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California Gov.Gavin Newsom Nudges School Districts to Restrict Student Cellphone Use - California and South Carolina could become the next states to limit cellphone use in schools, with state officials taking up the issue this week.

California and South Carolina could become the next states to limit cellphone use in schools, with state officials taking up the issue this week. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is sending letters to school districts, urging them to restrict students’ use of smartphones on campus. South Carolina’s State Board of Education took up guidelines to tell local districts to ban cellphone use during class time, but postponed a final vote until next month to take more time to craft the proposal.

Kid of the Year- Madhvi Chittoor - When Madhvi Chittoor of Arvada, Colo., learned at the age of 6 that PFAS forever chemicals are found in all sorts of consumer products, she wanted to warn everyone.

When Madhvi Chittoor of Arvada, Colo., learned at the age of 6 that PFAS forever chemicals are found in all sorts of consumer products, she wanted to warn everyone. So she started with one person: Colorado state senator Lisa Cutter, a strong advocate for the environment. Cutter agreed to meet, and in 2021 she sat down with Madhvi-accompanied by her mom at a Panera.

Prisoners of Putin - the release of more than 20 Russian-held prisoners including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and two other American citizens

The historic release of more than 20 Russian-held prisoners including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and two other American citizens-relied on the cooperation of seven countries. At a time of deepening global tensions, the rare moment of collaboration was not just a cause for celebration among the prisoners and their families, but also a significant diplomatic achievement.

Me, Lania - Melania Trump to Tell Her Story in Memoir, "Melania," Scheduled for This Fall —Associated Press.

As a little girl in Slovenia, I had the same dreams as any child: to immigrate to America on a bogus "genius visa," to model acrylic sweaters in a catalogue, and to meet a rich man almost twice my age and enter into a financially advantageous marriage with as little physical contact as possible.

Exit Ghost- Watching Joe Biden say good-bye.

Watching Joe Biden say good-bye. Like a lot of people, I find myself affectionate toward a woman I had little use for 20 minutes ago. The normal amount of excitement about Kamala Harris is the amount that was shown her in 2020 during a bloodless, procedurally banal primary. Harris is a former prosecutor with cop energy, a little remote, and not, in Washington, particularly loved.

But Can She Win? - Early polling already indicates that Harris is more competitive with Trump than Biden was

Early polling already indicates that Harris is more competitive with Trump than Biden was, even as Trump is still favored. (At the end of the Harris campaign’s first week, the gold-standard New York Times–Siena College poll had the race effectively tied, a considerable improvement over Biden’s previous six-point deficit.)

A Global Movement Against The Status Quo - With so many elections in big countries this year, it's a good time to look at how the politics of democracies is shifting.

With so many elections in big countries this year, it's a good time to look at how the politics of democracies is shifting. But this is no simple turn to the left or the right.

Intelligencer - This Old Man - A Conspiracy of Silence

The president’s mental decline was like a dark family secret for many elite supporters.

Growing Pains - Why are governors rejecting funds for kids' summer meals?

The Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program for Children (EBT), the first new federal food aid initiative in decades, is a permanent extension of Congress’ Covid-era relief that sought to provide extra meals for more than 30 million school kids who qualify for free or reduced-price lunches. But more than 10 million children will miss out this summer, according to the USDA. Thirteen other states—Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming—also chose not to enroll. And they all have something else in common: Republican governors.

The First AntiShip Ballistic Missile Attack- Since the outbreak of conflict between Hamas and Israel in October 2023, the Houthis have launched dozens of missiles and kamikaze drones at Israeli and U.S. targets in a show of support for Palestine.

The U.S. Navy Destroyer Mason (DDG87) was wrapping up a mission rescuing a tanker from pirates in the Gulf of Aden when the situation sharply escalated. The ship's radar detected at least one-or possibly two-missiles moving toward its position at supersonic speeds, each loaded with well over a half ton of explosives.

The World According to Biden

Inside the President’s efforts to sustain the American century

Guilty on All Counts

A historic verdict for Donald Trump

Claudia Sheinbaum

A first for Mexico

The future is in Judge Merchan's hands

Now that a jury has found Donald Trump guilty of 34 felony charges, nearly everything about what happens next is up to Judge Juan Merchan.

'I am always in the moment'

India's prime minister on his goals, his critics and his 'god-gifted' ability to listen

Company Man

Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is getting down to business in a country that feels shortchanged by his election

The Fight to Free Evan

On March 29, 2023, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia on bogus espionage charges. He remains imprisoned in Moscow-a political hostage in his parents' homeland. Inside the struggle to bring him home

The Nepo State

Tammy Murphy, the First Lady of New Jersey, is leveraging her husband’s power to lock up the democratic nomination for senate. She appears unstoppable.

What Does the Working Class Really Want?

Vying for the support of a multiracial working-class coalition, neither Democrats nor Republicans are focusing on the crucial question.

A Military Loyal to Trump

If Donald Trump wins the next election, he will attempt to turn the men and women of the United States armed forces into praetorians loyal not to the Constitution, but only to him. This project will likely be among his administration's highest priorities. It will not be easy: The overwhelming majority of America's service people are professionals and patriots. I know this from teaching senior officers for 25 years at the Naval War College. As president, Trump came to understand it too, when he found that "his generals” were not, in fact, mere employees of a Trump property.

A Plan to Outlaw Abortion Everywhere

The year 2022 was a triumphant one for the anti-abortion movement. After half a century, the Supreme Court did what had once seemed impossible when it overturned Roe v. Wade, stripping Americans of the constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy.

America Will Abandon NATO

"I don't give a shit about NATO." Thus did former President Donald Trump once express his feelings about America's oldest and strongest military alliance. Not that this statement, made in the presence of John Bolton, the national security adviser at the time, came as a surprise.

The Revenge Presidency

For all its marvelous creativity, the human imagination often fails when turned to the future. It is blunted, perhaps, by a craving for the familiar.

Who Gets to Protest at Columbia?

What led the university to suspend pro-Palestinian student groups.

A Hamas Leader's Last Stand

Mohammed Deif, the elusive figure who heads hHamas' military operations, is Israel's most wanted man

She Just Had a Baby. Soon, She'll Start Seventh Grade

In post-dobbs America, some girls can go out of state to get an abortion. This is the story of one who couldn't

A Pennsylvania Prophet

Meet the Christian nationalists who want to assert dominion-starting with the Keystone State.

"I'm Not Turming the Other Cheek Any More"

Radicals took over the Michigan GOP. Now they can't stop losing.

The Long Run

Maryland's governor Wes Moore is a former Rhodes Scholar and paratrooper inspiring great expectations. His message? Service will save us.

From Ecuador to the 7 Train

As the city's migrant population surges, some of the youngest spend their days selling candy underground.