Politics

power 6/30/2026

‘The Supreme Court Debated My Right to Be on the Track Team’ Becky Pepper-Jackson, 15, on what it’s like to be at the center of the trans athletes case decided Tuesday.

By Becky Pepper-Jackson

As told to Molly Longman

politics 9:29 a.m.

Kai Trump Still Doesn’t Want to Talk About Politics “It’s just not my thing,” she said at the ESPYs.

By Olivia Craighead

What We Know About the ICE Shooting in Maine On Monday, an ICE officer shot and killed 26-year-old Joan Sebastian Guerrero in his vehicle.

By Olivia Craighead

encounter 7/14/2026

Alexis Lewis Doesn’t Mind the Rosario Dawson Comparisons “Maybe earlier in my life, if people compared me to someone’s ex-girlfriend, I would feel some kind of way,” the exec and wife of Cory Booker says.

By Jazmine Hughes

politics 7/13/2026

What’s Going on With Mitch McConnell? The senator shared that he had a fall in June and “won’t be able to return to the Senate floor to vote quite yet.”

By Olivia Craighead

power 7/12/2026

Lindsey Graham Has Died The Republican senator reportedly died of a “brief and sudden illness.”

By Kathleen Walsh

Why Didn’t Graham Platner’s Many Red Flags Matter? The women who pointed out his unfitness for office long before the rape allegation were painted as nagging hags. They were right all along.

By Andrea González-Ramírez

podcasts 7/7/2026

Why Is Hunter Biden on Benny Blanco’s Podcast? If you’ve ever wanted to see Biden poorly freestyle over a beat, this is the pod for you.

By Olivia Craighead

What to Know About the Rape Allegation Against Graham Platner A woman who casually dated the Maine progressive upstart says he forced her to have sex with him in 2021. He denies the allegations.

By Andrea González-Ramírez

The Woman Who’s a Citizen of Nowhere Daiana Lilo, a law student at Tulane University, is stateless. Under Trump, her life has been thrown into chaos.

As told to Andrea González-Ramírez