Car and Driver
With long-standing practicality and engaging driving dynamics, the Honda Accord is now a 40-time 10Best winner.
CONSISTENCY IS a fast-food chain's secret weapon.
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January / February 2026
Car and Driver
The Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing pairs a ballroom dancer's poise with a basement brawler's punch.
THE CADILLAC CT4-V BLACKWING'S list of awards may soon be longer than its name.
1 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
Mail-Order Ride
For the U.S. Postal Service's new truck, the Next Generation Delivery Vehicle, the design has a purpose. It isn't beauty.
4 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
These Chevrolet and GMC full-size SUVs combine impressive capability with comfortable accommodations and surprising agility.
WE LIKE OUR full-size SUVs like we like our burritos: big and made with high-quality ingredients.
1 min |
January / February 2026
Reason magazine
The Deportation Playlist Is Mostly Stolen
AS MASKED IMMIGRATION and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents deploy to U.S. cities, the Trump administration is also running a social media campaign. Its effort to stay viral online is colliding with copyright law.
3 min |
February/March 2026
Reason magazine
Why Did D.C. Reinstall a Confederate Statue?
THE NATIONAL PARK Service reinstalled Washington, D.C.’s only statue of a Confederate soldier in October 2025 as part of the Trump administration's effort to restore preexisting monuments in the capital.
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February/March 2026
Reason magazine
Trump's Drug Strategy Excuses Murder as Self-Defense
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP has sought to justify his policy of summarily executing suspected drug smugglers by arguing that the United States is engaged in an “armed conflict” with criminal organizations that supply prohibited intoxicants. Yet the Trump administration also insists that U.S. forces are not engaging in “hostilities” when they blow up boats believed to be carrying illegal drugs.
3 min |
February/March 2026
Reason magazine
The Return of Polymarket
TALK IS CHEAP—but Polymarket lets you put your money where your mouth is. Nearly four years after being shut down by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the online betting company that allows you to stake money on future events has become CFTC-compliant and relaunched for U.S. residents at the end of 2025.
1 min |
February/March 2026
Reason magazine
Q&A Katie Herzog
KATIE HERZOG IS the co-host of the Blocked and Reported podcast and the author of Drink Your Way Sober, a book about her experiences with the Sinclair Method—a medication-assisted approach to alcohol abuse that employs one drug to counter problematic use of another.
3 min |
February/March 2026
Reason magazine
The Long Road Home
The Wounded Generation examines the aftermath of the “good war.”
5 min |
February/March 2026
Car and Driver
Based on my experience running my neighborhood road association, I advise you to go hug a DOT worker.
LAST YEAR, I moved to a spot that’s a little bit rural.
3 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
With its 668-hp V-8 engine, standard manual transmission, rear-wheel drive, and fastidious execution, the Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing has power, purity, and purpose.
CADILLAC'S ground-pounding sports sedan roars back onto our 10Best list for the fifth consecutive year because, really, what's going to knock it off? Granted, it did face fresh competition in the form of the new BMW M5, but the CT5-V Blackwing vanquished that challenger, along with the Audi RS7, in a comparison test earlier this year.
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January / February 2026
Car and Driver
Continuing a decades-long tradition of packing above-average variety, versatility, and vim into a compact package, the Honda Civic does it all.
IF IT AIN'T BROKE, don't fix it.
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January / February 2026
Car and Driver
The Subaru BRZ and Toyota GR86 recall simpler times, relying on providing a joyous driving experience rather than technology and features.
WE'VE LONG THOUGHT that the Porsche 718 Cayman and Boxster, 10Best stalwarts, were more expensive and refined versions of the pure sports-car formula adhered to by the Subaru BRZ and Toyota GR86.
1 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
We're hearing the call of the wild, but it's from the off-road trim packages that are taking over the highways.
THERE SEEM TO BE A REMARKABLE number of outdoorsy types around these days.
3 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
Losing the manual didn't keep the Volkswagen Golf GTI and Golf R from winning us over, again.
LOSING ANOTHER MANUAL transmission frustrates us nearly as much as missing out on breakfast at Whammy Burger by three minutes.
1 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
For many people today, the American dream includes a family, a house, and a pickup; never has a half-ton truck been more desirable than the Ram 1500.
RAM DIDN'T NEED to resurrect its V-8.
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January / February 2026
Car and Driver
For a relatively small cash outlay, the Chevrolet Trax still delivers big value.
UNTIL THE CURRENT Chevrolet Trax debuted for 2024, it seemed like General Motors would never get the affordable small vehicle right.
1 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
The Lucid Air hit the ground running and hasn't looked back.
THEY SAY FAMILIARITY breeds contempt, but readers might think the opposite looking at our 10Best list.
1 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
Practicality, refinement, and affordability are hallmarks of the Honda CR-V, which tops that trifecta with an athletic driving experience.
IT MUST BE ANNOYING to be other automakers trying to engineer an entry in the all-important compact-SUV segment to compete with the Honda CR-V, because it's good at everything.
1 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
LATE BLOOMER
THE NISSAN LEAF LAUNCHED THE EV ERA. IT HAS FINALLY CAUGHT UP TO THE REVOLUTION IT STARTED.
5 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
M5 vs- M5
THE BMW M5 SEDAN TAKES ON FIS HOMONYMOUS RIVAL, THE KUBOTA M5.
6 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
A gutsier engine makes the Volkswagen Tiguan SEL R-Line Turbo the Tig that zigs.
The compact-SUV class is fat with choices that are thin on fun. The Volkswagen Tiguan SEL R-Line Turbo aims to stir up that segment.
1 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
High Impact
Porsche 911 GT3 Touring HIGHS: Every drive is a qualifying lap, screams at 9000 rpm, three pedals are better than two. LOWS: Sometimes you just want to chill, no more analog tach, the thought that you'd enjoy it more if you were younger.
2 min |
January / February 2026
Los Angeles Times
What's behind the SpaceX IPO hype?
Rocket firm’s initial public offering could be the largest ever, at least partially driven by a plan to launch AI data centers into orbit
4 min |
December 17, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Welcoming fellow stars to stage
(Platt, from E1]
4 min |
December 17, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Atmospheric river set to arrive Christmas week
[Weather, from B1]
3 min |
December 17, 2025
Los Angeles Times
9 indicted in cannabis burglaries that led to Oakland officer’s death
A federal grand jury in Oakland indicted nine people on a slew of drug and conspiracy charges related to a series of burglaries at a marijuana grow facility in 2023 that led to the death of an undercover police officer, according to court documents unsealed Thursday.
2 min |
December 17, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Surfer injured by shark off North Salmon Creek in Sonoma County
The man was paddling 300 yards from shore in the morning when he was bitten.
2 min |
December 17, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Rob Reiner blazed trails. Trump wallowed in filth
Hollywood icon's activism was driven by compassion. From the president, a grave dance.
4 min |