The truth about Trump's war, Trump's tariffs, and Trumponomics

I hope I'm being unnecessarily alarmist

The judge characterized Trump's suit as an unparalleled expression of self-dealing.

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And what must be done to stop it

Scott Pelley gets this week's Joseph N. Welch Award

There’s a new story coming out of the war in Iran that isn’t getting much attention, and that’s where I’m going to shine the light in this article.

After being fired on Thursday, former "60 Minutes" correspondent Cecilia Vega reveals she had been facing political pressure and censorship at work.

New Jersey Sen. Corey Booker calls for the closure of Delaney Hall, an ICE detention center, after witnessing “deplorable” conditions inside.

And What Democrats Should Pledge to Do About it

Preservationists say they will continue their lawsuit against President Donald Trump's planned $400 million White House ballroom.

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Oklahoma senator has repeatedly made cryptic claims about ‘overseas’ work and war experience, while refusing to explain them

Gather on March 28th.

The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation announced Thursday that it’s presenting one of its 2026 Profile in Courage Awards to the “people of the Twin Cities of Minnesota” for their actions during the fe...

An investigation by journalists working with Republik magazine may have struck a nerve by suggesting the company has failed in Switzerland

President Donald Trump is pushing back against claims by the director of the National Counterterrorism Center about the motivations for the Iran war.

Trump, his biggest backers, and Vladimir Putin

The race to power AI is already remaking the physical world.

All six ​crew ‌members aboard ​a ​U.S. military aircraft ⁠that ​crashed ​in western Iraq ​are ​confirmed to have ‌been ⁠killed, the U.S. ​military ​said ⁠on ​Friday.

And the defense of democracy

The war with Iran is doing collateral damage to the world economy. The conflict is driving up energy, grain and fertilizer prices and threatening food shortages in poor countries.

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Embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was fired by President Donald Trump. He has nominated Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin in her place.

The attacks on Iran have already spread to a regionwide war, with costs that will mount for decades to come.

If attacked, Iran has long threatened to drag the region into total war, including targeting Israel, the Gulf Arab states and the flow of crude oil crucial for global energy markets.

State media says Israeli attack on girls' school in the city of Minab in the south of the country kills dozens.

The U.S. military is conducting “major combat operations in Iran,” President Donald Trump said, promising to destroy its missile program and urging Iranians to take over the government.

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A grand jury in Washington refused Tuesday to indict Democratic lawmakers in connection with a video in which they urged U.S. military members to resist “illegal orders,” according to a person familia...

Tuesday night, protesters packed the City Council meeting in Surprise, Arizona over a proposed ICE detention center. You need to hear what this man told the Council.

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What you can do to organize

The Camps, the Executions, and the Future

Time to take action against Trump’s mayhem

Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.

'Lebensraum' and 'Gleichschaltung' aptly describe the authoritarian worldview that the Trump administration has been espousing.

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