The Race for Second-Worst Party  —  Americans can't stand the Democrats.  So why are 2026 polls still competitive?  —  Click For Sound  —  If many Democrats weren't already in a foul mood, recent polling might make them go bonkers.  —  A March 9 CNN survey gave the Democratic Party a 29% favorable …

Trump is seeking to deport another academic who is legally in the country, lawsuit says  —  Badar Khan Suri, a fellow at Georgetown, says he is being punished because of the suspected views of his wife, a U.S. citizen with Palestinian heritage.  —  A Georgetown University researcher …

French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found  —  France's research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched  —  France's research minister said a French scientist was denied entry to the US this month …

Social Security numbers and other private information unmasked in JFK files  —  The data belongs to more than 200 former congressional staffers and others with connections to decades-old investigations.  —  The Social Security numbers and other private information of more than 200 former …

Tourist in US chained ‘like Hannibal Lecter’  —  A tourist held in the US for 19 days was removed in chains like Hannibal Lecter, according to her parents.  —  Becky Burke, 28, arrived home in Wales on Tuesday from her ordeal which began half way through a backpacking trip across North America.

Vivian Jenna Wilson on Being Elon Musk's Estranged Daughter, Protecting Trans Youth and Taking on the Right Online  —  In Teen Vogue's special issue cover story, the estranged 20-year-old daughter of Elon Musk talks about the “cartoonishly evil” Trump administration and being a young trans woman today.

Tesla falls after Commerce secretary recommends buying stock  —  Tesla shares fell early Thursday after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick used a TV appearance to urge Americans to buy stock in Elon Musk's car company.  —  Why it matters: Cabinet secretaries don't typically recommend individual stocks …

The Emperor's New Philosophy  —  Of drunkards, lampposts and economic doctrines  —  Today's post will be short, because I'm on the road — actually at a conference in Belgium — with very little free time.  But I thought I might weigh in to support and enlarge upon an exceptionally clear post …

Tesla (TSLA) accounting raises red flags as report shows $1.4 billion missing  —  Tesla's (TSLA) accounting practices are raising red flags as a new report from the Financial Times shows that $1.4 billion is missing.  —  Many Tesla shorts and detractors have questioned Tesla's accounting for years …

'We Won't Know It's a Different Country'  —  Another normal day in Trumplandia, where the president is scheduled to start feeding the Department of Education into the wood chipper today.  Good thing we're three and a half years into his second term and the end is in sight, huh?  Happy Thursday.

How a Free-Speech University Sidles Up to Orbán's Strongman Rule How a Free-Speech University Sidles Up to Orbán's Strongman Rule  —  Bari Weiss's University of Austin, touted as a haven for free academic inquiry, has a dozen scholars and officials with ties to Hungary's speech-suppressing regime

A Statement from Constitutional Law Scholars on Columbia  —  We write as constitutional scholars—some liberal and some conservative—who seek to defend academic freedom and the First Amendment in the wake of the federal government's recent treatment of Columbia University.

Bernie Sanders Has an Idea for the Left: Don't Run as Democrats  —  The Vermont senator, who has long had a tense relationship with the Democratic Party, suggested in an interview that more progressives should join him in running as independents.  —  Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont …

Trump moves to destroy Columbia University  —  🎒 👨‍🎓 📖 With corporate outlets obeying in advance, supporting independent political media is more important right now than ever.  Public Notice is possible thanks to paid subscribers.

How a Case From 1803 Explains John Roberts's Approach to Donald Trump  —  Roberts wasn't “rebuking” Trump when he issued his statement against impeaching judges.  He was bending the knee.  —  Bluesky  —  Pocket  —  Donald Trump, his chief of ghouls Stephen Miller …

Border Agents Use More Aggressive Tactics to Question Visa Holders, Tourists  —  'I can't remember anything quite that extreme,' former official says  —  WASHINGTON—Immigration officers are employing more aggressive questioning tactics with immigrants and tourists trying to enter the country …

Exclusive: Trump to sign order Thursday aimed at eliminating Education Department  —  Trump will direct his education secretary, Linda McMahon, to take ‘all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education.’  —  Joey Garrison Zachary SchermeleUSA TODAY

How the anti-vaccine movement weaponized a 6-year-old's measles death  —  Anti-vaccine influencers see the child's death as proof — not of the danger of measles, but of their own debunked theories.  —  In February, a 6-year-old Texan was the first child in the United States to die of measles in two decades.

Trump's Battles With Colleges Could Change American Culture for a Generation  —  Many in higher education worry Trump's efforts to bend academia to his will could end American leadership in research and science.  Universities are not finding many allies to defend them.

Jury Orders Greenpeace to Pay Pipeline Company More Than $660 Million  —  The environmental group had said the lawsuit, over its role in a protest movement, could mean an end to its operations in the United States.  —  A North Dakota jury on Wednesday awarded damages totaling more than $660 million …

Trump Is Breaking Things.  They Can't All Be Fixed by the Courts.  —  The second Trump administration appears to have learned some lessons from the first.  For instance, even when courts eventually strike down the administration's policies, there are tactics that can keep those policies …

The October Story That Outlined Exactly What the Trump Administration Would Do to the Federal Bureaucracy  —  Historians have hindsight when they look into the past; journalists have the facts on the ground and context to help them look ahead.  That means we can sometimes be surprised by how prescient a story turns out to be.

Member of Elon Musk's DOGE takes up senior post at USAID, email says  —  A member of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency will take up a top role at the U.S. Agency for International Development, while Pete Marocco, who played a major role in the dismantling of the agency …

Trump Secures Release of American Detained in Afghanistan  —  The Taliban has let go of George Glezmann in exchange for improved relations with the U.S.  —  The Taliban has released American George Glezmann, ending his two-year detainment and giving President Trump a diplomatic victory …