:root{--muted-text:#5c574f;--border:#b9b2a5;--footer-bg:#11100f;--spacing:1;--base-font:16px;--heading-scale:1.1;--display:Impact, Haettenschweiler, "Arial Narrow Bold", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;--body:"Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;}
/* Flamethrower: a high-contrast editorial front page built on the managed theme. */
:root {
  --flame-red: #ed1c24;
  --flame-red-dark: #b70f16;
  --flame-ink: #11100f;
  --flame-paper: #f4f0e7;
  --flame-white: #fffdf7;
  --flame-rule: #b9b2a5;
  --flame-blue: #1667d9;
  --flame-display:
    Impact, Haettenschweiler, "Arial Narrow Bold", "Helvetica Neue", Arial,
    sans-serif;
}

body {
  background: var(--flame-paper);
  line-height: 1.5;
}

h1,
h2,
h3 {
  font-weight: 800;
}

a {
  text-decoration-thickness: 2px;
}

button,
.button {
  border-radius: 0;
  font-weight: 800;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: 0.04em;
}

button:focus-visible,
a:focus-visible,
summary:focus-visible,
input:focus-visible,
textarea:focus-visible {
  outline: 3px solid var(--flame-blue);
  outline-offset: 5px;
}

/* Masthead */
.site-header {
  color: var(--flame-white);
  background: var(--flame-ink);
  border: 0;
}

.layout-header-centered .header-inner {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) 44px;
  gap: 0;
  padding: 22px 44px 0;
}

.layout-header-centered .header-inner > .brand {
  grid-column: 1 / -1;
  justify-content: center;
  min-width: 0;
  padding: 4px 0 22px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff42;
}

.brand .brand-mark {
  display: none;
}

.header-inner .brand span {
  font-family: var(--flame-display);
  font-size: clamp(62px, 10.5vw, 148px);
  font-weight: 900;
  font-stretch: condensed;
  letter-spacing: -0.045em;
  line-height: 0.8;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.header-inner .brand span::first-letter {
  color: var(--flame-red);
}

.header-inner .brand-logo {
  width: auto;
  max-width: 90px;
  height: 80px;
}

.layout-header-centered .desktop-nav {
  justify-content: center;
  gap: clamp(20px, 3.6vw, 54px);
  margin: 0;
  padding: 17px 0 18px;
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 800;
  letter-spacing: 0.055em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.desktop-nav a:nth-child(n + 5) {
  display: inline;
}

.desktop-nav a {
  position: relative;
  padding: 2px 0;
}

.desktop-nav a:hover,
.desktop-nav a[aria-current="page"] {
  color: var(--flame-red);
  text-decoration: none;
}

.desktop-nav a[aria-current="page"]::after {
  position: absolute;
  right: 0;
  bottom: -7px;
  left: 0;
  height: 3px;
  background: currentColor;
  content: "";
}

.search-menu {
  justify-self: end;
  align-self: center;
}

.search-menu summary {
  width: 25px;
  height: 25px;
}

.search-menu form {
  top: 100%;
  right: 44px;
  padding: 18px;
  color: var(--flame-ink);
  background: var(--flame-white);
  border: 2px solid var(--flame-ink);
  box-shadow: 8px 8px 0 var(--flame-red);
}

.search-menu input {
  margin: 0;
  border-color: var(--flame-ink);
}

.announcement {
  padding: 8px 20px;
  color: var(--flame-white);
  background: var(--flame-red-dark);
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 0.035em;
}

.demo-note {
  color: var(--flame-ink);
  background: #ffd232;
  font-weight: 700;
}

/* Front-page framing */
.site-main {
  padding: 0 44px;
}

body.layout-home-feature-sidebar .site-main {
  padding-bottom: 1px;
}

.edition-intro {
  min-height: 47px;
  padding: 12px 0;
  align-items: center;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--flame-rule);
}

.edition-intro h1 {
  font-family: var(--body);
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 800;
  letter-spacing: 0.075em;
  line-height: 1.4;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.edition-intro h1::before {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 22px;
  height: 8px;
  margin-right: 10px;
  background: var(--flame-red);
  content: "";
}

.edition-intro p:empty {
  display: none;
}

.edition-intro p {
  max-width: 62ch;
  margin-top: 5px;
  font-size: 13px;
}

.edition-intro .edition-date {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 0.04em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

/* Optional managed splash: remains separate from published reporting. */
.homepage-feature {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 0.9fr) minmax(0, 1.1fr);
  min-height: 610px;
  margin: 28px 0 48px;
  overflow: hidden;
  color: var(--flame-white);
  background: var(--flame-red);
}

