Democrats flipped an Iowa state legislative seat in Sioux City on Tuesday when Catelin Drey won 55% of the votes cast in a low-turnout race, according to results from the Iowa Secretary of State. Drey’s performance represented a more than 20-point swing from Donald Trump’s majority in the district in 2024, and her victory broke […]

August 27, 2025

US Ryder Cup captain Bradley cuts himself from the team, boosts 2 rookies

Keegan Bradley could have called his own number, but chose not to. The Ryder Cup captain announced the six players who will round out the U.S. team on Wednesday. They’ll compete against Europe in the biennial event next month at Bethpage Black golf course in Farmingdale, New York. Who did Bradley choose instead of himself?  […]

August 27, 2025

Emory University launches new Bad Bunny course this fall

Bad Bunny is headed to college, but not as a student. This fall, Emory University in Atlanta is offering a class centered on the Puerto Rican superstar. The class falls under Emory’s Latinx Studies Initiative and will use the 31-year-old artist’s most recent studio album as its foundation. Weekly assignments include readings, podcasts and song […]

August 27, 2025

Deportation flights hit record highs but become harder to track: Report

Immigration advocates say airlines are making it more difficult to monitor U.S. deportation flights by using “dummy” call signs and blocking aircraft tail numbers from public tracking websites. The report comes as deportation flights have reached record highs under President Donald Trump, according to flight monitors. Until recently, advocacy groups say they could follow the […]

August 27, 2025

Rare loss for federal prosecutors trying to charge DC sandwich thrower

Federal prosecutors from the Department of Justice failed to get an indictment from a grand jury against Sean Dunn, the man who threw a Subway sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection officer. It marks the second time this week a Washington, D.C., grand jury rejected an indictment from the U.S. Attorney’s office. Grand jury […]

August 27, 2025

Private investment drops as US shifts renewable energy policy

Renewable energy investors slowed the flow of funding into the U.S. in the first half of 2025. While global investment in renewables is at an all-time high, data from Bloomberg NEF shows companies retreating to Europe amid policy uncertainty in the U.S. Investment in the United States during the first half of 2025 reached nearly […]

August 27, 2025

Trump’s unprecedented second-term fundraising: How the numbers compare

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has raised more than $1.5 billion since winning the 2024 election. The money Trump has secured is record-breaking and unprecedented for post-election fundraising, according to the Brennan Center’s analysis. “I am pleased to report that I have raised, since the Great Presidential Election of 2024, in various forms […]

August 27, 2025

Vanity Fair staff threaten to quit as new editor proposes Melania Trump cover

Vanity Fair’s new top editor is considering featuring First Lady Melania Trump on the magazine’s cover, a move that has already sparked pushback from some employees, according to multiple reports. Mark Guiducci, who became Vanity Fair’s global editorial director in June, is seeking to broaden the publication’s reach and rethink how it approaches coverage of […]

August 27, 2025

Miles of wires bring life-saving energy: decoding the power grid

The power grid is changing fast, and those changes could determine how stable, affordable and clean our energy is. Electricity is an essential part of everyday life, but the components that make up the grid, and the terminology that describes it, can often feel overly complex and alienating. This power grid terminology guide will knock […]