With 3.5 million pages of Epstein files now public, the full scope of his network is visible. From Musk's island emails to Gates' entanglements and Prince Andrew's downfall, here is what we know, what remains unproven, and why the conspiracies persist.
News & Analysis US Domestic PoliticsIn 1962, police "solved" 93% of murders. Today it's closer to 60%. The standard narrative is that policing got worse. The real story is far more unsettling: many of those old cases were never truly solved at all.
News & Analysis US Domestic PoliticsThe federal workforce purge gutted the very agencies now essential to the Iran war. From FBI counterintelligence teams fired days before strikes to Pentagon IT systems facing "extreme risk," the cost of DOGE is becoming clear.
Opinion Policy & GovernanceThe Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that IEEPA does not authorize tariffs, striking down the cornerstone of Trump's trade policy and triggering the largest refund crisis in U.S. customs history. What follows is a legal and economic chain reaction still unfolding.
News & Analysis US Domestic PoliticsAfter their 2024 defeat, Democrats blamed racism, sexism, disinformation, and the voters themselves. What they did not do, with very few exceptions, was ask why a party that once championed the working class now loses majorities among Americans earning under $50,000 a year.
News & Analysis US Domestic PoliticsTrump proposed the deepest cuts to American science in half a century. Congress blocked most of them. But 25,000 scientists are already gone, 7,800 grants lie in ruins, and the real damage may take a generation to undo.
Opinion Policy & GovernanceFederal grand juries indict in 99.99% of cases, but that number hides more than it reveals. How a constitutional safeguard became the prosecutor's most reliable tool, and why grand juries are finally starting to push back.
News & Analysis US Domestic PoliticsAlliance Defending Freedom tripled its UK funding to £1.1 million in five years. The American legal group that helped overturn Roe v. Wade is now challenging British buffer zones, lobbying Parliament, and building the infrastructure for a long campaign.
News & Analysis US Domestic PoliticsSince 2000, U.S. law enforcement has forfeited at least $68.8 billion in private property through a legal mechanism that requires no criminal conviction. Half of all currency seizures are worth less than $1,300.
Explainers US Domestic PoliticsThe US lobbying industry spent a record $5.08 billion in 2025. Here is how PACs, revolving doors, and model legislation turn corporate money into the laws you live under.
Explainers US Domestic PoliticsNearly 98 percent of American criminal convictions come from guilty pleas, not trials. The structural incentives, the trial penalty, and why innocent people plead guilty to crimes they did not commit.
Explainers US Domestic PoliticsGeorge Stigler argued in 1971 that regulation is acquired by the industry and operated for its benefit. The FDA, FAA, and SEC have spent the decades since proving him right.
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