Billionaires have funneled vast sums into the campaigns of Republicans at risk of losing both chambers of Congress. According to The Washington Post’s megadonor tracker, […]
Year: 2026
Troy Jackson May Have Ended Susan Collins’ Career In Less Than A Minute
Sen. Susan Collins has Republican super PACs spending hundreds of millions of dollars for her in Maine. Collins spent the Senate debates playing a familiar […]
Pete Hegseth Is Trying To Flee The Trump Administration Before He Can Be Impeached
Eight days before the midterm election, two things have become certain. Democrats are going to take back the House, and after they do, Democrats are […]
A Year of Boat Strikes: Tell Congress to ACT NOW
On a brisk January morning, the crew of the Fiorella went out to fish and never returned. Seven months later, their families in Ecuador are […]
Beijing softens on EU curbs to avoid blame for Europe’s unrest
The European Union is preparing to extend its curbs on Chinese imports of chemicals, furniture and machinery to fight a “China Shock 2.0,” after Beijing […]
In the Starlink case Trump reacted to pressure, not flattery
It has been a wild few weeks for the US-Ukraine relationship as Trump, more and more, has been able to be what he always wanted […]
Anthropic’s Founders Pledged to Donate Most of Their Stock. Their IPO Tells Another Story.
The AI giant Anthropic disclosed its initial public offering filing with the SEC on Monday in what is expected to become one of the largest […]
European defense ministers warn Putin isn’t looking for peace
PARIS — Top European defense ministers and EU representatives said Ukraine faces challenging months ahead, insisting they must keep supporting Kyiv despite the U.S. bid […]
French government fails to convince students to stop protests
PARIS — The French government failed Monday to convince students to end their protests. On the sidelines of meetings with Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu and […]
Iran, Regional Countries Agree To Continue Talks After Tehran Meeting
Officials from the so-called Mecca Defense Alliance have gathered for a snap meeting in Tehran as they look to settle conflicts in the Middle East […]
Netanyahu hopes voters forget October 7, 2023
In 1996, Israel’s then-Prime Minister Simon Peres appeared to be on his way to victory in parliamentary elections that would keep him and his center-left […]
Two new bridges show China and Russia competing for North Korea
China and Russia opened new bridges to North Korea a month apart, a sign that the two countries are competing for the favor of North […]
‘Breathtaking’: Trump DOJ humiliated as judge rules firing of foe’s daughter was illegal
President Donald Trump’s Justice Department lost its legal fight over firing the daughter of his longtime foe, former FBI Director James Comey, as a judge […]
White House taunts banned reporters as Trump walloped with new lawsuit
President Donald Trump’s bans on critical news outlets are leaving Americans with something closer to “government propaganda,” a press freedom advocate warned Monday as a […]
For Child Abuse Survivors Like Me, Prison Reactivates Familiar Trauma
The man in blue is yelling at me. His voice slices the air before my mind can catch up. My body responds first — heart […]
Announcing the Winners of the 6th Annual Keeley Schenwar Memorial Essay Prize
As repression has escalated in so many realms of U.S. life over the past year and a half, we cannot allow ourselves to forget that […]
Trump Ramps Up His Islamophobic Attacks Against Abdul El-Sayed
President Donald Trump ramped up his Islamophobic remarks against Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed at a Sunday campaign rally in Michigan, hurling everything from unfounded […]
Why are young people so angry? Why isn’t everyone?
A specter is haunting Europe, and plenty of other places too. Nobody knows quite what to call it. It isn’t the specter of communism this […]
Trump appointees asked federal cybersecurity agency to secretly acquire a voting machine and hack it
A few months into President Donald Trump’s second term, political appointees at the Department of Homeland Security made an unusual request of its agency focused […]
The Dutch royal family and the colonial past – from truth-telling to reparations?
A new investigation highlights the role of the Dutch royal family in supporting and profiting from Dutch colonialism. By ordering the investigation, the Dutch King […]