Democracy Now
- "How Oligarchs Dominate Our Democracies": Northwestern Prof. Jeffrey Winters on Book "The Blind Spot"by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) on May 27, 2026 at 12:47 pm
We speak with political scientist Jeffrey Winters about his new book, The Blind Spot: How Oligarchs Dominate Our Democracies. Winters argues that […]
- Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump over Slush Fund for Jan. 6 Rioters & Other Alliesby webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) on May 27, 2026 at 12:33 pm
Two officers who defended the Capitol on January 6, 2021, have filed a lawsuit in federal court to block the creation of a $1.8 billion so-called […]
- "They Are Not Alone Inside": Protests Outside Newark ICE Jail Support Hunger-Striking Detaineesby webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) on May 27, 2026 at 12:12 pm
Around 300 immigrants detained at the Delaney Hall ICE jail in Newark, New Jersey, have been on a hunger and work strike since Friday to protest […]
- Headlines for May 27, 2026by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) on May 27, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Trump Blasts U.S. Media Outlets, Saying They Would Portray Iran Surrender as a “Masterful and Brilliant Victory” Over the U.S., Israel Kills New […]
- "He Was in Agony": Tennessee Issues 1-Year Stay for Tony Carruthers After Botched Execution Attemptby webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) on May 26, 2026 at 12:49 pm
Tennessee death row prisoner Tony Carruthers was issued a one-year stay of execution last Thursday after prison officials were unable to find a […]
Mother Jones
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Tom Homan: Minnesota Should Say “Thank You” for DHS Operation
by Alex Nguyen on February 15, 2026 at 5:17 pmOn Sunday morning, Border czar Tom Homan said elected officials in Minnesota “ought to be saying thank you” to the Trump administration for making the state safer. “They were a sanctuary state,” Homan said on Fox & Friends. “Their county jails weren’t working with us across the state. So you know what? We fixed it.”
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The Adorable Patients of This Special Bat Hospital Will Warm Your Heart
by Benji Jones on February 15, 2026 at 12:30 pmThis story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Australia is famously a place with some of the world’s most dangerous and frightening animals. Venomous spiders. Deadly snakes. Jellyfish with fatal stings. But it is also home to one of the world’s cutest: the flying fox, also known as the giant
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US Military Strikes Another Boat in the Caribbean Sea, Killing 3
by Katie Herchenroeder on February 14, 2026 at 8:26 pmThe United States military killed three more people on Friday in their 39th boat attack in six months, according to a tracker maintained by the New York Times. All told, the strikes by US forces have killed at least 133 people in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean. President Donald Trump’s administration has
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Judges Have Rebuked Trump’s Mass Detention of Immigrants Thousands of Times
by Katie Herchenroeder on February 14, 2026 at 6:28 pmHundreds of judges across the nation have ruled over 4,400 times that President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement arm is detaining people unlawfully, according to a new Reuters review of court documents. And that’s just since October. The Trump administration’s immense increase in detainments rests, in part, on their decision to detain people while their immigration
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Their Courses Were No Longer Relevant, so These Economics Students Went to Work
by Matthew Taylor on February 14, 2026 at 12:30 pmThis story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As the fallout from the 2008 global financial crash reverberated around the world, a group of students at Harvard University walked out of their introductory economics class complaining it was teaching a “specific and limited view” that perpetuated “a problematic and inefficient system of
The Intercept
- Sunrise Movement Backs Saikat Chakrabarti, Progressive Firebrand Behind the Green New Dealby Jessica Washington on May 27, 2026 at 7:21 pm
The former AOC staffer is an at-times divisive figure known for provoking the political establishment. Sunrise argues he’s needed in Congress to […]
- Trump’s War on ISIS Is Failing, No Matter How Gorka Spins Itby Nick Turse on May 27, 2026 at 10:00 am
Despite rising terror attacks in Somalia, Trump counterterror czar Sebastian Gorka is taking a victory lap. The post Trump’s War on ISIS Is […]
