The Data Center Backlash Bursts Into the Midterms
8/23/2026 2:01 AM Open Story
With opposition to the centers mounting, many Democrats and a growing number of Republicans are campaigning against them.
Jeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks Fly
8/23/2026 2:02 AM Open Story
President Trump’s son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-led House discussed how Democrats and the administration could work together.
The Midterms Feel Like 2006 All Over Again
8/23/2026 2:01 AM Open Story
With an unpopular war and high prices agitating voters, members of both parties see parallels to an election cycle when Democrats romped. But a lot has changed.
What Canadian Goods Will Take Trump’s 50% Tariffs? Some Pretty Strange Items.
8/23/2026 2:44 AM Open Story
Buoys, dog muzzles, capes, national flags and “base metal statuettes” from Canada are now more expensive for U.S. shoppers.
Trump’s Top Trade Representative Details Offer That Canada Rejected
8/22/2026 4:02 PM Open Story
In an interview, Jamieson Greer, President’s Trump’s trade representative, laid out details of what the United States offered to Canada before talks crumbled.
U.S.-Canada Trade War: What to Know About Tariffs and the Negotiations
8/23/2026 2:47 AM Open Story
Canada suspended trade negotiations, triggering President Trump’s 50 percent tariffs on a range of Canadian goods. Mark Carney said he would retaliate “dollar for dollar.”
The U.S. Start-Up Making Low-Cost Interceptors for the Iran War
8/23/2026 2:00 AM Open Story
For Florida-based Powerus, becoming a global supplier of counterdrone technology has meant involving the Trumps, a golf course and a new way of doing business.
How Big Tech Captured American Schools
8/23/2026 2:01 AM Open Story
Companies like Google and Microsoft have used their money, their might and their massive reach to influence nearly every step of the education supply chain.
This Canal System Transformed Arizona. It’s Now in Jeopardy.
8/23/2026 2:00 AM Open Story
Decades ago, the state won funding for a massive Colorado River project by agreeing to be first in line for cuts at a time of deep drought. The Trump administration says that time has come.
Wildfires Are Turning Forests in the American West Into Shrubland
8/23/2026 2:00 AM Open Story
Towering woodlands in the West are being permanently replaced by tracts of spiky shrubs. Conditions “just aren’t normal anymore,” one researcher said.
Someone Was Impersonating Collien Fernandes Online. She Says It Was Her Husband.
8/23/2026 2:00 AM Open Story
The German actress Collien Fernandes set out to discover who was pretending to be her online and sending men sexually explicit material. Her answer ignited a feminist movement.
The Barbie Backlash
8/22/2026 11:13 PM Open Story
‘The Odyssey’ and ‘Barbie’ show a zeitgeist shift that goes beyond Hollywood: The hero’s narrative is corroding our political and public life.
An Ancient Sumerian Solution to Our $40 Trillion Deficit
8/22/2026 9:43 AM Open Story
In the ancient world, debt forgiveness was a regular tool to control the economy. Why have we forgotten it?
Echoing Trump, Latin America’s Leaders Boost Allies Across Borders
8/23/2026 2:01 AM Open Story
With cheers, endorsements and insults for rivals and “wokismo,” a new crop of right-wing leaders are openly stepping into one another’s elections.