It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a chemtrail? New conspiracy theory takes wing at Kennedy’s HHS
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While plowing a wheat field in rural Washington state in the 1990s, William Wallace spotted a gray plane overhead that he believed was releasing chemicals to make him sick. The rancher began to suspect that all white vapor trail
The IRS may not have been weaponized before, but buckle up
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It’s such a boring cliche to say that when it comes to President Donald Trump, every accusation is a confession. But just because it’s a cliche doesn’t mean it isn’t depressingly, grindingly, predictably true.
That’s why it should come as no
President Donald Trump wants Americans to know that after months of embracing royal rhetoric and referring to himself as “king,” he doesn’t think of himself as one.
Trump’s revelation came on the eve of the nationwide “No Kings” protests du
Guess how many wars Trump thinks he's ended. No, higher.
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President Donald Trump held a press conference Thursday, where he boasted that his deal-making skills have helped him end an imaginary eight wars.
“I know about deals,” Trump said when asked about an upcoming meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Ze
John Bolton—once President Donald Trump’s national security adviser and now one of his fiercest critics—has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Maryland, according to CNN.
Bolton, who’s expected to turn himself in as early as Friday, is just th
The Recap: Republican Party welcomes Nazis, but Australia won’t welcome Candace Owens
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What the heil? Swastika found in House Republican's office.
Weird how this kind of thing keeps happening to the GOP. Total coincidence!
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Trump plans to pay his favorite fascists during GOP shutdown
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The latest lucky ducks to learn they’ll be illegally paid during the GOP’s government shutdown are those terrorizing immigrants. Hey there, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents, come on down!
HuffPost obtained an internal Departme
President Donald Trump won in 2024 largely by arguing that he—unlike the Democrats—was focused on people’s economic insecurities. While Democrats debated Gaza, transgender rights, abortion, and democracy itself, Trump’s message centered largely on eco
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Trump called Digital Equity Act 'racist.' Now internet money for rural Americans is gone.
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By Sarah Jane Tribble for KFF
Megan Waiters can recite the stories of dozens of people she has helped connect to the internet in western Alabama. A 7-year-old who couldn’t do classwork online without a tablet, and the 91-year-old she taught to c
Cybertruck sales are so bad Musk is selling them to ... himself
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You wanna see a dead body?
Third-quarter sales numbers for Tesla’s misbegotten Cybertruck are in, and it is definitely spooky season for tech titan Elon Musk, who moved only 5,385 of the hideous things between July 1 and Sept. 30, a drop of 63% over the sa
Young Republicans' leaked chats reflect Trump's racist influence
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Oh, the all too familiar woes of a leaked Republican group chat. A new scandal dropped Tuesday, revealing egregious text messages from Young Republican leaders.
As originally reported by Politico, people in the group casually used the N-word, advocate
Swing-state Republicans will help Trump rig the midterms
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Add North Carolina to the list of Republican-controlled states that will redraw their congressional maps to help rig the 2026 midterm elections for the GOP.
State Senate leader Phil Berger, a Republican, said on Monday that he is calling the Republican-contr
Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills officially launched her campaign to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins on Tuesday, with a video highlighting her opposition to President Donald Trump, who she characterized as a “bully.”
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After spending the past few weeks blaming Democrats' rhetoric for the murder of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, GOP leaders are now spouting their own dangerous rhetoric against thousands of people who plan to protest against President Donald Trump on Satur
Conspiracy theorist and Trump superfan Alex Jones suffered another setback on Tuesday after the conservative-majority Supreme Court denied his appeal of the $1.4 billion defamation judgement against him after he promoted debunked falsehoods about the Sandy Ho
The leader of Trump’s assault on higher education has a troubled legal and financial history
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By Peter Elkind, ProPublica, and Katherine Mangan, The Chronicle of Higher Education, for ProPublica
When Los Angeles attorney Leo Terrell, a legal commentator, lifelong Democrat and fiery fixture on Fox News, announced on the network’s “
Blue states that sued kept most CDC grants, while red states feel brunt of Trump clawbacks
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By Henry Larweh and Rachana Pradhan and Rae Ellen Bichell for KFF Health News
The Trump administration’s cuts to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funding for state and local health departments had vastly uneven effe
Black Music Sunday: Songs about work and workers for Labor Day weekend
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Black Music Sunday is a weekly series highlighting all things Black music, with over 275 stories covering performers, genres, history, and more, each featuring its own vibrant soundtrack. I hope you’ll find some familiar tunes and perhaps an introduction t
Mystery surrounds $1.2 billion Army contract to build huge detention tent camp in Texas desert
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When President Donald Trump's administration last month awarded a contract worth up to $1.2 billion to build and operate what it says will become the nation’s largest immigration detention complex, it didn’t turn to a large government contr
1 in 4 Texas school districts sign up for new Bible-infused curriculum
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The numbers may grow as the state collects more data. Some districts adopted the plan not for its religious emphasis but for more funding and to better align with teaching requirements.
By Jaden Edison for The Texas Tribune
More than 300 Texas
A win for Hunter Biden, and why is Trump appealing a courtroom victory?
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Injustice for All is a weekly series about how the Trump administration is trying to weaponize the justice system—and the people who are fighting back.
Hell yeah, Hunter Biden keeps winning
Remember the Hunter Biden laptop guy? John Paul Mac Isaac i
Clips of the week: Democrats shred Trump’s dictator dreams
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As President Donald Trump continues to play fantasy dictator, ruining lives and threatening U.S. democracy, Democratic leaders have finally started hitting back—hard.
And it’s all on video!
Watch Newsom troll the sh-t out of Trump with real crim
The past few weeks of conservative politics have been jam-packed with demonstrations of fear and cowardice, poking holes in their facade as tough guys (and gals).
For instance, senior White House aide Stephen Miller took a break from creating policies meant
Trump administration halted civil rights lawsuits targeting abuses of prisoners and the mentally ill
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The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division had brought lawsuits accusing Louisiana of confining prisoners longer than they should and South Carolina of keeping mentally ill people in unreasonably restrictive group homes. Both cases are now on hold.
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Trump team loves the most unqualified attorneys, and Democrats sue HHS
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Eighth Circuit keeps vying to be the worst circuit
For years now, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals h
Clips of the week: Trump vs. bagpipes and the ghost of Epstein
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You must watch Buttigieg break down Trump’s massive Epstein problem
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Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg clearly articulated why he believed the Trump administration’s refusal to release its files on accused sex trafficke
Scientists fight back against Energy Department's 'antiscientific' and 'deceptive' climate report
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Climate scientist Michael Mann called the report “a deeply misleading antiscientific narrative, built on deceptive arguments, misrepresented datasets, and distortion of actual scientific understanding.”
By Dennis Pillion for Inside Climate News
Trump wonders why people 'trust numbers' after lousy jobs report
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President Donald Trump responded to a reporter’s question about Friday’s jobs report, which showed a terrifying slowdown in job creation, by claiming it was fabricated by bad actors in the Bureau of Labor Statistics in order to make him look bad.
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The Recap: Trump to build shiny new ballroom as economy tanks and jobs dwindle
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Thanks, Trump: Stock market tanks amid new tariffs and crappy jobs report
So. Much. Winning.
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Trump’s demand that the Smithsonian erase history is equal parts terrifying and pathetic
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If you’re planning a trip to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, make sure to check out “The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden,” which will teach you about all the presidents who were impeached or resigned in lieu of impeachmen
