July 13, 2026 at 11:03 AM EDT
Is there such a thing as being too old to execute? Aging death row inmates are set to die in Florida

The last prisoner strapped to a table in Florida's death chamber was 74 years old -- the oldest the state has executed in modern times. The next two set to die are older still.

July 13, 2026 at 9:30 AM EDT
Vance eyes data center tycoon's luxury manor amid Trump's AI boom

Why is the second family looking to rent a $9 million property when they live in a 9,000 square-foot home funded by taxpayers?

July 13, 2026 at 9:00 AM EDT
To protect its drinking water, this city has to appeal to the oil regulators that put it at risk

Oklahoma restricts oil field wastewater injection within a half-mile of public water wells. Regulators have let companies do it anyway. But in the city of Enid, officials are pushing back against one of the state's biggest industries.

July 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM EDT
Will Trump make this red state flip blue?

If an old political adage bears out this year, it would be a hell of a problem for the Republican Party.

July 12, 2026 at 6:55 PM EDT
Red card

A cartoon by Clay Bennett.

July 12, 2026 at 6:00 PM EDT
How the new housing law could open up homeownership for single Black mothers

It's the largest housing package this century. A bipartisan unicorn. And the first measure in years designed to reach those most often shut out of homeownership, including single moms.

July 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT
Florida regulators stood by as dozens of sloths died, new records reveal

Internal emails obtained by Inside Climate News show the state of Florida saw no need to stop the unfolding mass deaths of sloths at a planned Orlando tourist attraction.

July 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM EDT
In condemning Platner, GOP ignores the elephant in the White House

This week, Congressional Cowards calls out Republicans of all stripes who condemned Democrats for having once supported now-former Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner, saying Democrats should've walked away from the candidate after the first news reports surfaced in June that found Platner did not treat women well.

July 12, 2026 at 2:55 PM EDT
The real deep state

A cartoon by David Horsey.

July 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM EDT
Department of Justice warns election officials they could be criminally charged over noncitizen voters

Letters sent to a growing and bipartisan group of states threaten criminal liability, but election officials and experts say they look more like pressure than prosecution.

July 12, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT
My search for a psychiatric bed in an overburdened health system

Since the 1950s, the United States has seen a dramatic decline in the number of psychiatric beds nationwide due in part to deinstitutionalization and the rise of antipsychotics. But that has created a critical shortage for those needing help.

July 12, 2026 at 9:00 AM EDT
The socialist left's curious problems with women

Political movements usually celebrate their greatest successes. They build on them. They elevate them. Which is why the Democratic Socialists of America's treatment of some of the party's most successful women, including some of their own, has always been so bizarre.