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Politics
‘A massive rebuke of the last two years of the Trump administration’: elections expert stunned by Elon Musk lighting half a billion dollars on fire
By Charlie Hunt and The ConversationNovember 4, 2026
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Politics
Schools draw a record 22,687 civil rights complaints as DOJ allocates about 40 lawyers to handle
By Bridget Joyce, Kimberly Robinson and The ConversationOctober 30, 2026
Florida has 162 measles cases reported and no dashboard — so it’s considering dropping 4 school vaccine requirements
Health
Florida has 162 measles cases reported and no dashboard — so it’s considering dropping 4 school vaccine requirements
By Katrine L. Wallace and The ConversationOctober 30, 2026
Shoppers select bread at a grocery store in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Economy
Consumer sentiment is lower now than when inflation peaked at 9.1% — and the richest 10% of Americans account for half of consumer spending
By Erin Kay Lockwood and The ConversationOctober 30, 2026
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Politics
Call it ‘cringe fascism’: Hegseth wants male troops 30 and older tested for low testosterone
By Matthew N. Hannah and The ConversationOctober 30, 2026
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral
Tech
SpaceX is turning away customers for the rocket that flew most of 2025’s trips to orbit, and some are paying extra for the last seats
By Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti and The ConversationOctober 30, 2026
An aerial view of a data center in Springfield, Ohio.
Economy
We studied 1,500-plus data centers over 23 years and found they created almost no new jobs in local stores or restaurants — it was somewhere else
By Simon Buechler, Lyndsey Rolheiser and The ConversationOctober 30, 2026
President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Corinth, Mississippi
Politics
MAGA pundits are leaning on socialist doomsday ‘fear porn’ as Trump’s approval sinks to a third
By Alex Hinton and The ConversationOctober 30, 2026
A man picks fruit at a store in New York
Economy
The share of Americans in serious financial trouble from prices jumped from 30% to 47% in a year
By Dante Chinni, Ari Pinkus and The ConversationOctober 30, 2026
A price estimate on the healthcare.gov website on a laptop
Health
You don’t have to be a farmer to buy farm bureau health coverage — which isn’t regulated as insurance
By Thomas Buchmueller, Helen Levy and The ConversationOctober 30, 2026
A classroom at the First Presbyterian Child Development Center in Santa Fe, N.M.
Economy
Infant care now costs more than in-state college in 32 states — and some mothers are paying in kind with their own breast milk
By Caitlyn Collins, Chloe Gibbs and The ConversationOctober 30, 2026
Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., at a Senate HELP Committee hearing
Health
One private equity–backed company owns every methadone clinic in Montana
By Yashaswini Singh and The ConversationOctober 30, 2026
Sign for the ambulance entrance at San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
Health
The U.S. expected 17,000 disputes a year when it passed this medical bills law. It gets over 2 million instead
By Lindsey Murtagh and The ConversationOctober 30, 2026
Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast, YouTube creator
Politics
America’s not actually polarized. It can agree on Mr. Beast — and Joe Rogan
By Karrin Vasby Anderson, Natalie Pennington, Nick Marx and The ConversationOctober 30, 2026
The border wall at the U.S.-Mexico border near Somerton, Arizona
Politics
‘You become a victim of your own success’: Trump’s unlikely gift to Democrats was securing the border and defusing the issue
By Justin Gest and The ConversationOctober 30, 2026
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