.homepage-feature::after {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 2;
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: calc(45% - 42px);
  width: 84px;
  background: var(--flame-red);
  clip-path: polygon(0 0, 100% 0, 55% 100%, 0 100%);
  content: "";
  pointer-events: none;
}

.homepage-feature-copy {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 3;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: flex-end;
  align-items: flex-start;
  padding: clamp(32px, 4.5vw, 70px);
}

.homepage-feature-copy h2 {
  max-width: 5.4ch;
  font-family: var(--flame-display);
  font-size: clamp(78px, 8.6vw, 126px);
  font-weight: 900;
  letter-spacing: -0.035em;
  line-height: 0.84;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  text-wrap: balance;
}

.homepage-feature-copy > p {
  max-width: 27ch;
  margin-top: 28px;
  font-size: clamp(17px, 1.5vw, 21px);
  font-weight: 600;
  line-height: 1.4;
}

.homepage-feature-copy .text-link {
  margin-top: 30px;
  padding: 12px 17px;
  color: var(--flame-white);
  background: var(--flame-ink);
}

.homepage-feature-visual {
  position: relative;
  min-width: 0;
}

.homepage-feature-visual img,
.homepage-feature-visual .image-placeholder {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  max-height: 760px;
  object-fit: cover;
}

.homepage-feature-visual figcaption {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 3;
  right: 16px;
  bottom: 16px;
  max-width: calc(100% - 32px);
  padding: 7px 10px;
  color: var(--flame-ink);
  background: var(--flame-white);
  font-size: 10px;
  font-weight: 700;
  line-height: 1.4;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

/* Lead story and news rail */
.lead-grid {
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 2.2fr) minmax(280px, 0.8fr);
  gap: 0;
  margin-top: 28px;
  border-top: 7px solid var(--flame-ink);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--flame-ink);
}

.lead-story {
  min-width: 0;
  padding: 26px 34px 34px 0;
  border-right: 1px solid var(--flame-ink);
}

.lead-image {
  background: var(--flame-ink);
}

.lead-image img,
.lead-image .image-placeholder {
  height: auto;
  aspect-ratio: 16 / 9;
}

.lead-copy {
  max-width: none;
  padding: 24px 0 0;
}

.lead-category {
  gap: 10px;
}

.category {
  color: var(--flame-red-dark);
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 900;
  letter-spacing: 0.07em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.short-rule {
  width: 34px;
  height: 3px;
  background: var(--flame-red);
}

.lead-copy h2 {
  max-width: 16ch;
  margin-top: 13px;
  font-size: clamp(42px, 4.8vw, 68px);
  font-weight: 900;
  letter-spacing: -0.045em;
  line-height: 0.98;
  text-wrap: balance;
}

.lead-copy h2 a:hover,
.story-card h3 a:hover,
.story-compact h3 a:hover {
  color: var(--flame-red-dark);
  text-decoration: none;
}

.lead-excerpt {
  max-width: 60ch;
  margin-top: 17px;
  font-size: 17px;
  line-height: 1.55;
}

.story-meta {
  margin-top: 16px;
  color: #5e5a53;
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.025em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.latest {
  align-self: stretch;
  padding: 26px 0 26px 30px;
  counter-reset: latest-story;
}

.latest > .section-heading {
  padding-bottom: 17px;
  border-bottom: 3px solid var(--flame-red);
}

.section-heading h2 {
  font-family: var(--flame-display);
  font-size: 32px;
  font-weight: 900;
  letter-spacing: -0.015em;
  line-height: 1;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.live-dot {
  width: 28px;
  height: 8px;
  border-radius: 0;
  background: var(--flame-red);
}

.story-compact {
  position: relative;
  padding: 20px 0 20px 37px;
  border-color: var(--flame-rule);
  counter-increment: latest-story;
}

.story-compact::before {
  position: absolute;
  top: 22px;
  left: 0;
  color: var(--flame-red-dark);
  font-family: var(--flame-display);
  font-size: 21px;
  line-height: 1;
  content: counter(latest-story, decimal-leading-zero);
}

.story-compact h3 {
  margin-top: 7px;
  font-size: 23px;
  font-weight: 850;
  letter-spacing: -0.03em;
  line-height: 1.08;
}

.latest > .text-link {
  margin-top: 22px;
}

.text-link {
  gap: 9px;
  color: var(--flame-red-dark);
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 900;
  letter-spacing: 0.065em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.text-link span {
  font-size: 15px;
}

/* Asymmetric section grid */
.story-section {
  margin: 68px 0;
  padding-top: 19px;
  border-top: 7px solid var(--flame-ink);
}

.story-section > .section-heading {
  margin-bottom: 28px;
}

.stories-grid {
  grid-template-columns: repeat(4, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 38px 24px;
}

.story-card {
  min-width: 0;
  padding-top: 12px;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--flame-rule);
}

