Millions are spent to clean up after the birds and to install spikes and nets to keep them from fouling transit stations and bridges. Are birth control pills next?

The one I like

Republicans are servile. Courts are slow. Can the Democrats rouse themselves?

Drivers queue as Ukraine’s drones take out 20% of refining capacity

What likely started as a routine refresh spiraled into a political storm that went all the way to the US president

It is a test case for how countries recover from a populist fever

Turns out it wasn’t actually that strong.

Performance artist Laurie Anderson from 1993 on her first 20 years as an artist.

If Congress approves, the cuts would save less than Americans think—and risk countless lives

The longtime chronicler of the spy agency on his Legacy of Ashes follow-up and what keeps him up at night

The rise of ChatGPT and its rivals is undermining the economic bargain of the internet

It is astonishingly dynamic, even under the weight of tariffs

Winnie Byanyima tells the Guardian she considered resigning when Donald Trump cancelled Pepfar funding

Senate Republicans pass their megabill. Cue the liberal and media spin.

Waste wood scraps, changed at the molecular level, could become heavy-duty building materials—and even replace plastic, aluminum and carbon fiber in our vehicles and gadgets.

The Big Beautiful Bill is symptomatic of a wider malaise

Wraps are popular again. So is a certain kind of physique.

WA tried as hard as any state to round up health coverage for all. But now that Republicans are gutting health care, it turns out WA has the farthest to fall.

In 1993 I had the opportunity to interview one of my heroes, journalist Bill Moyers (June 5, 1934 – June 26, 2025). In listening back I was struck by how many of the issues we talked about are still present. Moyers was the press secretary to President Lyndon Johnson, head of the Peace Corps, and a longtime CBS and public television journalist. In this wide-ranging interview, he begina by explaining why he left successful careers in network television and public TV to become an independent producer; how he got a job with Lyndon Johnson by writing a letter offering to help him get re-elected; his television report and book on mind/body medicine. A caller asks Moyer, with the proliferation of media outlets, is there a need for publicly funded media?

The president has made many poor decisions, but in striking Iran, he acted where his predecessors had failed.