News in Brief Trump Announces New Plan to Confront Iran’s ‘Hostile Actions’ Trump criticized the Iran nuclear deal, but stopped short of pulling the U.S. out of the agreement. Kate Wheeling
News in Brief Obamacare Strengthened Americans’ Willingness to Trust One Another New research finds a link between implementation of the Affordable Care Act and generalized trust. Tom Jacobs
News in Brief Here’s How Trump Is Dragging the U.S. to the Brink of War The many potential foreign-policy conflicts facing the Trump administration, ranked. Massoud Hayoun
News in Brief Trump’s New Executive Order on Health Care Offers More Questions Than Answers The health-care waiting game continues. Dwyer Gunn
News in Brief A New Report Sheds Light on the Tea Party’s IRS Delusion The TIGTA report underscores the false notion of tyrannical taxation that some libertarians have been fixating on for years. Jared Keller
News in Brief Health Care Is California Democrats’ New Litmus Test Will the fight over single payer divide Democrats, or lead to a breakthrough on health-care policy? Anthony York
News in Brief Why the Rise of the Bromance Is Worrying for Women A study reports young men find it more comfortable to open up emotionally to their male friends than to their female lovers. Tom Jacobs
News in Brief Boy Scouts to Allow Girls to Join The historic change will take effect next year. Emily Moon
News in Brief Millennials May Not Be Such Narcissists After All New research finds recent college students are no more self-absorbed than their predecessors. Tom Jacobs
News in Brief The Meaning of Life in ‘Blade Runner 2049’ A philosopher expounds on the film's deep questions about knowledge and genetically engineered life, and offers some clues as to its ambiguous ending. Katie Kilkenny