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This capacity to predict the future is beginning to feel a bit déjà-vu-ish. It’s not too hard to foresee the approaching catastrophe in Gaza. In our presidential election, we are facing the potential elevation of a genuine instrument of fascism.

More election season news and views

Governor Kathy Hochul's indefinite pause of a proposed congestion pricing program for lower Manhattan is “a generational setback for climate policy in the United States."

"So many thousands of people have stories about how he has changed their lives," said one admirer. "He certainly changed mine."

A bill has been introduced that would require proof of citizenship for registration to vote in Federal elections while 1 in 10 voters say they can't easily show proof of citizenship.

An electric car capable of running for 1 million miles is within reach--if car companies allow it.

A crisis moment for media

An ascendant new bloc of three Republicans and one Democrat is voting together to roll back limits on how politicians, political parties and super PACs raise and spend money.

Waiting on history to deliver karmic justice for war crimes is a useless exercise, especially at a time when urgent action is needed.

Ethylene oxide, a carcinogenic gas, is nine times more prevalent than the EPA estimated, a study shows. And inside petrochemical plants, workers are likely subjected to much higher concentrations, an author said.