Initial predictions about runaway inflation and empty shelves after President Donald Trump announced his sweeping tariffs in April have yet to materialize. Some in the Trump administration have taken that as a sign that he should double down on tariffs. Earlier this month, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent posted on X that the “inflation propagandists have […]

President Donald Trump’s second term has been very good to large meat companies, which raise and slaughter some 10 billion animals each year. But his administration just gave the industry perhaps its biggest gift yet — in the form of a lawsuit against California. The lawsuit, filed on July 9 by the Department of Justice, […]

During Amazon’s semiannual Prime Day bonanza, the underwear I usually buy was on discount at a price so low I assumed it was just for me, the frequent shopper. I got three packs and felt good about it. But a few days ago, when I saw the news that Delta Air Lines was using AI […]

How many people are going to die because of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s abolition of USAID, and the Trump administration’s apparently-under-consideration plans to destroy PEPFAR, the landmark George W. Bush-era program to end the global AIDS epidemic? Millions — everyone agrees on that. But how many millions is an extraordinarily difficult question to […]

This story originally appeared in Kids Today, Vox’s newsletter about kids, for everyone. Sign up here for future editions. Summer camp is supposed to be fun. It’s a place for swimming, crafts, new friendships, and learning repetitive songs that will annoy your family members well into September. What’s not to like? A lot, apparently. One big reason […]