Food defined social hierarchy in 1776. Here's what was on the table ^27.7%

NPR - By Ava Berger - 6/28/2026, 9:00 AM

Hasty Generalization 18% - Representativeness Heuristic 11.1% - Availability Heuristic 10.4%

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Arthur Gross has been the chef at Middleton Tavern in Annapolis, Md., for 50 years. That's a long time, even for a tavern that started serving food before the country's inception. Sometimes, in between preparing food in the kitchen, "I wonder to myself what would it have been like?" Miller said of the early days at the... more

Air Force One, gifted to Trump from Qatar, arrives at Joint Base Andrews ^34.9%

NPR - By Ava Berger - 6/19/2026, 9:01 PM

Appeal to Authority 34.7% - Optimism Bias 31.1% - Appeal to Emotion 22.6%

The newest Air Force One jet, gifted to President Trump from the Qatari government, arrived ahead of schedule on Friday to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. On Friday afternoon, Trump toured the luxury Boeing 747 plane that initially stirred controversy. The plane was one of the biggest foreign gifts ever received by the U.S. government... more

Bill Gates to appear before Congress over Epstein involvement ^8.3%

KUOW Public Radio - By Ava Berger - 6/10/2026, 9:00 AM

Negativity Bias 20.6% - Framing Effect 10.1% - Unattributed Quote 7.6%

Bill Gates is scheduled to appear before members of Congress on Wednesday to answer questions about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, as the House Oversight Committee continues its investigation into the late sex offender. Gates, who has denied having any knowledge of Epstein's crimes, will sit for a closed-door transcribed... more

Former AG Pam Bondi to testify before Congress over handling of the Epstein files ^14.2%

NPR - By Ava Berger - 5/29/2026, 9:00 AM

Appeal to Emotion 12.6% - Appeal to Authority 11.1% - Negativity Bias 10.2%

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi is scheduled to testify before House lawmakers Friday in a closed-door interview over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. The Republican-led House Oversight Committee subpoenaed Bondi in March to discuss her role in overseeing the Department of Justice's release of millions of documents related to... more

Popes have spoken out on politics before. But with Trump and Pope Leo it's different ^14.2%

NPR - By Ava Berger - 4/15/2026, 7:58 PM

Hasty Generalization 20.8% - Halo Effect 11.3% - Appeal to Authority 10.3%

The ongoing war of words between President Trump and Pope Leo XIV is unparalleled in modern history. It's not new for popes to speak out on political issues, historians of religion say, but Trump's insults toward the pope are without precedent. The direct nature of Pope Leo's responses as well as him being the first American pope are... more

After the release of the Epstein files, why have there been so few arrests? ^15.4%

NPR - By Ava Berger - 4/3/2026, 9:02 AM

Appeal to Authority 13.7% - Negativity Bias 11.5% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 7.4%

A document that was included in the U.S. Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files shows a diagram prepared by the FBI attempting to chart the network of Epstein's victims and the timeline of their alleged abuse. Jon Elswick/AP In the more than two months since the Department of Justice released its latest batch of files... more

Epstein used his ties to Nobel laureate scientists to try to rebuild his image ^69.6%

NPR - By Scott Neuman, Ava Berger - 3/9/2026, 7:33 PM

Some 100 feet below the ocean's surface, Stephen Hawking peeked through the circular porthole of a submarine and saw the brilliant blue tropical water. It was March 2006, and the famous astrophysicist, accompanied by one of his ever-present nurses, sat strapped in his wheelchair, enjoying the view of coral reefs and colorful fish off the... more

How Epstein and Maxwell used an elite Midwest arts school to prey on girls ^54.3%

NPR - By Ava Berger, Scott Neuman - 2/19/2026, 10:25 AM

Years before they were convicted sex offenders, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell used his wealth to gain access to a prestigious boarding school for young artists in Michigan, using a rental lodge Epstein donated to the school as a base from which to recruit some of their earliest victims, according to Department of Justice records... more