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August 21, 2026

Elon Musk's Starlink is becoming an in-flight must-have. I tried it on Qatar Airways, and it's a game changer.

Business Insider · 22 days ago

Iran touts its trade ties as U.S. turns from bombs to economic warfare

CBS News · 22 days ago

White House hurls 'utter fool' insults as world laughs at 'gut check' gaffe: report

The Raw Story · 22 days ago

I Cremated My Father for Less Than $1,000. Now I Regret Not Taking Him Home

Newsweek · 22 days ago

The Supreme Court’s about to face an entirely new kind of voter discrimination

Vox · 22 days ago

Stocks and Bonds Steady at the End of a Tumultuous Week

The New York Times · 22 days ago

Nigeria bets on grants to unearth mineral riches

Semafor · 22 days ago

NATO member Romania scrambles F-16 fighter jets to destroy drone near critical European gas project

CNBC · 22 days ago

Experts question new Trump admin analysis claiming noncitizens voted in 2020

Salon · 22 days ago

Voting rights experts skeptical over Trump pledge of 1,000 election monitors

The Guardian · 22 days ago

Strangers in their own land: Mexicans deported from Trump’s America find refuge in ‘Little LA’

The Guardian · 22 days ago

U.S.S. Lincoln Begins 13,000-Mile Journey Home, and the Shortage That Could Take Down the Grid

The New York Times · 22 days ago

Swing-state Democrats criticize an unpopular institution: Their own party

The Washington Post · 22 days ago

What American Doctors Saw in Gaza

The Intercept · 22 days ago

Will the Supreme Court Reject Police Militarization?

The New Republic · 22 days ago

The Real Lives of Online Romance Scammers

The New Republic · 22 days ago

The Strait of Hormuz Isn’t the Only Major Shipping Route in Crisis

The New Republic · 22 days ago

Natalie Harp Should Concern Everyone—I Should Know, I Once Had Her Job

The New Republic · 22 days ago

Adventures in Unplugging

Mother Jones · 22 days ago

Native American Leaders Denounce Record Glyphosate Spraying on National Forests

Mother Jones · 22 days ago

Jon Ossoff Gives the Base What It Wants

The Atlantic · 22 days ago

Why this year’s Medicare-for-all debate is different

Vox · 22 days ago

Missouri Republicans Are Trying to Repeal Abortion Rights by Leaning Into Anti-Trans Sentiment

ProPublica · 22 days ago

Trump seeks to boost Darline Graham in South Carolina homestretch

The Hill · 22 days ago