It’s Another Chapter of Racism and the Royal Family

Until recently, perhaps the biggest contretemps King Charles III had faced during his young reign involved his irritation at having to use faulty...

Pulisic Says He’ll Return From Very Painful-Sounding Injury

U.S. soccer star Christian Pulisic indicated from his hospital bed that he’ll be sufficiently recovered from a “pelvic contusion” to play in the...

The Five Most Dramatic Subplots Ahead of U.S.-Iran

When the U.S. Men’s soccer team faces off against Iran at the World Cup on Tuesday at 2 p.m., the stakes will be high both athletically and...

The Biggest World Cup Upset in History?

Going into the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Argentina was the second favorite to win the tournament after Brazil, per betting markets. Its team is stacked...

The Weirdest and Most Dramatic Moments at the World Cup So Far

After many years of anticipation mingled with dread, the oddest World Cup ever kicked off on Sunday. The tournament, which Qatar procured through...

The Pollster Who Predicted a Red Wave Explains Himself

In 2016 and 2020, Trafalgar Group did what many more other pollsters could not: come close to accurately portraying America’s support for Donald...

All the Ways the FTX Implosion Is Shaking the Sports World

The fall of Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX, once one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, is rippling throughout the world. The now-bankrupt company...

Donald Trump’s Gift to Democrats

Voters’ anger at the overturning of Roe v. Wade and their desire to preserve free and fair elections were perhaps the two most important reasons...

How Democrats Beat Back the GOP on Crime and Inflation

Stan Greenberg has been a major figure in the Democratic Party for decades. Well known for his influential study of “Reagan Democrats” in the...

Arizona and Nevada Could Make or Break a Democratic Senate

As results continue to trickle in from Tuesday’s midterms, control of the Senate remains up for grabs. But based on the results so far, Democrats...

Trump Might Announce He’s Running for President As Soon As Tonight

As of last week, Donald Trump had reportedly set November 14 as the kickoff for his third presidential run. That plan would have graciously given...

Why Won’t Katie Hobbs Fight Back Harder Against Kari Lake?

After the 2020 election — and Fox News’s infamous early call of the state — Arizona quickly became a hotbed for the “Stop the Steal”...

Why Is the Fetterman-Oz Race So Freaking Close?

In 2016 and 2020, Pennsylvania was perhaps the country’s most contested swing state, and this year is no different. In a bitter Senate campaign,...

Of Course Trump Is All In on Paul Pelosi Conspiracy Theories

Donald Trump’s personal penchant for conspiracy theories, from birtherism to election denial, may be the biggest single reason why the Republican...

Did Stacey Abrams Pick the Wrong Year?

Georgia has been at the molten-hot core of American politics for almost two years straight. From the Senate runoffs that gave Democrats the Senate to...

Jon Ralston on the Crucial Midterm Battles in Nevada

If you follow politics and are familiar with one journalist from Nevada, it’s probably Jon Ralston. A longtime reporter and talk-show host, he...

The New York Post Got Hacked Quite Badly

The New York Post is never a place for subtlety, but it startled readers on Thursday morning with posts on its home page and Twitter that included...

U.S. Officials Are Increasingly Anxious About Russia’s Nukes

In a rather alarming New York Times story about American officials’ increasing worry that Russia will begin using nonconventional weapons of war in...

Boris Johnson Could Really, Actually Be Prime Minister Again

With British leader Liz Truss announcing her resignation Thursday after 45 disastrous days in office, a tightly compressed weeklong race is on to be...

Liz Truss Resigns, Loses Longevity Contest With Head of Lettuce

After six disastrous weeks in power, and on the heels of one of the more shambolic days in recent political memory, U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss...

‘A Category 2 or 3 Hurricane Headed Democrats’ Way’

With less than three weeks to go before the midterms, the GOP appears to be gaining momentum, as inflation and the economy dominate voters’...

All Hell Broke Loose in British Politics on Wednesday

While the past six years of British politics have brought almost unrelenting chaos, Wednesday was one for the history books — or maybe an occasion...

U.K. Protester Dragged Into Chinese Consulate and Beaten

A man protesting President Xi Jinping’s Hong Kong policies outside the Chinese consulate in Manchester, England, was dragged from the street into...

U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss Is in a Battle for Survival With a Head of Lettuce

British prime minister Liz Truss, who finds herself in a mess completely of her own making, took desperate action on Friday to mollify her many...

‘I Want to Be the Elon Musk of Polling’

In 2016, the first year of its existence, the Trafalgar Group was one of the few polling outfits to predict that Donald Trump would beat Hillary...

