Reading archive 2026-07-15

I Bought the $3,000 Fitness Suit That Electrocutes You. I’m Sending It Back: Celebrities like George Clooney have praised the expensive Katalyst suit. For me, it derailed my other exercises and made me reassess my obsession with fitness and efficiency.

With death of Lindsey Graham, Israel loses key backer as its isolation deepens: The senator represented a foreign policy consensus on U.S. support for Israel that has begun to collapse under President Donald Trump.

A major Colorado River decision looms. Here’s how it will affect millions.: With the river in freefall, federal officials plan to intervene, possibly imposing large cuts to water usage in seven states. Effects would be felt beyond the West. - "If [Doug Kenney, director of the Western Water Policy Program at the University of Colorado] were 'king for a day,' he said, he would simply calculate the percentage gap between water supplies and demand, and then reduce everyone’s allocation by that amount — sharing the pain of shortfalls equally across the basin.

"But as long as the Law of the River guarantees certain water rights and prioritizes certain users, Kenney said, it will be hard to create a political appetite for that kind of solution."

Pennsylvania Republicans won on lowering prices. Then came the Iran war.: Two Republicans who unseated House Democrats in 2024 after promising to lower the cost of living are fighting to keep their seats amid rising prices.