A commissioner in New York City’s municipal government put the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran on her official calendar while the United States and Iran were exchanging fire. The State Department found out about it from someone other than the city. The meeting was scrubbed only after federal officials sat down with City Hall to explain, in the...
July 16, 2026
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NJ Registration, Curriculum Review, and Wellness Checks
TRENTON — Three bills before the New Jersey Legislature would end the state’s status as one of the least-regulated homeschooling jurisdictions in the country. One would require families to register with their school district each year. One would require them to submit a curriculum aligned with state standards and an annual portfolio evaluated by a third party. One would require...
StubHub’s CEO Is Also a Professional Ticket Reseller
StubHub founder and chief executive Eric Baker is a part owner and managing partner of Andro Capital, an investment fund that operates as a professional ticket reseller and has sold tickets on StubHub since 2008, according to the company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The relationship, along with a separate arrangement in which StubHub refers sellers to...
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City Hall Doesn’t Have a Foreign Policy
A commissioner in New York City’s municipal government put the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran on her official...
NJ Registration, Curriculum Review, and Wellness Checks
TRENTON — Three bills before the New Jersey Legislature would end the state’s status as one of the least-regulated homeschooling...
StubHub’s CEO Is Also a Professional Ticket Reseller
StubHub founder and chief executive Eric Baker is a part owner and managing partner of Andro Capital, an investment fund...
How Much of the U.S. Economy Is Tax-Exempt? Nobody Officially Knows
America’s nonprofit sector is no longer a rounding error in the national economy. Federal data show tax-exempt organizations contributed more...
Iowa’s Rising Cancer Rates Collide With a Federal Order Shielding Glyphosate
Iowa now records the second-highest rate of new cancer diagnoses in the United States, trailing only Kentucky, and is one...
Before Blaming Israel: How the Palestinian Economy Absorbed a Self-Inflicted Blow in the Gulf
It has become a reflex in much commentary on the Palestinian economy to trace its condition to a single source:...
Rap Falls Out of the Billboard Top 40 as the Lakers Project an All-White Starting Five: A Look at the ‘DEI Backlash’ Debate Behind the Headlines
Two unrelated developments in American popular culture converged in the fall of 2025 and, together, revived a long-running argument about...
Inside the Fight Over ActBlue’s Fraud Controls: How the Platform Says It Handles Suspicious Donations — and Why Investigators Say It Fell Short
ActBlue, the online payment processor behind the bulk of small-dollar fundraising for Democratic candidates and progressive causes, is at the...