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COMMENTARY: Trump's approval among under-50 voters craters by 38 points
Commentary· No. 5044

COMMENTARY: Trump's approval among under-50 voters craters by 38 points

Minus-41. That is Donald Trump's net approval score among American voters under age 50, according to an analysis published on July 30, 2026 by…

DECODING: Duct tape holds up US election security before the midterms
Analysis· No. 5043

DECODING: Duct tape holds up US election security before the midterms

On July 31, 2026, a CNN report by Sean Lyngaas revealed that the Trump administration is working to rebuild from scratch the federal election…

INVESTIGATION: Eight law firms paid for peace with the White House
Investigation· No. 5042

INVESTIGATION: Eight law firms paid for peace with the White House

On Sunday, August 2, 2026, a New York Times report by Michael S. Schmidt and Jessica Silver-Greenberg detailed how Brad Karp, chair of Paul,…

FACT CHECK: Trump says everything is down, five times more prices went up
Investigation· No. 5041

FACT CHECK: Trump says everything is down, five times more prices went up

On July 31, 2026, CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale published an analysis calling Donald Trump's claim that everything else is down absolutely and unequivocally false.…

ANALYSIS: Trump threatens Iran at night, cancels the strike hours later
Analysis· No. 5040

ANALYSIS: Trump threatens Iran at night, cancels the strike hours later

On the night of August 1, 2026, a Saturday, Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that the United States was locked and loaded to…

NOTE: Altman and Huang Head to the Senate as AI Does Its Own DiplomacyAI-generated
Note· No. 5037

NOTE: Altman and Huang Head to the Senate as AI Does Its Own Diplomacy

According to Boursorama , Sam Altman of OpenAI and Jensen Huang of Nvidia are set to meet this week in Washington with Mark Warner…

OPINION: Vaccines — Trump Pushes Kennedy to Go Further, FasterAI-generated
Note· No. 5030

OPINION: Vaccines — Trump Pushes Kennedy to Go Further, Faster

Nobody signs a memo. Nobody writes "move faster" in plain ink. That is how the most effective political pressure works: it travels through relays,…

ANALYSIS: Venezuela — a Transition Written in Washington, Negotiated in CaracasAI-generated
Analysis· No. 5027

ANALYSIS: Venezuela — a Transition Written in Washington, Negotiated in Caracas

It was Marco Rubio , the U.S. Secretary of State, who announced that talks on a democratic transition in Venezuela would begin in early…

EDITORIAL: Measles — America Gives Up a Twenty-Six-Year-Old Public Health VictoryAI-generated
Editorial· No. 5025

EDITORIAL: Measles — America Gives Up a Twenty-Six-Year-Old Public Health Victory

There is a line , in a table the CDC updates every week, that should never have filled up the way it has. It…

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