Averting a Debt Limit Crisis
For months, the U.S. has been barreling toward a debt limit crisis. Democrats refused to negotiate, and Republicans insisted on a deal stocked with right-wing policy priorities. It was unclear…
When the Culture Wars Came for NASA
Michael Powell contributed reporting.Fact-checked by Susan Lee. The Daily is made by Rachel Quester, Lynsea Garrison, Clare Toeniskoetter, Paige Cowett, Michael Simon Johnson, Brad Fisher, Chris Wood, Jessica Cheung, Stella…
Rockets Sent Israelis Running From the Beach. A Rare Seal Brought Them Back.
Yulia the endangered seal did not seem fazed by the rockets from Gaza, let alone the missiles heading in the opposite direction. About six feet long and two decades old,…
Opinion | The Four Freedoms, According to Republicans
On Tuesday, Republicans in North Carolina overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto to pass a strict limit on bodily autonomy in the form of a 12-week abortion ban. In addition to…
Feinstein Faces Growing Scrutiny, but Voters Are Still Divided on Her Fitness
On her way to get married inside San Francisco’s City Hall, Megan Kracalik Bayar walked past a bronze statue of Senator Dianne Feinstein that honored her years as the city’s…
Feinstein Faces Growing Scrutiny, but Voters Are Still Divided on Her Fitness
On her way to get married inside San Francisco’s City Hall, Megan Kracalik Bayar walked past a bronze statue of Senator Dianne Feinstein that honored her years as the city’s…
He Promised Change in Thailand. But Will He Be Allowed to Lead?
When Pita Limjaroenrat was a student at Harvard in 2008, he shadowed his American classmates who were campaigning at the time for former President Barack Obama. The experience gave him…
America’s Semiconductor Boom Faces a Challenge: Not Enough Workers
Maxon Wille, an 18-year-old in Surprise, Ariz., was driving toward Interstate 17 last year when he noticed a massive construction site: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company at work on its new…
In N.Y. Prisons, Guards Who Brutalize Prisoners Rarely Get Fired
Shattered teeth. Punctured lungs. Broken bones. Over a dozen years, New York State officials have documented the results of attacks by hundreds of prison guards on the people in their…
A University Fired 2 Employees for Including Their Pronouns in Emails
When Raegan Zelaya and Shua Wilmot decided to include their pronouns at the end of their work emails, they thought they were doing a good thing: following what they viewed…