Airlines (and Trump) Found a Way to Make Flying Even More Miserable This Summer
The Iran war and fuel prices are driving up airfare—but travelers are about to find out which costs may never come back down.
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Did Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg Really Kill Spirit Airlines?
The abrupt collapse of the ultra-low-cost carrier ignited a big, misleading blame game in Washington.
Can Google Keep This Up?
Google’s parent company’s first-quarter earnings blew everyone out of the water. But it’s unclear if the huge increase in revenue will stay consistent.
Makary’s time atop FDA over, Diamantas named acting commissioner
The gastrointestinal surgeon’s tenure was marked by mass layoffs, persistent churn among senior leaders and policy fights.
Makary keeps working amid questions over his FDA future
The embattled FDA chief is still scheduled to testify Wednesday on Capitol Hill.
Supreme Court extends order maintaining abortion pill access until Thursday
The temporary punt gives the justices more time to figure out how to handle competing arguments from Louisiana, the Trump administration, and drugmakers.
When Church Was a Queer Space
Outward’s hosts sit down with the host and co-creator of When We All Get to Heaven.
Remembering, with the People of MCC San Francisco, AIDS Still Isn’t Over.
The neighborhood changes, the church moves, people forget and remember “the AIDS years,” but AIDS isn’t over.
What Happens When You Organize Church Around AIDS – and AIDS Changes?
The AIDS cocktail opens new possibilities. And MCC San Francisco tries to use the experience of AIDS to make bigger social change.
The Church’s Pastor Gets Diagnosed with AIDS. And the Church Wonders How Much They Might Lose.
The church’s minister gets sick and everyone knows it.
A Church Romance Between a Hula Dancer and a Lumbersexual Blossoms in a Dangerous Time.
The church’s “it couple” faces AIDS, caregiving, and loss as part of a pair, part of families, and part of a community.
Canada’s prime minister says economic ties with US are a weakness that must be corrected
“We have to take care of ourselves because we can’t rely on one foreign partner,” Mark Carney said in a video address. “We can’t control the disruption coming from our neighbors.
I Was Kidnapped by Israel in Int’l Waters, Jailed for 10 Days: Gaza Flotilla Activist Saif Abukeshek
“We were hearing, every day, the screams of other Palestinians who were being tortured inside this investigation center.”
Spanish citizen Saif Abukeshek, an activist of Palestinian origin, speaks with Democracy Now! about spending 10 days in Israeli detention after he was abducted in international waters.
Sean Duffy Wants You to Take a Road Trip While Gas Prices Skyrocket
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy owes his celebrity—and his marriage—to a stint on the 1990s reality show The Real World.
White House cuts $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments to California
CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz has repeatedly targeted the state over hospice care.
Photos: The Global Cost of the Iran War
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People watch as smoke billows from an oil-storage site in the Kani Qirzhala area on the outskirts of Erbil, in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, following a suspected drone strike, on April 1, 2026. Iraq has been drawn into the broader Middle East war that started with U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28. Erbil is home to a major US consulate complex, and its airport houses military advisers attached to a U.S.-led anti-jihadist coalition.
An Urgent Question for Anyone Who Uses Social Media
In 2014, Kristine and Matt, the parents of five young children, posted a 15-minute video on YouTube. “24 Hours With 5 Kids on a Rainy Day” was the first vlog to appear on their channel, Family Fun Pack. It splices together snippets of the utterly ordinary and frankly boring activities that make up a kid’s life: eating, getting dressed, playing, practicing piano, more playing, story time before bed.
Here’s Another Way America Will Choke at the World Cup
The planet’s biggest sporting event, the World Cup final, will take place this summer in MetLife Stadium, which is presently known as New York New Jersey Stadium because FIFA has strict rules on corporate branding. The stadium—whatever you want to call it—is located in the marshlands of New Jersey, about nine miles from Midtown Manhattan. On the day of the final, as on the dates of seven other matches throughout the World Cup tournament, an estimated 80,000 fans will converge at its gates.
What Happens if the U.S. Defaults?
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In this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum opens with his reaction to recent reporting surrounding the Trump family’s “patriotic,” Trump-branded cellphones. David explains how this is yet another instance of the most powerful sowing doubt about the fairness of American business and destroying confidence in the ideals of American enterprise.
RFK Jr.’s next vaccine moves could upend White House election-year messaging
Trump says vaccines are off the agenda. Kennedy’s next moves may say otherwise.
Free Salah Sarsour: Muslim & Jewish Communities Demand ICE Release Milwaukee Mosque Leader
Salah Sarsour, a prominent Palestinian immigrant, green card holder and president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque, the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, has been locked up in an ICE jail since late March. Despite his lawful permanent resident status, the government says he could be subject to deportation for failing to disclose a conviction by Israeli military authorities when he was a teenager in the occupied West Bank.
Astra Taylor on AI Data Center Resistance & Fighting “Billionaire Big Tech Agenda”
As the “supercharged” construction of new data centers to power artificial intelligence blankets the country, a growing resistance movement to these massive corporate projects amid a lack of public oversight is not far behind.
FDA Chief Pushed Out in Latest Sign of Public Health Chaos Under RFK Jr.
Trump’s commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Martin Makary, has resigned. During Makary’s 13-month tenure, he attempted to split the difference between Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again agenda and a more traditional approach to regulation, ultimately angering both camps. “Nobody was happy with what he did,” says Dr. Aaron Kesselheim, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Did Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg Really Kill Spirit Airlines?
The abrupt collapse of the ultra-low-cost carrier ignited a big, misleading blame game in Washington.
Can Google Keep This Up?
Google’s parent company’s first-quarter earnings blew everyone out of the water. But it’s unclear if the huge increase in revenue will stay consistent.
Trump Is Going After Jimmy Kimmel Again. What’s Likely to Happen Next Isn’t Pretty.
If he can weaponize Jimmy Kimmel’s joke to punish ABC, other media companies with far less will be intimidated out of ever criticizing the president again.
Makary keeps working amid questions over his FDA future
The embattled FDA chief is still scheduled to testify Wednesday on Capitol Hill.