- Trump’s “Donroe Doctrine” Supercharges Violence in the Americasby Nick Turse on May 27, 2026 at 8:00 am
The Trump administration’s aggression in the Americas has resulted in cartels fragmenting and embracing new strategies. The post Trump’s […]
- U.S. Casualties in Iran War Rise as Military Strikes Begin Againby Nick Turse on May 26, 2026 at 6:40 pm
Despite a pause in hostilities during the rickety U.S.-Iran ceasefire, the number of American casualties has ticked up to 423. The post U.S. […]
- Judge Sanctioned Private Prison Giant for Destroying Evidence in ICE Death Suitby Timothy Pratt on May 24, 2026 at 9:00 am
The first known sanction of its kind held CoreCivic responsible for destroying video in a case alleging wrongful death of an ICE detainee. The post […]
Common Dreams
- Lawsuit Filed Over “Alligator Alcatraz” Air Pollutionby Newswire Editor on May 27, 2026 at 7:37 pm
The Center for Biological Diversity sued the state of Florida today to protect the Florida Everglades from dangerous air pollution released by the […]
- Vermont becomes first state in the nation to ban Parkinson’s pesticide paraquatby Newswire Editor on May 26, 2026 at 9:47 pm
The Environmental Working Group praised Vermont for today becoming the first state in the nation to ban the use and sale of paraquat, one of the most […]
- AFGE Blasts Administration’s Proposed NDA Rule as Yet Another Attack on Non-Partisan Federal Employeesby Newswire Editor on May 26, 2026 at 6:17 pm
American Federation of Government Employees National President Everett Kelley issued the following statement in response to a proposed rule by the […]
- Purchased With Blood and Liesby Abby Zimet on May 26, 2026 at 6:11 am
Another Memorial Day: boasts, insults, "self-defense strikes," cheap clichés from a "Secretary of War" prattling about dead boys "delivered from the […]
- RootsAction Blasts Official DNC Autopsy; ‘Disgrace’ Would Be ‘Understatement’by Newswire Editor on May 21, 2026 at 5:19 pm
RootsAction is releasing the following statement:After months of intense pressure, Chair Ken Martin and the DNC finally caved and released their 2024 […]
Truthout
- Trump Defends Prediction Market Companies Against State Regulationsby Shireen Akram-Boshar on May 27, 2026 at 8:48 pm
Trump’s second term has overturned regulations that guarded this industry, allowing it to grow exponentially.
- Wife of Hunger Strike Organizer at Delaney Hall ICE Jail Speaks Outby Amy Goodman on May 27, 2026 at 8:07 pm
“Their demands are not to get better conditions. Their demands are to get freed and be heard,” Gabriela Soto said.
- Trump Administration Plans to Send Citizens With Ebola Exposure to Kenyaby Julia Conley on May 27, 2026 at 7:58 pm
“This is unbelievable and infuriating,” said Dr. Craig Spencer, a professor of public health who survived Ebola in 2014.
- Stephen Miller Pushes False Claim That SNAP Requires No Proof of Financial Needby Chris Walker on May 27, 2026 at 7:44 pm
“We don't check, as a country, if you even have kids. You will just start getting the checks,” Miller falsely asserted.
- Universal Health Care Once Seemed on the Horizon in California. What Happened?by Sonali Kolhatkar on May 27, 2026 at 6:35 pm
Among California’s top five gubernatorial candidates, only one unequivocally supports state-based single-payer.
ProPublica
- U.S. Lawmakers Demand Reforms to Immigration Officers’ Use of Tear Gas and Pepper Sprayby Lisa Song on May 27, 2026 at 9:00 am
The post U.S. Lawmakers Demand Reforms to Immigration Officers’ Use of Tear Gas and Pepper Spray appeared first on ProPublica.
- She Faced a Life-Threatening Miscarriage. Under Arkansas’ Abortion Ban, Even Calls to the Governor’s Office Didn’t Help.by Kavitha Surana on May 26, 2026 at 11:00 am
The post She Faced a Life-Threatening Miscarriage. Under Arkansas’ Abortion Ban, Even Calls to the Governor’s Office Didn’t Help. appeared […]
- Albuquerque Officials Take Steps to Curb Surge in Citations, Jail Stays Related to Homelessnessby Nicole Santa Cruz on May 26, 2026 at 10:00 am
The post Albuquerque Officials Take Steps to Curb Surge in Citations, Jail Stays Related to Homelessness appeared first on ProPublica.
- Lawmakers Ask DOJ Watchdog to Investigate Alleged Drugs-for-Votes Scheme After ProPublica Reportby Raquel Rutledge on May 26, 2026 at 9:00 am
The post Lawmakers Ask DOJ Watchdog to Investigate Alleged Drugs-for-Votes Scheme After ProPublica Report appeared first on ProPublica.
- California Teacher Previously Fired for Sexual Harassment Is No Longer in the Classroom After New Complaintsby Holly McDede on May 22, 2026 at 10:00 am
The post California Teacher Previously Fired for Sexual Harassment Is No Longer in the Classroom After New Complaints appeared first on ProPublica.
