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South Carolina’s Measles Milestone Is Everyone’s Problem

2026-02-03 21:00:25

A fast-moving measles outbreak in South Carolina reached a grim milestone last week: It is now the biggest outbreak in the US in a quarter century.

ICE Isn’t Just Breaking the Law. It’s Trying to Rewrite It

2026-02-03 20:30:25

In an outrageous expansion of its authority, Immigration and Customs Enforcement is now authorizing its agents to arrest anyone they suspect of being undocumented, even if the officers don’t have a warrant and the person isn’t a flight risk.

Trump's Base Is Tiring of Him at a Bad Time

2026-02-03 20:00:27

Cracks are opening in the foundation of President Donald Trump’s coalition: working-class White voters. That could be crucial in November’s midterm elections. For Democrats, improving their performance among those voters is the key to expanding their map of opportunities in both the House and Senate.

This Tax-Refund Bonanza Won’t Do What Bessent Says It Will

2026-02-03 19:30:26

Americans are getting bigger-than-usual tax refunds this year. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has been talking up this windfall for months, saying that it will help spark “a non-inflationary boom.”

The US and Venezuela Are Both Pursuing a Devil’s Bargain

2026-02-03 19:00:26

What has followed the forced extraction of Nicolás Maduro from power in Venezuela is neither transition nor collapse, but takeover. The dictator is gone; the dictatorship is not. Whatever its strategic objectives, the American intervention did not remake Venezuela’s political order; it replaced its commander.

US Foreign Policy Is Now Medieval

2026-02-03 18:30:25

The search continues for a framework to make sense of, or at least label, the baffling state of world affairs since Donald Trump took his second oath of office as president of the United States. And now we have a new contender: Neo-royalism. At first — and even second — glance, I’d say it fits.