As Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian walked alongside the coffin of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran last week, some of the black-clad mourners surrounding him chanted not in tribute to the late leader, but directly at him " "death to the compromiser." Not far from that site, Abbas Araghchi, Iran's top diplomat who negotiated a ceasefire with the Trump administration and lifted some sanctions on the Islamic Republic, was forced to flee the funeral after a mob pelted him with rocks amid death chants accusing him of being a "traitorous sellout." read more
The first defendants since daycare fraud became a highly talked-about issue in Minnesota have pleaded guilty. That includes the woman who received more taxpayer money than any other childcare provider in 2025. Fahima Mahamud was arrested in February after she closed down her daycare and, that same day, booked a flight to London. The 50-year-old ran Future Leaders Early Learning Center since 2015. That daycare received $3.7 million in childcare assistance program money last year, more than any other daycare in the state. read more
Maine Democrats have until July 27 to choose a replacement candidate to take on Sen. Susan Collins (R). read more
Bryan Johnson, the former tech CEO who's become famous for his biohacking pursuits, says he has autoimmune gastritis. That means, he says, his stomach is "eating itself." read more
New mortality data from the federal government suggests that life expectancy probably hit another record high in 2025, as death rates have continued to fall since the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. read more
The article is arguing the opposite. More moderate voices seized the void and are taking radicals out of power.