.story-card:first-child {
  grid-column: span 2;
  grid-row: span 2;
  padding-top: 0;
  border-top: 0;
}

.card-image {
  margin-bottom: 17px;
  background: var(--flame-ink);
}

.card-image img,
.card-image .image-placeholder {
  height: auto;
  aspect-ratio: 4 / 3;
}

.story-card:first-child .card-image img,
.story-card:first-child .card-image .image-placeholder {
  aspect-ratio: 16 / 10;
}

.story-card h3 {
  margin-top: 8px;
  font-size: 25px;
  font-weight: 850;
  letter-spacing: -0.035em;
  line-height: 1.06;
}

.story-card:first-child h3 {
  max-width: 18ch;
  font-size: clamp(34px, 3.25vw, 48px);
}

.excerpt {
  margin-top: 12px;
  color: #5e5a53;
  font-size: 13px;
  line-height: 1.55;
}

.story-card:first-child .excerpt {
  max-width: 58ch;
  font-size: 15px;
}

.image-placeholder {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  background:
    linear-gradient(
      135deg,
      transparent 43%,
      var(--flame-red) 43% 57%,
      transparent 57%
    ),
    var(--flame-ink);
}

.image-placeholder::after {
  position: absolute;
  right: 20px;
  bottom: 12px;
  color: var(--flame-white);
  font-family: var(--flame-display);
  font-size: clamp(30px, 5vw, 72px);
  letter-spacing: -0.03em;
  line-height: 1;
  content: "F";
}

.image-placeholder .brand-mark {
  display: none;
}

/* Honest pre-publication state */
.site-main > .empty-state {
  margin: 28px 0 54px;
  padding: 30px 0;
  border-top: 7px solid var(--flame-ink);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--flame-ink);
  color: #5e5a53;
  font-size: 15px;
}

.site-main:has(> .edition-intro + .empty-state) > .edition-intro {
  min-height: 370px;
  align-items: flex-end;
  margin-top: 28px;
  padding: clamp(32px, 5vw, 72px);
  color: var(--flame-white);
  background:
    linear-gradient(
      115deg,
      transparent 56%,
      #ffffff12 56% 58%,
      transparent 58%
    ),
    var(--flame-red);
  border: 0;
}

.site-main:has(> .edition-intro + .empty-state) > .edition-intro h1 {
  max-width: 12ch;
  font-family: var(--flame-display);
  font-size: clamp(58px, 8vw, 112px);
  font-weight: 900;
  letter-spacing: -0.04em;
  line-height: 0.87;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.site-main:has(> .edition-intro + .empty-state) > .edition-intro h1::before {
  display: none;
}

.about-strip {
  position: relative;
  margin: 68px 0;
  padding: 44px;
  color: var(--flame-white);
  background: var(--flame-ink);
}

.about-strip::before {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 9px;
  background: var(--flame-red);
  content: "";
}

.about-strip h2 {
  font-family: var(--flame-display);
  font-size: 42px;
  line-height: 0.95;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.about-strip p {
  color: #d7d1c7;
}

/* Reading pages retain the same editorial language without sacrificing measure. */
.article-header {
  max-width: 980px;
  margin: 54px auto 35px;
  text-align: left;
}

.article-header h1 {
  max-width: 20ch;
  font-size: clamp(46px, 5.5vw, 78px);
  font-weight: 900;
  letter-spacing: -0.045em;
  line-height: 0.98;
}

.article-deck {
  max-width: 64ch;
  font-size: 20px;
  line-height: 1.5;
}

.article-byline {
  justify-content: start;
  padding-top: 21px;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--flame-rule);
  font-size: 12px;
}

.article-cover {
  max-width: 980px;
}

.prose {
  max-width: 680px;
  font-family: var(--body);
  font-size: 19px;
  line-height: 1.78;
}

.prose h2,
.prose h3 {
  font-family: var(--body);
  font-weight: 850;
}

.prose blockquote {
  color: var(--flame-ink);
  border-left: 6px solid var(--flame-red);
  font-size: 28px;
  font-weight: 700;
}

.archive h1 {
  font-size: clamp(48px, 6vw, 82px);
  font-weight: 900;
  letter-spacing: -0.04em;
  line-height: 0.95;
}

.publication-form {
  padding: 36px;
  background: var(--flame-white);
  border-top: 7px solid var(--flame-red);
}

/* Footer */
.site-footer {
  padding: 48px 44px 24px;
  color: var(--flame-white);
  background: var(--flame-ink);
  border-top: 9px solid var(--flame-red);
}

