Why Democrats must prioritize court reform.

My friend, activist, and author Annie Leonard explains why protesting is so important and why we must protect this power

If the coming midterm election does result in a blue wave, Donald Trump will be faced with the fact of his diminishment. The rest of us will be faced with the wreckage.

Navi Pillay joked about sharing the honor. Trump’s response was considerably less gracious.

Among the newest examples is an ICE detention that took place in the same area California voters had to pass through to reach a ballot drop box.

Nearly all U.S. offshore oil production could be in Isaias’ path, wrote one analyst. “So the impact, even short-lived, can be significant.”

Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.

“Bro is literally robbing poor women.”…

Pennsylvania reported 1,066 outbreak-linked cases on Wednesday.

From blood pressure to ageing, research suggests the first 1,000 days of sugar exposure could leave a decades-long mark on health

The Trump administration was bothered by panels that referred to the U.S. as a disinformation threat.

The grift is relentless, the conflicts are everywhere, and the public keeps getting stuck with the tab.

Senator Patty Murray, a former chair of the Senate health committee, is forming a group of experts to examine how to insulate the C.D.C. from political interference.

A House Democrat introduced a bill that would direct the Smithsonian to preserve banners bearing President Donald Trump’s face that hang outside federal agency buildings for display in an exhibit on Trump’s “authoritarian narcissism.”

“We do not expect most reputable diesel retailers and fuel marketers to do this,” said several industry groups. “There’s limited upside.”

So far this year has been ridiculously hot. If it stays that way, 2026 could set a sobering new record

The agency also contemplated deploying undercover agents to "initiate prosecutions" against the groups and "dismantle" them.

Iran has increased the pace of attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz in recent days, just as oil shipments through the world’s most important energy chokepoint approach prewar levels.

Trump-affiliated World Liberty Financial was one of the crypto firms that recently received a conditional national trust charter.

In ancient mythology, the phoenix was a miraculous bird with a cyclical pattern of life and death, perishing in flames only to rise again from the ashes. Astronomers have now ​found a world that rightly can be called a phoenix planet.

Sharp sell-off in US Treasury market starts to feed through to junk-rated companies

DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.

John Hudson of the Washington Post reported this evening that the Trump administration is openly defying Congress, taking $52 million in military assistance lawmakers appropriated for European and Mid...

Following a failed bid by Senate Democrats to block it, President Donald...

A small, spotted tiger cat from Bolivia may just be the beginning of a wave of new small cat species.

USPS says the cameras, put on USPS truck dashboards, will scan roads, signs, and more.

Unexpected patterns traveling across the human brain may be reorganizing its activity in real time.

“The grim state of affairs at the Trump CDC should terrify everyone,” Brad Woodhouse, president of Protect Our Care, told Jezebel in a statement

If holding Trump accountable makes you an enemy of the GOP, the party has told you everything you need to know.

Decision risks “incalculable loss” of data from the edge of the Sun’s influence, scientists say

Trump’s war on the free press is continuing.

The US’s oil deal with Venezuela faces multiple legal and logistical problems, including questions about whether it can be implemented

The big-box retailer said the money was reinvested to give "value back to our members." It’s more than a third of the total tariff refunds the company expects.

Sperm whales are the only whales known to rest vertically, floating steadily just below the ocean’s surface. Scientists have hypothesized that the whales release air bubbles to help them stay…

Overseas purchases of US equities topped $940bn in the year to July, coinciding with strong gains in the S&P 500

Learn how African elephants treat their ailments with plants and other natural materials, showing the significance of self-medication in the animal kingdom.

A new type of object found in the early universe has puzzled astronomers for years, but they may finally have some answers.

Riyadh’s bet on Trumpism has failed.

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