The Daubert standard was designed to keep junk science out of American courtrooms, but three decades later, flawed forensics continue to send innocent people to prison. From bite marks to hair analysis, the gatekeeping system has failed where it matters most.
News & Analysis US Domestic PoliticsCountries lose $492 billion every year to offshore tax havens, and decades of reform have barely dented the system. From shell companies to phantom FDI, this is the legal architecture that keeps global wealth hidden.
Geopolitics & Conflict News & Analysis US Domestic PoliticsTrump gave Iran 48 hours to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face obliteration, then said the strait was not America’s problem. Five contradictions reveal that the Trump Hormuz ultimatum was never really about the strait at all.
Geopolitics & Conflict News & Analysis US Domestic PoliticsOne month into Operation Epic Fury, Congress has failed five times to assert its constitutional authority over the largest unauthorized military operation in American history. The war powers debate is no longer theoretical – it is measured in American casualties.
Geopolitics & Conflict News & Analysis Tech & AI Policy US Domestic PoliticsThe Supreme Court hears oral arguments on April 1 in Trump v. Barbara, the most consequential birthright citizenship case in over a century. The ruling could redefine who qualifies as an American citizen at birth.
News & Analysis US Domestic PoliticsWith 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 US Domestic PoliticsThe 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 US Domestic PoliticsFederal 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.
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