.footer-inner,
.footer-bottom {
  max-width: calc(var(--width) - 88px);
}

.footer-brand span {
  font-family: var(--flame-display);
  font-size: 42px;
  font-weight: 900;
  letter-spacing: -0.035em;
  line-height: 1;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.footer-inner p,
.footer-bottom {
  color: #bfb8ad;
}

.footer-inner p {
  max-width: 48ch;
  font-size: 12px;
}

.footer-inner nav {
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 800;
  letter-spacing: 0.055em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.footer-bottom {
  border-color: #ffffff2b;
  font-size: 10px;
}

@media (max-width: 1100px) {
  .layout-header-centered .header-inner {
    padding-right: 28px;
    padding-left: 28px;
  }

  .site-main {
    padding-right: 28px;
    padding-left: 28px;
  }

  .homepage-feature {
    min-height: 520px;
  }

  .homepage-feature-copy {
    padding: 36px;
  }

  .lead-grid {
    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.75fr) minmax(250px, 0.75fr);
  }

  .lead-story {
    padding-right: 26px;
  }

  .latest {
    padding-left: 24px;
  }

  .stories-grid {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
  }
}

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .layout-header-centered .header-inner {
    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) 38px;
    padding: 17px 20px 0;
  }

  .layout-header-centered .header-inner > .brand {
    padding-bottom: 17px;
  }

  .header-inner .brand span {
    font-size: clamp(43px, 12.4vw, 74px);
    line-height: 0.85;
  }

  .layout-header-centered .desktop-nav {
    display: none;
  }

  .mobile-menu {
    grid-row: 2;
    grid-column: 1;
    padding: 14px 0;
  }

  .mobile-menu summary {
    font-size: 11px;
    font-weight: 900;
    letter-spacing: 0.06em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
  }

  .mobile-menu nav {
    color: var(--flame-white);
    background: var(--flame-ink);
    border-bottom: 6px solid var(--flame-red);
  }

  .search-menu {
    grid-row: 2;
    grid-column: 2;
    margin: 0;
  }

  .search-menu form {
    right: 20px;
    left: 20px;
    padding: 15px;
  }

  .site-main {
    padding-right: 20px;
    padding-left: 20px;
  }

  .edition-intro {
    padding: 11px 0;
  }

  .edition-intro h1 {
    font-size: 11px;
  }

  .homepage-feature {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    min-height: 0;
    margin: 20px 0 32px;
  }

  .homepage-feature::after {
    display: none;
  }

  .homepage-feature-copy {
    min-height: 360px;
    padding: 34px 28px;
  }

  .homepage-feature-copy h2 {
    max-width: 8ch;
    font-size: clamp(66px, 18vw, 104px);
    line-height: 0.88;
  }

  .homepage-feature-copy > p {
    margin-top: 21px;
    font-size: 17px;
  }

  .homepage-feature-visual img,
  .homepage-feature-visual .image-placeholder {
    height: auto;
    aspect-ratio: 4 / 5;
  }

  .lead-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    margin-top: 20px;
  }

  .lead-story {
    padding: 20px 0 30px;
    border-right: 0;
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--flame-ink);
  }

  .lead-copy h2 {
    font-size: clamp(39px, 10vw, 54px);
  }

  .lead-excerpt {
    font-size: 15px;
  }

  .latest {
    padding: 25px 0;
  }

  .story-compact h3 {
    font-size: 25px;
  }

  .story-section {
    margin: 46px 0;
  }

  .stories-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
    gap: 32px 20px;
  }

  .story-card:first-child {
    grid-column: 1 / -1;
    grid-row: auto;
  }

  .story-card h3 {
    font-size: 24px;
  }

  .story-card:first-child h3 {
    font-size: 36px;
  }

  .section-heading h2 {
    font-size: 28px;
  }

  .site-main:has(> .edition-intro + .empty-state) > .edition-intro {
    min-height: 300px;
    padding: 30px;
  }

  .article-header {
    margin: 38px auto 27px;
  }

  .article-header h1,
  .layout-feature .article-header h1 {
    font-size: clamp(40px, 10vw, 56px);
  }

  .article-deck {
    font-size: 18px;
  }

  .site-footer {
    padding: 34px 20px 22px;
  }

  .footer-inner,
  .footer-bottom {
    max-width: none;
  }

  .footer-brand span {
    font-size: 34px;
  }

  .footer-inner nav {
    gap: 16px 23px;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 480px) {
  .stories-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 34px;
  }

  .story-card:first-child {
    grid-column: auto;
  }

  .story-card h3,
  .story-card:first-child h3 {
    font-size: 30px;
  }

  .homepage-feature-copy {
    min-height: 320px;
    padding: 28px 23px;
  }

  .homepage-feature-copy h2 {
    font-size: 62px;
  }

  .publication-form {
    padding: 27px 22px;
  }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  html {
    scroll-behavior: auto;
  }
}