Big Oil’s long-running alliance with the Republican Party faces a major roadblock as more GOP candidates, and President Donald Trump himself, back a temporary ban on diesel exports. The rift, driven by the war in Iran and Ukrainian strikes on refineries in Russia, broke into public view recently when Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the president […]

A brightly packaged disposable vape can begin its journey in a factory in Shenzhen, China, pass through exporters and U.S. distributors, and end up behind the counter of a neighborhood smoke shop, even if it has never been authorized for sale in the United States. The products are often flavored and designed to attract young […]

The GOP’s effort to redraw the Lone Star State’s congressional map and expand its House majority has created an unexpected problem in South Texas, where Rep. Monica De La Cruz (R-TX) is suddenly locked in a competitive reelection fight in a district President Donald Trump carried by nearly 18 percentage points. De La Cruz was […]

A nation is civilized if it can transmute its suffering into art. The latest season of the Israeli thriller series Fauda neatly demonstrates the principle. That season, the show’s fifth, is available on Netflix in its entirety and concerns the events of Oct. 7, 2023, and their aftermath. As in the show’s earlier runs, the […]