Earlier this month, the real-estate listing site Zillow ended a subtle social experiment. In 2024, they began to embed climate risk data directly in their property profiles, scoring a home’s future risks from flood, wildfire, wind, heat, and air quality on a 1-to-10 scale.  Say you are looking for a home in your budget for […]

For most of this year, Republican members of the House of Representatives seemed to move in lockstep with President Donald Trump, not hesitating to back him on controversial measures on immigration and the economy. But now they seem to be breaking ranks. Some Republican members of Congress have stood up to Trump on the release […]

To anyone who doesn’t dream of labor, the idea of a personality hire — a person who gets jobs because they’re a fun, unique human to be around — can be a bit jarring. And there’s an idea that might be even more puzzling than the existence of personality hires: that these people can teach […]

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Donald Trump is continuing to remodel America’s immigration system with the launch of a $1 million visa. What happened? On Wednesday, Trump announced the launch […]

From the moment the Republican Party gained a 6-3 supermajority on the Supreme Court, in late 2020, the Court has often acted as if it is going down a checklist — identifying landmark precedents that are out of favor with the GOP, and overruling those decisions in party-line votes. Among other things, the Court eliminated […]