Loathed NFL Owner Claims to Have Dirt on Roger Goodell

Daniel Snyder has long made a convincing case for worst owner in professional sports. During his 23-year reign atop the Washington Commanders, the...

What if Putin Actually Uses Nuclear Weapons on Ukraine?

Suddenly, talk of nuclear apocalypse is in the air for the first time in decades. With his forces continuing to struggle in Ukraine, Russian President...

Want to Pack Heat in Times Square? You May Be in Luck.

When the Supreme Court ruled in June that New York’s laws around carrying guns in public were too strict, the state was ready. Democratic...

Feds Reportedly Think They Have Enough to Charge Hunter Biden

Hunter Biden, the president’s wayward son, may face federal charges for allegedly lying about his taxes and a gun purchase, per the Washington Post...

Will the Metaverse Really Transform Our Lives?

Right now, the Metaverse is alternately a hot buzzword (most major tech companies are eying its potential) and punchline (images of Mark Zuckerberg...

Is the Fed’s Cure for Inflation Worse Than the Disease?

After initially dismissing the threat of persistent inflation, the Federal Reserve is now fully committed to bringing it under control with a series...

Rejoice: Tom Brady Is Miserable

Even as a longtime Tom Brady defender—someone who thinks the Deflategate “scandal” was ridiculously overhyped and that the whole Brady As Trump...

What Would a Ukraine Victory Look Like?

Last weekend, Ukrainian forces recaptured wide swaths of land in the country’s northeast which had been taken by Russia a few months earlier....

When Roger Federer Broke His Racket and Faced the Future

Roger Federer, who announced his retirement Thursday after 24 brilliant years on tour, was, for a time, close to invincible. The years 2004 to 2007...

The FBI Seized Mike Lindell’s Phone in a Hardee’s Parking Lot

Mike Lindell, the election-denying crackpot and pillow salesman, was one of a few pro-Trump conspiracy theorists to have their phones seized this week...

How Europe Stumbled Into an Energy Catastrophe

Since debuting on Substack in the spring of 2021, Doomberg — an anonymous group of writers whose avatar is a distinctive green chicken — has...

King Charles III’s First Major Challenge Is Fancy Pens

One reason Queen Elizabeth II was so popular, even among some royal skeptics, was her unfailingly even-keeled temperament. There are already signs...

How Europe Stumbled Into an Energy Catastrophe

Since debuting on Substack in the spring of 2021, Doomberg — an anonymous group of writers whose avatar is a distinctive green chicken — has...

Steve Bannon Could Be in Big Trouble in New York

Three-shirted Svengali Steve Bannon is expected to turn himself in to New York authorities on Thursday, on charges that he defrauded donors who gave...

The Latest Sign That Putin’s War Isn’t Going Very Well

Russia’s war in Ukraine, which began with a disastrous attempted invasion of the entire country, settled months ago into a grinding slog centered in...

Is Minoxidil Really a Miracle Cure for Baldness?

Last month, the New York Times published an article that painted small oral doses of minoxidil — an old cheap medication better known as Rogaine —...

Serena Could Actually Win This Thing

The U.S. Government Has Forced Me to Side With Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic is a pseudoscience-loving nutter who thinks it’s possible to transform the composition of water with the power of thought. For the...

Could Democrats Really Pull Off a Miracle in November?

With just 11 weeks until Election Day, Democrats are trying to defy two close-to-ironclad rules of electoral politics: parties that hold the...

‘You Can’t Play the Cable-News Game in Court’

The FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago, followed by its characteristic silence regarding an ongoing investigation, has left the door open to rampant...

Police Have a Lead in Killings of Muslim Men in Albuquerque

The murder of three South Asian Muslim men in Albuquerque over the span of several weeks — which may be connected to another killing last year —...

Have Scientists Been Wrong About Alzheimer’s for Decades?

Less than two weeks ago, a scandal erupted in the usually staid world of Alzheimer’s research. An investigative report at Science revealed that a...

Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan Trip Is Already an International Incident

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is still planning on taking a trip to Taiwan despite China’s stern warnings that doing so could provoke an unspecified...

What on Earth Is China’s COVID Strategy Now?

What is China doing? As most countries resign themselves to living with COVID, which shows no sign of receding anytime soon, the world’s most...

Dr. Bezos Will See You Now

After dabbling in the health-care business over the past few years, Amazon is diving in headlong. On Thursday morning, the tech giant announced it was...