A viral Talarico hoax drowned out Paxton’s corruption story
Right-wing influencers pushed fake Talarico rumors, while report on Paxton donors disappeared
Democrats have discovered the key to midterm victory
The party is successfully linking kitchen table issues to Donald Trump's corruption
How Paxton and allies fanned a false conspiracy to convince voters Talarico was mentally unfit
Talarico was recovering from flu. Paxton supporters said the Democrat was being treated for mental illness
The biggest GOP lie isn’t about elections — it’s the economy
For 50 years, the GOP has told Americans they are better on the economy. That was never true
Trump’s new QAnon press secretary exposes his desperation
Like presidential aide Natalie Harp, Katie Zacharia treats Trump less like a boss and more like a savior
‘Mail early’: Election officials urge people to get ballots in pronto amid Postal Service slowdowns
Belt-tightening mail delivery measures could lead to more ballots being rejected
Pope Leo XIV diagnosed with cancer
It follows the first major medical procedure of the pope’s tenure
Rubio’s Greece speech is MAGA’s latest classical cover story
The Trump administration keeps borrowing ancient prestige to make its brutality look noble
America’s last annexation holds a lesson for Trump on Greenland
The country's approach to territorial expansion has changed since it acquired the Northern Mariana Islands in 1986
The internet isn’t dead. It’s even worse
Ukraine didn't knock out Russia's digital troll army, but the attacks say a lot about our fears of being online