Democracy Now
- "Digital Doppelgangers": Naomi Klein Corrects the Record on Viral AI-Generated Quoteby webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) on July 31, 2026 at 12:55 pm
During Thursday’s segment about the risks of artificial intelligence, we shared a quote from author Naomi Klein that we later discovered was […]
- "Zero Accountability": Ecuadorian Prosecutor Assassinated While Investigating U.S. Boat Strikesby webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) on July 31, 2026 at 12:38 pm
U.S. boat strikes across the Caribbean and eastern Pacific have killed at least 221 people since September, while the Trump administration has […]
- "Assault, Misogyny, Verbal Threats": Mother Jones Exposé on Allegations Against GOP Rep. Max Millerby webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) on July 31, 2026 at 12:26 pm
Democrats are calling for an ethics investigation into Republican Congressmember Max Miller of Ohio, who is facing allegations of domestic abuse as […]
- Rep. Ro Khanna on Blanche Nomination, Epstein Accountability and His Detention by Israeli Settlersby webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) on July 31, 2026 at 12:11 pm
President Trump said Thursday he may temporarily withdraw his nomination of Todd Blanche for attorney general after two Republican senators, John […]
- Headlines for July 31, 2026by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) on July 31, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Trump Claims Hamas Has Agreed to “Complete Disarmament” in Gaza, But Major Questions Remain, Senate Votes Down Iran War Powers Resolution After […]
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
- Nach Abschiebung wegen Anti-Israel-Parole: Bob-Vylan-Frontmann wehrt sich erfolgreich gegen Einreiseverbotby Hanno Hauenstein on August 1, 2026 at 4:07 pm
Deutsche Behörden warnten, die Einreise des pro-palästinensischen Musikers könne zur „Radikalisierung einzelner Bevölkerungsgruppen“ […]
- Cori Bush Has No Regretsby Akela Lacy on August 1, 2026 at 1:06 pm
Rep. Wesley Bell has AIPAC on his side, but the grassroots energy seems to be behind Bush. The post Cori Bush Has No Regrets appeared first on The […]
- Trump’s Truth Social API Is a Blatantly Corrupt Favor to Wall Streetby Dylan Gyauch-Lewis on August 1, 2026 at 10:00 am
By selling off early access to his posts at a premium, the president is merging a public good with his own profit motives. The post Trump’s Truth […]
- Abdul El-Sayed on The Intercept Briefingby The Intercept Briefing on July 31, 2026 at 10:00 am
The Michigan Senate primary is the next biggest test for the direction of the Democratic Party. The post Abdul El-Sayed on The Intercept Briefing […]
- Corporations, Not Immigrants, Are Responsible for Vast Majority of Healthcare Fraud, OIG Report Showsby Jessica Washington on July 31, 2026 at 8:54 am
Trump officials are focused on immigrants, but the Department of Health and Human Services report on fraud doesn’t even mention them. The post […]
Common Dreams
- Press Conference to Preview First-Ever IACHR Hearing on Excessive Use of Force Against Immigration-Related Protesters in the United Statesby Newswire Editor on August 1, 2026 at 1:30 pm
The University Network for Human Rights (UNHR) will host a press conference on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, ahead of a landmark public hearing before the […]
- Unwise, Unworkable and Unlawful: Families USA Urges Trump Administration to Withdraw Medicaid Work Requirements Rule as Comment Period Endsby Newswire Editor on August 1, 2026 at 1:27 pm
Today, Families USA, along with hundreds of other consumer, patient, community, and health stakeholder groups submitted comments by today’s […]
- Free Press Calls for End to Carr’s Unconstitutional Crusade Against ABCby Newswire Editor on July 30, 2026 at 9:27 pm
On Wednesday, Free Press called out Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr for engaging in a political crusade against broadcaster […]
- Senate Should End Blanche's Nomination, Not Just Delay Itby Newswire Editor on July 30, 2026 at 9:25 pm
In response to the Senate Judiciary Committee postponing its vote on Trump's unqualified personal lawyer Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney […]
- Nonprofits Sue to Block New USDA Rules That Force Them to Change or Abandon Food-Access Workby Newswire Editor on July 30, 2026 at 9:21 pm
Five nonprofit organizations working to build a more just food system filed suit today in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of […]
Truthout
- 5 States Will Vote on Anti-Trans Ballot Initiatives This Novemberby Erin Reed on August 1, 2026 at 5:32 pm
The fights are pitting right-wing billionaires against transgender people and allied organizations.