The Guardian
- Milking it: inside America’s lactation rooms – in picturesby Guardian Staff on May 28, 2026 at 6:00 am
Some are bright and cosy, others are starkly depressing – these images of rooms used to pump breast milk expose the sometimes grim reality of being […]
- Trump threatens to ‘blow up’ US ally Oman amid talks over strait of Hormuzby Lucy Campbell and Guardian staff on May 28, 2026 at 5:16 am
US president calls on US ally to ‘behave … or else we’ll have to blow them up’ in casual aside during cabinet meetingDonald Trump has […]
- Two killed in US strike on another alleged drug boat in Pacific as campaign’s death toll nears 200by Agence France-Presse on May 28, 2026 at 3:18 am
Military claims boat targeted in second deadly attack this week was travelling along a known smuggling routeThe US military attacked what it called a […]
- Trump’s justice department reportedly opens criminal investigation into E Jean Carroll – as it happenedby Robert Mackey, Maya Yang, Maham Javaid and Tom Ambrose on May 28, 2026 at 1:59 am
This live blog is now closed.US justice department reportedly opens criminal inquiry into Trump accuser E Jean CarrollSign up to the Breaking News US […]
- US justice department reportedly opens criminal inquiry into Trump accuser E Jean Carrollby Roque Planas on May 28, 2026 at 1:45 am
Officials said to be examining whether Carroll committed perjury in 2022 deposition tied to lawsuits against presidentThe Trump administration has […]
The Jacobin
- Workers Are Demanding a Share of Samsung’s AI Windfallby Kap Seol on May 27, 2026 at 7:10 pm
A last-minute deal headed off a planned strike at Samsung, the Korean electronics giant. The unions have shown that a sustained campaign backed up by […]
- The Democrats Are Determined Not to Learn From Their Failureby Branko Marcetic on May 27, 2026 at 6:33 pm
The Democrats’ botched 2024 autopsy doesn’t just leave out Gaza. It also simply pretends the left-populist upsurge embodied by Zohran Mamdani […]
- The Long, Grueling Strike at Henry Ford Genesys Hospitalby Alex N. Press on May 27, 2026 at 4:46 pm
Nurses at Henry Ford Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc, Michigan, have been on strike for more than eight months over staffing levels and […]
- Mamdani Can Empower Workers Themselves to Enforce Labor Lawby Raina Lipsitz on May 27, 2026 at 3:47 pm
Zohran Mamdani can take labor law enforcement beyond traditional mechanisms by empowering workers themselves to enforce the law on the job, building […]
- Capitalist Markets Won’t Solve Pandemics or the Climate Crisisby Jag Bhalla on May 27, 2026 at 2:50 pm
In the 19th century, capitalist markets combined with environmental disaster to cause famines across the Global South. We might experience a similar […]
Alternet
- Doctor warns new claims on 'decaying' Trump’s health don’t 'pass the sniff test'by Adam Lynch on May 28, 2026 at 2:59 am
After President Donald Trump completed a medical exam at Walter Reed on Tuesday, he posted on Truth Social that declare that “Everything checked […]
- GOP defector explains how the Democrats can turn the tables on Trumpby Matthew Rozsa on May 28, 2026 at 2:00 am
A former Republican congressman has a message for Democrats: They can turn President Donald Trump’s weaponization of the Justice Department against […]
- Trump torn apart for selling out American workers to Chinaby Matthew Rozsa on May 28, 2026 at 1:52 am
President Donald Trump recently met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and claimed he did so to help American workers — but a group of conservatives […]
- Trump is rejecting his own aides' data as 'fake news': reportby Adam Lynch on May 28, 2026 at 1:48 am
President Donald Trump’s seeming obliviousness to the impending disaster of his war in Iran is already making voters angry, but Zeteo reports some […]
- Conservative warns Republicans are deep in their 'Jonestown phase'by Adam Lynch on May 28, 2026 at 12:51 am
Conservative writer Nick Catoggio tells the Dispatch the fallout in the Texas Republican primary has everything to do with the party’s race down to […]
Raw Story
- 'Disqualifying' deflections from Trump's judicial nominees alarm expert: 'So dangerous'by Robert Davis on May 28, 2026 at 3:36 am
Several of President Donald Trump's recent judicial nominees have displayed a "disqualifying" pattern of behavior that has alarmed a legal expert. In […]
- Lindsey Graham astonishes onlookers with 'ignorant' Fox News interviewby Robert Davis on May 28, 2026 at 2:29 am
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) astonished onlookers on Wednesday after he gave what some described as an "ignorant" interview on Fox News. Graham joined […]
- 'It's a disaster': Republicans sound alarm as Texas race rips open financial holeby Matthew Chapman on May 28, 2026 at 1:45 am
The Texas Senate race has officially been set, between notoriously scandal-plagued state Attorney General Ken Paxton on the Republican side and […]
- Analyst floored by video of Trump swaying at Memorial Day event: 'Disturbing'by Bennito L. Kelty on May 28, 2026 at 1:37 am
President Donald Trump appeared to have trouble keeping his balance while standing for a military salute, according to a video analysis.Progressive […]
- Former reality TV star mayoral candidate argues he is not like Trumpby María Teresita Armstrong-Matta on May 28, 2026 at 1:15 am
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt explained he shares some policy ideas with President Donald Trump — but argued he differs significantly […]
Salon
- Why are broccoli crowns suddenly wearing luxury price tags?by Joy Saha on May 27, 2026 at 4:15 pm
The rising costs of cauliflower, broccoli and tomatoes can be explained by a combination of unpalatable factors
- Jake Gyllenhaal’s masculinity crisisby Coleman Spilde on May 27, 2026 at 4:00 pm
With "In the Grey," Gyllenhaal performs machismo to the point of parody. What's muscling him out of better roles?
