China! What awaits our well-funded generals? https://whowhatwhy.org/international/china-and-war/

Judge Deals Another Setback to Trump’s Election-Rigging Efforts A federal judge on Tuesday expanded an injunction that prevents the Trump administration from moving ahead with a rule that… https://whowhatwhy.org/politics/elections/judge-deals-another-setback-to-trumps-election-rigging-efforts/

Fox News Sinks GOP’s Chances of Winning Governor’s Race in Wisconsin The network's obsession with comments that Democratic socialist Francesca Hong once made about Thanksgiving will m… https://whowhatwhy.org/politics/elections/fox-news-sinks-gops-chances-of-winning-governors-race-in-wisconsin/

The US Just Had Its Hottest Month on Record PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, … https://whowhatwhy.org/editors-picks/the-us-just-had-its-hottest-month-on-record/

Susan Collins: A Solid Trump Vote Unless It Doesn’t Matter With her meaningless vote against Todd Blanche's confirmation as attorney general, Susan Collins (R-ME) proved once again that she only opp… https://whowhatwhy.org/cartoon/susan-collins-a-solid-trump-vote-unless-it-doesnt-matter/

Beware of the DOGE Math When Assessing the Administration’s Anti-Fraud Claims Part of the GOP's pitch to voters ahead of the midterms is that Republicans are the … https://whowhatwhy.org/politics/government-integrity/beware-of-the-doge-math-when-assessing-the-administrations-anti-fraud-claims/

Is the Recycling Symbol Free Speech? A Judge Just Ruled It Could Be. The ruling pauses California’s effort to limit the recycling symbol to products that are actually recycled, setti… https://whowhatwhy.org/science/environment/is-the-recycling-symbol-free-speech-a-judge-just-ruled-it-could-be/

‘When You Try To Kill it, It Doesn’t Die’: Jellyfish That Cracked Immortality PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because… https://whowhatwhy.org/editors-picks/when-you-try-to-kill-it-it-doesnt-die-jellyfish-that-cracked-immortality/

The Lessons for America in India’s Cockroach Protests While Democrats agonize over divisions between centrists and progressives, the leaders of India's Cockroach Janta Party find humor may be the … https://whowhatwhy.org/international/the-lessons-for-america-in-indias-cockroach-protests/

Trump Hopes Americans Are as Bad at Math as He Is Sometimes it's tough to tell whether Donald Trump is just a liar or also really bad at math.  https://whowhatwhy.org/economy/trump-hopes-americans-are-as-bad-at-math-as-he-is/

How Much Sunshine Do We Really Need? PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. The… https://whowhatwhy.org/editors-picks/how-much-sunshine-do-we-really-need/

Israel Predictably Rejects Trump’s ‘HISTORIC’ Hamas Disarmament Deal What is most surprising about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rejection of a disarmament deal in Gaza that w… https://whowhatwhy.org/international/israel-predictably-rejects-trumps-historic-hamas-disarmament-deal/

Two Criminal Referrals Test the Weaponization of the DOJ What happens to the two criminal referrals that lawmakers recently sent to the DOJ will show whether justice is truly blind under Todd Blanche’s re… https://whowhatwhy.org/justice/two-criminal-referrals-test-the-weaponization-of-the-doj/

Donald Trump Looks at the Miller and Mills Scandals and Feels Their Pain House Republicans Max Miller and Cory Mills face a variety of abuse charges from their partners and wives. Trump st… https://whowhatwhy.org/cartoon/donald-trump-looks-at-the-miller-and-mills-scandals-and-feels-their-pain/

The Electability Fallacy Establishment Democrats seem much more concerned about winning elections than turning those victories into policies that improve the lives of regular Americans. https://whowhatwhy.org/cartoon/the-electability-fallacy/

