Category: North America

Trump better get used to this. The process of Donald Trump’s efforts to rewrite and add himself to history took its first step when the […]

Since he doesn’t have to face the voters ever again, Donald Trump’s second term has been defined by his open disregard and, in some cases, […]

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump said he plans to nominate Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to run the Justice Department on a permanent basis. That […]

It has now been almost two weeks since the laborers keeping ICE’s Delaney Hall mega-jail open went on strike—demanding a chance to speak with New […]

Kristi Noem, the former head of the Department of Homeland Security and current U.S. envoy for the Shield of the Americas, is facing a new […]

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 […]

What was the first American Reconstruction after the Civil War? Why are some historians suggesting we just left a second sort of Reconstruction era? Join […]

Maybe I’m leaning too much into The Discourse, but here’s this mind-boggling thing happening on the internet with the internet’s latest supervillian. Mackenzie Shirilla is […]

During a Washington Nationals baseball game on May 17, 2026, three people unfurled a large banner from the upper deck of Nationals Park displaying a […]

A House Agriculture Committee hearing erupted Thursday into a sharp clash between Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Rep. Shontel Brown (D-OH), with Rollins sniping that […]

President Donald Trump‘s former personal attorney and now pick for attorney general, Todd Blanche, might be confronted with tough questions from the Senate over his […]

As the government’s standing plummets to an all-time low due to a reckless disregard for the welfare of its people, mass protests sweep across major […]

One of my earliest memories of Donald Trump is his claymation iteration. There he was in 1999, crudely animated, facing off against the boxing promoter […]

It’s impossible to overstate rapper Tupac Shakur’s influence on music and culture in the 1990s. One of the era’s bestselling musical artists, Tupac helped define […]

As Israel continues to bomb and occupy southern Lebanon, researchers and archivists are documenting the country’s history—and paving the way for reconstruction.

The United States passed a grim milestone in the past few days: The Trump administration has killed the 200th civilian in its military strikes against […]

At a Bayside Queens town hall, Chuck Park, a former member of the foreign service and a Democratic challenger to Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., was […]

Graham Platner is at the center of another scandal, this time after reports he sent sexual messages to multiple  women during his relationship with his […]

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Six states sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its decision to cancel a […]