Iran-Israel war, a mass-casualty Kabul strike and terror attacks intensify instability and test U.S. leverage from the Gulf to Mexico.
Trump-driven voting rules, war policy rifts and rising diaspora clout shape U.S. politics amid mounting human-rights alarms.
Iran-linked energy attacks jolt oil and stocks as investors rush to cash, while renewables and travel demand blunt the worst shocks.
Science confronts AI’s role, donor abuses and tech elites’ power as aging autism and anti-robot violence expose new social fault lines.
Many turn to cannabis for mental health without strong proof it helps, raising concerns over self-medication and overlooked risks.
Revisiting JFK Jr’s romance and Lanthimos’s bruised imagery, culture probes celebrity, intimacy and the aesthetics of discomfort.
Resilience dominates as Vanderbilt surges, a former player shares his closeted past and Alonso battles a faltering F1 car.