- Israel Is Targeting and Deporting Foreign Activists Resisting Settler Violenceby C. Frances on August 1, 2026 at 5:30 pm
Activists have long provided a protective presence for Palestinians in the West Bank. Now Israel is pushing them out.
- Missouri Ballot Measure Attempts to Undermine Voters’ Influence Over Policyby Constance Harper on August 1, 2026 at 5:24 pm
If passed, Amendment 4 could make it substantially more difficult for citizen-led constitutional amendments to succeed.
- Trump’s Brutal Blockade on Cuba Harkens Back to the Days of US Invasionsby Jonathan Ng on August 1, 2026 at 5:23 pm
Cuba’s humanitarian crisis is the latest episode in a 128-year struggle for control over the island.
- Prosecutor Investigating US Boat Strikes and Torture Assassinated in Ecuadorby Amy Goodman on August 1, 2026 at 4:35 pm
Alexandra Bravo was killed while investigating boat strike survivors' claims that they were tortured by US gunmen.
ProPublica
- For the Second Time, Lawmakers Failed to Fix California’s Warning System for Teacher Misconductby Holly McDede on July 31, 2026 at 11:00 am
The post For the Second Time, Lawmakers Failed to Fix California’s Warning System for Teacher Misconduct appeared first on ProPublica.
- As Trump’s Tariff War With Canada Drags On, This Border Community Suffers Without a Voiceby Anna Clark on July 31, 2026 at 9:00 am
The post As Trump’s Tariff War With Canada Drags On, This Border Community Suffers Without a Voice appeared first on ProPublica.
- Andy Beshear Set Out to Make Drug Treatment Widely Available in Kentucky. Fraud and Abuse Followed.by Alex Acquisto on July 30, 2026 at 9:00 am
The post Andy Beshear Set Out to Make Drug Treatment Widely Available in Kentucky. Fraud and Abuse Followed. appeared first on ProPublica.
- Senators Push Federal Regulator to Prove School Bus Safety Data Is Accurateby Topher Sanders on July 29, 2026 at 8:35 pm
The post Senators Push Federal Regulator to Prove School Bus Safety Data Is Accurate appeared first on ProPublica.
- Anthropic’s New AI Model Can Identify More Software Bugs Than Ever. Microsoft Is Struggling to Fix Them Fast Enough.by Renee Dudley on July 29, 2026 at 9:00 am
The post Anthropic’s New AI Model Can Identify More Software Bugs Than Ever. Microsoft Is Struggling to Fix Them Fast Enough. appeared first on […]
The Guardian
- Trump offering early access to online posts in move seen as corruptionby Marina Dunbar on August 1, 2026 at 5:29 pm
Truth Social, where Trump’s account is by far the largest, to offer users early access for up to $100,000 per monthDonald Trump is now offering […]
- Trump’s reflecting pool saga: a timeline of failure and finger-pointingby Edward Helmore on August 1, 2026 at 4:55 pm
As charges are dropped against ex-Olympian, flawed work by Trump-connected contractor emerges as culpritDonald Trump’s Lincoln Memorial reflecting […]
- US reporter fighting back after border patrol seized his cellphonesby Timothy Pratt on August 1, 2026 at 3:00 pm
Max Blumenthal says he was singled out at airport after Trump ally Laura Loomer targeted him in online postsWhen reporter Max Blumenthal went to a […]
- ‘Agony and despair’: Nancy Guthrie’s family issues new plea for information on her whereaboutsby Edward Helmore on August 1, 2026 at 2:59 pm
Police also released notes received from presumed abductors of mother of Today anchor Savannah GuthrieThe family of Nancy Guthrie issued a new appeal […]
- Sophie Cunningham says protests over transgender sports stance are not distracting Feverby Agencies on August 1, 2026 at 2:38 pm
Cunningham says rallies aren’t a distractionSupporters gather outside second straight gameWhite: team wants focus to stay on basketballSophie […]
The Jacobin
- The New Spider-Man Is Pure Funby Eileen Jones on August 1, 2026 at 2:44 pm
The record-breaking Spider-Man: Brand New Day is gleeful, undemanding fun that doesn’t pretend to be anything more. In a superhero monoculture that […]
- The Cuban Revolution Was a Revolution in Art and Cultureby Abel Prieto on August 1, 2026 at 12:48 pm
The Cuban Revolution was not just a transformation of the county’s political-economic order. It was a revolution in culture as well, bringing […]
- Pakistani-Ruled Kashmir Is Facing a Brutal State Crackdownby Umair Khurshid on July 31, 2026 at 2:10 pm
The areas of Kashmir under Pakistani administration are supposed to have political autonomy, but that has long been a sham. The Pakistani authorities […]
- Mamdani-Style Mayors Should Study Peru’s Democracy Experimentby Jared Abbott on July 31, 2026 at 1:34 pm
