Marcus Reed - NetPound

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Marcus Reed covers politics and government for NetPound. He focuses on clear, balanced explainers that cut through the noise and help readers understand how the system actually works.

Low view across pebbles into a vast calm blue lake with an unbroken horizon and bright sky

Politics

Lake Ontario Is Now Lake America, But Only If You Are Standing in the United States

If you opened Google Maps in the United States this weekend and found that Lake

Row of identical white marble busts on a shelf lit by hard raking morning sunlight

Politics

Trump Ranked the Presidents and Put Himself on Top. The Chart Underneath Is From 1948.

President Trump posted a tiered ranking of American presidents to Truth Social

Empty institutional waiting room with two rows of grey plastic chairs under fluorescent light

Politics

ICE Made About 50,000 Arrests in July and the Method Is the Story

Immigration and Customs Enforcement made close to 50,000 arrests in July, the

South Carolina Senate runoff, white capitol dome and palmettos against a vivid blue sky

Politics

Darline Graham Won the Seat She Was Handed

Darline Graham won South Carolina’s Republican Senate primary runoff

Supreme Court mail voting concept, macro of fanned blank white envelopes with one out of line

Politics

The Supreme Court Lifted One of Two Blocks on the Mail Voting Order

The Supreme Court lifted one of two injunctions blocking the president’s

Jeffries Kushner meeting concept, overhead flat lay of two espresso cups on white marble

Politics

Jeffries Met Privately With Kushner and His Own Party Noticed

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries met privately with Jared Kushner in New

Canada 50 percent tariffs concept, lone shipping container at an empty border crossing

Politics

US and Canada Talks Collapse and 50 Percent Tariffs Take Effect

Trade talks between the United States and Canada collapsed late Friday night,

Darline Graham Taiwan debate represented by an empty opera house stage with two lecterns under a single spotlight

Politics

A Sitting Senator Was Asked About Taiwan and Said It Was Not Her Thing

With five days until a Senate runoff, the interim senator from South Carolina

Florida primary governor race shown by empty voting booths in a polling place at night with palm shadows on the wall

Politics

Florida Sets Its Governor Race: Donalds, Jolly, and the Upset Nobody Called

Florida sorted out its November ballot on Tuesday night and produced three

Jon Ossoff Natalie Harp remark represented by two microphones facing each other on an empty hearing room dais

Politics

Ossoff Remark About Trump Aide Draws White House Insults

What Ossoff said in Atlanta Sen

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Pets

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Health

Statins Cut Heart Attacks in Healthy Over 70s but Did Not Extend Healthy Life
The first large randomized trial of statins in healthy adults over 70 finally
Movies

Spider-Man: Brand New Day Is Now $45 Million From the All Time Domestic Record
Spider-Man: Brand New Day finished first at the domestic box office for the
Sports

NFL Cutdown Day Ended Will Levis and Evan Neal in the Same Afternoon
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Recreation

Novak Djokovic Lost a US Open First Round for the First Time in His Life
Novak Djokovic has played 20 years of Grand Slam tennis without ever losing an
Television

Hulu Renewed Furious Four Days Before Its Finale, and the Ratings Explain Why
Hulu renewed Furious for a second season on Wednesday, four days before its
Finance

Warsh Refused to Commit to Anything at Jackson Hole, and the Market Heard a Rate Hike
Kevin Warsh gave his first Jackson Hole keynote as Federal Reserve chair on
Recreation

Song Yadong Knocked Out Umar Nurmagomedov in Shanghai With One Uppercut
Umar Nurmagomedov dropped his level for a takedown in the second round in