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Led by Donald Trump, Republicans have been systematically lying to their supporters about “voter fraud” and “stolen elections.” So what do you think is going to happen when they lose the midterms?
It is becoming obvious that Republicans are destined to lose the House and possibly the Senate; this has Trump frantic to cheat his way to victory.
If you were wondering whether the SAVE America Act is really as diabolical as some have made it out to be, consider Trump’s desperation to ram it through.
Glad to pay, with interest and penalties, only not to Donald Trump.
What if the real crisis isn’t aging leaders, but an aging democracy where power never seems to change hands?
As Pope Leo has sternly cautioned, humanity’s value is not in perfection — the Masters of the Tech Universe seem to disagree.
Another day, another setback for Donald Trump in his pursuit of rigging the midterms. This time, a federal judge blocked his efforts to give the postal service a role in determining which mail-in ballots it will deliver.
There are some issues that are now considered the domain of MAGA and therefore taboo for “the good guys.” As the Jeffrey Epstein debacle has taught us, that is a very short-sighted strategy.
How memory, civil rights, and environmental history are being quietly erased.
Only minutes before he was supposed to sign a bipartisan housing bill, Donald Trump announced that he will refuse to do so because Congress has not yet passed a voter suppression bill that he hopes can deliver a victory for the GOP in November.
From statistical anomalies to a federal lawsuit, the Election Truth Alliance has spent two years building a case for election transparency.
In a major victory for progressives, a trio of left-wing candidates backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani prevailed in New York’s Democratic primary Tuesday night, with two of them toppling incumbents.
Rare bipartisan cooperation to put a check on all-powerful Home Owners’ Associations.
While algae can bloom in any pool or pond, when local homeowner Donald T. found some in his newly refurbished pool, he knew the real culprit must be antifa vandals.
As President Trump tears down half of Washington, he blames the Reflecting Pool algae outbreak on vandals.
Incoming government is spotlighting highly polluting intensive farming practices, which damage water, land, and air.
A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration’s effort to use a federal database to purge state voter rolls in a process that led to the disenfranchisement of Americans.
Is there nothing whatsoever that Trump cannot screw up?
In order to mask an embarrassing defeat, Donald Trump concocted a story of vandals who destroyed his beautiful Reflecting Pool. The episode, which shouldn’t be a story at all, offers an alarming glimpse of the president’s state of mind.
Watching President Trump’s limp performance at the G7, it’s easy to conclude that he’s finally wearing out his welcome everywhere.
A little thought experiment on what might happen if someone did.
The real threat to democracy isn’t AI. It’s a government that never learns to use it.
With the wealth gap expanding at a record pace and regular Americans increasingly realizing that they are being left behind, when will they take the next step and vote out the people who care primarily about their rich donors?
It seems Donald Trump will drag out the nomination chaos for as long as possible so that he has a director of national intelligence who will help him pursue his enemies instead of keeping the nation safe.
With the war in Iran at least paused, and the Strait of Hormuz being opened again, it’s time to look at who benefits from the memorandum of understanding the US and Iran signed on Wednesday. The number of winners is surprisingly large.
More than 2,000 Indigenous languages are at risk of disappearing this century — and with them we could lose vitally important traditional ecological knowledge.
There was a lot to like for Iran when Donald Trump addressed reporters at the conclusion of the G7 summit. The same cannot be said for Israel. While the US president praised its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his remarks also highlighted the increasing rift between the two countries.
To better understand how ICE terrorizes US communities, it’s important to know how it affects children when they see masked goons round up people on the streets, leaving care-giving adults in fear. Our recent series documented just that.
They’re dismantling “The Claw,” but its stain on our culture and values will endure.
And it’s time the legacy media made it clear
The Trump administration is dismantling two EPA rules, promising cheaper groceries for struggling families. Economists and former officials say it’ll only make things pricier.
If the US and Iran can negotiate a lasting peace agreement, Israel is the odd man out… and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a difficult choice.
I never thought I’d be crying buckets.
At long last, and while many questions remain to be answered, there may finally be a peace deal between the US and Iran.
They say that money corrupts. So what’s the worst that could happen when a world-class weirdo and white supremacist manages to hoard $1 trillion?
Republicans keep pushing lies to convince supporters that their votes are being stolen in multiple ways while hoards of immigrants vote illegally.
During the ICE crackdown in Minneapolis, students learned valuable lessons about what it looks like when a government uses force against its people — and what a determined resistance can do about it.
Bad news for Donald Trump and good news for US taxpayers: A judge’s ruling on Friday makes it extremely unlikely that the president will succeed with his scheme to divert taxpayer funds into the pockets of the people who stormed Congress and tried to overturn the 2020 election on his behalf.
A veteran of three tech eras on how the innocence was lost — and whether AI actually might win it back, through what he calls “enlightened AI.”
Middle schoolers in Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge were old enough to realize what was happening around them but too young to do anything about it. Many of their teachers stepped up to support them.
Republicans are blaming Democrats for not extending Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. In reality, it is all Donald Trump’s doing.
Donald Trump is in real need of some sportswashing to mask his own failures and repair the damage he has done to the US’s reputation on the global stage. The World Cup offers an amazing opportunity to do both while also helping the country get out of its economic malaise. Unsurprisingly, the president is botching it.
With the world bracing for severe weather from a super El Niño, India discovers that alternative energy generation is facing a new set of challenges.
Identifying vehicles ICE may be using to snatch students or their parents off the streets isn’t in the normal job description of the superintendent of a school district. However, as Brenda Lewis found out, these are not normal times.
Misinformation about renewable energy fuels local pushback to proposed energy installations and could threaten farmers’ livelihoods.
When it comes to the war in Iran and the state of peace talks, Donald Trump talks out of both sides of his mouth (among other places).