If you've optimized your free time so much that it feels like work, maybe it’s time to rethink how you craft and kayak.

Nevada is in many ways “ground zero” for this year’s midterms. The state swung to the right in 2024 and voted for Donald Trump. Now, many voters there are grappling with buyer’s remorse. 

The consumer experience is getting worse even as everything is getting more expensive. AI agents could make things better... or much, much worse.

Texas hasn't elected a Democrat for Senate since 1988. James Talarico has a shot, but Republicans have launched a full culture war to try to prevent it.

MAGA-aligned conservatives, including Vice President JD Vance, are trying to rehabilitate Richard Nixon's image. That's evidence of where they want to take their party.

Trump's recent moves seem to pit the US squarely on the side of Russia rather than Ukraine.

Kansas hasn’t elected a Democrat to the Senate in over 90 years, but moderate pastor Adam Hamilton might break the losing streak. And his approach to religion could help Democrats around the country.

What you gain, and what you give up, when you let AI agents take control.

Between the Trump administration’s executive orders, lawsuits, and relentless rhetoric, it feels like voting systems in America are under constant threat. Is it working?

The HHS secretary has pressured food companies like Mars, which makes M&M's, to stop using artificial dyes. Easier said than done.

The first midterms to feature AI slop ads are also on track to be the most expensive ever.

President Trump's playbook to go after his enemies is evolving.

They promise you financial freedom with very little work, but these side hustles might just be the new pyramid schemes.

The Maine senator has dodged decades of attacks, but President Trump’s low approval ratings could be her political deathblow.

Men and women are trying to maximize their reproductive health due to anxieties around declining fertility trends. But are we taking “embryomaxxing” too far?

Republicans are entering the midterm home stretch with a staggering $1 billion campaign war chest. Will it make a difference?

The internet has a crush on some of the candidates running for office this election season and it’s saying a lot about how Democrats and Republicans wield sexuality.

Saudi Arabia's dreams of becoming a global financial hub are running into the reality of regional war.

Data centers have maybe the worst image in America right now. Enter the public relations professionals.

Cornell University’s president is wary of an outright ban, but the school’s sexual assault case has campuses around the country considering the question.

Support for the death penalty has dropped dramatically in the US, but in some places there's still a "death penalty assembly line" as this episode of The Gray Area explores.

Our emotional relationships with our pets have only grown since the pandemic — and so has the financial price we pay.

Most of the focus in this year’s midterms is naturally on Congress. But the battle to control state legislatures matters just as much, if not more.

Football is by far the most popular sport in the US, but that isn’t stopping the NFL from investing in one of the least popular sports in the US.

The case of a California couple who had more than 20 kids via surrogacy before being charged with child abuse illustrates how a lack of regulation can lead to chaos.