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Leavitt Wants to Turn White House Briefing Room Into a Safe Space
The Trump White House has no interest in allowing actual journalists to ask hard-hitting questions. Instead, they would rather hear from right-wing social media influencers.
The Trump White House has no interest in allowing actual journalists to ask hard-hitting questions. Instead, they would rather hear from right-wing social media influencers.
Two senior senators are calling out Donald Trump for illegally firing 18 inspectors general.
In a vicious cycle, the sector’s financing of oil and gas is having an impact on its bottom line.
Donald Trump’s determination to rename the Gulf of Mexico could be a bombastic negotiating tactic — or signal a return to 19th century US expansionism, once labeled Manifest Destiny.
Trump’s HHS pick launched a European branch of his anti-vax organization while in Berlin for a 2020 COVID protest rally with elements of the German Far-Right.
Republicans are celebrating Donald Trump’s bullying of Colombia as a major victory. They should be careful. Because more of these “wins” could very well result in allies becoming adversaries.
Trump is an obvious danger to democracy but, ultimately, Musk may be just as big a threat.
Every year, corporate greed kills hundreds of thousands of Americans. And it could get much worse.
For years the media has been blaming MAGA for all the ills of Trumpism. That is a mistake.
A democratically elected, convicted felon for president; a neutered Supreme Court; a rubber-stamp Congress; a normalizing, compliant media and business community: What else can go wrong?
Nearly half of Americans believe the lie that Trump won in 2024 by a larger popular vote margin than Biden did in 2020.
At a time when partisan warfare threatens democracy, stronger, not weaker, political parties might be our salvation.
Now that they are in the opposition, Democrats have to recalibrate their attacks on Donald Trump and the GOP.
Finding ways to resist the executive orders and public announcements coming fast and heavy can be hard. Let’s make it easier.
Jessica Witzel’s autopsy report raises an important question: How many heat-related deaths among the unhoused are being erased by the failure to collect and report accurate data on climate-related mortality?
This is the third and final part in a short series of photo essays about the California wildfires. It focuses on the aftermath.
“The super-rich continue to squander humanity’s chances with their lavish lifestyles, polluting stock portfolios, and pernicious political influence. This is theft — pure and simple.”
Vice President JD Vance is not a fan of fact-based journalism.
How can anybody be surprised by anything Donald Trump does at this point? Bookended by indefensible pardons from two presidents, he took a lot of questionable actions on the day of his second inauguration.
With the Trump inauguration, the billionaire birds come flapping around.
The grizzly bear will continue to be protected under the Endangered Species Act, but the recovery of the species still remains at risk.
If Elon Musk wants to get to work with his Department of Government Efficiency, he will have to be a lot more transparent and inclusive, a slew of lawsuits filed on Monday demand.
This is the second in a short series of photo essays about the California wildfires. It focuses on the response to the fire.
On his way out of the door, Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley, and those involved in the January 6 committee. It is a move that could backfire in four years.
The echoes are growing stronger — but who is listening?
While Martin Luther King Jr. is best known for his “I Have a Dream” speech on racial justice, he was also a champion of economic equality.
This weekend has shown that the US about to enter into an unprecedented era of grift.
The president-elect has been taking in so much money from the broligarchs, his inauguration deserves a more appropriate name.
The people who seem most troubled by Donald Trump’s second term have the least to worry about. Conversely, a lot of his voters are in for a very rude awakening.
In the end, things are working out great for ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, and Donald Trump, who threatened to ban the app when he was last in the White House.
While there are still climate-change deniers, the ongoing tragedy in Los Angeles makes the increasing threat hard to ignore.
Americans believe that the government, the political system, and the economy are not working for them… and they don’t think Donald Trump’s administration is going to make things better.
The US economy is in good shape and outpacing its peers, the IMF said Friday, but it faces some threats from the policies of Donald Trump.
When LA’s hydrants failed during massive fires, misinformation spread. What really happened – and the hard truths about our urban water systems.
What might a resistance that isn’t futile look like?
As teams travel thousands of miles to compete, the cost to the planet rises. But sports offer a unique opportunity to advocate for sustainable experiences.
This is the first in a short series of photo essays about the California wildfires. This first post will focus on the fires themselves.
Both the outgoing and incoming US presidents patted themselves on the back after announcing a deal that, if implemented, would halt fighting in Gaza and guarantee the return of the hostages that Hamas has been holding for more than a year.
If Democrats cannot do a better job of highlighting how unqualified a nominee like Pete Hegseth is, and if Republicans cannot muster the courage to reject someone like him, we might as well just do away with this “advice and consent” farce.
In his final report, recently resigned special counsel Jack Smith left no doubt that Donald Trump got off on a technicality.
What the country craves is fewer selfies and more action to confront the emergency.
Just like health insurance companies at the end of 2024, property insurers may be getting a lot of unwanted attention in the aftermath of the California wildfires.
The special counsel whose investigation led to Hunter Biden being convicted of separate federal crimes hit back at the president, who had claimed that the prosecution of his son was politically motivated.
A wake up call; time to suit up.
After buying himself a US president, Elon Musk has been meddling in European politics. British voters are not amused.
Republicans see an opportunity to play politics with the suffering of Californians impacted by the deadly wildfires in the state. And they are going to capitalize on it.
But Nature can’t teach what we refuse to learn.