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In this handout provided by the U.S. Navy, USS Gerald R. Ford, F/A-18E/F Super Hornets assigned to Strike Fighter Squadrons 31, 37, 87, and 213 from embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight, and a U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress operate as a joint, multi-domain force on Nov. 13, 2025. Paige Brown/U.S. Navy via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Paige Brown/U.S. Navy via Getty Images New documents show the crew on board the United States’ newest aircraft carrier are growing increasingly frustrated by design flaws that lead to regular failures in the ship’s toilet system. The USS Gerald R. Ford has…

Environment / StudentNation / January 15, 2026 As the country doubles down on coal exports, local communities—like those in Baltimore and Ennore—will bear the environmental burden. Ad Policy The North Chennai Power Station.(Alex Norbrook) This story was produced for StudentNation, a program of the Nation Fund for Independent Journalism, which is dedicated to highlighting the best of student journalism. For more StudentNation, check out our archive or learn more about the program here. StudentNation is made possible through generous funding from The Puffin Foundation. If you’re a student and you have an article idea, please send pitches and questions to [email protected]. David Jones and Panner…

Protesters wave Greenlandic flags as they take part in a rally under the slogans ‘hands off Greenland’ and ‘Greenland for Greenlanders’, in front of City Hall in Copenhagen, Denmark on January 17, 2026. EMIL HELMS/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Ima/AFP hide caption toggle caption EMIL HELMS/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Ima/AFP COPENHAGEN – Thousands of people marched from Copenhagen City Hall to the U.S. embassy Saturday afternoon in protest of President Trump’s comments that he wants to acquire Greenland. The crowd, waving Greenlandic flags, chanted “Greenland is not for sale.” Many demonstrators wore red hats in Trump’s own “Make America great again”…

Politics / January 15, 2026 The results for the 2025 election cycle send a powerful message regarding strategies that connect outside of urban centers. Ad Policy House Speaker Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, left, high-fives Delegate Lily Franklin, D-Montgomery, center, after taking the oath of office during the opening of the 2026 session of the Virginia General Assembly.(Steve Helber / AP) From Montana Trump country to the Appalachian foothills, rural Democrats scored a heartening number of local and statewide victories in recent off-year and special elections. The spate of wins produced tangible results for Democrats: flipping the governorship in Virginia; expanding the…

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., pictured at the White House earlier this month, promised he would set up the Administration for a Healthy America back in March 2025. It doesn’t exist yet. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was just a few weeks into his new job as health secretary in March 2025 when he unveiled a dramatic plan to remake the Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy quickly determined that the size and structure of his agency — which includes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food…

January 16, 2026 Don’t blame the housing crisis on local NIMBYism and too many regulations. Ad Policy Construction workers work the exterior of a housing development in Los Angeles, California, on August 28, 2025. (Frederic J. BROWN / AFP via Getty Images) The Abundance and Stuck crowd are off the mark. The two books with those names would blame the country’s housing crisis on local NIMBYism (“not in my backyard!”) and too many government regulations. Enough new housing, they argue, is not getting built because local residents have gained too much power to obstruct and too many layers of regulations…

Federal immigration officers outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday in Minneapolis. John Locher/AP hide caption toggle caption John Locher/AP With tensions already high in Minnesota after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer killed Renee Macklin Good, the Trump administration is ramping up the pressure on cities and states to cooperate with its immigration crackdown. The administration had already surged federal agents — sometimes accompanied by military troops — to Los Angeles, Portland, Chicago, Charlotte, Memphis, Washington D.C. and New Orleans. Now the White House is threatening to cut funding for sanctuary cities. Here’s a brief explanation of how local…

Society / January 16, 2026 Musk’s attack on the new FDNY commissioner proves he knows nothing about how modern fire departments work. Ad Policy New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Lillian Bonsignore, commissioner of the Fire Department of New York (FDNY), during a swearing-in ceremony at the FDNY headquarters on January 6, 2026.(Adam Gray / Bloomberg via Getty Images) Late last year, Elon Musk—a non–New Yorker with no experience in protecting the public—loudly declared that “people are going to die” because Lillian Bonsignore, a career emergency medical services leader and the newly appointed New York City Fire Department commissioner,…

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a press conference at the State Capitol on Jan. 5, 2026 in St. Paul, Minn., where he announced he was abandoning his re-election campaign. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stephen Maturen/Getty Images The Justice Department is investigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, a U.S. official said. The official sought anonymity because were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. Frey said in a post on X: “This is an obvious attempt to intimidate me for standing up for Minneapolis, local law enforcement, and residents against the chaos and…

Politics / January 16, 2026 In this week’s “Elie v. U.S.,” our justice correspondent explores the fecklessness of the Democratic Party, MAGA racism, and fighting despite unwinnable odds. Ad Policy Demonstrators protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in St. Paul, Minnesota,(Victor J. Blue / Bloomberg via Getty Images) This is a preview of Nation Justice Correspondent Elie Mystal’s new weekly newsletter. Click here to receive this newsletter in your inbox each Friday. It’s a problem that whenever I listen to Democratic leaders like Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, I become frustrated, instead of inspired. It’s a problem…