Peru has been home to the world’s most ambitious experiments in participatory democracy. American progressive and democratic socialist mayors […]
- Take a Moment to Feel the Pain of the Richby Danny Dorling on July 31, 2026 at 12:55 pm
Once respectable opinion fretted about distinguishing the “deserving” poor from the “undeserving.” Today, as sentiment against the ultrarich […]
Alternet
- Trump's 'economic revival' falls flat as donor's factory closes up shopby Thomas Kika on August 1, 2026 at 5:53 pm
President Donald Trump's promises of an "economic revival" and a return of manufacturing have once again fallen flat, with a new Washington Post […]
- 'Congrats to Republicans': Trump just threw another wrench in GOP midterm plansby Thomas Kika on August 1, 2026 at 4:40 pm
Republicans are desperate to present an economic agenda for midterm voters who are concerned about affordability, but now President Donald Trump has […]
- New theory exposes why Trump hasn't targeted his biggest legal nemesisby Thomas Kika on August 1, 2026 at 3:32 pm
President Donald Trump has a long list of perceived enemies that he has attempted to weaponize the Justice Department against, but as one CNN anchor […]
- Here’s the 'legal framework' officials will try for Trump 2028: Rick Wilsonby Elizabeth Preza on August 1, 2026 at 1:34 pm
Former Republican strategist Rick Wilson on Friday explained the “legal framework” officials will use to ensure President Donald Trump is able to […]
- Can Trump trust the UK's 7th Prime Minister in 10 years?by The Conversation on August 1, 2026 at 12:38 pm
One of the first things Andy Burnham did on July 20, 2026, after assuming the role of Britain’s prime minister was make a long-distance call to […]
Raw Story
- Trump's 'stymied' standoff backfires as key ally left dangerously exposed: reportby Bennito L. Kelty on August 1, 2026 at 5:23 pm
A key U.S. ally is now dangerously exposed after months of President Donald Trump's "stymied" standoff, according to a new report.A top U.S. general […]
- Trump turns on Jeanine Pirro with furious outburst: 'What she was thinking?'by Kathleen Culliton on August 1, 2026 at 5:07 pm
A Fox News pundit-turned-Trump appointee has infuriated the commander in chief... again. No, it's not Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth or national […]
- Weird new reason voters hate Trump revealed: 'A squirrel with a baguette just ran by'by Kathleen Culliton on August 1, 2026 at 4:38 pm
National park lovers are furious with President Donald Trump because a fat squirrel recently stole a baguette.That's according to a new CNN report […]
- Trump 'crackdown' escalates as advocates warn of 'serious constitutional problems'by Bennito L. Kelty on August 1, 2026 at 4:25 pm
The Trump administration's 'crackdown' on journalists is escalating with a new tactic that presents "serious constitutional problems," per advocates. […]
- 'Tough races': GOP terrified Max Miller violent abuse claims could lose them the Houseby Kathleen Culliton on August 1, 2026 at 3:52 pm
The GOP is quietly hoping voters will soon forget allegations that Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) poured hot water on his wife, held her at gunpoint and […]
Salon
- Police publicly release ransom notes in Nancy Guthrie disappearance caseby CK Smith on August 1, 2026 at 5:00 pm
Investigators hope the writing style in 2 ransom notes sparks new leads 6 months after Nancy Guthrie disappeared
- The better way to make tomato toastby Ashlie D. Stevens on August 1, 2026 at 4:00 pm
Cold grated tomatoes top crisp sourdough brushed with browned-miso butter for a simple peak-summer meal
- DOJ reverses charges in Reflecting Pool vandalism caseby CK Smith on August 1, 2026 at 3:29 pm
Federal prosecutors say rushed contractor work, not vandalism, caused damage leading to charges against an Olympian
- “Diarra From Detroit” shows what a media merger could cost TVby Melanie McFarland on August 1, 2026 at 1:00 pm
A Paramount-Warner Bros. merger will mean less diversity and fewer hidden gems
- Anthony Fauci’s Senate hearing proves we’re still living in 2020by Heather Digby Parton on August 1, 2026 at 10:30 am
Rand Paul's vendetta against the former chief medical advisor shows how we can't move beyond the year from hell
Daily Kos
- The stench of desperation wafts through Washingtonby Walter Einenkel on August 1, 2026 at 5:00 pm
Maybe it’s the hot summer months, but a smell continues to emanate from the White House.
