If you thought Martha’s Vineyard was all sailboats, rosé, and lobster rolls, think again. The exclusive island—long known for its summer opulence and star-studded guest list—is now contending with a far less glamorous intruder: the lone star tick, and it’s changing what locals and vacationers alike can eat, possibly forever. This tick isn’t just annoying—it’s …

It started with the screech of tires and a shattering of glass — a scene no one wants to witness, let alone live through. But for Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-MN), that tragic moment on an Iowa highway became something more than a brush with disaster. It became a reminder of what, in his words, …

In a development that could shake public trust in law enforcement transparency, the Department of Justice has launched an investigation into allegations that the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) may have manipulated crime data to downplay the city’s worsening public safety crisis. According to reports from The Washington Post and The New York Times, …

Ah, yes — Nate Vince, the locksmith-turned-pseudo-activist with a view. And then there’s Dr. Shannon Joslin, the biologist-turned-symbol of the Park Service’s current identity crisis. What started as two very different stories — one about too many hikes, the other about too many headlines — has become a clear case study in how not to …

The tragic deaths of three American citizens on a Florida highway are now at the center of a political slugfest between Governor Gavin Newsom’s press office and President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security. At the heart of the matter is Harjinder Singh, an illegal immigrant from India who entered the U.S. in 2018, obtained …

The Sydney Sweeney jeans ad was never supposed to be political. It was a denim campaign — the kind of mainstream Americana branding that barely makes a ripple outside of mall storefronts and social media scrolls. Yet when The New Yorker waded in with an article framing the ad as coded with “whiteness” and branding …

The White House meeting between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was expected to focus squarely on the future of Eastern Europe. Instead, it delivered one of Trump’s most explosive domestic policy announcements yet: a sweeping plan to end mail-in voting in the United States. Trump used the backdrop of high-level diplomacy to …

James Comey’s latest viral moment is less political speech and more performance art—blending Taylor Swift lyrics, Trump bashing, and lawn care into a confessional video that has left viewers somewhere between baffled and cringing. The former FBI Director, once tasked with guarding national security secrets, now openly shares his family’s Swiftie group chat and emotional …

Joy Reid may be off the air, but she’s clearly not out of gas. In a recent video posted to her Substack, Welcome to Joy’s House!, the former MSNBC host unleashed a tirade against President Donald Trump so loaded with personal venom and sweeping moral judgments that it would make even hardened partisans pause. Joined …

Tensions boiled over on Face the Nation this Sunday when Secretary of State Marco Rubio forcefully rejected CBS host Margaret Brennan’s insinuation that President Trump is “bullying” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy into a peace deal with Vladimir Putin. The flashpoint came during a pointed exchange over the recent Trump–Putin summit in Alaska and the subsequent …