Trump’s War Profiteering Boast Goes Unnoticed in the US Media, but Not in Iran Donald Trump bragged about taking Venezuela's oil, which is a violation of international law. While… https://whowhatwhy.org/international/trumps-war-profiteering-boast-goes-unnoticed-in-the-us-media-but-not-in-iran/

Trump’s Defense Authorization Act Could Merge US and Israeli Weapons Development Every political mystery begins with something that wasn’t supposed to attract attention. This one i… https://whowhatwhy.org/politics/trumps-defense-authorization-act-could-merge-us-and-israeli-weapons-development/

How Close Is the US to a National Popular Vote? Americans want their presidents to be elected by all of them and not just voters in a few swing states. Activists are feeling optimistic about making that … https://whowhatwhy.org/politics/elections/how-close-is-the-us-to-a-national-popular-vote/

Evil in Middle-Earth and Middle America Whom do you think Donald Trump resembles more, Saruman or Sauron? Hint: It’s a trick question. https://whowhatwhy.org/politics/us-politics/evil-in-middle-earth-and-middle-america/

Saturday Hashtag: #AIPsychosis Welcome to Saturday Hashtag, a weekly place for broader context. https://whowhatwhy.org/editors-picks/saturday-hashtag-aipsychosis/

July Job Losses Report Adds to Pressure on Trump Ahead of Midterms A string of reports highlighting the poor state of the economy for regular Americans is bad news for Republicans and has a Demo… https://whowhatwhy.org/economy/july-job-losses-report-adds-to-pressure-on-trump-ahead-of-midterms/

1,500 Companies, $4 Trillion, and No One’s Allowed to Look Under the Hood The biggest companies shaping how we ride, rent, borrow, and think are private — and private means they owe you nothin… https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/1500-companies-4-trillion-and-no-ones-allowed-to-look-under-the-hood/

Amid Blanche Confirmation Battle, NM Sues DOJ for Access to Epstein Docs Before senators vote on Todd Blanche's confirmation, they should look into allegations from New Mexico that h… https://whowhatwhy.org/justice/courts/amid-blanche-confirmation-battle-nm-sues-doj-for-access-to-epstein-docs/

In a Twist of Irony, AIPAC Probably Won the Michigan Primary for El-Sayed The more than $30 million that AIPAC spent on opposing Abdul El-Sayed, the Democrat’s newly minted Senate no… https://whowhatwhy.org/international/in-a-twist-of-irony-aipac-probably-won-the-michigan-primary-for-el-sayed/

China’s Solar Industry Is Losing Money. The Country Is Doubling Down Anyway. Brutal price wars among manufacturers have caused solar panel prices to plummet, making renewable … https://whowhatwhy.org/science/environment/chinas-solar-industry-is-losing-money-the-country-is-doubling-down-anyway/

Your Front Door Is On Google Maps In High Resolution. Here’s How To Remove It PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because th… https://whowhatwhy.org/editors-picks/your-front-door-is-on-google-maps-in-high-resolution-heres-how-to-remove-it/

Midwestern Voters Reject Republican Power Plays Missouri voters thoroughly rejected the attempt of state Republicans to make it more difficult to pass citizen-sponsored constitutional amendments.  https://whowhatwhy.org/politics/elections/midwestern-voters-reject-republican-power-plays/

Indigenous-led Conservation Helps Save Endangered Cockatoo PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubl… https://whowhatwhy.org/editors-picks/indigenous-led-conservation-helps-save-endangered-cockatoo/

Trump’s Inside Man — Confirming Blanche Would Be a Perversion of Justice By confirming Todd Blanche, Senate Republicans would ensure that justice turns a blind eye to Donald Trump. https://whowhatwhy.org/cartoon/trumps-inside-man-confirming-blanche-would-be-a-perversion-of-justice/

Judge Blocks Trump Administration from Discriminating Against New Citizens A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from making it more difficult for newly n… https://whowhatwhy.org/politics/elections/judge-blocks-trump-administration-from-discriminating-against-new-citizens/