More Americans are picking higher-deductible Obamacare plans, possibly risking their health
The loss of enhanced subsidies and premium sticker shock are driving the trend, state officials and policy experts say.
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‘Anything is possible’: How Jeffrey Epstein received special treatment at one of the country’s elite hospitals
The convicted sex offender enjoyed unusually close access to Mount Sinai doctors, records show.
“Geopolitics of the Weak”: Colombian Senator Urges “Collective Action” Against U.S. Aggression
After several months of rising tension between them, Colombian President Gustavo Petro sat down with U.S. President Donald Trump in a closed-door meeting that lasted approximately two hours at the White House on Tuesday. The two leaders have exchanged threats and insults since Trump returned to office in 2025, with Petro harshly criticizing the U.S. bombing of boats at sea and for threatening the sovereignty of countries in Latin America.
A New Nuclear Arms Race Could “Spiral” as Last U.S.-Russia Treaty Expires: Dr. Ira Helfand
As the last major nuclear arms treaty between the United States and Russia expires this week, we speak with arms control expert Dr. Ira Helfand, a steering committee member of Back from the Brink, a national coalition organizing communities across the United States to call for the abolition of nuclear weapons. Helfand is a longtime member of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, or ICAN, which received the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize.
Why Was Spy Chief Tulsi Gabbard at FBI Election Raid in Georgia? Ex-DOJ Attorney Speaks Out
President Donald Trump has called to “nationalize” voting in the United States, alarming state leaders who oversee the process, as well as legal experts who say his takeover demand violates the Constitution. This comes as he continues to falsely claim he won the 2020 election, with Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard overseeing an FBI raid last week to seize ballot boxes and other voting records in Fulton County, Georgia.
“No Means No”: AZ Secretary of State Calls for Resistance as Trump Pushes to “Nationalize” Voting
As President Trump suggests the federal government should “nationalize” and take over the elections process from the states, we speak with Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes. He is the former county recorder for Maricopa County, Arizona, and oversaw elections there in 2020. The Justice Department has sued Arizona and over 20 other states for their full voter registration lists. “No means no,” Fontes says in response to the Trump administration’s encroachment on state authority.
It’s an Offer Irresistible to Many Young Americans. Unfortunately, I Looked Into It.
I wanted to believe. I knew I shouldn’t have.
A Vaguely Sane Kevin
Trump has made his Fed chair nomination amid the Powell lawsuit and other chaos.
I Spent 12 Hours in the Parking Lot Where Donald Trump’s Darkest Work Is Unfolding. They’re Hoping You Don’t Notice.
How a quintessentially American setting became an epicenter of cruelty.
There’s Something Unusual Happening in Thrift Stores These Days
Secondhand clothing isn’t the solution it might seem to be.
Cassidy took on RFK Jr. over vaccines. Now Kennedy’s followers are out to defeat him.
Devotees of the health secretary’s Make America Healthy Again movement say they oppose the Louisiana senator’s reelection.
RFK Jr. is now a wellness guru for Republicans in Washington
Conservatives in the capital are taking up the health secretary’s advice, eating their vegetables and eschewing pharmaceuticals.
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.
Trump in Iowa tries to shift the conversation back to the economy
A brief swing through the farm state underscored administration fears about the midterms.
Americans give Trump low marks on handling of economy as midterms likely to center on affordability
Sixty-one percent of voters told a CNN poll released Friday that they disapprove of the way Trump is handling the economy.
Vance tries to thread affordability needle in Rust Belt
The vice president fine-tunes Trump’s economic message, but he’s only got so much wiggle room.
Ex-Trump voters swung hard to Democrats over costs in NJ & VA, new research shows
Voters who backed Donald Trump in 2024 and swung to Democrats in this year’s Virginia and New Jersey elections did so over economic concerns, according to focus groups conducted by a Democratic pollster and obtained by POLITICO.
Why This Shutdown Is Different
During the previous government shutdown, President Trump reveled in the chance to fire federal workers, expand his executive authority, and steer taxpayer dollars toward his allies and away from his perceived political enemies. After a record-setting 43 days of gridlock—during which Trump pursued those goals with varying degrees of success—several Democrats abandoned their quest to force Republicans to negotiate a health-care deal, and voted to end the shutdown.
Democrats just handed RFK Jr. billions more than he asked for. It was a big risk.
Lawmakers rejected huge health cuts President Donald Trump requested. Kennedy’s diverting the funds to pet projects and red states.
Trump’s New Threats to American Elections
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With nine months to go until the midterm elections, President Trump’s campaign to subvert them is escalating.
Which Washington Landmark Will Donald Trump Destroy Next?
Alas, the Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts! We barely knew ye!
The president announced on Truth Social that the recently renamed center will close on July 4 for two full years of renovations.
Today’s Atlantic Trivia: What Artist Got His Technique From the Navajo?
Updated with new questions at 5:15 p.m. ET on February 3, 2026.
Every year since 2003, the umbrella organization for quizzing outfits around the globe has put on the granddaddy of knowledge competitions. Nothing in the tiny, nerdy world of trivia confers more authority than winning the World Quizzing Championships.
Trump Is Doubling Down on All the Wrong Things
Republicans have had a tough stretch. They were defeated in elections in the fall and find themselves at risk of losing control of one or maybe both chambers of Congress later this year. Their standard-bearer, President Trump, has tumbled in the polls and finds himself underwater on his two signature issues, the economy and immigration. There has been unrest in a major American city, and blood shed by Trump’s federal agents.
ProPublica Identifies CBP Agents Who Fatally Shot ICU Nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis
ProPublica has identified the two Border Patrol agents who shot Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis man killed January 24 while observing immigration enforcement in the city. The outlet says the agents are Jesus Ochoa, 43, and Raymundo Gutierrez, 35. “This is in the public interest,” says reporter J. David McSwane. “This country has a tradition and norm of being able to identify law enforcement officers, both for their safety and the safety of the public.
Immigrant Rights Leader in Maine Says ICE Raids Caused Panic & “Wave of Fear”
Activists in Maine are resisting ICE immigration raids in Portland and Lewiston that the Trump administration dubbed “Operation Catch of the Day.” The immigrant community in Maine has grown in recent years, with an influx of asylum seekers and Somali immigrants in particular.
Money Talks: The Retirement Crisis is Overhyped
Andrew Biggs joins Emily Peck to explain what we get wrong about retirement in the US.