- Stephen Colbert gets the last laugh on CBSby Sophia Tesfaye on May 27, 2026 at 1:00 pm
CBS filed copyright notices against Colbert's viral "Only in Monroe" comeback. It backfired.
- Trump will regret endorsing Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate primaryby Amanda Marcotte on May 27, 2026 at 10:45 am
Democrat James Talarico may win — and the president weakened his hold over the GOP
- You’ve been trying to get around Amazon – but it’s not that easyby Yuanyuan Cui on May 27, 2026 at 10:30 am
Many online shoppers who order from independent small retailers have no idea who ships their goods
Daily Kos
- Democrats launch effort to ‘root out corruption’ in Trump teamby Oliver Willis on May 27, 2026 at 11:01 pm
House Democrats are getting ready to fight Trump's corruption.
- Trump’s newest grift is calling for you, and Ken Paxton’s fake victoryby Daily Kos Staff on May 27, 2026 at 11:00 pm
Here's your Daily Kos Recap for May 27.
- Groveling Cornynby Nick Anderson on May 27, 2026 at 10:59 pm
A cartoon by Nick Anderson.
- Trump happy to waste more money on Reflecting Pool paint jobby Lisa Needham on May 27, 2026 at 10:00 pm
Practically every day, we learn more about how the Trump administration is funneling your money to a motley of cronies who are trashing the place.
- ’60 Minutes’ journalist loses job for doing her jobby Alix Breeden on May 27, 2026 at 9:00 pm
Sharyn Alfonsi gets booted from “60 Minutes” after her story on the Trump administration's injustice was pulled.
Huffington Post
- Here Are Celebrity Invitees To Donald Trump's UFC Event At The White Houseon May 27, 2026 at 10:55 am
A-listers being asked to attend the president's fight card on his 80th birthday have been revealed.
- James Carville Has A Damning Prediction About How Donald Trump’s Presidency Endson May 27, 2026 at 9:38 am
The president will "get the f**k out of there and leave, because his life is gonna be so goddamm miserable," predicted the Democratic strategist.
- CNN’s Harry Enten Spots Eye-Popping Drop For Donald Trump With His Own Partyon May 27, 2026 at 7:05 am
“And this is not voters overall, let me remind you."
- White House Flips Out On CNN's ‘Sleepy Trump’ Coverage In The Snooziest Wayon May 27, 2026 at 6:28 am
Anchor Dana Bash fired back with a cheeky quip.
- James Talarico Brands Ken Paxton 'Most Corrupt Politician In America' Following Runoff Electionon May 27, 2026 at 5:00 am
In a video posted to social media, Talarico described Paxton's corruption as the "rot at the core of this broken system."
Slate Politics
- Trump’s Iran War Is Turning Into an Even Bigger Messby Fred Kaplan on May 27, 2026 at 8:16 pm
Whatever happens now with Iran, the U.S. will be living with the global consequences for some time.
- Stanford Was Once a Cradle of Innovation. What It’s Turned Into Is Something Else Entirely.by Laura Miller on May 27, 2026 at 7:41 pm
Theo Baker’s How to Rule the World offers a unique perspective on the institution’s elites.
- My Husband and I Are Both Saving for the Future. But He’s Obsessed With It.by Kristin Wong on May 27, 2026 at 5:00 pm
I'm sick of hearing about it.
- My Dad Is Threatening to Use His Knowledge of Real Estate to Hurt Us. I Have to Protect My Son.by Kristin Wong on May 27, 2026 at 5:00 pm
I'm scared.
- My Girlfriend Has No Idea the Kind of Woman I’m Into. If She Finds Out, It’s Not Going to Be Pretty.by Jessica Stoya on May 27, 2026 at 4:30 pm
She'll freak out.
































