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For more than a year, the “ideas primary” has been simmering beneath the surface of Democratic politics. After Kamala Harris’ disastrous defeat, factions throughout the […]

We’re less than a week away from the first match of the FIFA Men’s World Cup, with tensions mounting over the United States’ role as […]

When President Ronald Reagan was staffing up the Pentagon for his first term, an obvious choice was the director of defense policy studies at the […]

The White House won’t admit what is becoming increasingly obvious with each of Trump’s public appearances. The president’s health does not seem to be fine. […]

Trump’s learned from Disney paying off his bogus defamation lawsuit claim that big corporate media could be shaken down for cash, and the threat of […]

Last March, U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon ruled that President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project is illegal because “no statute comes close to […]

Far-right podcaster Candace Owens made a surprise trip to Russia this week, where she spoke on a panel at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum […]

Early in May, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced a slate of endorsements for candidates like Marlene Galán-Woods, a Democratic candidate for Congress in Arizona’s […]

A federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump referred Justice Department attorneys to a disciplinary committee Friday after condemning them for misconduct so severe she […]

Vice President JD Vance and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller have zeroed in on fraud, but an analyst on Friday revealed what […]

Former U.S. Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino led the Trump administration’s militarized immigration crackdowns in Chicago, Los Angeles and Minneapolis. Bovino was eventually removed from […]

The Trump administration’s appetite for cruelty and its wanton disregard for wasting taxpayer funds has shown itself again — this time in its proposed regulations […]

This story was originally published by The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in America. Sign up for its newsletters here. Last December, the […]

On multiple fronts, the far right is attacking the well-established legal right of disabled people to be supported to live in their communities instead of […]

Organizers in several cities across the country say they were forced to cancel historic Pride celebrations this month. Groups in several cities, including Tampa, Florida; […]

As Pride Month unfolds, the Trump administration and its allies are ramping up their attacks on LGBTQ+ communities.  The Education Department has launched a Title […]

These days, it’s hard to tell if Donald Trump is mocking JD Vance again, or if the president is just sleepy.  “He looks like Eliot […]

After Dobbs eliminated abortion rights, advocates feared Obergefell would be next. But the far right has pivoted to an even more vulnerable target.

This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Is Frito-Lay categorically refusing to buy potatoes grown on farmland […]

President Donald Trump has reached a “moment of demarcation” that signals the end of his presidency is near, according to one of the president’s biographers. […]