Plus: Trump restarts talks with Iran, the Warner Bros.-Paramount merger, and Congress revisits the COVID response.

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Is Democratic Socialism Going National?

Plus: why parents are abandoning public schools, whether AI requires government intervention, and what happened to fusionism in the conservative movement.

Does CNN Deserve To Be Banned From the White House?

Plus: California's new restrictions on social media, Trump's $5,000 “dividend,” and the future of libertarianism.

Is AI Really an Existential Threat?

Plus: J.D. Vance wants to pay stay-at-home parents, what America got wrong after 9/11, and whether FDA cuts are putting food safety at risk

Why Public Schools Lost 1.4 Million Students

Plus: the escalating war with Iran, Meta's $17 billion settlement, and Milo Yiannopoulos gets deported.

Trump Wants the FCC To Punish His Enemies

Plus: Trump's trade war with Canada, the growing backlash against data centers, and calls to censor journalists in Britain

How Did America Get $40 Trillion in Debt?

Plus: Democrats reckon with the rise of the DSA, Trump scales back America's military presence abroad, and the case for letting kids play outside

Who Pays for Medicare for All?

Plus: the rise of affordability politics, Trump attempts to end birthright citizenship, and the Cambridge plagiarism controversy

Are Socialists Actually Leaving Wokeness Behind?

Plus: the DSA's policy agenda, Trump hits pause on Iran, and deregulating peptides

The Democrats Have a Socialism Problem

Plus: new tariffs on Brazil, Trump's primetime address on election security, and the growing popularity of democratic socialism.

Is the War in Iran Spiraling Out of Control?

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