It’s useful to think of our engagement with algorithms as a social contract. Political theorists have long used the social contract as a device to explain why individuals submit to the authority of a ...

Massie scored a political victory last week after his discharge petition, co-sponsored by Rep. Ro Khanna (R-Calif.), reached ...

Pluribus writer Gordon Smith likes a fan theory that claims the hive mind is a metaphor for Carol’s alcohol problem.

Smith acknowledges another prominent theory that the show is commenting on political division, but there’s an under-discussed ...

Step 1: President Donald Trump makes a false or inflammatory claim. Step 2: Trump’s officials try to walk back the claim. They’ll say Trump meant something else or offer a statement more factual than ...

Following a restructuring of the university over the summer into distinct but cross-collaborative schools, Brandeis rolled ...

Francis Fukuyama discusses his theory that the internet, and not economic distress, the Democratic party’s problems, or other ...

Georgia's Marjorie Taylor Greene apologized for her participation in "toxic politics" while speaking to CNN's Dana Bash Sunday. Greene added that the assassination of Charlie Kirk helped her realize ...

Greene’s comments come as she is embroiled in a public feud with Trump over his refusal to release the Epstein files.

Donald Trump has long been fixated on magnetic systems in Navy aircraft carriers, claiming they don't work, but now says magnets are a total mystery.

On the Tuesday, November 4, 2025 episode of The Excerpt podcast: SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans are now tied up in the government shutdown. USA TODAY's Sarah D. Wire breaks down how we got ...

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