Congress hasn’t been immune to violence among its members over the past 200 years. In her book The Field of Blood, which delves into lawmakers’ unruly behavior in the early republic, historian Joanne Freeman wrote that she had uncovered “more than seventy violent incidents between congressmen in the House and Senate chambers or on nearby…

James Harden has been traded to the Brooklyn Nets, according to multiple reports. The 31-year-old superstar guard will join Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving in a blockbuster that also sends Caris LeVert to the Indiana Pacers, Victor Oladipo to the Houston Rockets, Jarrett Allen to the Cavaliers, and a variety of draft picks changing hands.…

Last week, in the wake of the pro-Trump riot at the U.S. Capitol, The New Yorker’s Ronan Farrow wrote a story about an Air Force pilot turned extremist who was photographed during the maelstrom wearing combat gear on the Senate floor. The article, which named the man as retired Lt. Col. Larry Brock, struck familiar…

BOSTON — Sometimes the guard changes slowly. Sometimes it changes overnight. That is what is happening in the city of Boston, which has been led by white men since its incorporation in 1822. With the nomination of Mayor Martin Walsh as President-elect Joe Biden’s labor secretary, the 2021 mayoral race is suddenly wide open, and…

This weekend, it happened again: more mass shootings in America. This time, gunmen in an attack in Odessa and Midland, Texas, and another in Mobile, Alabama, shot dozens of people, with at least several reported dead. Already, the shootings have led to demands for action. “How many of @JohnCornyn @tedcruz constituents must die before they…

Emmet Smith about 9 hours ago From the moment Boston Dynamics cemented the ‘robot dog’ in our collective consciousness, we’ve thoroughly enjoyed watching them get pushed and kicked around. There is an undeniable sense of relief in acknowledging robotic clumsiness.  But things are changing as these robots get more and more adept at picking themselves…