Dr. Anthony Fauci and President Donald Trump went from close collaborators during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic response to political adversaries in one of the most consequential and public breakdowns of Trump’s first term. At the outset, Trump regularly praised Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, calling him “a terrific guy” and […]

On Nov. 12, over 90% of current hemp products on the U.S. market will be deemed illegal and taken off commercial shelves unless Congress amends a 2025 ban on the products. The impending hemp ban is championed by drug safety advocates and alcohol councils alike, but dreaded by farmers, suppliers, and businesses of the hemp […]

Nostalgia, the old joke goes, ain’t what it used to be. I thought of the line while revisiting Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris, released 15 years ago to a nationwide theatrical run throughout the summer of 2011, in a very different America. Watching it today is an exercise in paradox, because it’s aged well precisely […]

One of the toughest races in the nation is taking place in Michigan, as voters in the battleground state weigh whether to buck political trends and keep a Democrat in the governor’s mansion this November. The Great Lakes State typically alternates between eight years of Democratic and Republican gubernatorial rule, a trend that, if followed, […]