- Trump fatigue is realby Kos on August 1, 2026 at 3:00 pm
It’s a bit ironic that one of the week’s top stories was one about Republicans growing tired of Trump.
- They worked to protect public health. Now they want the public’s votes.by KFF on August 1, 2026 at 2:00 pm
A handful of former public health officials are campaigning for top statewide offices across the country, testing whether their experience with covid […]
- 45 years ago: MTV launched a new era of musicby Walter Einenkel on August 1, 2026 at 1:00 pm
On August 1, 1981, MTV launched its first broadcast.
- Red scare vs. orange scareby Jack Ohman on August 1, 2026 at 12:30 pm
A cartoon by Jack Ohman.
Huffington Post
- GOP Silent On Max Miller Abuse Allegations As Restraining Order Emergeson July 31, 2026 at 7:43 pm
The Ohio Republican has faced scrutiny from Democrats and advocacy groups, but no calls to resign from GOP colleagues despite new allegations he […]
- Trump Offers Word-Salad Gibberish To Explain His Position On Patriot Missiles For Ukraineon July 31, 2026 at 7:01 pm
The president publicly said three weeks ago that he would let Ukraine build its own anti-missile interceptors. Now he says maybe not.
- Trump Trounced By Same Judge He Wants Removed: ‘No Binding Authority’on July 31, 2026 at 6:19 pm
U.S. District Court Judge Stanley Bastian in Washington published a three-page order Thursday slapping down the MAGA leader’s request.
- Fauci’s Diary Reveals What Barack Obama Really Thought Of Donald Trump And Donald Trump Jr.on July 31, 2026 at 11:50 am
The former president apologized to Fauci “for using crude language” but then tore into Donald Trump, according to the diary.
- DSA-Endorsed Candidate Pushes Back At Fox News Anchor In Exchange Over Epstein Fileson July 31, 2026 at 11:20 am
Oliver Larkin responded to the anchor’s implication that undocumented immigrants commit more crimes with a fiery statement.
Slate Politics
- My Sister Is Putting My Nephew in Danger. I’m Considering a Drastic Move.by Logan Sachon on August 1, 2026 at 6:00 pm
She says this isn't my problem, but I think it is.
- Six Months Ago, My Sister-in-Law Called Me to Complain About Her Husband. What We Talked About Changed Our Lives Forever.by Rich Juzwiak on August 1, 2026 at 4:00 pm
I'm not sure how to break the news to my wife.
- Slate Pears Game 352: Aug. 1, 2026on August 1, 2026 at 4:00 pm
Today's puzzle has nine pears.
- The Guy Who Recruited Graham Platner Has a History of Sexual Misconduct Allegations Too. Maybe It’s Not a Coincidence.by Christina Cauterucci on August 1, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Is this why Platner made it so far?
- My Kid’s Mom Called Demanding to Know Where He Was. Then a Terrifying Three Hours Unfolded.by Michelle Herman on August 1, 2026 at 12:00 pm
I can't let this go.
































