Friday Nite Videos | April 24, 2026

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Inside Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections. The Origins of May Day: Working Class Pride and Power. The Navy Gets a Witch-Hunter. Bait | Trailer. The First American City That Will Run Out of Water.

Bait | Trailer

This is either his big break or his last shot. Bait, starring Riz Ahmed, premieres March 25 on Prime Video.

The Incredible Shrinking Trump Coalition

G. Elliott Morris Strength in Numbers
An updated look at the president's approval rating by geography and demographics shows just how narrow his coalition has become.

China Surpasses US in Research Spending

Caroline Wagner The Conversation
China’s ascent is, in one sense, good news. More knowledge expands the global pool of discovery from which everyone can draw. The world benefits when science thrives. The problem is not that China is investing, but that the U.S. is not.

Death by A.I.

Ken Klippenstein KlipNews
By the time the public learns what the Autonomous Warfare Center actually does, it will have been doing it for years.